New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Big D and the Kids Table | “For the Damned, The Dumb & the Delirious” (first single: “Modern American Gypsy”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (SideOneDummy, July 5, 2011) |
| Meredith Bragg (Virginia-based male songwriter) | “Nest [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (The Kora, July 5, 2011) |
| Digitalism | “I Love You, Dude” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (V2/Cooperative Music/Downtown, July 5, 2011) |
| Robert Ellis | “Photographs” (first single: “What’s In It For Me”; Hear here) | (New West, July 5, 2011) |
| Brian Eno | “Drums Between the Bells” (a collaboration with British poet Rick Holland; Hear/read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Warp, July 5, 2011) |
| Kaiser Chiefs | “The Future Is Medieval” (producers: Tony Visconti, Ethan Johns, Owen Morris, drummer Nick Hodgson; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – B-Unique/Universal, July 4, 2011) |
| Lloyd | “King of Hearts” (producers: Polow da Don, Rob Holladay, Dr. Dre, The Smeezingtons; Hear here; MP3 Download, with three bonus tracks) | (Young Goldie Music/Interscope, July 5, 2011) |
| Old 97’s | “The Grand Theatre Vol. 2” (producer: Salim Nourallah; Hear here) | (New West, July 5, 2011) |
| John Parr | “Letter to America [MP3 Download]” (29 songs; rock and acoustic versions of past and present songs; Hear here) | (John Parr Music Limited, July 4, 2011) |
| Samiyam (instrumental hip-hop producer) | “Sam Baker’s Album” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Brainfeeder, July 5, 2011) |
| SebastiAn (French electronic artist) | “Total” (guests: M.I.A., Mayer Hawthorne; first single: “Embody”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Ed Banger/Big Beat/Atlantic, July 5, 2011) |
| Spirits of the Dead (psychedelic-stoner-folk-rock band) | “The Great God Pan” (six-song EP; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (The End, July 5, 2011) |
| Teddybears (Swedish electronic trio) | “Devil’s Music” (guests: The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne, Eve, Robyn, Cee-Lo Green, B.o.B, The B-52’s, Laza Morgan, ADL, Rigo; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Big Beat/Atlantic, July 5, 2011) |
| Mickey Thomas | “Marauder” (producer: Jeff Tamelier; See here; MP3 Download) | (Gigatone, July 5, 2011) |
| Unearth | “Darkness in the Light” (producer: Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz; first single: “Eyes of Black”; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) | (Metal Blade, July 5, 2011) |
| Various artists | “A Tribute to Billie Holiday” (narrated by Angela Bassett; covers by Esperanza Spalding, Babyface, Boz Scaggs, Shelby Lynne, Deborah Cox, Rickie Lee Jones, Freda Payne, Rocco DeLuca, etc.; MP3 Download) | (StormVox, July 5, 2011) |
| Yacht | “Shangri-La” (Hear here; Read here) | (DFA, July 5, 2011) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Ark, The (Swedish glam-rock group’s final album) | “Arkeology: The Complete Singles Collection” (20 songs; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (U.K. – EMI, July 4, 2011) |
| Ashford and Simpson | “High Rise” (1983 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Big Break, July 4, 2011) |
| Jim Capaldi | “Dear Mr Fantasy: The Jim Capaldi Story [Box set]” (4 CDs, 67 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Universal, July 4, 2011) |
| Five Stairsteps, The | “The Complete Curtis Mayfield Years” (their 1967 self-titled album, with 1968’s “Love’s Happening,” with five bonus tracks, produced by Mayfield) | (U.K. – Outta Sight, July 4, 2011) |
| Jean Michel Jarre | “Essentials & Rarities” (2 CDs, 31 songs; Hear/see here; Read here) | (U.K. – AIS, July 4, 2011) |
| Joy Division/New Order | “TOTAL from Joy Division to New Order [MP3 Download]” (18 songs spanning both bands’ careers, including the previously unreleased New Order track, “Hellbent”; Hear here; Deluxe edition, with 12 music videos) | (Rhino/Warner, July 5, 2011) |
| Paul McCartney | “Driving Rain” (2001 album, with one bonus track, “Freedom”; MP3 Download) | (MPL/Concord, July 5, 2011) |
| Queen | “Deep Cuts 2 (1977-1982)” (14 tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (U.K. – Island/Universal, July 4, 2011) |
| Evie Sands | “Suspended Animation” (1979 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Superbird, July 4, 2011) |
| Carly Simon | “No Secrets [24 KT + Gold CD]” (1972 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity, July 5, 2011) |
| Ten Years After | “A Space in Time [24 KT + Gold CD]” (1971 album; remastered) | (Audio Fidelity, July 5, 2011) |
| Thin Lizzy | “Bad Reputation [Deluxe edition]” (1977 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks), “Black Rose: A Rock Legend [Deluxe edition]” (1979 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks), “Chinatown [Deluxe edition]” (1980 album; 2 CDs; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Mercury/UMe, July 4, 2011) |
| 2Pac | “2Pacalypse Now [MP3 Download]” (1991 album), “Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. [MP3 Download]” (1993 album), “Thug Life: Volume 1 [MP3 Download]” (1994 album), “Me Against the World [MP3 Download]” (1995 album), “R U Still Down? (Remember Me) [MP3 Download]” (1997 album) | (Interscope, July 5, 2011) |
| Various artists | “The Jerky Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3 Download]” (1994 album) | (Rhino/Atlantic, July 5, 2011) |
| Various artists | “The London American Label: Year By Year — 1958” (28 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, July 4, 2011) |
| Various artists | “100 Years of the Blues” (2 CDs, 46 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Decca, July 4, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Pure … 70s Dance Party [Box set]” (4 CDs, 68 tracks; Hear here), “Pure … 80s Dance Party [Box set]” (4 CDs, 68 tracks; Hear here), “Pure … 90s Dance Party [Box set]” (4 CDs, 68 tracks; Hear here), “Pure … Summer [Box set]” (4 CDs, 68 tracks; Hear here) | (U.K. – Sony, July 4, 2011) |
| Yarbrough & Peoples | “Guilty” (1985 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Big Break, July 4, 2011) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Rickie Lee Jones | “Live in Stockholm [DVD]” (2-disc concert film, recorded on March 7, 2010, at the Berns Salonger; See here) | (Megaforce, July 5, 2011) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Johnny Morgan | “Disco: The Music, The Times, The Era [Hardcover]” | (Sterling, July 5, 2011) |