Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Beth Nielsen Chapman	"Back to Love" (Hear here)	(BNC/Thirty Tigers/RED, May 25, 2010)
Chapin Sisters, The	"Oh, Hear the Wind Blow" (five-song EP; Hear here)	(Lake Bottom, May 25, 2010)
David Cross (actor-comedian)	"Bigger and Blackerer" (recorded at Boston's Wilbur Theatre in 2009; Read here; DVD)	(Sub Pop, May 25, 2010)
Dan Cummins (standup comic)	"Crazy With a Capital F" (recorded at The Bing Crosby Theater in Spokane, Wash.; Read here)	(Jack/Warner, May 25, 2010)
Karen Elson (wife of The White Stripes' Jack White)	"The Ghost Who Walks" (producer: White; guests: White, Rachelle Garniez, guitarist Jackson Smith, son of Patti Smith; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Third Man/XL Recordings, May 25, 2010)
Emii	"Magic [MP3 Download]" (five-song EP; Hear here; See here)	(Slippery Eel Productions, May 25, 2010)
Far	"At Night We Live" (first single: "Deafening"; Hear here)	(Vagrant, May 25, 2010)
Framing Hanley	"A Promise to Burn [CD/DVD]" (producers: Brett Hestla, Greg Archilla, Dan Malsch; first single: "You Stupid Girl"; Hear here)	(Silent Majority Group/ILG, May 25, 2010)
Michael Franti & Spearhead	"Shake It [MP3 Download]" (first single from their "The Sound of Sunshine" album, due this summer; Hear here)	(Capitol/Boo Boo Wax, May 25, 2010)
Glitch Mob, The	"Drink the Sea [MP3 Download]" (first single: "Drive It Like You Stole It"; Hear here)	(Glass Air, May 25, 2010)
Hank III (Hank Williams III)	"Rebel Within" (Hear here; CD/Vinyl)	(Curb, May 25, 2010)
It's Alive	"Human Resources" (producer: David Bendeth; first single: "Pieces"; Hear here)	(Wind-up, May 25, 2010)
Leela James	"My Soul" (producers: Gerrard Baker, Carl "Chucky" Thompson, Kanye West, Commissioner Gordon; guest: Raheem DeVaughn; first single: "Tell Me You Love Me"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Stax/Concord, May 25, 2010)
Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden	"Jasmine"	(ECM, May 25, 2010)
Keller & The Keels (Keller Williams)	"Thief" (all-covers album, from Amy Winehouse to Kris Kristofferson; producers: Larry and Jenny Keel; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(SCI Fidelity, May 25, 2010)
Krokus	"Hoodoo" (Hear here; See here)	(SonyMusic Independent Network, May 25, 2010)
Bettye Lavette	"Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook" (13-track set includes covers of "Love Reign O'er Me," "Isn't It a Pity," "Maybe I'm Amazed," "It Don't Come Easy"; producers: Lavette, Rob Mathes, Michael Stevens; Hear here; Read here)	(Anti-/Epitaph, May 25, 2010)
Loudness	"King of Pain" (their 23rd studio album; Hear here)	(Tokuma Japan, May 25, 2010)
Marina & The Diamonds	"The Family Jewels" (reached No. 5 on U.K. album chart this winter; producers: Marina Diamandis, Liam Howe, Richard Stannard, Pascal Gabriel, Greg Kurstin, Starsmith; first single: "I Am Not a Robot"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(679 Recordings/Atlantic, May 25, 2010)
Modern English	"Soundtrack" (their first album since 1996; first single: "It's OK"; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Darla, May 25, 2010)
Parlovr	"Parlovr [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(Dine Alone Music, May 25, 2010)
John Prine	"In Person & On Stage" (live album, with guests Emmylou Harris, Josh Ritter, Sara Watkins, Iris DeMent, Kane Welch Kaplin; Hear/read here)	(Oh Boy, May 25, 2010)
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	"The Wages" (Hear here)	(SideOneDummy, May 25, 2010)
Darrell Scott (part of Robert Plant's Band of Joy tour)	"A Crooked Road" (2 CDs; Hear here)	(Thirty Tigers, May 25, 2010)
Smashing Pumpkins	"Teargarden by Kaleidyscope — Vol. 1: Songs For a Sailor" (Hear here)	(Rocket Science, May 25, 2010)
Jimmy Somerville	"Suddenly Last Summer [CD/DVD]" (covers album; Hear here)	(Strike Force, May 25, 2010)
Soulfly	"Omen" (producers: frontman Max Cavalera, Logan Mader; Hear here; Deluxe edition)	(Roadrunner, May 25, 2010)
Stone Temple Pilots	"Stone Temple Pilots" (group's first album since 2001; producers: Don Was, Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl)	(Atlantic, May 25, 2010)
Tobacco	"Maniac Meat" (guest: Beck; Hear here)	(Anticon, May 25, 2010)
Tomorrows Bad Seeds	"Sacred For Sale" (first single: "Slow Down"; Hear here)	(UrbanTone, May 25, 2010)
Truth & Salvage Co.	"Truth & Salvage Co." (first single: "Call Back"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl)	(Silver Arrow/Megaforce, May 25, 2010)
Various artists	"Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's 'Songs For Beginners' " (contributors: Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Brendan Benson, Vetiver, Sleepy Sun, Nash's daughter Nile Nash, etc.; See/read here; Vinyl)	(Grassroots, May 25, 2010)
Various artists	"MacGruber [Film soundtrack]" (the "SNL" skit goes big screen on May 21; featuring tracks by Michael Bolton, Gerry Rafferty, Toto, The Black Keys, The Hives, etc.; See here; MP3 Download)	(Relativity, May 25, 2010)
Various artists	"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [Film soundtrack]" (action-adventure fantasy movie, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, opens May 28; See here)	(Walt Disney, May 25, 2010)
Various artists	"Sex and the City 2 [Film soundtrack]" (sequel due in theaters May 27; See here)	(WaterTower Music/UMG, May 25, 2010)
Various artists	"True Blood: Music From the HBO Original Series, Volume 2 [TV soundtrack]" (includes new and exclusive tracks from Beck, Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello, Thievery Corporation, Robbie Robertson, etc.; see related DVD below; MP3 Download)	(Elektra/Atlantic, May 25, 2010)
Widespread Panic	"Dirty Side Down" (includes a cover of Vic Chesnutt's "This Cruel Thing"; producers: John Keane, Widespread Panic; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl/CD)	(ATO, May 25, 2010)