Final New Releases For The Year: Christmas Edition

With 2012 winding down, December still manages to include a nice handful of new releases including selections Big Boi, Ke$ha, T.I. and Bruno Mars. Green Day concludes their trilogy with ¡TRE! while Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Rush will issue a deluxe reissue of their classic, 2112. In addition to these new releases, there have been plenty of excellent albums over the last 12 months that are more than worth your time and money.

December 4

Chickenfoot - LV

Hinder - Welcome to the Freakshow

Ke$ha - Warrior (Deluxe Edition)

Kiss - The Casablanca Singles (Box Set)
Pulp - Party Clowns: Live in London
Paul Wall - No Sleep 'til Houston
Wiz Khalifa - O.N.I.F.C.

December 11

Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors

The Game - Jesus Piece
Green Day - ¡TRE!

Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox

Masta Killa - Selling My Soul
Metallica - Quebec Magnetic (DVD/Blu-ray)

December 18

Eric Clapton - Slowhand (35th Anniversary Edition)

The Dream - Terius Nash: 1977

Rush - 2112 (Deluxe Edition)

T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head

Hightower and Jones 2012 Christmas Selections
Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
Band of Skulls - Sweet Sour
Baroness - Yellow & Green
Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man
Beach House - Bloom
Blood Red Shoes - In Time to Voices
Bone & Bell - Organ Fantasies
Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
El-P - Cancer 4 Cure
The English Beat - The Complete Beat Box Set
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music
The Mars Volta - Nocturniquet
Cheyenne Marie Mize - We Don't Need
Frank Ocean - Channel Ocean
P.O.S - We Don't Even Live Here
Skeleton Key - Gravity is the Enemy
Sleigh Bells - Reign of Terror
Ben Sollee - Half Made Man
Toadies - Play. Rock. Music.
Jack White - Blunderbuss
Jenny Owen Youngs - An Unwavering Band of Light