| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| ADR (Aaron Davis Ross of Gatekeeper) |
“Chunky Monkey” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Hippos in Tanks) |
| The Afters |
“Life Is Beautiful” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Fair Trade Services) |
| Anika |
“Anika EP” (six songs, including covers of The Kinks’ “I Go to Sleep,” The Crystals’ “He Hit Me,” Chromatics’ “In the City” and The Shocking Blue’s “Love Buzz”; Hear here) |
(Stones Throw) |
| Bryan Art |
“Bryan Art [MP3]” (guests: Queen Ifrica, Warrior King, Capleton & Hawkeye; Hear here) |
(Altafaan) |
| Beatallica (Beatles/Metallica mashup band) |
“Abbey Load” (covers of songs from “Abbey Road”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Oglio) |
| The Belle Game (Vancouver quintet) |
“Ritual Tradition Habit” (producer: John Raham; first single: “Wait Up For You”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Boompa) |
| Jeff Berlin (virtuoso electric bassist) |
“Low Standards” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Random Act) |
| Big Country (new lead singer: The Alarm’s Mike Peters) |
“The Journey” (their first studio album since lead singer Stuart Adamson’s death in December 2001; Hear here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Cherry Red, April 15) |
| Biv and the Mnemonics (San Francisco indie-rock/alt-rolk quintet) |
“The Pace” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Moo Moo) |
| Born Ruffians |
“Birthmarks” (producer: Roger Leavens; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Sarah Brightman |
“Dreamchaser” (first single: “Angel”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Simha LLC) |
| Carla Bruni |
“Little French Songs” (the former French first lady’s first album in five years; Hear here; MP3) |
(Verve) |
| The Casket Girls (Savannah, Ga., trio) |
“The Casket Girls [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) |
(Graveface, April 20) |
| Charli XCX |
“True Romance” (producers: Ariel Rechtshaid, Patrik Berger, Dimitri Tikovoi, J£ZUS MILLION, Greg Kurstin, Andrew Wyatt, Blood Diamonds, MNEK; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(U.K. – IAMSOUND, April 15) |
| Cosmic Punch (alterno-electro-power pop duo) |
“Clay Pit Road [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(sunsetrecordings) |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. |
“Patterns [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here; See here) |
(Warner) |
| Dead Can Dance |
“In Concert” (a selection of recordings from their 2012 U.S. tour; Hear here; See/read here) |
([PIAS] America) |
| Dead Confederate (Athens, Ga., rock group) |
“In the Marrow” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Spiderbomb / Redeye) |
| Drivin N Cryin |
“Songs from the Psychedelic Time Clock” (third of four EPs released over 12 months; Hear here; MP3) |
(New! Records/Redeye) |
| Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) |
“The Low Highway [CD/DVD]” (producers: Earle, Ray Kennedy; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(New West) |
| Electric iLL (Viva Voce’s Kevin Robinson) |
“Twisted Light” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3) |
(Amore!Phonics) |
| Fall Out Boy |
“Save Rock and Roll” (their first album since 2008; guests: Elton John, Courtney Love, Big Sean; first single: “My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark [Light Em Up]”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) |
(Island) |
| Fallstar (Portland, Ore., hard-rock band) |
“Backdraft” (guest: Memphis May Fire vocalist Matty Mullins; first single: “Shallow Believer”; Hear here; See here) |
(Facedown) |
| The Flaming Lips |
“The Terror” (producers: Dave Fridmann, The Flaming Lips; first single: “Sun Blows Up Today”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Warner) |
| Foreign Talks (Portland, Ore., indie-pop quartet) |
“Foreign Talks” (producers: Brandon Johnson, Kyle Dieker; Hear here; MP3) |
(Expunged) |
| Glee Cast |
“More Than Words [MP3],” “Say [MP3],” “Your Song [MP3]” |
(Columbia) |
| JJ Grey & Mofro |
“This River” (producers: Grey, Dan Prothero; Hear here; MP3) |
(Alligator) |
| Iron and Wine |
“Ghost on Ghost” (producer: Brian Deck; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Nonesuch) |
| John Brown’s Body (Boston reggae band) |
“Kings & Queens” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Easy Star) |
