Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
AIR	"Le Voyage Dans La Lune" (an original modern soundtrack to the restored 1902 silent film "Le Voyage Dans La Lune [A Trip to the Moon]"; guests: Au Revoir Simone and Victoria Legrand of Beach House; Hear here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download)	(Astralwerks, Feb. 7, 2012)
Dierks Bentley	"Home" (guests: Little Big Town's Karen Fairchild, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien; first single: "Am I the Only One"; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Capitol Nashville, Feb. 7, 2012)
Die Antwoord (South African rap-rave crew)	"Ten$ion" (first single: "Fok Julle Naaires"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(ZEF/Downtown, Feb. 7, 2012)
Dr. Dog	"Be the Void" (first single: "That Old Black Hole"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(ANTI-/Epitaph, Feb. 7, 2012)
Drunken Prayer (alt-country/folk-rock band)	"Into the Missionfield [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(Fluff & Gravy, Feb. 7, 2012)
Emma-Lee (Canadian singer-songwriter)	"Backseat Heroine [MP3 Download]" (guests: Nicole Atkins, Jill Barber, Luke Doucet; Hear here)	(Special Agent, Feb. 7, 2012)
Escape Club	"Celebrity" (producers: guitarist John Holliday, frontman Trevor Steel; first single: "God's Own Radio"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Whipped Cream/Redeye, Feb. 7, 2012)
Roberta Flack	"Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles" (producers: Sherrod Barnes, Jerry Barnes, Barry Miles; first single: "We Can Work It Out"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(RAS/429, Feb. 7, 2012)
Fray, The	"Scars & Stories" (producer: Brendan O'Brien; first single: "Heartbeat"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Epic, Feb. 7, 2012)
Garland Green	"I Should've Been the One" (his first album of all new material in 30 years; first singles: "I'm the One That Should've Been" and a new version of his 1969 hit "Jealous Kind of Fella")	(Special Soul Music, Feb. 7, 2012)
Larkin Grimm	"Soul Retrieval [MP3 Download]" (producer: Tony Visconti; Hear here)	(v, Feb. 7, 2012)
Ben Kweller	"Go Fly a Kite" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(The Noise Company/ADA, Feb. 7, 2012)
Mark Lanegan Band	"Blues Funeral" (Lanegan's first album since 2004's "Bubblegum"; producer: Alain Johannes; guests: Jack Irons, Greg Dulli, Josh Homme, etc.; first single: "The Gravedigger's Song"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(4AD, Feb. 7, 2012)
The Light (led by Peter Hook)	"1102/2011 [EP]" (nine songs, including four Joy Division re-recordings; See here; MP3 Download)	(Hacienda, Feb. 7, 2012)
Paul McCartney	"Kisses on the Bottom" (pop-standards album, with two new McCartney compositions; producer: Tommy LiPuma; guests: Diana Krall and her band, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Hear Music/Concord, Feb. 7, 2012)
Olivia Newton-John, various artists	"A Few Best Men [Film soundtrack]" (Newton-John stars and sings in this buddy road-flick, which opens in Australia on Jan. 26; See here)	(Australia - Universal, Feb. 6, 2012)
of Montreal	"Paralytic Stalks" (first single: "Dour Percentage"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Polyvinyl, Feb. 7, 2012)
Patrice O'Neal (stand-up comic died of complications from a stroke on Nov. 29, 2011)	"Mr. P" (recorded in April 2011 at the DC Improv; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(BSeen Media, Feb. 7, 2012)
Pretty Good Dance Moves (Brooklyn electro-pop band)	"Limo [MP3 Download]" (guest: Brazilian Girls' Sabina Sciubba; Hear here; Vinyl)	(MAD Dragon/Township, Feb. 7, 2012)
Prima Donna	"Bless This Mess" (producer: Chris Dugan; first single: "Feral Children"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Acetate, Feb. 7, 2012)
Chuck Prophet	"Temple Beautiful" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Yep Roc, Feb. 7, 2012)
Psycroptic (Australian death/grind band)	"The Inherited Repression" (producer: guitarist Joe Haley; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Nuclear Blast, Feb. 7, 2012)
Red Hot Rebellion (Ohio punk 'n' roll band)	"Red Hot Rebellion [MP3 Download]" (accompanied by a comic book; Hear here)	(Red Hot Rebellion, Feb. 7, 2012)
Royal Baths	"Better Luck Next Life" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Kanine, Feb. 7, 2012)
Shaggy	"Summer in Kingston" (guests: Tarrus Riley, Kat DeLuna, Jaiden, Assassin aka Agent Sasco; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Ranch Entertainment, Feb. 7, 2012)
Silverstein	"Short Songs" (22 songs; 11 originals and 11 covers, including Dead Kennedys, Orchid, Gorilla Biscuits, The Promise Ring, NOFX, Green Day, etc.; producer: Jordan Valeriote; Hear here; See here; Vinyl)	(Hopeless, Feb. 7, 2012)
Sunshone Still	"ThewaytheworldDies [MP3 Download]" (Hear here)	(Potato Eater, Feb. 7, 2012)
Twilight Sad, The (Scottish indie-rock band)	"No One Can Ever Know" (producer: Andrew Weatherall; first single: "Sick"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(FatCat, Feb. 7, 2012)
2 Bears, The	"Be Strong" (first single: "Work"; Hear here; See here)	(U.K. - DFA, Feb. 6, 2012)
Steve Tyrell	"I'll Take Romance" (guest: Judith Hill; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Concord, Feb. 7, 2012)
Sharon Van Etten	"Tramp" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Jagjaguwar, Feb. 7, 2012)
Van Halen	"A Different Kind of Truth" (first album with David Lee Roth since 1984; producer: John Shanks; first single: "Tattoo"; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download)	(Interscope, Feb. 7, 2012)
Various artists	"The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated to Waylon Jennings, Volume II" (contributors: Jennings' widow Jessi Colter, Dierks Bentley, Justin Moore, Hank Williams Jr., Montgomery Gentry, Jewel, Jack Ingram, Colt Ford, Josh Thompson, Pat Green, Wyatt McCubbin)	(Scatter/Average Joes Entertainment, Feb. 7, 2012)
Various artists	"NOW That's What I Call Music! 41" (20 songs; MP3 Download)	(Capitol, Feb. 7, 2012)
Various artists	"Ultra Dance 13" (24 songs; MP3 Download)	(Ultra, Feb. 7, 2012)
Various artists	"The Vow [Film soundtrack]" (movie starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum opens Feb. 10; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Rhino, Feb. 7, 2012)
Martin Zellar & The Hardways (former lead singer of the Gear Daddies)	"Roosters Crow [MP3 Download]" (his first album of solo material in 10 years; producer: Pat Manske; Hear here)	(Owen Lee Recordings, Feb. 7, 2012)