Where do we start? The early music slate for 2013 looks strong and we've yet to get the full lineups for RodeoHouston and Free Press Summer Fest.

Check out the top 30 shows, the 2013 concert guide and a look at new releases below.

Joey Guerra and Andrew Dansby list the top shows to hit up this year. Click the photo to see their picks.

Taylor Swift will come to town May 16. Click photo to see what the other top shows will be.: Getty

Shows are still being announced but here is an early look at your 2013 concert calendar. Click photo for your primer for the shows coming to Houston.

Deftones will rock Houston on March 30.: Handout

A$AP Rocky will drop new music on Jan.8.: Getty

The music industry typically takes a few days to warm up in a new year, but quite a few albums have already been set to release dates starting this month. Titles and release dates are always subject to change. To wit, Akon’s “Stadium” was given a Sept. 11 release date back in May, but it remains unreleased so far. In addition to the following titles, there likely will be new recordings from acts including the Black Keys, Pearl Jam, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, Wavves, Mariah Carey, Taio Cruz and possibly Dr. Dre’s long-awaited “Detox.”

Of local and regional interest: Solange probably will put out a full-album follow-up to her tantalizing EP, which was released late last year. Her sister Beyoncé also has a new record in the works. Austin-based Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison have made a bunch of albums, but never a full-fledged collaboration, which they’ll finally do with “Cheater’s Game.” And expect a deluxe version of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood” to celebrate that album’s 30th anniversary.

Jan. 8
“LongLive A$AP,” A$AP Rocky
“Signed and Sealed in Blood,” Dropkick Murphys
“Sing to the People,” Vusi Mahlasela
Jan. 15
“Lovesign,” Free Energy
“Manifestra,” Erin McKeown
“Lysandre,” Christopher Owens
“Fade,” Yo La Tengo
Jan. 22
“Set You Free,” Gary Allan
“Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter,” Adam Ant
"True North," Bad Religion
“La Costa Perdida,” Camper Van Beethoven
“Information Age,” Dead Prez
“Nobody Dance in This Town,” He’s My Brother She’s My Sister
“Wolf’s Law,” the Joy Formidable
“White Buffalo,” Jimbo Mathus & the Tri-State Coalition
“My True Story,” Aaron Neville
“Heaven in This Hell,” Orianthi
“Hydra,” Otep
“Beta Love,” Ra Ra Riot
“Give Me All You Got,” Carrie Rodriguez
“True Believers,” Darius Rucker
“Target Earth,” Voivod
Jan. 29
“BraveHeart,” Ashanti
“Passione,” Andrea Bocelli
“Adam Green & Binki Shapiro,” Adam Green and Binki Shapiro
“Get Up!” Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
“Hummingbird,” Local Natives
“Sentimental Journey,” Emmy Rossum
“Heartthrob,” Tegan and Sara
“El Rancho Azul,” Dale Watson
“Love, Charlie,” Charlie Wilson

Ride in the fast lane with Tim McGraw on Feb.5.: AP

Feb. 5
“The Bronx (IV),” the Bronx
“Wonderful, Glorious,” the Eels
“Pedestrian Verse,” Frightened Rabbit
“All That Echoes,” Josh Groban
“Regions of Light and Sound of God,” Jim James
“Two Lanes of Freedom,” Tim McGraw
“The Lives Inside the Lines in Your Head,” Matt Pond
“Forever Endeavor,” Ron Sexsmith
“Without a Net,” Wayne Shorter
“Electric,” Richard Thompson
“The Highway,” Holly Williams
Feb. 12
“Broke With Expensive Taste,” Azealia Banks
“Temper Temper,” Bullet for My Valentine
“The Jazz Age,” Bryan Ferry Orchestra
“Holy Fire,” Foals
“Authentic Hip-Hop,” LL Cool J
“Reason to Believe: The Songs of Tim Hardin,” various artists
“Cheater’s Game,” Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison
Feb. 19
“When It Was Now,” Atlas Genius
“Confessions,” Buckcherry
“Push the Sky Away,” Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
“Songs for Imaginative People,” Darwin Deez
“You’re Nothing,” Iceage
“Jamie Lidell,” Jamie Lidell
“Down in Louisiana,” Bobby Rush
Feb. 26
“Starlight,” Joan Armatrading
“Old Yellow Moon,” Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
“The Messenger,” Johnny Marr
“Miracle Temple,” Mount Moriah
“Optica,” Shout Out Louds
March 5
“Sudden Elevation,” Olof Arnalds
“Girl Who Got Away,” Dido
“The Beast in Its Tracks,” Josh Ritter
“The Stand-In,” Caitlin Rose
“Nanobots,” They Might Be Giants
“Between Places,” Young Dreams
March 12
“Gurf Morlix Finds the Present Tense,” Gurf Morlix
March 19
“The Invisible Way,” Low
“The Happiness Waltz,” Josh Rouse
“Impossible Truth,” William Tyler

Lady Gaga is expected to drop a new album sometime in 2013.: Getty

TBA
“Artpop,” Lady Gaga
“Street King Immortal,” 50 Cent
“What About Now,” Bon Jovi
“Stadium,” Akon
Cher
Jessie J
Nicki Minaj
Miley Cyrus