Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Todd Agnew	"Need" (producers: Agnew, Curry Weber, Scott Hardin and James Joseph; first single: "Joy Unspeakable"; Hear here)	(Ardent/INO, Oct. 6, 2009)
Air	"Love 2" (guest: Joey Waronker; first single: "Do the Joy"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Astralwerks, Oct. 6, 2009)
Alela & Alina	"Alela & Alina [MP3 Download]" (6-song EP; Hear here)	(Rough Trade, Oct. 6, 2009)
Aliens, The (featuring three ex-members of Beta Band)	"Luna" (first single: "Sunlamp Show"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Birdman, Oct. 6, 2009)
Rusty Anderson (guitarist for Paul McCartney)	"Born on Earth" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Oxide, Oct. 6, 2009)
Arch Enemy	"The Root of All Evil" (contains some re-recorded tracks from the band's first three albums; producers: Arch Enemy, Daniel Erlandsson, Rickard Bengtsso; Hear here)	(Century Media, Oct. 6, 2009)
Asylum Street Spankers	"God's Favorite Band" (Hear here)	(Yellow Dog, Oct. 6, 2009)
Backstreet Boys	"This Is Us" (collaborators: T-Pain, Max Martin, RedOne, Soulshock and Karlin, Jim Jonsin, Claude Kelly; first single: "Straight Through My Heart"; Hear here; See here; Twitter)	(Jive, Oct. 6, 2009)
Big Kenny (of Big & Rich)	"The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farmboy" (producers: Big Kenny, Chris Stone; Hear here; Read here)	(Bigger Picture, Oct. 6, 2009)
Black Hollies, The	"Softly Towards the Light" (first single: "Gloomy Monday Morning"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Ernest Jenning Record Co., Oct. 6, 2009)
brakesbrakesbrakes	"Rock Is Dodelijk [MP3 Download]" (20-track live album; Hear here)	(Fat Cat, Oct. 6, 2009)
Candace Brooks Band, The	"The Chase" (producers: The Candace Brooks Band; first single: "I'm Gonna Break Your Heart"; Hear here)	(Big Noise, Oct. 9, 2009)
Luke Bryan	"Doin' My Thing" (first single: "Do I"; Hear here)	(Capitol Nashville, Oct. 6, 2009)
Michael Bublé	"Crazy Love" (producers: David Foster, Bob Rock, Humberto Gatica; guests: Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings; first single: "Haven't Met You Yet"; Hear here; Read here)	(143/Reprise, Oct. 9, 2009)
Built to Spill	"There Is No Enemy" (Hear here; Read here)	(Warner, Oct. 6, 2009)
Brandi Carlile	"Give Up the Ghost" (producer: Rick Rubin; guests: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith, Pete Thomas of Elvis Costello and The Attractions; Read here; Vinyl)	(Columbia, Oct. 6, 2009)
Rosanne Cash	"The List" (a covers album, culled from the list of the "100 Most Important Songs" that her dad told her she should know; producer: John Leventhal; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy, Rufus Wainwright; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Manhattan/EMI, Oct. 6, 2009)
Exene Cervenka	"Somewhere Gone" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(Bloodshot, Oct. 6, 2009)
Vic Chesnutt	"Skitter on Take Off" (producer: Jonathan Richman; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Vapor, Oct. 6, 2009)
Cinematics, The	"Love and Terror" (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(The Orchard, Oct. 6, 2009)
Clientele, The	"Bonfires on the Heath" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Merge, Oct. 6, 2009)
Kirsten DeHaan	"Thorns On a Crown [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(SirLady/Oseao Media Group, Oct. 6, 2009)
Destino3 (Canadian classical crossover vocal trio)	"Forte" (first single: "My Baby You"; Hear here; Read here)	(AAO Music/Reality, Oct. 6, 2009)
Mike Doughty	"Sad Man Happy Man" (producers: Doughty, Pat Dillett, David Kahne; first single: "Doubly Gratified"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(ATO, Oct. 6, 2009)
Elliott Brood	"Mountain Meadows" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Six Shooter/ADA, Oct. 6, 2009)
Tinsley Ellis	"Speak No Evil" (Hear here)	(Alligator, Oct. 6, 2009)
Bill Engvall	"Aged and Confused"	(Warner, Oct. 6, 2009)
Everclear	"In a Different Light" (new versions of old hits, plus two new songs; first single: "At the End of the Day"; Hear here; Read here)	(429, Oct. 6, 2009)
Fall of Troy, The	"In the Unlikely Event" (producer: Terry Date; Hear here)	(Equal Vision, Oct. 6, 2009)
Fool's Gold	"Fool's Gold" (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(IAMSOUND, Oct. 6, 2009)
Lita Ford	"Wicked Wonderland" (her first album in 18 years; producers: Ford, husband Jim Gillette, Greg Hampton; Hear here; Vinyl; Twitter)	(JLRG Entertainment, Oct. 6, 2009)
Gossip, The	"Music For Men" (producer: Rick Rubin; first single: "Heavy Cross"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Columbia, Oct. 6, 2009)
Calvin Harris	"Ready for the Weekend" (first single: "Im Not Alone"; Hear here; See here)	(Ultra, Oct. 6, 2009)
Grant Hart (of Hüsker Dü)	"Hot Wax" (Hear here)	(Con D'or/MVD Audio, Oct. 6, 2009)
