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via spin.com:

"Mr. Brightside" rides again! The Killers will "definitely" put out a new album this year, frontman Brandon Flowers confirmed this morning in an interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe. "It's just whether it's the summertime or the wintertime," Flowers said of the release date for the Las Vegas band's yet-to-be-titled fourth album.

In fact, a few songs for the new album are already in the can, including a "killer" new track called "Battle Born," Flowers told the BBC. Expect the Killers to try to bring it all back home on this album: "I think the consensus within the band is to take those things that we've done well and really hone in on that," Flowers said. "We don't want to make Hot Fuss 2 or Sam's Town 2, or Day & Age 2. We'll maybe take all that stuff, the best of all of it and do what we know how to do."

As with British post-punks Bloc Party, whose frontman Kele Okereke revealed new album plans on the same radio show yesterday, the Killers' return was hardly a sure bet. Flowers and Co.'s most recent album was 2008's Day & Age, and the band announced a temporary hiatus in early 2010. Later that year, Flowers issued Vegas-themed solo debut Flamingo, and drummer Ronnie Vannuci followed with his own Big Talklast July.

That said, the Killers have been hinting at a new album for a while now. Last May, Vannucci told SPIN the band would be reuniting that week in their own Battle Born Studios — creative song title, guys! — to start work on the new record. They've also played occasional live shows since starting their break in February 2010, including sets last year in London's Hyde Park and as part of Lollapalooza Chile. Late last year, the Killers continued an annual tradition with the release of a holiday single and video, "The Cowboy's Christmas Ball," which raised a timeless question: Are they human, or are they square-dancer?

JANUARY

01-01

Guided by Voices: Let's Go Eat the Factory [Fire/GBV]

01-02

Sunn O))): ØØ Void (2xLP) [Southern Lord]

01-06

Male Bonding / EMA: "Aneurysm" / "Endless Nameless" 7" split [Rough Trade Shops/Sub Pop]

01-10

Keepaway: Black Flute [Greedhead]
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount [Geffen]
Bill Ryder-Jones: If... [Domino]
Snow Patrol: Fallen Empires [Fiction/Interscope]
Various Artists: We are the Works in Progress [Asa Wa Kurui]

01-16

Florence and the Machine: "No Light, No Light" single [Vinyl Factory]
Trailer Trash Tracys: Ester [Double Six/Domino] [UK Release]

01-17

The Big Pink: Future This [4AD]
Cate Le Bon: CYRK [The Control Group]
The Duke Spirit: Bruiser [Shangri-La Music]
Howler: America Give Up [Rough Trade]
The Internet: Purple Naked Ladies [Odd Future]
Juvenile: Rejuvination [Cash Money]
Kathleen Edwards: Voyageur [MapleMusic]
Matthew Dear: Headcage EP [Ghostly]
Paul Brill: Breezy [Scarlet Shame]
Starfucker: Jupiter [Badman Recordings]
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks/L.A. Guns: Split Single [Matador]
Trailer Trash Tracys: Ester [Double Six/Domino]

01-23

Gonjasufi: MU.ZZ.LE [Warp] [EU release]
Porcelain Raft: Strange Weekend [Secretly Canadian] [UK Release]

01-24

Beth Jeans Houghton: Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose [Mute]
Big Deal: Lights Out [Mute]
Burning Yellows / The Whines: Split 12" [FatCat]
C.R.A.S.H.: War On All Fronts 7" [Post Present Medium]
Callers/Delicate Steve: Further Out/Perfect Pairs (7") [Western Vinyl]
Cardinal: Hymns [Fire]
Chairlift: Something [Columbia]
Cheyenne Marie Mize: We Don't Need [Yep Roc]
Cloud Nothings: Attack on Memory [Carpark]
Craig Finn: Clear Heart Full Eyes [Vagrant]
First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar [Wichita]
Gauntlet Hair: My Christ 7" [Dead Oceans]
Gonjasufi: MU.ZZ.LE [Warp]
Grace Woodroofe: Always Want [Modular]
Growlers / Thee Luuds: Split 12" [FatCat]
Imbogodom: And They Turned Not When They Went [Thrill Jockey]
Jason Urick: I Love You [Thrill Jockey]
John K. Samson: Provincial [ANTI-]
Kendl Winter: The mechanics of Hovering Flight [K]
Lamb of God: Resolution [Roadrunner]
Laura Gibson: La Grande [Barsuk]
Leila: U and I [Warp]
The Maxines: (7") [K]
Nada Surf: The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy [Barsuk]
Pop. 1280: The Horror [Sacred Bones]
Porcelain Raft: Strange Weekend [Secretly Canadian]
Pulled Apart By Horses: Tough Love [Transgressive]
Rhyton: Rhyton [Thrill Jockey]
Various Artists: Chimes of Freedom: The Song of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International [Shangri-La/Fontana]
The War on Drugs: Come to the City 7" [Secretly Canadian]
Zomes: Improvisations [Thrill Jockey]

