Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Boy Least Likely To, The	"The Law of the Playground" (Hear here)	(+1, April 14, 2009)
Color Fred, The	"The Intervention [EP]" (Hear here)	(Equal Vision, April 18, 2009 — National Record Store Day)
Day26 (from MTV's "Making the Band 4")	"Forever in a Day" (guests: Diddy, Yung Joc; first single: "Imma Put It On Her"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Bad Boy/Atlantic, April 14, 2009)
Death Cab for Cutie	"The Open Door [EP]" (Hear here; Read here)	(Atlantic, April 14, 2009)
Dennis DeYoung	"One Hundred Years from Now" (See here; Read here)	(Rounder, April 14, 2009)
John Doe and The Sadies	"Country Club" (covers album; Hear here; Read here)	(Yep Roc, April 14, 2009)
Easy Star All-Stars	"Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band" (reggae tribute to the Beatles; guests: Steel Pulse, Matisyahu, Michael Rose, Luciano, Ranking Roger, Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Max Romeo, The Mighty Diamonds; first single: "With a Little Help From My Friends"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Easy Star, April 14, 2009)
FACT (Japanese rock quintet)	"FACT" (producer: Michael "Elvis" Baskette; Hear here)	(Vagrant/Maximum 10, April 14, 2009)

BTW: "The biggest focus for FACT is the melody," drummer Eiji tells P&P. "We definitely put in a lot of effort to get the best melody line in (each) song. From that melody line, we change the speed, or use different medium, or loop it, etc., to make it sound even more interesting. I think that's our best attribute as a band."

Guitarist Takahiro says they don't want to be lumped into any one category.

"The album jumps from one genre to another," he says, "and we love that eclectic sound. You can't jump into it thinking you are gonna hear one thing. I guess you can expect it to be unexpected."

Who are their musical heroes? Takahiro cites Incubus.

"Every album sounds like it's constantly evolving and shows that they have had a long challenging journey as a band," he says. "I think they are awesome."

Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue	"Shout! Live" (fall 2008 concert at the Station Inn in Nashville; guests: The McCrary Sisters; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(INO/Columbia, April 14, 2009)
Fastball	"Little White Lies" (trio's first album in five years; producers: vocalist-guitarist Miles Zuniga, C.J. Eiriksson; Hear here)	(MRI/RED Distribution, April 14, 2009)
Grand Duchy (aka Violet Clark and Black Francis)	"Petits Fours" (Hear here)	(Cooking Vinyl, April 14, 2009)
Handsome Family, The	"Honey Moon" (Hear here; Read here)	(Carrot Top, April 14, 2009)
Jah Cure	"The Universal Cure" (guests: Flo Rida, Phyllisia, Mavado, Jr. Reid; first single: "Mr. Jailer"; Hear here; Ecard)	(DangerZone Entertainment/SoBe Entertainment/Fontana, April 14, 2009)
Juan MacLean, The	"The Future Will Come" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(DFA, April 14, 2009)
Just Jack	"All Night Cinema" (first single: "Embers"; Hear here)	(U.K. - Mercury, April 13, 2009)
Last Vegas, The	"Whatever Gets You Off" (producers: DJ Ashba, Marti Frederiksen, Nikki Sixx; first single: "I'm Bad"; Hear here; See here)	(Eleven Seven Music, April 14, 2009)
Life and Times, The	"Tragic Boogie" (Hear here)	(Arena Rock Recording Co., April 14, 2009)
Ida Maria	"Fortress Round My Heart" (Hear here)	(Mercury/Island, April 14, 2009)
Medeski Martin & Wood	"Radiolarians II" (Hear here)	(Indirecto, April 14, 2009)
Metric	"Fantasies" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Last Gang, April 14, 2009)
Scott Miller	"For Crying Out Loud" (producer: Mike Webb; guests: Miller's band Commonwealth, Patty Griffin, Tim O'Brien; Hear here)	(FYA, April 14, 2009)
Willie Nile	"House of a Thousand Guitars" (producers: Nile, Andy York, Brad Albetta, Hirsh Gardner, Stewart Lerman, Frankie Lee; Hear here)	(River House/GB Music, April 14, 2009)
Papercuts	"You Can Have What You Want" (Hear here)	(Gnomonsong, April 14, 2009)
Eddi Reader	"Love Is the Way" (Hear here)	(U.K. - Rough Trade, April 13, 2009)
Tasha Ree	"Training the Skeptics" (first single: "Push Play"; Hear here)	(Bluleaf Recordings, April 14, 2009)
Silversun Pickups	"Swoon" (producer: Dave Cooley; Hear here; MP3 Download; Vinyl)	(Dangerbird, April 14, 2009)
Jill Sobule	"California Years" (fan-funded album; producer: Don Was; Hear here; Read here)	(Pinko/Megaforce, April 14, 2009)
So Shush	"So Shush [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(So Shush, April 14, 2009)
This Fair City	"Broken Surfaces [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; Read here)	(The Union Records/Catapult Distributing, April 14, 2009)
Bernie Williams (guitarist and former New York Yankees outfielder)	"Moving Forward" (producers: Williams, Loren Harriet; guests: Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Jon Secada, Dave Koz, The Harlem Boys & Girls Alumni Choir, Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Reform/Rock Ridge Music, April 14, 2009)
Yonlu	"A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre" (Hear here)	(Luaka Bop, April 14, 2009)