Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Shari Addison (first runner-up of BET's "Sunday Best" gospel talent show)	"Shari Addison" (producers: Percy Bady, Daniel Weatherspoon, Donald Lawrence, Kevin Bond, etc.; first single: "No Battle, No Blessing"; Hear here)	(Verity, Jan. 13, 2009)
Crystal Aikin (winner of BET's "Sunday Best" gospel talent show)	"Crystal Aikin" (producers: PAJAM, Dre & Vidal, Asaph A. Ward; guest: Natalie Grant; first single: "I Desire More"; Hear here; See here; Read here)	(Verity, Jan. 13, 2009)
Animal Collective	"Merriweather Post Pavilion" (Hear here; Read here)	(U.K. - Domino, Jan. 12, 2009)
Colin Armstrong	"Lost and Anonymous" (producer: Mikal Reid; Hear here)	(Rithmetic, Jan. 13, 2009)
Ravi Coltrane (son of John and Alice Coltrane)	"Blending Times" (guests: Charlie Haden, Brandee Younger; Hear here)	(Savoy Jazz, Jan. 13, 2009)
Crooked X	"The New Generation of Rock" (producers: Spencer Proffer, Michael Wagener; first single: "Rock N Roll Dream"; Hear here)	(MPM/Capitol, Jan. 13, 2009)
Elaine Elias	"Bossa Nova Stories" (producer: Mikal Reid; Hear here)	(Blue Note, Jan. 13, 2009)
Fauna	"Rain" (Hear here)	(Aurora Borealis, Jan. 13, 2009)
Heather Headley	"Audience of One" (producer: Keith Thomas; guest: Smokie Norful; first single: a cover of the Commodores' "Jesus Is Love"; Hear here)	(EMI Gospel, Jan. 13, 2009)
(hed) p.e.	"New World Orphan" (Hear here)	(Suburban Noize, Jan. 13, 2009)
Illinois	"The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe: Chapter 3 [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(+1, Jan. 13, 2009)
Syleena Johnson	"Chapter 4: Labor Pains" (first single: "It's True"; Hear here)	(Aneelys, Jan. 13, 2009)
Kreator	"Hordes of Chaos" (producer: Moses Schneider; Read here; also available with a DVD)	(Steamhammer/SPV, Jan. 13, 2009)
Late of the Pier	"Fantasy Black Channel" (Hear here)	(Astralwerks, Jan. 13, 2009)
Potop	"Channels" (Hear here)	(Iron Pig, Jan. 13, 2009)
Quatre Tête	"Art of the State" (producer: Bob Weston; Hear here)	(Sickroom, Jan. 13, 2009)
Ravens Creed	"Militia of Blood Sacrifice [EP]" (Hear here)	(Iron Pig, Jan. 13, 2009)
Joshua Redman	"Compass" (producers: James Farber, Redman; Hear here)	(Nonesuch, Jan. 13, 2009)
Royal Bliss	"Life In-Between" (producer: Rob Daiker; Hear here)	(MRV/Caroline/Capitol, Jan. 13, 2009)
Rye Wolves	"Oceans of Delicate Rain" (Hear here)	(Aurora Borealis, Jan. 13, 2009)
Saxon	"Into the Labyrinth" (producer: Charlie Bauerfeind; first single: "Live to Rock"; Hear here)	(Steamhammer/SPV, Jan. 13, 2009)
Too Pure to Die	"Confess" (producers: Zeuss, Hatebreed's Jamey Jasta; Hear here)	(Trustkill, Jan. 13, 2009)
Derek Trucks Band, The	"Already Free" (producer: Trucks; guests: wife Susan Tedeschi, Doyle Bramhall II, Oteil Burbridge; first single: a cover of Bob Dylan's "Down in the Flood"; Hear here; Read here)	(Columbia, Jan. 13, 2009)