Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Jason Aldean	"Wide Open" (producer: Michael Knox; first single: "She's Country"; Hear here)	(Broken Bow, April 7, 2009)
Bad Boy Bill	"Falling Anthem Remixes: Part 1 [MP3 Download]" (five versions of the dance single featuring Alyssa Palmer; Hear here)	(Nettwerk, April 7, 2009)
Bat For Lashes	"Two Suns" (guest: Scott Walker; first single: "Daniel"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Astralwerks, April 7, 2009)
Bigger Lights, The	"Fiction Fever" (Hear here)	(Doghouse, April 7, 2009)
Blue Van, The	"Man Up" (first single: "Silly Boy"; Hear here)	(Iceberg, April 7, 2009)
Paul Brown + Marc Antoine	"ForeignXchange" (Hear here; Read here)	(Peak, April 7, 2009)
City Rain	"This I Will Remember [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(Electronic Eel, April 7, 2009)
Billy Ray Cyrus	"Back to Tennessee" (producer: Mark Bright; Hear here)	(Lyric Street, April 7, 2009)
Doves	"Kingdom of Rust" (producers: Dan Austin, Doves, John Leckie; first single: "Kingdom of Rust"; Hear here; Read here; CD/DVD; Vinyl)	(Astralwerks/Heavenly, April 7, 2009)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott	"A Stranger Here" (producer: Joe Henry; guests: Van Dyke Parks, Los Lobos' David Hidalgo; Hear here)	(Anti-/Epitaph, April 7, 2009)
Eulogies	"Here, Anonymous" (Hear here)	(Dangerbird, April 7, 2009)
Fat Joe	"Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2)" (guests: Lil Wayne, Akon, T-Pain, Ron Browz, Fabolous, Lil' Kim; first single: "One"; Hear here; Read here)	(Terror Squad Entertainment/EMI, April 7, 2009)
Felice Brothers, The	"Yonder Is the Clock" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Team Love, April 7, 2009)
Halloween, Alaska	"Champagne Downtown" (producer: keyboardist/programmer Ev; Hear here; Vinyl)	(East Side Digital, April 7, 2009)
George Huff ("American Idol" season 3)	"George Huff" (first single: "Don't Let Go"; Hear here)	(Koch, April 7, 2009)
Hurt	"Goodbye to the Machine" (producers: Hurt; first single: "Wars"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Amusement Recordings/A2M, April 7, 2009)

BTW: What did lead singer Jay Loren hope to achieve with Hurt's new album? "The sonic thunder of Thor himself taking a dump on your head, and flowers growing out of it," he tells P&P, jokingly. "Seriously, we did our best with what we have, that's all we can do. We try to make the best album in the world; whether or not we did, itıs obviously up to you."

Self-producing their album and not going with a big-name producer was out of necessity, Loren says.

"Money was short," Loren says. "Producers need things like money. But truly the band has never had a lack of vision for the direction of any of their songs. I don't think that a producer would have added anything beneficial for this album."

It Hugs Back	"Inside Your Guitar" (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(4AD, April 7, 2009)
Jadakiss	"The Last Kiss" (producers: Neo Da Matrix, The Neptunes, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, etc.; guests: Ne-Yo, Faith Evans, Jazmine Sullivan, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, etc.; first single: "By My Side"; Hear here)	(Ruff Ryders/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam, April 7, 2009)
Junior Boys	"Begone Dull Care" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Domino, April 7, 2009)
Lady Sovereign	"Jigsaw" (producers: Dr. Luke, Benny Blanco, Medasyn; Hear here)	(Midget/EMI, April 7, 2009)
Matt Macaulay	"Wish I Could Make You Dance" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(MattMacaulay.com, April 7, 2009)
Duff McKagan's Loaded	"Sick" (producer: Martin Feveyear; Hear here)	(Century Media, April 7, 2009)
Stephanie McKay	"Tell It Like It Is" (producers: Robert "Chicken" Burke, Demien Desandie; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Muthas of Invention, April 7, 2009)
Micachu & The Shapes	"Jewellery" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(Rough Trade, April 7, 2009)
MIMS	"Guilt" (producers: Blackout Movement, Pharrell, Da Internz; guests: LeToya, Solar Mesh, Ky-Mani Marley, J. Holiday, Tech N9ne; first single: "Move [If You Wanna]"; Hear here)	(Capitol, April 7, 2009)
Manda Mosher	"Everything You Need" (producer: Guy Erez; Hear here)	(Red Parlor, April 7, 2009)

BTW: " 'Everything You Need' embodies for me an American girl expressing her opinions on love, freedom, gratitude, and surviving," Mosher tells P&P. "My goal was to make an honest conversational style album that also connects on a visceral level."

