| Artist: |
Title: |
Label: |
| Mike Aiken |
“Captains & Cowboys [MP3]” (producers: Dan Baird, Ben Strano, Aiken; guest: Tammy Rogers; first single: “Summertime Song”; Hear here) |
(Northwind, April 22) |
| Andrew Bayer (electronica artist) |
“If It Were You, We’d Never Leave [MP3]” (guests: Ane Brun, Deb Talan, Alison May; first single: “Lose Sight”; Hear here; See here) |
(Anjunabeats, April 22) |
| Michael Bublé |
“To Be Loved” (producer: Bob Rock; first single: “It’s a Beautiful Day”; Hear here; MP3) |
(143 / Reprise) |
| The Chapin Sisters |
“A Date With the Everly Brothers [MP3]” (covers of their favorite Everlys songs; Hear here; See here) |
(Lake Bottom) |
| Paula Cole |
“Raven” (first single: “Eloise”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(675 Records / United For Opportunity) |
| Fantasia |
“Side Effects of You” (collaborators: Andrea Martin, Emeli Sandé, Sherrod Lambert, Missy Elliott, Courtney Harrell; guests: Missy Elliott, Kelly Rowland, etc.; first single: “Lose to Win”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(19 Recordings / RCA) |
| Glee Cast |
“Don’t Stop Believin’ [MP3]” (Rachel/Lea Michele solo audition version), “Fight For Your Right (To Party) [MP3],” “Next to Me [MP3],” “Outcast [MP3]” |
(Columbia) |
| Har Mar Superstar (R&B alter ego of Sean Tillmann) |
“Bye Bye 17” (producers: Jim Eno, Tillmann; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Cult / Frenchkiss) |
| Heaven & Earth |
“Dig” (guests: Howard Leese, Richie Sambora, David Paich; first single: “No Money, No Love”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Quarto Valley) |
| Tom Jones |
“Spirit in the Room” (released in May 2012 in the U.K.; includes covers of Tom Waits’ “Bad As Me,” Odetta’s “Hit or Miss” and Low Anthem’s “Charlie Darwin”; producer: Ethan Johns; Hear here; MP3) |
(Rounder) |
| Junip (Swedish rock trio) |
“Junip” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Mute) |
| Juno Reactor |
“The Golden Sun of the Great East” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Metropolis) |
| Layers and Frames (American-French art-rock group) |
“Infinite Release [MP3]” (first single: “Take Control”; Hear here; See here) |
(Layers and Frames, April 22) |
| Steve Martin & Edie Brickell |
“Love Has Come For You” (producer: Peter Asher; guests: Steep Canyon Rangers, Esperanza Spalding, Waddy Wachtel, Sara and Sean Watkins; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Rounder) |
| The Neighbourhood |
“I Love You.” (first single: “Sweater Weather”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Columbia) |
| Phoenix (French alt-rock band) |
“Bankrupt!” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Glassnote) |
| Queensrÿche (Geoff Tate-fronted version) |
“Frequency Unknown” (producer: Jason Slater; guests: K.K. Downing, Chris Poland, Ty Tabor, Paul Bostaph, Lita Ford, Brad Gillis, Dave Menikett, Craig Locicero; Hear here; MP3) |
(Cleopatra) |
| Bill Ryder-Jones (formerly of The Coral) |
“A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Domino) |
| Emeli Sandé |
“iTunes Session [MP3]” (eight-song collection recorded at the historic Capitol Studios in Hollywood; Hear here) |
(Capitol) |
| Slava |
“Raw Solutions” (Hear here; LP + MP3) |
(Software Recording Co.) |
| Snoop Lion |
“Reincarnation” (reggae- and dancehall-influenced album; producers: Diplo and the Major Lazer production team; guests: Drake, T.I., Busta Rhymes, Akon, Chris Brown, etc.; new single: “Here Comes the King”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) |
(RCA / Vice) |
| Tate Stevens (season 2 winner of the U.S. version of “The X Factor”) |
“Tate Stevens” (producer: Blake Chancey; first single: “Holler If You’re With Me”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Syco Music / RCA Nashville) |
| Laura Stevenson |
“Wheel” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Don Giovanni) |
| The Stick People |
“Madness” (producer: Dito Godwin; first single: “Think About That”; Hear here) |
(EFM) |
| Super Water Sympathy (Louisiana “water-pop” band) |
“Hydrogen Child” (producer: Cam Blackwood; Hear here; See here) |
(In Music We Trust) |
| Sweet Baboo (aka Stephen Black) |
“Ships [MP3]” (first single: “Let’s Go Swimming Wild”; Hear here; See here) |
(Moshi Moshi) |
| Craig Taborn Trio |
“Chants” (producer: Manfred Eicher; MP3) |
(ECM) |
| Tin Cup Serenade (San Francisco-based eclectic band) |
“Tragic Songs of Hope [MP3]” (producer: frontman Rolf Wilkinson; Hear here) |
(Tin Cup Serenade Productions) |
| Frank Turner |
“Tape Deck Heart” (producer: Rich Costey; first single: “Recovery”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Xtra Mile / Interscope) |
| White Prism |
“White Prism EP [MP3]” (five songs; Hear here) |
(MNRCH) |
| will.i.am. |
“#willpower” (guests: Justin Bieber, Britney Spears, Lil Wayne, Miley Cyrus, 2NE1, etc.; first single: “#thatPOWER”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Interscope) |
| Young Galaxy (Canadian indie pop/dream pop band) |
“Ultramarine” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Paper Bag) |
| Rob Zombie |
“Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor” (includes a cover of “We’re an American Band”; first single: “Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Zodiac Swan / T-Boy / UMe) |
