Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
Adema |
“Topple the Giants [EP]” (their first recordings in six years and their first with guitarist Tim Fluckey as lead singer; Hear here; MP3) |
(Pavement Entertainment) |
Alkaline Trio |
“My Shame Is True” (producers: Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore; Hear here; MP3) |
(Heart & Skull / Epitaph) |
Authority Zero |
“The Tipping Point” (producer: Cameron Webb; Hear here; MP3) |
(Hardline Entertainment) |
The Band Perry |
“Pioneer” (producer: Dann Huff; first single: “Better Dig Two”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Republic Nashville) |
The Besnard Lakes (Montreal indie rock band) |
“Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO” (first single: “People of the Sticks”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Jagjaguwar) |
The Black Angels |
“Indigo Meadow” (producer: John Congleton; first single: “Don’t Play With Guns”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Blue Horizon) |
Bleached |
“Ride Your Heart” (first single: “Next Stop”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Dead Oceans) |
Charles Bradley |
“Victim of Love” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Dunham/Daptone) |
Bring Me the Horizon (British metalcore band) |
“Sempiternal” (producer: Terry Date; first single: “Sleepwalking”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Epitaph) |
British Sea Power |
“Machineries of Joy [MP3]” (Hear here; Read/see here) |
(Rough Trade) |
Bobby Browser (Oakland-based dance artist Andre Ferreira) |
“Still Browsing [MP3]” (four-song EP; first single: “As Far As I Know”; Hear here) |
(100% Silk) |
Caveman (five-man vibe collective from NYC) |
“Caveman” (producers: Nick Stumpf, Albert Di Fiore; first single: “In the City”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Fat Possum) |
Petula Clark (now 80) |
“Lost in You” (her first original English language album in 15 years; producer: John Williams; first single: “Cut Copy Me”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3) |
(The End) |
Gerald Clayton (jazz pianist) |
“Life Forum” (guests: Gretchen Parlato, Sachal Vasandani, poet Carl Hancock Rux; Hear here; MP3) |
(Concord Jazz) |
Cold War Kids |
“Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” (first single: “Miracle Mile”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Downtown) |
Darling Parade (Nashville indie band) |
“Battle Scars and Broken Hearts” (first single: “Ghost”; Hear here) |
(Page 2 Music) |
Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes drummer) |
“Victor DeLorenzo [MP3]” (Hear here; Read here) |
(BFRecordings, April 1) |
Sean Forbes (Detroit-based deaf rapper) |
“Perfect Imperfection” (Hear here; MP3) |
(D-PAN Entertainment / Web Entertainment / Kobalt Music Group) |
Gun Outfit |
“Hard Coming Down [MP3]” (first single: “Flyin’ Low, Maria”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) |
(PPM) |
Xander Harris (Austin-based Justin Sweatt) |
“The New Dark Age of Love” (first single: “Night Fantasy”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Not Not Fun) |
Beth Hart |
“Bang Bang Boom Boom” (producer: Kevin Shirley; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
Hawk Nelson |
“Made” (producer: Seth Mosley; first single: “Words,” feat. Bart Millard of MercyMe; Hear here; Read here) |
(Fair Trade Services) |
Heavy Hawaii (San Diego alt-rock group) |
“Goosebumps” (first single: “Washing Machine”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Art Fag Recordings) |
Hem |
“Departure and Farewell” (producer: guitarist Gary Maurer; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Hem) |
Killswitch Engage (original vocalist Jesse Leach rejoins) |
“Disarm the Descent” (producer: Andy Sheap; first single: “In Due Time”; Hear here; Special Edition; MP3) |
(Roadrunner) |
Kinski (Seattle rock band) |
“Cosy Moments” (producer: Randall Dunn; first single: “Conflict Free Diamonds”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Kill Rock Stars) |
Andrew Leahey & The Homestead |
“Summer Sleeves [MP3]” (four-song EP; producers: Leahey, guitarist Phil Heesen III, JL Hodges; Hear here) |
(Andrew Leahey & The Homestead) |
LostAlone |
“I’m a UFO in This City [MP3]” (producers: Jacknife Lee, Greg Wells; Hear here) |
(The End) |
Luxury Liners (Carter Tanton’s side project) |
“They’re Flowers” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Western Vinyl) |
Merchandise (Tampa-based band) |
“Totale Nite [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) |
(Night-People) |
Milk Music |
“Cruise Your Illusion” (first single: “I’ve Got a Wild Feeling”; Hear here) |
(Fat Possum) |
Mudhoney |
“Vanishing Point” (first single: “The Only Son of the Widow from Nain”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Sub Pop) |
New Kids on the Block |
“10” (their first album since 2008; Hear here; MP3) |
(The Block) |
Jonas Reinhardt |
“Mask of the Maker” (first single: “Elimination Street”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Not Not Fun) |
Kenny Roby |
“Memories & Birds” (the Raleigh, N.C.-based singer-songwriter is a founding member of Six String Drag; this is his first new album in more than six years; producers: Roby, Jason Merritt; Hear here; MP3) |
(Little Criminal) |
Summers (British rockers) |
“364 [MP3]” (first single: “Superhero”; Hear here) |
(Summers) |
Telekinesis |
“Dormarion” (producer: Chris Walla; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Merge) |
B.J. Thomas |
“The Living Room Sessions” (covers of his classic hits; producer: Kyle Lehning; guests: Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Keb’ Mo’, Isaac Slade of The Fray, Richard Marx, Steve Tyrell; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Wrinkled) |
Tyler, The Creator |
“Wolf” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Odd Future / Columbia) |
Various artists |
“The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver” (contributors: Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Train, Amos Lee, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Brandi Carlile, Lucinda Williams, Josh Ritter, Old Crow Medicine Show, Evan Dando, etc.; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(ATO) |
Vondelpark (London band) |
“Seabed” (first single: “California Analog Dream”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(R&S / Redeye) |
Warbeast (Texas thrash heavyweights) |
“Destroy” (producer: Philip H. Anselmo; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Housecore) |
Gretchen Wilson |
“Right on Time” (producer: Wilson; guest: Josh Malter; first single: “Still Rollin'”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Redneck) |
Wolf Eyes |
“No Answer: Lower Floors [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(De Stijl) |