| 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) |
