| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Steve Aoki | “Wonderland” (guests: Rivers Cuomo, Lil Jon, Chiddy Bang, etc.; new single: “Ladi Dadi”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Ultra, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Attack Attack! (Ohio metalcore band) | “This Means War” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rise, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Jessie Baylin (married to Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill) | “Little Spark” (producer: Kevin Augunas; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Blonde Rat, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Big Pink, The (English electro-rock duo) | “Future This” (producer: Paul Epworth; first single: “Stay Gold”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (4AD, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Biohazard | “Reborn in Defiance” (first original lineup album in 18 years; producer: Toby Wright; Hear here) | (Nuclear Blast, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Bombay Bicycle Club (English indie rock and folk band) | “A Different Kind of Fix” (producers: Jack Steadman, Jim Abbiss, Ben Allen; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Island, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Jeff Campbell | “Stop and Go [MP3 Download]” (producer: Charlie Wilson, Campbell; Hear here) | (Sonic Zen, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian | “Further Explorations” (two-CD, 19 song live set exploring the music of Bill Evans, recorded May 4-17, 2010, at the Blue Note in New York; producer: Corea; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Concord Jazz, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Ani DiFranco | “Which Side Are You On?” (guests: Pete Seeger, Ivan & Cyril Neville, Anaïs Mitchell, Adam Levy; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Righteous Babe, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Kathleen Edwards | “Voyageur” (producers: Edwards, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon; guests: Norah Jones, Vernon, Megafaun’s Phil Cook, Peter Wolf Crier’s Brian Moen; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Zoë/Rounder, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Enter Shikari | “A Flash Flood of Colour” (producers: Enter Shikari, Dan Weller; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Hopeless, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Girls Generation (South Korean girl pop group) | “The Boys” (producer: Lee Soo Man; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (SM Entertainment/Interscope, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Anthony Green (Circa Survive singer) | “Beautiful Things” (producers: Green, Jason Cupp; guests: Ida Maria, Lights, Maps & Atlases guitarist Dave Davison, Claire Wadsworth, Circa Survive bandmates Brendan Ekstrom and Colin Frangicetto; first single: “Get Yours While You Can”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Photo Finish/Atlantic, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Guided By Voices | “Let’s Go Eat the Factory” (the first album from the group’s “classic lineup” since 2004; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Guided By Voices, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Jack DeJohnette | “Sound Travels” (guests: Bruce Hornsby, Bobby McFerrin, Esperanza Spalding, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Golden Beams/eOne, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Kidz Bop Kids | “Kidz Bop 21” (16 tracks; MP3 Download) | (Razor & Tie, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Leona Lewis | “Hurt: The EP [MP3 Download]” (four songs; Hear here) | (Syco Music/RCA, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Life and Times, The (American experimental space rock trio) | “No One Loves You Like I Do” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (SlimStyle, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Refugees, The (Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland and Wendy Waldman) | “Three” (a mixture of new material and rerecorded solo tracks; MP3 Download) | (Wabuho, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Seeker Lover Keeper | “Seeker Lover Keeper” (producers: Victor Van Vugt, Seeker Lover Keeper; Hear here) | (Spunk, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Wadada Leo Smith’s Mbira | “Dark Lady of the Sonnets” (Hear here) | (TUM, Jan. 17, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Pan Am: Music from and Inspired by the Original Series [TV soundtrack]” (vintage tracks, plus Nikki Jean’s cover of “Do You Want to Know a Secret”; MP3 Download) | (Verve, Jan. 17, 2012) |