A longtime assistant to Neil Portnow, president of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), Mosher followed his advice and pursued a career in music.

"Neil is one of the most supportive guys in the industry when it comes to encouraging artists to create, not to mentio actively fighting for artist rights on Capitol Hill," Mosher says. "I worked closely with Neil for eight years; when it was time to move onto doing music full-time, there wasn't much to say, I knew it was time and he encouraged me to follow my path."

Bob Mould	"Life and Times" (producer: Mould; first single: "I'm Sorry Baby But You Can't Stand In My Light Anymore"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download; Vinyl)	(Anti-/Epitaph, April 7, 2009)
Smokie Norful	"Live" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(EMI Gospel, April 7, 2009)
Eoghan Quigg (16-year-old "X Factor" finalist)	"Eoghan Quigg" (first single: "28,000 Friends"; Hear here; See here)	(U.K. - RCA, April 6, 2009)
Rascal Flatts	"Unstoppable" (producers: Dann Huff, Rascal Flatts; first single: "Here Comes Goodbye"; Hear here)	(Lyric Street, April 7, 2009)
Sharam	"Get Wild" (guests: Daniel Bedingfield, P. Diddy, Tommy Lee, Kid Cudi; Hear here)	(Ultra, April 7, 2009)
Single File	"Common Struggles" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "Girlfriends"; Hear here)	(Reprise, April 7, 2009)
Superchunk	"Leaves in the Gutter [EP]" (5 tracks; Hear here)	(Merge, April 7, 2009)
Richard Swift	"The Atlantic Ocean" (guests: Ryan Adams, Mark Ronson, Sean Lennon, Pat Sansone of Wilco; first single: "Lady Luck"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download; Vinyl)	(Secretly Canadian, April 7, 2009)
James Taylor	"Other Covers [EP]" (7 tracks, including versions of "Get a Job," "Memphis," "In the Midnight Hour" and "Knock On Wood"; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Hear Music, April 7, 2009)
Vienna Teng	"Inland Territory" (producer: Alex Wong; Hear here)	(Zoë/Rounder, April 7, 2009)
Thermals, The	"Now We Can See" (producer: John Congleton; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Kill Rock Stars, April 7, 2009)
Toubab Krewe	"Live at the Orange Peel" (Hear here)	(Upstream/ADA, April 7, 2009)
Tower of Power	"Great American Soulbook" (all-covers album; producers: group leader Emilio Castillo, George Duke; guests: Joss Stone, Sam Moore, Tom Jones, Huey Lewis; Hear here)	(Top, April 7, 2009)
Tragically Hip, The	"We Are the Same" (producer: Bob Rock; Hear here)	(Rounder, April 7, 2009)
Trews, The	"No Time for Later" (producers: Gus Van Go, Werner F; first single: "Paranoid Freak"; Hear here)	(Bumstead Productions, April 7, 2009)
Various artists	"Score! 20 Years of Merge Records — The Covers!" (songs by Merge artists covered by non-Merge artists; Read here)	(Merge, April 7, 2009)
Veils, The	"Sun Gangs" (producer: Graham Sutton; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Rough Trade, April 7, 2009)
Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek)	"Sara Watkins" (producer: former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones; guests: her Nickel Creek bandmates, Gillian Welch, Dave Rawling, Benmont Tench, Pete Thomas, Tim O'Brien, Chris Eldridge, Ronnie McCoury, Rayna Gellert; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Nonesuch, April 7, 2009)
Neil Young	"Fork in the Road" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download; CD/DVD)	(Reprise, April 7, 2009)
Jenny Owen Youngs	"Led to the Sea [MP3 Download]" (4-song EP; producer: Dan Romer; Hear here; Twitter)	(Nettwerk, April 7, 2009)