| 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) |
