| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Accept | “Stalingrad” (producer: Andy Sheap; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Nuclear Blast, April 10, 2012) |
| Alabama Shakes | “Boys & Girls” (producers: Alabama Shakes; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (ATO, April 10, 2012) |
| Amadou & Mariam (Malian duo) | “Folila” (guests: Santigold, TV on the Radio, Nick Zinner, Theophilus London, Bassekou Kouyate, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Because Music/Nonesuch, April 10, 2012) |
| Attaloss (L.A. modern rockers) | “Attaloss” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rock Ridge Music, April 10, 2012) |
| Counting Crows | “Underwater Sunshine (or what we did on our summer vacation)” (all-covers album, featuring versions of songs by Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, Bob Dylan, The Faces, Travis, etc.; producer: Shawn Dealey; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Collective Sounds, April 10, 2012) |
| Jon DeRosa (Brooklyn singer-songwriter) | “A Wolf in Preacher’s Clothes [MP3 Download]” (producer: Charles Newman; Hear here) | (Motherwest, April 10, 2012) |
| Dirge Within | “There Will Be Blood” (producers: Ari Mihalopoulos, Dirge Within; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rocket Science Ventures/THC: MUSIC/Sony RED, April 10, 2012) |
| Emmure | “Slave to the Game” (drummer: Mark Castillo; producer: Joey Sturgis; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Victory, April 10, 2012) |
| Estrogen Highs (New Haven punk-rock quartet) | “Irrelevant Future” (first single: “I Wanna Be Tall”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Trouble in Mind, April 10, 2012) |
| Simone Felice (former drummer for The Felice Brothers) | “Simone Felice” (first single: “New York Times”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Reveal, April 10, 2012) |
| Florence + The Machine | “MTV Unplugged [CD/DVD]” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Universal Republic, April 10, 2012) |
| Donald Glover (of NBC’s “Community”) | “Weirdo” (recorded at the Union Square Theatre in New York City; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download; DVD) | (eOne Music, April 10, 2012) |
| Nanci Griffith | “Intersection” (first single: “Hell No [I’m Not Alright]”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Thirty Tigers, April 10, 2012) |
| Grand Duchy (Black Francis and wife Violet Clark) | “Let the People Speak” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Sonic Unyon, April 10, 2012) |
| Halestorm | “The Strange Case of …” (producer: Howard Benson; first single: “Love Bites [So Do I]”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Atlantic, April 10, 2012) |
| Morten Harket (of a-ha) | “Scared of Heights” (second single from his upcoming solo album; See here) | (Europe – Universal, April 9, 2012) |
| Hollows (Chicago indie rockers) | “Vulture” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Trouble in Mind, April 10, 2012) |
| It’s a Musical (Berlin duo) | “For Years and Years” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Morr Music, April 10, 2012) |
| Killing Joke | “MMXII” (producer: Killing Joke; first single: “In Cythera”; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Spinefarm/Universal, April 9, 2012) |
| Lords of Acid | “Deep Chills” (Belgian electro-industrial pioneers’ first album in 11 years; producer: Praga Khan; first single: “Pop That Tooshie”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Metropolis, April 10, 2012) |
| Lostprophets | “Weapons” (producer: Ken Andrews; Hear here) | (U.K. – Epic, April 9, 2012) |
| Mastersons, The | “Birds Fly South” (producers: Steve Christensen, Chris Masterson, George Reiff, Falcon Valdez, Eleanor Whitmore; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (New West, April 10, 2012) |
| Monica | “New Life” (producers: Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, Jermaine Dupri, Polow Da Don, Lamb, Salaam Remi; guests: Brandy, Wale; first single: “It All Belongs to Me”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (RCA, April 10, 2012) |
| Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real (son of Willie Nelson) | “Wasted” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (POTR Music, LLC, April 10, 2012) |
| John Oates Band | “The Bluesville Sessions” (recorded Oct. 11, 2011, at the Sirius/XM Radio Station Studios in Washington, D.C.; MP3 Download) | (WBA, April 10, 2012) |
| Ryan Power (Burlington, Vt., pop singer) | “I Don’t Want to Die [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; Read here) | (NNA Tapes, April 10, 2012) |
| Daniel Powter (of “Bad Day” fame) | “Cupid [MP3 Download]” (first single from new album coming this summer; Hear here) | (Avex, April 10, 2012) |
| Prince Royce | “Phase II” (first single: “Las Cosas Pequeñas”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Top Stop Music, April 10, 2012) |
| Prinzhorn Dance School | “I Want You [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; first single: “I Want You”; Hear here; See here) | (DFA, April 10, 2012) |
| Radiation City | “Cool Nightmare [MP3 Download]” (seven-song EP; first single: “Find It of Use”; Hear here; See here) | (Tender Loving Empire, April 10, 2012) |
| Bonnie Raitt | “Slipstream” (her first album since 2005; a mixture of covers and original songs; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Redwing, April 10, 2012) |
| Right Now, The (Chicago-based, R&B/soul-influenced group) | “Gets Over You [MP3 Download]” (producer: Sergio Rios; first single: “Half As Much”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (The Right Now, April 10, 2012) |
| Curtis Salgado | “Soul Shot” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Alligator, April 10, 2012) |
| Scars on 45 (U.K. indie rock band) | “Scars on 45” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Chop Shop/Atlantic, April 10, 2012) |
| Sleepy Sun | “Spine Hits” (producers: Dave Catching, Ethan Allen, Sleepy Sun; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (The End, April 10, 2012) |
| Steep Canyon Rangers | “Nobody Knows You” (producers: Steep Canyon Rangers, Gary Paczosa; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Rounder, April 10, 2012) |
| Taproot | “Episodes” (producer: Tim Patalan; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Victory, April 10, 2012) |
| Lissy Trullie | “Lissy Trullie” (producers: John Hill, David Sitek; first single: “Madeleine”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Downtown, April 10, 2012) |
| Various artists | “I Love J-Rock II [MP3 Download]” (compilation of the label’s female Japanese rockers; Hear here) | (Good Charamel, April 10, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Newsies: Original Broadway Cast Recording [MP3 Download]” (book by Harvey Fiertsein, lyrics by Jack Feldman, music by Alan Menken; Read here; CD) | (Ghostlight, April 10, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Think Like a Man [Film soundtrack]” (movie opens April 20; featuring new music from Jennifer Hudson and Ne-Yo, John Legend, Kelly Rowland, “X-Factor” finalist Marcus Canty, etc.; See here; MP3 Download) | (Epic, April 10, 2012) |
| M. Ward | “A Wasteland Companion” (guests: Zooey Deschanel, Howe Gelb, Mike Mogis, John Parish, Steve Shelley, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Merge, April 10, 2012) |
| Alex Winston | “King Con” (producers: Charlie Hugall, Bjorn Yttling, The Knocks; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (V2/Cooperative Music, April 10, 2012) |
| Elliot Yamin (former “American Idol” finalist) | “Let’s Get to What’s Real” (first single: “3 Words”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Purpose Music Group/eOne Music, April 10, 2012) |
| Young Hines | “Give Me My Change [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Readymade, April 10, 2012 – Brendan Benson’s label) |
| Zambri (New York electronic sister duo) | “House of Baasa” (first single: “ICBYS”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Kanine, April 10, 2012) |