01-30

Django Django: Django Django [Because Music] [UK release]

01-31

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour: Out of Frequency [BMG]
The Big Sleep: Nature Experiments [Frenchkiss]
Black Bananas: Rad Times Xpress IV [Drag City]
Damon & Naomi with Ghost: 7" [Drag City]
The Doozer: Keep It Together [Woodsist]
Errors: Have Some Faith in Magic [Rock Action]
Escort: Escort [Escort]
Grimes: Visions [Arbutus]
Golden Calves: Collection: Money Band + Century Band [Woodsist]
Hospitality: Hospitality [Merge]
Imperial Teen: Feel the Sound [Merge]
Lana Del Rey: Born to Die [Polydor]
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas [Columbia]
Loops of Your Heart: And Never Ending Nights [Magazine]
Pepe Deluxe: Queen of the Wave [Asthmatic Kitty]
The Phenomenal Handclap Band: Following [Tummy Touch]
Prinzhorn Dance School: Clay Class [DFA]
pacificUV: WEEKENDS [Mazarine]
Radiohead: The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement DVD [Ticker Tape Ltd.]

January:

Diplo: Express Yourself EP [Mad Decent]
Justice: "On'n'On" Single [Ed Banger Records]

FEBRUARY

02-06

Goldfrapp: The Singles [Mute/Parlophone]
John Talabot: fIN [Permanent Vacation]
Lindstrøm: Six Cups of Rebel [Smalltown Supersound]
Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral [4AD] [UK Release]

02-07

A Place to Bury Strangers: Onwards to the Wall EP [Dead Oceans]
Air: Le Voyage Dans La Lune [Astralwerks]
Ben Kweller: Go Fly A Kite [The Noise Company]
Blondes: Blondes [RVNG Intl.]
Die Antwoord: TEN$ION [ZEF/Good Smile/Downtown/Co-op]
Dr. Dog: Be the Void [ANTI-]
Effacer: Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Noise Reduction [Asthmatic Kitty]
Ero Gray: Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Your Mouth [Asthmatic Kitty]
Fred Brown: Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Moving in Slow Motion [Asthmatic Kitty]
Fucked Up: "Year of the Tiger" single [Matador]
The Lemonheads: Hotel Sessions [Hall of Records/Breath of Saltwater]
Loren Connors: A Fire [Family Vineyard]
Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral [4AD]
Mount Eerie: "Distorted Cymbals" 7" [K]
Mux Mool: Planet High School [Ghostly]
Of Montreal: Paralytic Stalks [Polyvinyl]
Pretty Good Dance Moves: LIMO [Mad Dragon/Township]
Royal Baths: Better Luck Next Life [Kanine]
Sharon Van Etten: Tramp [Jagjaguwar]
Steve Moore & Majeure: Brainstorm [Temporary Residence]
Swell Maps: A Trip to Marineville [Secretly Canadian] [reissue]
Swell Maps: Jane from Occupied Europe [Secretly Canadian] [reissue]
The Twilight Sad: No One Can Ever Know [FatCat]
Wymond Miles: Earth Has Doors [Sacred Bones]

02-14

Anya Marina: Felony Flats [Copy Shop/Atlantic]
Earth: Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II [Southern Lord]
Field Music: Plumb [Memphis Industries]
Howlin Rain: The Russian Winds [American Recordings]
Islands: A Sleep & A Forgetting [Anti]
Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded [Cash Money/Young Money]
Shearwater: Animal Joy [Sub Pop]
Sleigh Bells: Reign of Terror [Mom + Pop Music]
Tennis: Young and Old [Fat Possum]
Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters: Underrated Silence [Bureau B]
Windy & Carl: We Will Always Be [Kranky]
Young Magic: Melt [Carpark]

