FEB. 26, 2013
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Joan Armatrading | “Starlight” (released in the U.K. in May 2012; Hear here; MP3) | (429, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Atoms For Peace | “AMOK” (Thom Yorke’s side project includes Flea, producer Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco; Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (XL Recordings, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Michael Bolton | “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A.” (guests: Kelly Rowland, Melanie Fiona, Michael Lington; Hear here; MP3) | (Montaign, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| BOY (Hamburg female pop duo) | “Mutual Friends” (first single: “Little Numbers”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Nettwerk, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Amanda Brecker (daughter of Brazilian pianist/singer Eliane Elias and trumpeter Randy Brecker) | “Blossom” (producer: Jesse Harris; Hear here; MP3) | (Emarcy/Decca, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett | “A Place at the Table: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3]” (documentary about hunger, in theaters and on-demand on March 1; producer: Burnett; See/read here; CD) | (sensibility music LLC, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Darkthrone (Norwegian metal band) | “The Underground Resistance [MP3]” (Hear here; CD) | (Peaceville, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Doldrums (project of Montreal producer Airick Woodhead) | “Lesser Evil [MP3]” (guests: Guy Dallas, Sami Nacomi; Hear here; See here; CD) | (Arbutus, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Jaida Dreyer (country singer-songwriter) | “I Am Jaida Dreyer [MP3]” (first single: “Half Broke Horses”; Hear here) | (Streamsound, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Chris Duarte Group | “My Soul Alone” (Hear here) | (Blues Bureau International, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| El Sportivo & The Blooz | “Nights & Weekends [MP3]” (producer: Lewis Pesacov; first single: “Waking World”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (White Iris, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Etana (Jamaican-born, Miami-based singer-songwriter) | “Better Tomorrow” (producer: Shane C. Brown; first single: “Reggae”; Hear here) | (VP, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Fabulous Thunderbirds | “On the Verge” (Hear here; MP3) | (Severn, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Gold Fields (Australian quintet) | “Black Sun” (first single: “Dark Again [Lights Out]”; Hear here; MP3) | (Astralwerks, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Herbert Gröenemeyer (German singer-actor) | “I Walk” (guests: Bono, Antony Hegarty of Antony and The Johnsons, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers; Hear here) | (Groenland Deutschland/EMI Label Services, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Marika Hackman (U.K. singer-songwriter) | “That Iron Taste [MP3]” (producers: Johnny Flynn, Adam Beach; new single: “Mountain Spines”; Hear here; See here) | (Dirty Hit, Feb. 25, 2013) |
| Wayne Hancock | “Ride” (producers: Hancock, Lloyd Maines; first single: “Ride”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Bloodshot, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell | “Old Yellow Moon” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Justin Hayward | “Spirits of the Western Sky” (The Moody Blues singer’s first solo album since 1996; Hear here; MP3) | (Eagle Rock, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors | “Good Light” (first single: “Tennessee”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Good Time/Magnolia Music, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The James Hunter Six (British funk-soul singer-songwriter) | “Minute By Minute” (his first album since 2008; producer: Daptone Records’ Gabriel Roth; Hear here; MP3) | (Fantasy, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Isaac Delusion (Paris-based duo) | “Early Morning [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Cracki, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Ivan & Alyosha | “All the Times We Had” (producers: Ivan & Alyosha, Chad Copelin; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Missing Piece/Dualtone Music Group, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| KMFDM | “Kunst” (producer: frontman Sascha Konietzko; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (KMFDM/Metropolis, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Johnny Marr | “The Messenger” (producer: Marr; Hear here; LP + MP3) | (Sire/ADA, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| The Mavericks | “In Time” (their first studio album in 10 years; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Valory Music Group, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Andrea McArdle | “70s and Sunny: Live at 54 BELOW” (recorded in July 2012 at the New York venue) | (Broadway, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Bret Michaels | “Good Songs & Great Friends” (producers: Michaels, Pete Evick; guests: Loretta Lynn, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Perry, Leslie West, Edwin McCain, Miley Cyrus, Michael Anthony, Ace Frehley, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Poor Boy, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Mount Moriah (North Carolina folk rockers) | “Miracle Temple” (guests: Amy Ray, Daniel Hart, Casey Toll; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Merge, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Newsong | “Swallow the Ocean” (producers: Seth Mosely, Chris Stevens, Paul Mills; Hear here; MP3) | (NewSong Ministries, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| NEXT Collective | “Cover Art” (interpretations of songs by such contemporary artists as Bon Iver, Drake, N.E.R.D, Jay-Z, Drake, Little Dragon, etc.; producers: Chris Dunn, NEXT Collective; guest: Christian Scott; MP3) | (Concord Jazz, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Alice Sara Ott (German-Japanese classical pianist) | “Pictures” (recorded during the White Nights Festival; Hear here; MP3) | (Deutsche Grammophon, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Player | “Too Many Reasons” (the “Baby Come Back” group’s first new album in nearly 20 years; producer: frontman Peter Beckett; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Plumb | “Need You Know” (guest: Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay; first single: “Drifting”; Hear here; MP3) | (Curb/Warner, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Popstrangers (Aussie alt-rock band) | “Antipodes” (first single: “Heaven”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Carpark, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Sally Shapiro (Swedish electro-pop duo) | “Somewhere Else” (guests: Electric Youth, Anoraak, Le Prix; first single: “What Can I Do”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Paper Bag, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Saxon | “Sacrifice” (their 20th studio album; producer: frontman Biff Byford; Hear here; MP3) | (Europe – UDR, Feb. 25, 2013) |
| Shout Out Louds | “Optica” (producers: Shout Out Louds; first single: “Blue Ice”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Merge, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| W.E.T. | “Rise Up” (first single: “Red Rover, Red Rover”; Hear here; MP3) | (Frantic, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) | “The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)” (engineered by Alan Parsons; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; Blu-ray) | (Kscope, Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Woodpigeon (aka Mark Andrew Hamilton) | “Thumbtacks and Glue” (first single: “Red Rover, Red Rover”; Hear here; MP3) | (Boompa/Fierce Panda, Feb. 26, 2013) |