| Kid Cudi (aka Scott Mescudi) |
“Indicud” (producers: Mescudi, Ratatat, Dot da Genius, Kanye West, No I.D., Jeff Bhasker, 88-Keys, Hit-Boy; guests: Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Too $hort, King Chip; new single: “Immortal”; Hear here) |
(Universal Republic) |
| The Laurels (psychedelic-shoedaze quartet from Sydney, Australia) |
“Plains [MP3]” (producer: Liam Judson; Hear here; See here) |
(Rice Is Nice) |
| Locust (electronica duo) |
“You’ll Be Safe Forever” (their first album in 12 years; first single: “Strobes”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Editions Mego) |
| Major Lazer (musical project by DJ/producer Diplo) |
“Free the Universe” (guests: Bruno Mars, Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Tyga, Flux Pavilion, etc.; new single: “Watch Out For This [Bumaye]”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Mad Decent/Downtown) |
| Shannon McNally |
“Small Town Talk” (a tribute to Bobby Charles; producer: Dr. John; first single: “I Must Be in a Good Place Now”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Sacred Sumac) |
| Meat Puppets |
“Rat Farm” (producer: frontman Curt Kirkwood; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Megaforce) |
| Jane Monheit |
“The Heart of the Matter” (12-track homage to songwriters from several genres; producer: Gil Goldstein; Hear here; MP3) |
(eMarcy/Decca) |
| Olly Murs (U.K. pop star) |
“Right Place, Right Time” (guests: Flo Rida, Chiddy Bang; first single: “Heart Skips a Beat”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Syco Music / Columbia) |
| Willie Nelson and Family (Nelson turns 80 on April 30) |
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance” (producer: Buddy Cannon; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Legacy) |
| Pharaohs |
“Replicant Moods” (first single: “Miraculous Feet”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(100% Silk) |
| The Red Paintings |
“You’re Not One of Them [EP]” (six songs, including a cover of “Mad World”; Hear here; MP3) |
(The End) |
| Kim Richey |
“Thorn In My Heart” (producer: Neilson Hubbard; guests: Jason Isbel, Trisha Yearwood, Carl Broemel, Pat Sansone; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Sanchez (reggae gospel artist) |
“Giving Praises {Live} [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(JASFAR / VPAL Music) |
| Skid Row |
“United World Rebellion: Chapter One” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3) |
(MRI) |
| Amy Speace |
“How to Sleep in a Stormy Boat” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Thirty Tigers) |
| The Summer Set |
“Legendary” (guest: Dia Frampton; first single: “Boomerang”; Hear here; MP3) |
(The Militia Group) |
| Thee Oh Sees |
“Floating Coffin [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Castle Face) |
| The Thermals (post-pop-punk trio) |
“Desperate Ground” (producer: John Agnello; first single: “Born to Kill”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Saddle Creek) |
| Ugly Kid Joe |
“Stairway to Hell” (nine-song EP; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(MRI) |
| Various artists |
“False Idols Label Sampler EP [MP3]” (five-song collection of artists signed to Tricky’s label, including Tricky himself; Hear here) |
(False Idols, April 15) |
| Various artists |
“Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake” (tribute album, produced by Drake’s original producer, Joe Boyd; among the contributors are Teddy Thompson, Green Gartside, Robyn Hitchcock, Vashti Bunyan and Lisa Hannigan; MP3) |
(StorySound) |
| Vicky Cryer (Louis XIV frontman Jason Hill and friends) |
“The Synthetic Love of Emotional Engineering” (guests: Dominic Howard, Mark Stoermer, Nick Fyffe, Dave Elitch, Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis, David Johanssen; Hear here; MP3) |
(Fancy Animal) |
| Jessica Ware (British singer-songwriter) |
“Devotion” (producers: Julio Bashmore, Kid Harpoon, Dave Okumu, Keith Uddin; Hear here; MP3) |
(Cherrytree / Interscope) |
| Andrew Wyatt (of the Swedish electronic pop band Miike Snow) |
“Descender” (recorded with a 75-member symphony; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Downtown) |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
“Mosquito” (producers: TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, Nick Launay; first single: “Sacrilege”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Interscope) |