| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Abandoned Pools | “Sublime Currency” (producer: frontman Tommy Walter; Hear here; MP3) | (Tooth & Nail, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Gordon Bahary | “Unbreakable” (first single: “Angel”; Hear here; MP3) | (Lasting Treasure/RED, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Dierks Bentley | “Country & Cold Cans [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Capitol Nashville, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Deanna Bogart (Blues Music Award Horn Instrumentalist of the Year, 2008-2010) | “Pianoland” (producer: Bogart; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Blind Pig, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Betty Buckley | “Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway” (MP3) | (Palmetto, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Jason Castro (finalist on season 7 of “American Idol”) | “Starting Line EP [MP3]” (five-song preview of “Only a Mountain” album, coming Jan. 15, 2013; Hear here; Read here) | (Word, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Nick Cave & Warren Ellis | “Lawless [Film soundtrack]” (Prohibition-era gangster film opens Aug. 29; screenplay written by Cave; includes performances by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Ralph Stanley, Mark Lanegan; See here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| The Chevin (Leeds-based alt-rock quartet) | “Champion [MP3]” (four-song EP; first single: “Champion”; Hear here; See here) | (SO Recordings, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Robert Cray Band | “Nothin’ But Love” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Provogue Records/Mascot Label Group, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Albert Cummings | “No Regrets” (producer: Jim Gaines; Hear here; MP3) | (Ivy Music Company, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Matthew Dear (electronic avant-pop artist) | “Beams” (first single: “Her Fantasy”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ghostly International, Aug. 27, 2012) |
| Divine Fits (Handsome Furs’ Dan Boeckner with Spoon’s Britt Daniel and New Bomb Turks’ Sam Brown) | “A Thing Called Divine Fits” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Merge, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Dunwells, The (five-piece band from Leeds, England) | “Blind Sighted Faith” (Hear here; MP3) | (Fantasy/Concord, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Dwele | “Greater Than One” (producer: Mike City; guests: Monica Blair, LaLa Hathaway, Black Milk, J Tait; first single: “What Profit”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (RT Music Group/eOne Music, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Easy Star All-Stars | “Easy Star’s Thrillah” (reggae tribute to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Easy Star, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Flobots | “The Circle in the Square” (producers: Flobots; first single: “The Circle in the Square”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Ian Gillan & Tony Iommi | “WhoCares” (guests: Nicko McBrain, Linde Lindström, Jon Lord, Jason Newsted; See here; MP3) | (earMUSIC, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Grandfather Child | “Grandfather Child” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (New West, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Juliana Hatfield | “Juliana Hatfield” (all-covers album, featuring songs by The Who, Liz Phair, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ryan Adams, I Blame Coco, Led Zeppelin, etc.; Hear here) | (Ye Olde Records, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Richard Hawley | “Standing at the Sky’s Edge” (released in the U.K. in May 2012; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Caroline Herring | “Camilla” (producer: Erick Jaskowiak; guests: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Aoife O’Donovan; Hear here; MP3) | (Signature Sounds, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Bruce Hornsby | “Red Hook Summer: Music From The Original Motion Picture” (Spike Lee film opened in New York on Aug. 10 and nationwide in successive weeks; See here; MP3) | (429, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| InAshton | “Everyone & You” (first single: “Days Away”; Hear here; MP3) | (Bieler Bros., Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Ingram Hill (Memphis rock quartet) | “Ingram Hill” (producer: Ingram Hill; Hear here; MP3) | (Rock Ridge Music, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Katatonia (Swedish metal band) | “Dead End Kings” (producers: Katatonia; Hear here; VinylMP3) | (Peaceville, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Phil King | “Phil King” (first single: “How Much You Love”; Hear here; MP3) | (Revolution/EMI, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| King of Spain | “All I Did Was Tell Them The Truth And They Thought It Was Hell” (first single: “Motions”; Hear here; MP3) | (New Granada, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Kitten | “Cut It Out” (six-song EP; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Atlantic, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Last Vegas, The | “Bad Decisions” (producer: Johnny K; first single: “Evil Eyes”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (FrostByte Media/eOne Music, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Alvin Lee (of Ten Years After) | “Still on the Road to Freedom” (Hear here) | (Rainman, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Los Del Rio | “Vamonos Que Nos Vamos [MP3]” (includes a 2012 version of “Macarena”; Hear here) | (Legacy, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Lionel Loueke (West African jazz guitarist-vocalist) | “Heritage” (producers: Loueke, Robert Glasper; Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Note, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Luminate (Christian Contemporary-ambient rock band from Tyler, Texas) | “Welcome to Daylight” (producers: Chris Stevens, Pete Kipley; Hear here; MP3) | (Sparrow, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Magic Slim & The Teardrops | “Bad Boy” (Hear here; MP3) | (Blind Pig, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Maxïmo Park | “The National Health” (first single: “Hips and Lips”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Straight to the Sun/The Musebox Label Group, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Maria Minerva | “Will Happiness Find Me?” