Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Tori Amos	"Abnormally Attracted to Sin" (producer: Amos; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe Edition; MP3 Download)	(Universal Republic, May 19, 2009)
Blockheads, The (new vocalist: Derek Hussey)	"Staring Down the Barrel [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; Read here)	(Blockheads/EMI, May 19, 2009)
Busta Rhymes	"Back On My B.S." (producers: Cool & Dre, Dr. Dre, J Dilla, DJ Khalil, Focus, The Neptunes, Swizz Beatz, RZA, Mike Shinoda, etc.; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Flipmode/Universal Motown, May 19, 2009)
Carbon Leaf	"Nothing Rhymes With Woman" (producer: John Morand; guest: Dave Matthews Band keyboardist Butch Taylor; first single: "Miss Hollywood"; Hear here; Amazon.com exclusive, with two bonus tracks)	(Vanguard, May 19, 2009)
Craig Chaquico	"Follow the Sun" (Hear here)	(Shanachie, May 19, 2009)
CKY	"Carver City" (producer: guitarist Chad I Ginsburg; Hear here)	(Roadrunner, May 19, 2009)
Ashley Cleveland	"God Don't Never Change" (Hear here)	(Koch, May 19, 2009)
Jarvis Cocker	"Further Complications" (producer: Steve Albini; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Rough Trade, May 19, 2009)
Nicola Conte	"Rituals" (released in Europe in 2008; Hear here)	(Decca, May 19, 2009)
Dane Cook	"ISolated INcident" (See here)	(Comedy Central, May 19, 2009)
Drive A	"Loss of Desire" (producers: Drive A, Dennis Hill, Matt Sorum; first single: "Are You Blind"; Hear here)	(Adrenaline, May 19, 2009)
Eminem	"Relapse" (Hear here; Read here)	(Interscope/Aftermath/ Shady, May 19, 2009)
EVANSCAPPS (Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Ean Evans and 38 Special keyboardist Bobby Capps; Evans died on May 6, 2009)	"Last Time" (Hear here)	(Rock Ridge Music, May 19, 2009)
Evil Cowards (side project of Tyler Spencer of Electric Six)	"Covered in Gas" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Metropolis, May 19, 2009)
Funkdoobiest	"The Golden B-Boys" (Hear here)	(L.A. Hill, May 19, 2009)
Gin Blossoms	"Live in Concert" (Hear here)	(429, May 19, 2009)
Hardline	"Leaving the End Open" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Frontiers, May 19, 2009)
Hedley	"Never Too Late" (producers: Greig Nori, Brian Howes, GGGarth Richardson; first single: "Old School"; Hear here; See here)	(Fontana, May 19, 2009)
IAMX	"Kingdom of Welcome Addiction" (Hear here)	(Metropolis, May 19, 2009)
Gregory Alan Isakov	"This Empty Northern Hemisphere" (Hear here; Read here)	(Gregory Alan Isakov, May 19, 2009)
Kacey Jones	"Donald Trump'$ Hair" (producer: Jones; first single: "I Wanna Be Up Front Like Dolly"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(IGO/Select-O-Hits, May 19, 2009)

BTW: "I've written a lot of humorous songs in the past 20 years," Jones tells P&P, "but I've rarely had as much fun during the writing process as I've had with the songs on 'Donald Trump's Hair.' The title track is an homage to 'The Donald' and his swirly 'do.' 'God Save the Queens' is an homage to drag queens and, 'Whatever Happened to Kenny Rogers' Face' is ... an 'homage' to botched plastic surgery. I'd love to see "Christmas in Rehab" become a new holiday 'standard' and I'm glad to have finally finished writing, 'I Can Always Get Skinny But You'll Never Be Tall,' which was inspired years ago by my ex-husband ... bless his pointed little head and fire-plug shaped-body."

