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) |