New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Belle Brigade, The | “The Belle Brigade” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Reprise, April 19, 2011) |
| Blackfield (Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson with Israeli artist Aviv Geffen) | “Welcome to My DNA” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Kscope, April 19, 2011) |
| Bombino (Nigerian-born guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar) | “Agadez” (Hear/read here; MP3 Download) | (Cumbancha, April 19, 2011) |
| Wayne Brady | “RadioWayne” (children’s album) | (Disney, April 19, 2011) |
| Breaking Laces (Brooklyn trio) | “When You Find Out” (producer: Ed Tuton; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Tenacity, April 19, 2011) |
| Kimberly Caldwell (“American Idol” season 2 contestant) | “Without Regret” (producers: Marshall Altman, Tommy Henriksen, John Mark & MachoPsycho; first single: “Desperate Girls & Stupid Boys”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Vanguard/Capitol, April 19, 2011) |
| Eliza Doolittle | “Eliza Doolittle” (released in the U.K. in July 2010; producers: Steve Chrisanthou, Craigie Dodds, Matthew Prime, Jonny Sharp, Phil Thornalley, Mads Hauge, James Napier, Greg Kurstin; first single: “Pack Up”; See here; MP3 Download) | (Capitol, April 19, 2011) |
| French Horn Rebellion | “The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Once Upon A Time, April 19, 2011) |
| Gorillaz | “The Fall” (released as a download in December 2010, created entirely via iPad apps; producers: Gorillaz, Stephen Sedgwick; guest: Bobby Womack; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Virgin, April 19, 2011) |
| The Head and the Heart | “The Head and the Heart” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Sub Pop, April 19, 2011) |
| High Llamas, The | “Talahomi Way” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Drag City, April 19, 2011) |
| I’m From Barcelona (27-member Swedish group) | “Forever Today” (first single: “Get in Line”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Mute, April 19, 2011) |
| Lenka | “Two” (producers: David Kosten, Eg White, Guy Sigsworth; first single: “Heart Skips a Beat”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Epic, April 19, 2011) |
| Les Nubians | “Nü Revolution” (guests: Manu Dibango, Blitz the Ambassador, Eric Roberson, Freshly Ground; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Shanachie, April 19, 2011) |
| Duff McKagan’s Loaded | “The Taking” (producer: Terry Date; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Armoury/Eagle, April 19, 2011) |
| Steve Miller Band, The | “Let Your Hair Down” (features the last recordings by harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo; Hear here; Special Edition; MP3 Download) | (Space Cowboy/Loud & Proud/Roadrunner, April 19, 2011) |
| Tracy Nelson | “Victim of the Blues” (her 26th album; includes covers of Jimmy Reed, Otis Spann, Howlin’ Wolf, Ma Rainey, etc.; MP3 Download) | (Delta Groove, April 19, 2011) |
| David Rosenfield | “Son of Ojito [MP3 Download]” (producer: Rosenfield; guests: Bob Forrest, Diana Rosenfield, Ada Rosenfield, Ed Rosenfield, Merry Rosenfield, Robby Moore; first single: “Because”; Hear here) | (David Rosenfield, April 19, 2011) |
BTW: “It’s an album of modern beat-poetry style songs, played solo with an acoustic guitar,” Rosenfield tells P&P. “It’s folk/rock with influences of punk, blues and country. I was going for a live sound, as if I were playing in the room with you. It sounds kind of like the Mountain Goats, playing songs with lyrics by Allen Ginsberg or Richard Farina.”
| Bob Schneider | “A Perfect Day” (producer: Dwight A. Baker; first single: “Let the Light In”; Hear here) | (Kirtland, April 19, 2011) |
| Brian Setzer | “Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL!” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Surfdog, April 19, 2011) |
| Skyler (19-year-old singer-songwriter from Maine) | “Take You Away [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; producer: Jonathan Wyman; Hear here) | (SkyHi, April 19, 2011) |
| Ralph Stanley (84-year-old bluegrass legend) | “A Mother’s Prayer” (a collection of hymns and spirituals, backed by the Clinch Mountain Boys: guests: Sara Evans, Billy Smith, The Grascals’ Terry Smith, Nathan Stanley; See here; MP3 Download) | (Rebel, April 19, 2011) |
| tUnE-yArDs (project of New England native Merrill Garbus) | “w h o k i l l” (producer: Garbus; first single: “Bizness”; Hear here; Full stream; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (4AD, April 19, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Glee: The Music presents The Warblers [TV soundtrack]” (songs performed by The Dalton Academy Warblers, a male a cappella group starring Darren Criss, Chris Colfer and the Tufts University Beelzebubs; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, April 19, 2011) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 78” (2 CDs, 42 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Virgin Music Group, UMG, Warner Music Group, April 18, 2011) |
| Xray Eyeballs | “Not Nothing” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Kanine, April 19, 2011) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Ace | “How Long: The Best of Ace” | (U.K. – Cherry Red, April 18, 2011) |
| Phil Everly | “Phil Everly” (1983 album, including the U.K. Top 10 hit “She Means Nothing to Me,” with Cliff Richard; remastered; Hear here) | (U.K. – BGO, April 18, 2011) |
| George Hamilton IV | “My North Country Home [Box set]” (3 CDs, with 68-page booklet) | (Bear Family, April 19, 2011) |
| Billy Joel | “Piano Man [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1973 album; remastered), “Turnstiles [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1976 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity Koch, April 19, 2011) |
| Kinks, The | “Kinks: Deluxe Edition” (1964 album, with a second CD of rarities), “Kinda Kinks: Deluxe Edition” (1965 album, with a second CD of rarities), “The Kink Kontroversy: Deluxe Edition” (1965 album, with a second CD of rarities) | (Sanctuary/UMe, April 19, 2011) |
| Queen | “Greatest Hits II” (17 songs; MP3 Download) | (Hollywood, April 19, 2011) |
| Linda Ronstadt | “What’s New [24KT Gold CD]” (1983 album; remastered) | (Lim, April 19, 2011) |
| Various artists | “First Impulse!: 50th Anniversary — The Creed Taylor Collection [Box set]” (4 CDs, 55 songs; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Hip-O Select, April 19, 2011) |
| Stevie Wonder | “Songs in the Key of Life [24 KT + Gold CD]” (1976 album; remastered; 2 CDs, with four bonus tracks and a 32-page booklet) | (Audio Fidelity, April 19, 2011) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Justin Bieber | “Justin Bieber: The Untold Story of His Rise to Fame [DVD]” | (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, April 19, 2011) |
| Chevelle | “Any Last Words [DVD/CD]” (live at The Metro in Chicago; See here) | (Epic, April 19, 2011) |
| Bob Dylan | “Bob Dylan — 1990-2006: The Never Ending Narrative [DVD]” | (Chrome Dreams, April 19, 2011) |
| Falco | “Falco: The Rise and Fall of an 80’s Pop Icon [DVD]” (new bio-pic; See here) | (Strand Releasing, April 19, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Glee Encore [DVD]” (more than 30 musical performances from the Fox series; Blu-ray) | (20th Century Fox, April 19, 2011) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Yellow Bird Project | “The Indie Rock Poster Book [Paperback]” (Read here) | (Chronicle Books, April 20, 2011) |