| 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) |
