New Music Monthly: March 2018 Releases

March looks like an incredible month for music, new and old alike, with fresh tunes from a reunited Fanny, David Byrne, Jack White, Americana legends 6 String Drag, metal mavens Judas Priest, the almighty Ministry, and the blues duo of Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite. Throw in reissues of righteous jams by Hawkwind, Tom Waits, NRBQ, and Geoff and Maria Muldaur as well as archive releases from Jimi Hendrix, Todd Rundgren, and Rev. Gary Davis and you have a great month for music that will definitely put a strain on your budget!

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MARCH 2
The Breeders - All Nerve   BUY!
Fanny - Fanny Walked the Earth   BUY!
Sue Foley - The Ice Queen   BUY!
Hawkwind - The Emergency Broadcast Years 1994-1997   BUY!
Moby - Everything Was Beautiful, And Nothing Hurt   BUY!
Todd Rungren - All Sides of the Roxy: May 1978   BUY!
Chris Smithers - Call Me Lucky   BUY!
Andrew W.K. - You're Not Alone   BUY!

MARCH 9
6 String Drag - Top of the World   BUY!
Allman Brothers Band - Back On the Road [radio broadcast]   BUY!
David Byrne - American Utopia   BUY!
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Francis Trouble   BUY!
Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky   BUY!
Judas Priest - Firepower   BUY!
Marillion - Brave [deluxe box set]   BUY!
Matthews Southern Comfort - Like A Radio   BUY!
Ministry - AmeriKKKant   BUY!
Mud Morganfield - They Call Me Mud   BUY!
Nick Moss Band w/Dennis Gruenling - The High Cost of Low Living   BUY!
Uncle Walt's Band - Anthology   BUY!
Tom Waits - Closing Time [vinyl reissue]   BUY!
Various Artists - Memphis Rent Party [vinyl]   BUY!

MARCH 16
The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl   BUY!
NRBQ - NRBQ   BUY!
Yo La Tengo - There's A Riot Going On   BUY!

MARCH 23
Rev. Gary Davis - The Avant Garde Recordings   BUY!
Guided by Voices - Space Gun   BUY!
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band -  Loose Salute   BUY!
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band - Magnetic South   BUY!
Michael Nesmith & the First National Band - Nevada Fighter   BUY!
The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster & Glen [pREServed Edition]   BUY!
The Residents - Fingerprince [pREServed Edition]   BUY!
The Sword - Used Future   BUY!
Jack White - Boarding House Reach   BUY!

MARCH 30
Ben Harper & Charlie Musslewhite - No Mercy In This Land   BUY!
Ken Hensley (ex Uriah Heep) - 'Rare & Timeless'   BUY!
The Lyman Family with Lisa Kindred - Avatar   BUY!
Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Pottery Pie   BUY!
Geoff & Maria Muldaur - Sweet Potatoes   BUY!

Album of the Month: The Residents' Fingerprince. In a month with new music from Jack White, Mud Morganfield, and David Byrne this is a hard call, but I'm going to go with one of the more obscure 1970s-era released by the enigmatic sonic terrorists the Residents. Part of the band's ongoing reissue series - many of these albums have been out-of-print for years - 1977's Fingerprince was the Residents' third LP and alongside the band's usual avant garde monkeywrenching, it featured innovative guitarist Snakefinger. The "pREServed Edition" reissue includes a second disc of live tracks and studio outtakes. A similar reissue of the band's Duck Stab/Buster & Glen EPs comes the same day; the Residents' groundbreaking, earthshaking first two albums were previously reissued with extra goodies, part of a year-long celebration of the little band that could...