Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Barry Adamson (The Bad Seeds, Magazine)	"I Will Set You Free" (new single: "Turnaround"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Central Control, Feb. 14, 2012)
Band of Skulls	"Sweet Sour" (producer: Ian Davenport; first single: "The Devil Takes Care of His Own"; See here; MP3 Download)	(Vagrant, Feb. 14, 2012)
Dunwells, The (British folk-rock group)	"Blind Sighted Faith" (producer: John Porter; first single: "I Could Be a King"; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(Playing in Traffic/RED, Feb. 14, 2012)
Elizaveta	"Beatrix Runs" (producer: Greg Wells; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(Universal Republic, Feb. 14, 2012)
Explorers Club, The	"Grand Hotel" (first single: "Run Run Run"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Rock Ridge Music, Feb. 14, 2012)
Gentleman (German reggae star)	"Diversity" (producers: Don Corelone, Red Roze, Shane Brown, Xterminator, Firehouse Crew; guests: the late Sugar Minott, Tanya Stephens, Christopher Martin; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(VP, Feb. 14, 2012)
Heartless Bastards (Austin indie quartet)	"Arrow" (producer: Spoon drummer Jim Eno; first single: "Parted Ways"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Partisan, Feb. 14, 2012)
Beth Jeans Houghton & The Hooves of Destiny (U.K. psychedelic pop band)	"Yours Truly, Cellophane Nose" (first single: "Liliputt"; Hear here)	(U.K. - Mute, Feb. 13, 2012)
I-Octane	"Crying to the Nation" (guests: Tarrus Riley, Agent Sasso; first single: "L.O.V.E Y.O.U"; Hear here)	(VP, Feb. 14, 2012)
Islands (Montreal avant-pop band)	"A Sleep & A Forgetting" (Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl)	(ANTI-/Epitaph, Feb. 14, 2012)
Eyvind Kang (string player has worked with Mr. Bungle, Sun City Girls and Lou Reed)	"The Narrow Garden" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Ipecac Recordings, Feb. 13, 2012)
Amos Lee	"As the Crow Flies [EP]" (six songs from the "Mission Bell" sessions; producer: Calexico frontman Joey Burns; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Blue Note, Feb. 14, 2012)
Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound	"Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound" (producers: Audra Mae, Deana Carter; Hear here)	(SideOneDummy, Feb. 14, 2012)
Minutes, The (Dublin, Ireland, rock trio)	"The Minutes [MP3 Download]" (producer: Kevin McMahon; first single: "Black Keys"; Hear here)	(Model Citizen, Feb. 14, 2012)
Phenomenal Handclap Band	"Form & Control" (first single: "Following"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl)	(Tummy Touch, Feb. 14, 2012)
Punch Brothers	"Who's Feeling Young Now?" (includes a cover of Radiohead's "Kid A"; producer: Jacquire King; Hear here)	(Nonesuch, Feb. 14, 2012)
Catherine Russell	"Strictly Romancin' " (producer: Paul Kahn; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(World Village/Harmonia Mundi, Feb. 14, 2012)
Mitch Ryder	"The Promise [MP3 Download]" (his first U.S. release in nearly 30 years; includes a cover of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"; producer: Don Was; Hear here; Read here)	(Michigan Broadcasting Corporation, Feb. 14, 2012)
Sugar + The Hi-Lows (Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup)	"Sugar + The Hi-Lows" (first single: "See It For Yourself"; Hear here; See here; Read here)	(Ready. Set. Records!, Feb. 14, 2012)
Otis Taylor	"Otis Taylor's Contraband" (guests: Cassie Taylor, Larry Thompson, Anne Harris, Jon Paul Johnson, Chuck Campbell, Ron Miles, The Sheryl Renee Choir; Hear here; Read here)	(Telarc, Feb. 14, 2012)
Rosie Thomas	"With Love" (guests: Pedro the Lion frontman David Bazan, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, Blake Wescott, Jen Wood; Hear here; Read here)	(Sing-A-Long, Feb. 14, 2012)
Ticktockman	"Ticktockman [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(Ticktockman, Feb. 14, 2012)
Various artists	"Radio Rebel [MP3 Download]" (Disney Channel original movie premieres Feb. 17, featuring Disney Channel star Debby Ryan, pop singer Kari Kimmel, etc.; Hear/see here; CD)	(Razor & Tie, Feb. 14, 2012)
Vintage Blue (Chicago rock quintet formerly known as Tanglewood)	"Strike the Mics [MP3 Download]" (producer: Jamie Candiloro; Hear here)	(Rock Ridge Music, Feb. 14, 2012)
Viper Creek Club (Seattle electro rock outfit)	"Hot Lights [MP3 Download]" (six-song EP; Hear here)	(Viper Creek Club, Feb. 14, 2012)
Kirk Whalum	"Romance Language" (producers: Whalum, John Stoddart; guests: brother Kevin Whalum, uncle Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Rendezvous Music, Feb. 14, 2012)
Mat Zo	"The Bipolar EP [MP3 Download]" (four songs; first single: "Bipolar"; Hear here)	(Anjunabeats, Feb. 13, 2012)