Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
Aidan Knight (Victoria, British Columbia, quintet) | “Small Reveal” (first single: “A Mirror”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Outside Music) |
Kyle Andrews | “Brighter Than the Sun [MP3]” (first single: “The Way to Wonder”; Hear here; See here) | (Elephant Lady) |
Marc Anthony | “3.0” (first single: “Vivir mi vida”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Music Latin) |
Bad Cop | “The Light On EP” (producer: Cage the Elephant’s Brad Shultz; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jeffery Drag) |
Bombadil (North Carolina folk-pop trio) | “Metrics of Affection” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ramseur) |
Etienne Charles (Trinidad-born trumpeter) | “Creole Soul” (Hear here; MP3) | (Culture Shock Music) |
Guy Clark | “My Favorite Picture of You” (his first album in four years; the title track is a tribute to his wife, Susanna, who died in 2012; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dualtone) |
Eric & Magill (electro-pop duo) | “Night Singers [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Perfect From Now On) |
Fight or Flight (side project from Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan and drummer Mike Wengren) | “A Life by Design?” (first single: “First of the Last”; Hear here; See here; MP3, with two bonus tracks) | (Warner) |
Get Dead (San Francisco punk-rock band) | “Bad News” (producer: Fat Mike; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Fat Wreck Chords) |
Selena Gomez | “Stars Dance” (first single: “Come & Get It”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Hollywood) |
Sarah Hickman | “Shine” (producer: Jim Jacobsen; Hear here; MP3) | (Kirtland) |
Leftover Cuties (California jazz-pop group) | “The Spark & the Fire [MP3]” (first single: “One Heart”; Hear here; See here) | (Leftover Cuties) |
The Love Language (North Carolina pop group) | “Ruby Red” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Merge) |
Lustmord (aka British industrial musician Brian Williams) | “The Word As Power” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Blackest Ever Black) |
Mean Lady (Delaware-based duo of Katie Dill and Sam Nobles) | “Love Now” (first single: “Far Away”; Hear here; MP3) | (Fat Possum) |
The Mizzerables (Chicago punk group) | “Every Last Stitch [MP3]” (first single: “Bottoms Up”; Hear here) | (Whoa!) |
Audrey Napoleon (L.A.-based electronic producer) | “Ornamental Egos [MP3]” (five-song EP; new single: “Dope A La Mode”; Hear here; See here) | (SQE Music) |
Ultra Naté | “Hero Worship [MP3]” (producers: Tony Moran, Nicola Fasano, Bob Sinclar, DJ Class, The Thrillers, Paul Oakenfold, David Morales; guests: Chris Willis, DJ Class; Hear here) | (BluFire/ Deep Sugar Music / Peace Bisquit) |
Van Dyke Parks | “Songs Cycled” (his first album of new material since 1989; guests: Gaby Moreno, Irana George; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Bella Union) |
Relient K | “Collapsible Lung” (their first album in four years; first single: “Don’t Blink”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mono vs. Stereo) |
Nadine Shah | “Love Your Dum and Mad” (first single: “To Be a Young Man”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Apollo / R&S) |
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | “Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros” (first single: “Better Days”; Hear here; MP3) | (Community Music / Vagrant) |
Sombear (Minneapolis producer-songwriter Brad Hale) | “Love You in the Dark” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Trans-) |
Stargroves (led by Teddy Watson) | “Stargroves [MP3]” (guest: Abigail Breslin; Hear here; See here) | (Stargroves) |
Truth & Salvage Co. | “Pick Me Up” (includes a cover of Joe South’s “Games People Play”; producers: Truth & Salvage Co., Jon Ashley; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Megaforce / RED) |
Various artists | “The Smurfs 2: Music From and Inspired by [Film soundtrack]” (3D family comedy film includes Britney Spears’ new single “Ooh La La”; opens July 31; See here; MP3) | (Kemosabe Kids / RCA) |
Various artists | “The To Do List [Film soundtrack]” (romantic comedy, set in 1993, stars Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Rachel Bilson and opens July 26; See here; MP3) | (UMe) |
Wallpaper. (pop band led by Oakland-based rapper/songwriter Ricky Reed) | “Ricky Reed Is Real” (guest: E-40; first single: “Drunken Hearts”; Hear here; MP3) | (Epic / Boardwalk Music Group) |
Weekend (San Francisco-based post-punk band) | “Jinx [MP3]” (producer: Monte Vallier; first single: “Mirror”; Hear here) | (Slumberland) |
The Winery Dogs (Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy and Richie Kotzen) | “The Winery Dogs” (producers: The Winery Dogs; Hear here; MP3) | (Loud & Proud / Roadrunner) |