| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Apache Relay, The (Nashville indie-rock band) |
“American Nomad” (producer: Nielson Hubbard; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Thirty Tigers, April 12, 2011) |
| Atmosphere (hip-hop duo) |
“The Family Sign” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Rhymesayers Entertainment, April 12, 2011) |
| Ian Axel |
“This Is the New Year” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Tinyogre Entertainment/RED, April 12, 2011) |
| Bass Drum of Death |
“GB City” (first single: “Young Pros”; Hear here) |
(Fat Possum, April 12, 2011) |
| Bell X1 (Irish rockers) |
“Bloodless Coup” (producer: Rob Kirwan; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Yep Roc, April 12, 2011) |
| Between the Buried and Me |
“The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues” (<Hear here) |
(Metal Blade, April 12, 2011) |
| Bouncing Souls, The |
“Complete Control Recording Sessions [MP3 Download]” (six-song live album; Vinyl) |
(SideOneDummy, April 12, 2011) |
| Chase and Status (British production duo) |
“No More Idols [MP3 Download]” (guests: Dizzee Rascal, Plan B, Clare Maguire, Liam Bailey, White Lies, Cee Lo Green; Hear here) |
(Vertigo/Mercury, April 12, 2011) |
| Conflicted (Toronto power-metal group) |
“Never Be Tamed” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Nightmare/RED, April 12, 2011) |
| Brett Dennen |
“Loverboy” (first single: “Sydney [I’ll Come Running]”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Dualtone, April 12, 2011) |
| Elbow |
“Build a Rocket Boys!” (producers: Elbow; Hear here) |
(Downtown/Cooperative Music, April 12, 2011) |
| Feelies, The |
“Here Before” (their first album of new material in 19 years; producers: Feelies founders Glenn Mercer and Bill Million; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Bar/None, April 12, 2011) |
| Figurines |
“Figurines” (Danish group’s first album in four years; first single: “New Colors”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(The Control Group, April 12, 2011) |
| Foo Fighters |
“Wasting Light” (producer: Butch Vig; first single: “Rope”; Hear here; Read here) |
(Roswell/RCA, April 12, 2011) |
| Diego Garcia (formerly of Elefant) |
“Laura” (first single: “You Were Never There,” co-written by Dhani Harrison, George’s son; Hear here; Full stream; MP3 Download) |
(Nacional, April 12, 2011) |
| Garage A Trois |
“Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Royal Potato Family, April 12, 2011) |
| GDP |
“Useless Eaters” (Hear here; See here) |
(Run For Cover, April 12, 2011) |
| Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band (18-piece jazz ensemble) |
“That’s How We Roll” (includes a cover of “Rhapsody in Blue”; guests: Gerald Albright, Dave Koz, Eric Marienthal, Marcus Miller, Take 6; Hear here) |
(Telarc, April 12, 2011) |
| Hauschka |
“Salon des Amateurs” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(130701/FatCat, April 12, 2011) |
| Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
“Here We Rest” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Lightning Rod, April 12, 2011) |
| Jamaica (Parisian duo) |
“No Problem” (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Cooperative USA/Downtown Music, April 12, 2011) |
| Jessie J (U.K. singer-songwriter) |
“Who You Are” (producers: Dr. Luke, Martin K, Oak, Parker and James, The Invisible Men; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Lava/Universal Republic, April 12, 2011) |
| Alison Krauss & Union Station |
“Paper Airplane” (Hear here) |
(Rounder, April 12, 2011) |
| Kristeenyoung |
“V the Volcanic [MP3 Download]” (producer: Tony Visconti; Hear here) |
(Tony Visconti Productions, April 12, 2011) |
| k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang |
“Sing It Loud” (her first new band in more than two decades; producers: lang, Joe Pisapia; first single: “I Confess”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Nonesuch, April 12, 2011) |
| James Leg (aka John Wesley Myers of Black Diamond Heavies) |
“Solitary Pleasure” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Alive, April 12, 2011) |
| Low |
“C’mon” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sub Pop, April 12, 2011) |
| Maná |
“Drama y Luz” (their first album in five years; English: “Drama and Light”; producers: Fher Olvera, Alex González; first single: “Lluvia al Corazón”; Hear here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download) |
(WEA Latina, April 12, 2011) |
| Mazes (U.K. foursome) |
“A Thousand Heys” (first single: “Most Days”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(FatCat, April 12, 2011) |
| The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band |
“American Legacies” (MP3 Download) |
(McCoury Music/Preservation Hall Recordings, April 12, 2011) |
| Meat Puppets (new drummer: Shandon Sahm, son of Doug Sahm) |
“Lollipop” (producer: frontman Curt Kirkwood; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Megaforce, April 12, 2011) |
| Mouthful of Snow (indie quartet from Temecula, Calif.) |
“The Truth Hurts, But You Would Still Like to Hear It [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) |
(Mouthful of Snow, April 11, 2011) |
| John Oates |
“Mississippi Mile” (producers: Oates, Mike Henderson; guests: Jerry Douglas, Peter Huttlinger, Sam Bush; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Elektra/Warner Nashville, April 12, 2011) |
| Agnes Obel (Danish singer-songwriter) |
“Philharmonics” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(PIAS America, April 12, 2011) |
| Panda Bear (Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox) |
“Tomboy” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Paw Tracks, April 12, 2011) |
| Plug in Stereo (17-year-old pop wunderkind Trevor Dahl) |
“Something to Nothing” (Hear here) |
(Triple Crown, April 12, 2011) |
| Ponytail |
“Do Whatever You Want All the Time” (producer: J. Robbins; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(We Are Free, April 12, 2011) |
| Rebirth Brass Band |
“Rebirth of New Orleans” (producer: Tracey Freeman; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Basin Street, April 12, 2011) |
| Red Fang |
“Murder the Mountains” (producer: The Decemberists’ Chris Funk; Full stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Relapse, April 12, 2011) |
| Paul Simon |
“So Beautiful or So What” (his first album since 2006; producer: Phil Ramone; CD/DVD) |
(Hear Music/Concord, April 12, 2011) |
| D. Charles Speer & The Helix |
“Leaving the Commonwealth” (Hear/read here; Vinyl) |
(Thrill Jockey, April 12, 2011) |
| Laura Story |
“Blessings” (producer: Nathan Nockels; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(INO/Columbia, April 12, 2011) |
| Eddie and Frank Thomas |
“Maggie’s House [MP3 Download]” (producers: Eddie and Frank Thomas; Hear here) |
(Misty Owl Music, April 11, 2011) |
| Thursday |
“No Devolución” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Epitaph, April 12, 2011) |
| Trampled Under Foot (sibling blues trio) |
“Wrong Side of the Blues” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(TUF/Vizzitone, April 12, 2011) |
| TV on the Radio |
“Nine Types of Light” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(DGC/Interscope, April 12, 2011) |
| Ultraviolet Sound |
“Ultraviolet Sound” (first single: “Suck My Kiss”; Hear here; See here) |
(Odds On, April 12, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“Lemonade Mouth [TV movie soundtrack]” (Disney Channel film, based on the book of the same name by Mark Peter Hughes, premieres on April 15; Hear/read here) |
(Walt Disney, April 12, 2011) |
| Vivian Girls (Brooklyn trio) |
“Share the Joy” (first single: “I Heard You Say”; Full stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Polyvinyl, April 12, 2011) |