LaKisa Jones ("American Idol" 2007 finalist)	"So Glad I'm Me" (first single: "Let's Go Celebrate"; Hear here)	(Elite Music LLC, May 19, 2009)
Julie the Band	"An Act of Communication" (producers: Julie the Band; guest: Obie Trice; first single: "Foggin Up a Clear View"; Hear here)	(Baby Bird, May 19, 2009)
Mat Kearney	"City of Black & White" (first single: "Closer to Love"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Aware/Columbia, May 19, 2009)
Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard	" 'Em Are I" (first single: "To Be Objectified"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl)	(Rough Trade, May 19, 2009)
Joe Lovano	"Folk Art" (Hear here)	(Blue Note, May 19, 2009)
Jason Lytle (former lead singer of Grandaddy)	"Yours Truly, the Commuter" (Hear here; Vinyl)	(Anti-/Epitaph, May 19, 2009)
Madness	"The Liberty of Norton Folgate" (ska legends' first album of new material since 1999's "Wonderful"; producers: Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley; Hear here; Read here)	(U.K. - Lucky Seven, May 18, 2009)
Manic Street Preachers	"Journal for Plague Lovers" (contains lyrics from longtime missing guitarist Richey Edwards; producer: Steve Albini; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition)	(U.K. - Columbia, May 18, 2009)
Larry McDonald	"Drumquestra [MP3 Download]" (producer: Sidney Mills; first single: "Head Over Heels"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(MCPR Music, May 19, 2009)
Method Man and Redman	"Blackout! 2" (producers: Gilla House, Pete Rock, E-Sermon, Rockwilder, etc.; Hear here)	(Def Jam, May 19, 2009)
Milk Inc.	"Forever" (Hear here)	(Ultra, May 19, 2009)
Miss Kittin & The Hacker	"Two [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; See here)	(Nobody's Bizzness, May 19, 2009)
Oak Ridge Boys, The	"The Boys Are Back" (includes a cover of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army"; producer: Dave Cobb, with songs by Shooter Jennings and Jamey Johnson; Hear here; MP3 Download; Twitter)	(Spring Hill, May 19, 2009)
Parachute	"Losing Sleep" (producer: John Shanks; first single: "She Is Love"; Hear here)	(Mercury, May 19, 2009)
Passion Pit	"Manners" (producer: Chris Zane; first single: "The Reeling"; Hear here; Vinyl)	(Frenchkiss, May 19, 2009)
Red Stick Ramblers, The	"My Suitcase Is Always Packed" (Hear here; Read here)	(Sugar Hill, May 19, 2009)
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band	"Palace and Stage" (Hear/read here; Vinyl)	(SideOneDummy, May 19, 2009)
Lionel Richie	"Just Go" (guests: Ne-Yo, Akon; first single: "Good Morning"; Hear here; Read here)	(Island, May 19, 2009)
Polly Scattergood	"Polly Scattergood" (Hear here)	(Mute, May 19, 2009)
Schenker-Barden Acoustic Project	"Gipsy Lady" (Read here)	(Inakustik/MVD Audio, May 19, 2009)
Ruben Studdard	"Love IS" (includes covers of Extreme's "More Than Words" and Michael Jackson's "I Can't Help It"; producers: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Stargate; first single: "Together"; Hear here; Read here)	(Hickory/19 Recordings, May 19, 2009)
Sugar Red Drive	"Sugar Red Drive" (producer: former Pound member Pat Gasperini, father of drummer P.J. Gasperini; Hear here)	(Sugar Bear, May 19, 2009)

BTW: "We all shared a common goal in wanting to make the best record possible, yet still maintaining our love for it," Sugar Red Drive guitarist Jim Kanuss tells P&P. "We wanted to write songs that we like."

Working with drummer P.J. Gasperini's father, producer Pat, proved to be a perfect fit, Knauss says.

"In my eyes, he's one of the best songwriters I've ever heard," Knauss says of Pat. "Extremely talented person. He just thinks of these little things on the fly that make you go 'holy cow.' "

Swing Out Sister	"Beautiful Mess" (released in Japan in March 2008; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Miso, May 19, 2009)
John Vanderslice	"Romanian Names" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Dead Oceans, May 19, 2009)
Various artists	"Dance Flick [Film soundtrack / MP3 Download]" (Wayans family parody of dance movies opens May 22; See here)	(Lakeshore, May 19, 2009)
Kate Voegele	"A Fine Mess" (producer: Mike Elizondo; first single: "99 Times"; Hear here; Deluxe edition)	(MySpace/Interscope, May 19, 2009)
White Rabbits	"It's Frightening" (producer: Britt Daniel; Hear here; Vinyl)	(tbd records, May 19, 2009)