Are stock brokers on the floor of the NYSE allowed to listen to music during trading hours? Does anyone involved with the Dow Jones count down the hours until Reign of Terror drops? Can someone find these things out for me? Regardless, here are a number of hotly anticipated albums coming out in Quarter 1 of 2012.

January 17
Headcage EP | Matthew Dear
Jupiter | Starfucker

January 24
Something | Chairlift
Attack on Memory | Cloud Nothings
The Lion‘s Roar | First Aid Kit
MU.ZZ.LE | Gonjasufi
The Stars are Indifferent to Astronomy | Nada Surf

January 31
Visions | Grimes
Born to Die | Lana Del Rey
The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement DVD | Radiohead

February 6
The Singles | Goldfrapp

February 7
Be the Void | Dr. Dog
Hotel Sessions | The Lemonheads
Serpents | Sharon Van Etton
Paralytic Stalks | Of Montreal

February 14
A Sleep & A Forgetting | Islands
Young & Old | Tennis

February 21
 I Am Gemini | Cursive
Maraqopa | Damien Jurado
Put Your Back N 2 It | Perfume Genius
Reign of Terror | Sleigh Bells
Black Sands Remixed | Bonobo

March
Break It Yourself | Andrew Bird
Port of Morrow | The Shins