Hawke (aka Gavin Hardkiss)	"+++ [MP3 Download]" (producer: Hardkiss; Hear here)	(Eighth Dimension, Oct. 6, 2009)
Hawk Nelson	"Live Life Loud" (first single: "Live Life Loud"; Hear here)	(Tooth & Nail/BEC Recordings, Oct. 6, 2009)
Hockey	"Mind Chaos" (first single: "Too Fake"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Capitol, Oct. 6, 2009)
HORSE the band	"Desperate Living" (producer: Noah Shain; Hear here)	(Vagrant, Oct. 6, 2009)
Irish Tenors, The	"The Irish Tenors Christmas"	(Razor & Tie, Oct. 6, 2009)
Jamie T	"Kings & Queens" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Astralwerks, Oct. 6, 2009)
Daniel Johnston	"Is and Always Was" (producer: Jason Falkner; Hear/read here; MP3 Download)	(Eternal Yip Eye Music/High Wire Music, Oct. 6, 2009)
Toby Keith	"American Ride" (guests: Dave Koz, Marcus Miller, Arthur Thompson; first single: "American Ride"; Hear here)	(Show Dog Nashville, Oct. 6, 2009)
KISS	"Sonic Boom" (3-disc set is the group's first album since 1998's "Psycho Circus"; contains new songs, some remakes of past hits and a live DVD; producer: Paul Stanley; Read here)	(KISS, Oct. 6, 2009 - to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club)
Blake Lewis ("American Idol" season 6 runner-up)	"Heartbreak on Vinyl" (producer: Rodney Jerkins; first single: "Sad Song"; Hear here; Read here)	(Tommy Boy, Oct. 6, 2009)
Mission of Burma	"The Sound, the Speed, the Light" (producer: Bob Weston; Hear here)	(Matador, Oct. 6, 2009)
Mountain Goats, The	"The Life of the World to Come" (producers: Brandon Eggleston, John Congleton, Scott Solter; Hear here; Vinyl)	(4AD, Oct. 6, 2009)
Maria Muldaur	"Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy" (guests: John Sebastian, David Grisman, Taj Mahal, Dan Hicks, Fritz Richmond, Kit Stovepipe; Hear here)	(Stony Plain Music, Oct. 6, 2009)
N'dambi	"Pink Elephant" (producer: Leon Sylvers III; first single: "Can't Hardly Wait"; Hear here)	(Stax/Concord Jazz, Oct. 6, 2009)
Meshell Ndegeocello	"Devil's Halo" (producers: Ndegeocello, Chris Bruce; guests: Lisa Germano, Oren Bloedow, Mark Kelley; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Mercer Street/Downtown, Oct. 6, 2009)
Noah and the Whale	"The First Days of Spring" (released with an accompanying film; producer: Emery Dobyns; first single: "Blue Skies"; Hear here; See here)	(Cherrytree/Interscope, Oct. 6, 2009)
Nothington	"Roads, Bridges & Ruins" (producer: Scott Llamas; Hear here)	(BYO, Oct. 6, 2009)
Nick Oliveri (of Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo Generator)	"Death Acoustic" (Hear here; Read here)	(Impedance/MVD Audio, Oct. 6, 2009)
Joe Perry (Aerosmith guitarist)	"Joe Perry ... Have Guitar Will Travel" (first single: "Long Way to Go"; Hear here; Read here)	(Roman, Oct. 6, 2009)
Port O'Brien	"threadbare" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(TBD/ATO, Oct. 6, 2009)
Powerman 5000	"Somewhere on the Otherside of Nowhere" (Hear here; Read here)	(Mighty Loud, Oct. 6, 2009)
Raveonettes, The	"In and Out of Control" (producer: guitarist Sune Rose Wagner; Hear here)	(Fierce Panda/Vice, Oct. 6, 2009)
Redemption	"Snowfall on Judgment Day" (Hear here)	(Inside Out Music, Oct. 6, 2009)
Relient K (new drummer: Ethan Luck)	"Forget and Not Slow Down" (producers: Mark Lee Townsend, John Feldmann; Hear here)	(Gotee, Oct. 6, 2009)
Meaghan Smith	"The Cricket's Orchestra [MP3 Download]" (producer: Les Cooper; Hear here; See here)	(Sire, Oct. 6, 2009)
JD Souther	"Rain: Live at the Belcourt Theatre [MP3 Download]" (his first live recording; Hear here)	(MRI/Slow Curve, Oct. 6, 2009)
Steel Panther (heavy metal parody band)	"Feel the Steel" (Hear/see here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Universal Republic, Oct. 6, 2009)
Sufjan Stevens and Osso	"Run Rabbit Run" (a rearranged version of Stevens' 2001 album "Enjoy Your Rabbit"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Asthmatic Kitty, Oct. 6, 2009)
Tiësto	"Kaleidoscope" (guests: Nelly Furtado, Kele Okereke of Bloc Party, Calvin Harris, Tegan & Sara, Emily Haines of Metric, etc.; first single: "I Will Be Here"; Hear here; Facebook; Twitter)	(Ultra, Oct. 6, 2009)
Tokio Hotel	"Humanoid" (first single: "Automatic"; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition)	(Cherrytree/Interscope, Oct. 6, 2009)
Various artists	"WOW Hits 2010"	(EMI, Oct. 6, 2009)
Very Best, The	"Warm Heart of Africa" (guests: M.I.A. and Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend; Hear here)	(Green Owl/ILG, Oct. 6, 2009)
Kurt Vile	"Childish Prodigy" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(Matador, Oct. 6, 2009)
Brooke Waggoner	"Go Easy Little Doves [MP3 Download]" (producer: Waggoner; Hear here)	(SwoonMoon Music, Oct. 6, 2009)
BeBe & CeCe Winans	"Still" (Hear here)	(B&C/Malaco, Oct. 6, 2009)
xx, The	"xx" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Young Turks/XL, Oct. 6, 2009)