| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Michael Andrews |
“Spilling a Rainbow” (Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Everloving, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| The Asteroid Shop |
“Distant Luxury [MP3]” (four-song EP; producer: Erik Wofford; Hear here) |
(Spectroscopic, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Cheryl Bentyne (of Manhattan Transfer) |
“Let’s Misbehave: The Cole Porter Songbook” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Summit, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Blackberry Smoke |
“The Whippoorwill” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Southern Ground Artists, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Black Pistol Fire (Canadian garage rock duo) |
“Big Beat ’59 [MP3 Download]” (producer: Michael Rocha; Hear here) |
(Rife Bird, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Spencer Breslin (actor turned rocker) |
“Labor Day” (Hear here) |
(Acadian Recordings, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Classic Crime, The |
“Phoenix” (producer: frontman Matt MacDonald; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(The Classic Crime/Goomba Music, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Dead Can Dance |
“Anastasis” (duo’s first album in 16 years; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
([PIAS] Recordings, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Dublin Death Patrol (trash metal band from Dublin, Calif.) |
“Death Sentence” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Mascot, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Insane Clown Posse |
“The Mighty Death Pop!” (producer: Mike E. Clark; Hear here; Read here) |
(Psychopathic, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| In This Moment (metal rockers) |
“Blood” (producer: Kevin Churko; Hear here) |
(Century Media, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Israel & New Breed |
“Jesus at the Center Live” (two CDs, 21 songs, including three new studio tracks; Hear here; DVD) |
(Integrity Media, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Jaytech |
“Multiverse [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Anjunabeats, Aug. 13, 2012) |
| Korpiklaani (Finnish traditional folk metal group) |
“Manala” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Nuclear Blast, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Kottonmouth Kings |
“Mile High” (guests: Twixtid, Mickey Avalon, Saint Dog, Jahred of [hed]p.e.; first single: “Hold It In”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Suburban Noize, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Loudness |
“Eve to Dawn” (Japanese band’s 26th studio album since forming in 1981; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(FrostByte Media, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Loverboy |
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Revival” (nine newly recorded Loverboy hits, plus three new songs; producers: guitarist Paul Dean, Bob Rock; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Frontiers, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Corb Lund (Americana singer-songwriter) |
“Cabin Fever” (guest: Hayes Carll; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(New West, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Michael Lynche (“American Idol” season 9 finalist) |
“Michael Lynche” (singles: “Who’s Gonna Love You More” and “Today”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Big3, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Tamela Mann (gospel singer/actress) |
“Best Days” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(TillyMann, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Michael Maricle |
“The Heart Found You [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) |
(Invibe Music, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Charlie Mars |
“Blackberry Light” (producer: Billy Harvey; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Rockingham, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Nude Beach |
“II” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Other Music Recording Co./Fat Possum, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Daniel Powter |
“Turn On the Lights” (first single: “Cupid”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(International Solutions/Avex Management/EMI, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Rumer (2011 MOJO Award winner for Best Breakthrough Act) |
“Boys Don’t Cry [MP3 Download]” (covers of ’70s-era songs; producer: Steve Brown; first single: “Sara Smile”; Hear here; MP3 Download Deluxe Edition; CD) |
(Atlantic, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Shoes |
“Ignition” (power-pop legends’ first album of new material since 1994; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Black Vinyl, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Slightly Stoopid |
“Top of the World” (guests: Barrington Levy, Black Uhuru’s Don Carlos, G. Love, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, Chali 2na, Ian Neville, etc.; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Stoopid, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Such Gold (Rochester-based melodic hardcore/punk group) |
“Misadventures” (producer: Steve Evetts; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Razor & Tie, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Ben Taylor |
“Listening” (his first album since 2008; first single: “Oh Brother”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sun Pedal Recordings/ILG, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Twitch the Ripper |
“Colorblind” (producer: Mark Saunders; first single: “Strange Behavior”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Metropolis, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| 2 Chainz |
“Based on a T.R.U. Story” (producers: Mike Will, Drumma Boy, Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Mike Posner, Lex Luger, Kanye West; guests: Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Kanye West, Ludacris, Big K.R.I.T., Rick Ross, Meek Mill; new single: “Birthday Song”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Def Jam, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Steve Vai |
“The Story of Light” (guests: Aimee Mann, Beverly McClellan; Hear here; MP3) |
(Favored Nations, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac” (producer: Randall Poster; contributors: MGMT, Best Coast, Marianne Faithfull, The New Pornographers, The Kills, Washed Out, Antony, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Hear Music/Concord, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“ParaNorman [Film soundtrack]” (3D stop-motion animated adventure film from the creators of “Coraline,” opens Aug. 17; music composed by Jon Brion; See here; MP3) |
(Relativity Music, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Songs of the Century: An All-Star Tribute to Supertramp” (contributors: Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, Steve Morse, Robby Krieger, Rod Argent, etc.; MP3) |
(Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Yellowcard |
“Southern Air” (producer: Neal Avron; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Hopeless, Aug. 14, 2012) |
| Saul Zonana (songwriter/guitarist/ producer) |
“Fix the Broken [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) |
(20/20 Music, Aug. 14, 2012) |
