Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Accept	"Stalingrad" (producer: Andy Sheap; Hear here)	(Nuclear Blast, April 10, 2012)
Alabama Shakes	"Boys & Girls" (producers: Alabama Shakes; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(ATO, April 10, 2012)
Attaloss (L.A. modern rockers)	"Attaloss" (Hear here)	(Rock Ridge Music, April 10, 2012)
BT	"Laptop Symphony" (two CDs; Hear here)	(Black Hole, April 10, 2012)
Chemical Brothers, The	"The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think [CD/DVD/Book]" (concert movie; Hear here)	(Astralwerks, April 9, 2012)
Counting Crows	"Underwater Sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation)" (all-covers album, featuring versions of songs by Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, Bob Dylan, The Faces, Travis, etc.; producer: Shawn Dealey; Hear here; Read here)	(Collective Sounds, April 10, 2012)
Dirge Within	(title TBA; producers: Ari Mihalopoulos, Dirge Within; Hear here)	(Rocket Science Ventures/THC: MUSIC/Sony RED, April 10, 2012)
Emmure	"Slave to the Game" (drummer: Mark Castillo; producer: Joey Sturgis; Hear here)	(Victory, April 10, 2012)
Aaron Freeman (of Ween)	"Marvelous Clouds" (features 13 versions of songs written by 20th century poet-songwriter Rod McKuen; producer: Ben Vaughn; Hear here)	(Partisan, April 10, 2012)
Nanci Griffith	"Intersection" (first single: "Hell No [I'm Not Alright]"; Hear here)	(Thirty Tigers, April 10, 2012)
Halestorm	"The Strange Case of ..." (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "Love Bites [So Do I]"; Hear here; Read here)	(Atlantic, April 10, 2012)
Lords of Acid	"Deep Chills" (Belgian electro-industrial pioneers' first album in 11 years; producer: Praga Khan; first single: "Pop That Tooshie"; Hear here)	(Metropolis, April 10, 2012)
Mastersons, The	"Birds Fly South" (producers: Steve Christensen, Chris Masterson, George Reiff, Falcon Valdez, Eleanor Whitmore; Hear here)	(New West, April 10, 2012)
Nicki Minaj	"Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" (Hear here; Read here)	(Young Money/Cash Money/Universal, April 10, 2012)
John Oates Band	"The Bluesville Sessions" (recorded Oct. 11, 2011, at the Sirius/XM Radio Station Studios in Washington, D.C.; MP3 Download)	(WBA, April 10, 2012)
Prince Royce	"Phase II" (first single: "Las Cosas Pequeñas"; Hear here)	(Top Stop Music, April 10, 2012)
Bonnie Raitt	"Slipstream" (her first album since 2005; a mixture of covers and original songs; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Redwing, April 10, 2012)
Curtis Salgado	"Soul Shot" (Hear here)	(Alligator, April 10, 2012)
Joe Satriani	"Satchurated: Live in Montreal" (Read here; DVD)	(Epic, April 10, 2012)
Sea of Bees	"Orangefarben" (Hear here)	(Heavenly Recordings, April 9, 2012)
Sleepy Sun	"Spine Hits" (producers: Dave Catching, Ethan Allen, Sleepy Sun; Hear here)	(The End, April 10, 2012)
Spiritualized	"Sweet Heart Sweet Light" (Hear here; Read here)	(Fat Possum/RED, April 10, 2012)
Steep Canyon Rangers	"Nobody Knows You" (producers: Steep Canyon Rangers, Gary Paczosa; Hear here; Read here)	(Rounder, April 10, 2012)
Taproot	"Episodes" (producer: Tim Patalan; Hear here)	(Victory, April 10, 2012)
Lissy Trullie	"Lissy Trullie" (producers: John Hill, David Sitek; first single: "Madeleine"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Downtown, April 10, 2012)
M. Ward	"A Wasteland Companion" (guests: Zooey Deschanel, Howe Gelb, Mike Mogis, John Parish, Steve Shelley, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Merge, April 10, 2012)
Alex Winston	"King Con" (producers: Charlie Hugall, Bjorn Yttling, The Knocks; Hear here)	(V2/Cooperative Music, April 10, 2012)
Young Hines	"Give Me My Change" (Hear here)	(Readymade, April 10, 2012 - Brendan Benson's label)
Zambri (New York electronic sister duo)	"House of Baasa" (first single: "ICBYS"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Kanine, April 10, 2012)
Blue Öyster Cult	"The Essential Blue Öyster Cult" (two CDs)	(Columbia/Legacy, April 10, 2012)
Donovan	"The Essential Donovan" (two CDs)	(Epic/Legacy, April 10, 2012)
Art Garfunkel	"The Singer" (two-CD, 40 songs, selected by Garfunkel; Track list)	(Columbia/Legacy, April 10, 2012)
Alan Jackson	"The Essential Alan Jackson" (two CDs)	(Arista/Legacy, April 10, 2012)
World Party	"Arkeology [Box set]" (five CDs, featuring 70 previously unreleased tracks spanning 25 years; Hear here; Read here)	(Seaview/Fontana, April 10, 2012)

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