Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Beak (Chicago post-metal quartet)	"Eyrie" (producer: Neil Strauch; Hear here)	(Someoddpilot, April 3, 2012)
Bear in Heaven	"I Love You, It's Cool" (first single: "The Reflection of You"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Dead Oceans/Hometapes, April 3, 2012)
Natalie LeBrecht	"Ascend at the Dead End" (producers: LeBrecht, Animal Collective's Avey Tare; Hear here; Read here)	(Greenpot Bluepot Music, April 3, 2012)
Breton	"Other People's Problems" (first single: "Edward the Confessor"; Hear here; See here)	(FatCat, April 3, 2012)
Carter Tutti Void (Throbbing Gristle's Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti and Factory Floor's Nik Void)	"Transverse" (Hear here)	(U.K. - Mute, April 2, 2012)
Adam Cohen (frontman of Low Millions and son of Leonard Cohen)	"Like a Man" (Hear here)	(Decca, April 3, 2012)
Dr. John	"Locked Down" (producer: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach; Hear here)	(Nonesuch, April 3, 2012)
Feeder	"Generation Freakshow" (producers: Grant Nicholas, Matt Sime; first single: "Borders"; Hear here)	(U.K. - Big Teeth Music/EMI, April 2, 2012)
Simone Felice (former drummer for The Felice Brothers)	"Simone Felice" (first single: "New York Times"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Reveal, April 3, 2012)
Flying Colors (Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue, Neal Morse, Casey McPherson and Steve Morse)	"Flying Colors" (Hear here)	(Music Theories Label/Mascot Label Group, April 3, 2012)
Great Lake Swimmers (Canadian folk rock band)	"New Wild Everywhere" (producer: Andy Magoffin; first single: "Easy Come Easy Go"; Hear here)	(Nettwerk, April 3, 2012)
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson	"Thick As a Brick 2" (a sequel to the 1972 classic)	(Capitol, April 3, 2012)

BTW: Track list: 1. "From a Pebble Thrown"; 2. "Pebbles Instrumental"; 3. "Might-have-beens"; 4. "Upper Sixth Loan Shark"; 5. "Banker Bets, Banker Wins"; 6. "Swing It Far"; "7. Adrift And Dumfounded"; 8. "Old School Song"; 9. "Wootton Bassett Town"; 10. "Power and Spirit"; 11. "Give Till It Hurts"; 12. "Cosy Corner"; 13. "Shunt and Shuffle"; 14. "A Change of Horses"; 15. "Confessional"; 16. "Kismet in Suburbia"; 17. "What-ifs, Maybes and Might-have-beens."

Lostprophets	"Weapons" (producer: Ken Andrews; Hear here)	(U.K. - Epic, April 2, 2012)
Monica	"New Life" (first single: "Until It's Gone"; Hear here; Deluxe edition)	(RCA, April 3, 2012)
MxPx	"Plans Within Plans" (Hear here; Read here)	(Rock City Recording Company, April 3, 2012)
Of Monsters and Men (Icelandic alt-folk sextet)	"My Head Is an Animal" (first single: "Little Talks"; Hear here)	(Universal Republic, April 3, 2012)
Orbital	"Wonky" (British electronic duo's first album in eight years; producer: Flood; first single: "Never"; Hear here; See here)	(U.K. - Orbital, April 2, 2012)
Our Lady Peace	"Curve" (producers: Jason Lader, frontman Raine Maida; first single: "Heavyweight"; Hear here)	(Coalition Entertainment, April 3, 2012)
Ryan Power (Burlington, Vt., pop singer)	"I Don't Want to Die" (Hear here; Read here)	(NNA Tapes, April 3, 2012)
Rascal Flatts	"Changed" (producers: Rascal Flatts, Dann Huff; first single: "Banjo"; Hear here)	(Big Machine, April 3, 2012)
Morgan Page	"In the Air" (Hear here)	(Nettwerk, April 3, 2012)
Marvin Sapp	"I Win" (Hear here)	(Verity, April 3, 2012)
Willow Smith	"Knees and Elbows" (Hear here; Read here)	(Roc Nation, April 3, 2012)
Obie Trice	"Bottoms Up" (producers: Eminem, K.I.D.D., Dame Grease, Rezza Brothers, Emile, Black Milk, Swizz Beatz, No I.D., ILLFONICS, The Neptunes, Dr. Dre; guests: Eminem, Adrian Reeza, Dre Skidne, MC Breed; Hear here; Read here)	(Black Market Entertainment, April 3, 2012)
Wilson Phillips	"Dedicated" (the trio pays tribute to their famous parents; Hear here)	(Sony Masterworks, April 3, 2012)
Johnny Cash	"Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth" (two-CD, 51-track collection of gospel and spiritual recordings from the 1970s and '80s, some previously unreleased)	(Columbia/Legacy, April 3, 2012)
Elvis Costello & The Imposters	"The Return of the Spectacular Spinning Songbook!!!" (double live album, 35 tracks, recorded during 2011 tour; DVD)	(Hip-O/UMe, April 3, 2012)
Firehouse	"Lowflows: The Columbia Anthology 91-94"	(Columbia/Legacy, April 3, 2012)
Warren Haynes Band	"Live at the Moody Theater [DVD]"	(Stax, April 3, 2012)
Human League, The	"Dare! Deluxe Edition" (1981 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus tracks, including the U.S. mini-album "Fascination!")	(U.K. - Virgin/EMI, April 2, 2012)
Johnny Kemp	"Secrets of Flying: Expanded Edition" (1987 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks)	(New Skool Sounds, April 2, 2012)
Linda Lewis	"A Tear and a Smile: Expanded Edition" (1983 album; remastered, bonus tracks)	(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Cheryl Lynn	"In the Night: Expanded Edition" (1981 album; remastered, bonus tracks)	(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Meli'sa Morgan	"Do Me Baby: Expanded Edition" (1986 album; remastered, bonus tracks)	(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
O'Jays, The	"We'll Never Forget You: The Imperial Years 1963-1966"	(U.K. - Shout!, April 2, 2012)
Pointer Sisters	"Energy: Expanded Edition" (1978 album; remastered, bonus tracks)	(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
Rene & Angela	"Rise: Expanded Edition" (1983 album; remastered, bonus tracks)	(U.K. - BBR, April 2, 2012)
will.i.am.	"Lost Change: 10th Anniversary Edition" (2002 album; with bonus tracks)	(BBE Music/Redeye, April 3, 2012)
Madonna	"Truth or Dare [DVD]" (1991 documentary film; See here; Blu-ray)	(Lionsgate, April 3, 2012)
Various artists	"Airplay: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio [DVD]" (documentary aired last year on some PBS stations; See here; Read here)	(Topics Entertainment, April 3, 2012)

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