| 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) |