02-17

EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints [Digital Deluxe Edition] [iTunes]

02-20

Lambchop: Mr. M [Merge/City Slang] [EU Release]

02-21

Archers of Loaf: VeeVee [Merge] (Reissue)
Cursive: I Am Gemini [Saddle Creek]
Damien Jurado: Maraqopa [Secretly Canadian]
Dirty Three: Toward the Low Sun [Drag City]
Dustin Wong: Dreams Say, View Create, Shadow Leads [Thrill Jockey]
Earn: A Following Shadow [Post Present Medium]
English Singles: Grey Skies USA [Slumberland]
Eric Copeland: Car Alarm 7" [Post Present Medium]
Frankie Rose: Interstellar [Slumberland]
Ital: Hive Mind [Planet Mu]
John Wesley Coleman: Last Donkey Show [Goner]
Lambchop: Mr. M [Merge]
Matthew Bourne: Montauk Variations [Leaf]
Masaki Bartoh: Brain Pulse Music [Drag City]
No Age: Collage Culture: Examining the 21st Century's Identity Crisis LP [Post Present Medium]
People of the North: Steep Formations [Jagajaguwar]
Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It [Matador]
Porcelain Raft: Unless You Speak From Your Heart b/w Something in Between 7" [Secretly Canadian]
Pontiak: Echo Ono [Thrill Jockey]
Sara Radle: Same Sun Shines [S/R]
Terry Malts: Killing Time [Slumberland]
Tindersticks: The Something Rain [Constellations]
War: At War for Youth 7" [Sacred Bones]
Various Artists: Time to Go - The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1081-86 [Flying Nun] 2CD/LP
Zola Jesus: "In Your Nature" 7" [Sacred Bones]

02-27

Palace: There Is No One What Will Take Care of You [Domino] (Reissue) [UK release]
Palace: Days in the Wake [Domino] (Reissue) [UK release]
Palace: Hope [Domino] (Reissue) [UK release]
Palace: Viva Last Blues [Domino] (Reissue) [UK release]
Palace: Lost Blues and Other Songs [Domino] (Reissue) [UK release]

02-28

Christian Mistress: Possession [Relapse]
Gabriel & the Hounds: Kiss Full of Teeth [Ernest Jenning]
Hunx: Hairdresser Blues [Hardly Art]
Memoryhouse: The Slideshow Effect [Sub Pop]
Mouse on Mars: Parastrophics [Monkeytown]
Pink Floyd: The Wall ("Experience" Reissue) [EMI]
Pink Floyd: The Wall ("Immersion" Reissue) [EMI]
Plants and Animals: The End of That [Secret City]
School of Seven Bells: GHOSTORY [Vagrant]

MARCH

03-06

Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself [Mom + Pop]
Bowerbirds: The Clearing [Dead Oceans]
Lissy Trullie: Lissy Trullie [Downtown]
Luke Roberts: The Iron Gates at Throop and Newport [Thrill Jockey]
Magnetic Fields: Love at the Bottom of the Sea [Merge]
The Men: Open Your Heart [Sacred Bones]
Nite Jewel: One Second of Love [Secretly Canadian]
Pond: Beard, Wives, Denim [Modular]

3-08

Julia Holter: Ekstasis [RVNG Intl.]

03-19

Kindness World, You Need a Change of Mind [Female Energy/Polydor] [UK release]
Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light [Fat Possum]

03-20

Choir of Young Believers: Rhine Gold [Ghostly International]
Lee Ranaldo: Between the Times & the Tides [Matador]
OBN III's: Matador singles series 7" [Matador]

03-27

Paul Weller: Sonik Kicks [Yep Roc]

March:

The Shins: Port of Morrow [Columbia/Aural Apothecary]

Also due in 2012:

Allo Darlin': Europe [Slumberland]
AU: Both Lights [Hometapes/The Leaf Label]
Beach Boys: Reissue series and box set
Cat Power: TBA [Matador]
Clock Opera: Ways to Forget [Moshi Moshi/Island]
The Fresh & Onlys: TBA [Mexican Summer]
The Men: Matador singles club 7" [Matador]
The Weeknd: Mixtape trilogy
The xx: TBA [Young Turks]
Various Artists: Complex [Lex]