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Not Not Fun, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Minus the Bear | “Infinity Overhead” (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dangerbird, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Alanis Morissette | “Havoc and Bright Light” (producers: Guy Sigsworth, Joe Chiccarelli; first single: “Guardian”; Read here; MP3) | (Collective Sounds/Warner Music Group, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Obey the Brave | “Young Blood” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Epitaph, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Rita Ora (Kosovo-born, London-raised singer) | “Ora” (first single: “R.I.P.,” feat. Tinie Tempah; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Roc Nation/Universal, Aug. 27, 2012) |
| The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry | “THE ORBSERVER in the star house” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (The End, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| The Osmonds | “I Can’t Get There Without You” (their first studio album in 12 years; MP3) | (Osmond Entertainment, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Passenger (aka Mike Rosenberg) | “All the Little Lights” (Hear here; MP3) | (Nettwerk, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Poor Moon (featuring Fleet Foxes’ Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott) | “Poor Moon” (producers: Poor Moon; first single: “Holiday”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sub Pop, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman | “Built to Last” (Hear here; MP3) | (Peak/eOne Music, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Sean Rowe | “The Salesman and the Shark” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ANTI-/Epitaph, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| The Roys (bluegrass siblings) | “New Day Dawning” (producers: The Roys; first single: “Still Standing”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rural Rhythm, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Rural Ghosts (Portland, Maine, indie-rock band) | “Eyes [MP3]” (three-song EP) | (Lorem Ipsum Recordings, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Saga (reunited with original lead singer Michael Sadler) | “20/20” (Hear here; MP3) | (Eagle, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Jon Samuel (Canadian singer-songwriter) | “First Transmission” (Hear here; MP3) | (Hidden Pony, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Scum of the Earth | “The Devil Made Me Do It” (producers: frontman Riggs, Volkstoker; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Goomba Music, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Maia Sharp | “Change the Ending” (guests: Bonnie Raitt, The Rescue’s Adrianne Gonzales, Garrison Starr, Dawn Thomas; first single: “Me After You”; Hear here; MP3) | (Blix Street/Crooked Crown, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Harry Shearer | “Can’t Take a Hint [MP3]” (guests: Dr. John, Fountains of Wayne, Jane Lynch, Jamie Cullum, Alice Russell, Judith Owen, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Steve Lukather, etc.; Hear here; Read here) | (Courgette/The Orchard, Aug. 27, 2012) |
| Beanie Sigel | “This Time” (album is being released just before Sigel begins serving a prison sentence for tax evasion; first single: “The Reunion”; Hear here; MP3) | (Ruffhouse/EMI Label Services, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Slaughterhouse (Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5’9″) | “Welcome to: Our House” (producers: Eminem, AraabMuzik, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, The Alchemist, etc.; guests: Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Cee Lo Green, Swizz Beatz, Skylar Grey; Hear here; MP3) | (Shady/Interscope, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Christopher Smith (Vancouver songwriter) | “Earning Keep” (first single: “Pillars and Pyre”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Boompa, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Selah Sue (Belgium-born singer) | “Selah Sue [MP3]” (guests: Cee Lo Green, J. Cole; first single: “Raggamuffin”; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (Because Music/Columbia, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Tamia | “Beautiful Surprise” (producers: Claude Kelly, The Runners, Salaam Remi, J. Phoenix; first single: “Beautiful Surprise”; Hear here; MP3) | (Plus One Music Group, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| tobyMac | “Eye On It” (first single: “Me Without You”; Hear here; MP3) | (ForeFront, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Foy Vance (Irish singer-songwriter) | “Melrose EP [MP3]” (five songs; producer: David Holmes; Hear here) | (Communion, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Various artists | “For a Good Time, Call …: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3]” (comedy film starring Seth Rogen opens Aug. 31; See here; Hear here) | (Lakeshore, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games” (two CDs, 36 songs; MP3) | (Decca, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| Darrell Webb Band | “Breaking Down the Barriers” (producer: Jim VanCleve; Hear here) | (Rural Rhythm, Aug. 28, 2012) |
| World Fire Brigade | “Spreading My Wings” (guests: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Anthrax’s Rob Caggiano, Andy Andersson; Hear here; MP3) | (FrostByte Media, Aug. 28, 2012) |
