| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Doug Benson | “Gateway Doug” (stand-up comic’s sixth album, taped live in San Francisco; Hear here; MP3) | (ASPECIALTHING) |
| Big B | “Fool’s Gold” (producer: Jim Perkins; guests: Slightly Stoopid, Colt Ford, The Dirty Heads, Jamie Allensworth, DJ Souless, DJ Product, etc.; other collaborators include P!nk and Butch Walker; Hear here; MP3) | (Suburban Noize) |
| CFCF (aka Michael Silver) | “Music for Objects [MP3]” (eight-song EP; Hear here; Read here) | (Paper Bag) |
| Ciara | “Ciara” (guests: Nicki Minaj, Future; new single: “Body Party”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Epic) |
| Dead Boots (formerly TAB the Band) | “Verónica [MP3]” (Hear here) | (North Street) |
| The Deadly Gentlemen | “Roll Me, Tumble Me” (Hear here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Deep Forest | “Deep Africa” (the French ambient world music group’s first album in 11 years; Hear here; MP3) | (Big3) |
| Dirty Streets (Memphis-based power trio) | “Blades of Grass” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Alive Naturalsound) |
| Omar Dykes (of Omar and the Howlers) | “Runnin’ With the Wolf” (13 Howlin’ Wolf covers and one original song; Hear here; MP3) | (Provogue / The Mascot Label Group) |
| Editors | “The Weight of Your Love” (first album to feature new band members Justin Lockey and Elliott Williams; producer: Jacquire King; first single: “A Ton of Love”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) | ([PIAS] America / RED) |
| Dana Fuchs (blues-rock singer appeared in the 2007 film “Across the Universe”) | “Bliss Avenue” (Hear here; MP3) | (Ruf) |
| Glasvegas | “If [EP]” (four songs; producer: frontman James Allan; “If” is the first single from “Later … When the TV Turns to Static,” out Sept. 3; Hear here) | (Go Wow / BMG) |
| Grenouer (metal band from St. Petersburg, Russia) | “Blood on the Face” (Hear here; See here) | (Mausoleum) |
| Skylar Grey (co-wrote Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie”) | “Don’t Look Down” (excutive producer: Eminem; new single: “Wear Me Out‚” feat. Eminem; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (KIDinaKORNER / Interscope) |
| David Liebe Hart Band (actor, musician, artist and puppeteer; his songs appeared on Adult Swim’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job”) | “David Liebe Hart Band [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Evil Weevil) |
| Jay-Z | “Magna Carta Holy Grail” (producers: Rick Rubin, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz; Hear here; Read here) | (Def Jam) |
| Donell Jones | “Forever” (first single: “Forever”; Hear here; MP3) | (CandyMan Music / eOne Music) |
| Geoffrey Keezer | “Heart of the Piano” (Grammy-nominated pianist’s first solo project since 1999; Hear here; MP3) | (Motéma Music) |
| Maps (aka James Chapman) | “Vicissitude” (first single: “A.M.A”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Alec Morrison (Northern Ontario musician) | “Nowhere Is the Place for Me [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Alec Morrison, July 10) |
| Michael Martin Murphey | “Red River Drifter” (producers: Murphey, Ryan Murphey; guests: Ryan Murphey, Pat Flynn, Jason Mowry, Troy Engle, Matt Pierson; first single: “Shake It Off”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Red River Entertainment) |
| The Octopus Project (Austin experimental pop band) | “Fever Forms” (first single: “Whitby”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Peek-A-Boo) |
| Part Time | “PDA” (first single: “I Won’t Be Your Little Secret”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mexican Summer) |
| Robert Pollard | “Honey Locust Honky Tonk” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (GBV Inc.) |
| Preservation Hall Jazz Band | “That’s It!” (their first album of original material; songs co-written with Dan Wilson, Chris Stapleton and Paul Williams; producers: Jim James, Ben Jaffe; Hear here; MP3, with two bonus live tracks) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Speedy Ortiz (Northampton quartet) | “Major Arcana” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Carpark) |
| Status Quo | “Bula Quo!” (two-CD soundtrack to the 90-minute action movie featuring the band as themselves and co-starring Craig Fairbrass, Laura Aikman and Jon Lovitz; See here; MP3) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Thriftstore Masterpiece (revolving collective pays homage to long-lost classics) | “Thriftstore Masterpiece Presents Lee Hazlewood’s Trouble Is a Lonesome Town” (featuring Pete Yorn, Frank Black, Isaac Brock, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Art Brut’s Eddie Argos, the late Larry Norman, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl) | (SideOneDummy) |
| Trampled Under Foot (bluesy family trio) | “Badlands” (producer: Tony Braunagel; guest: keyboardist Mike Finnigan; Hear here; MP3) | (Telarc) |
| Pat Travers Band | “Can Do” (Hear here; MP3) | (Alexus) |
| Travis Tritt | “The Calm After …” (features songs from his ill-fated 2007 album “The Storm,” co-produced by Randy Jackson; first single: a cover of the Patty Smyth/Don Henley hit “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough,” a new duet with his 15-year-old daughter, Tyler Reese Tritt; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Redneck / Post Oak Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Pippin: New Broadway Cast Recording” (starring Andrea Martin, with score by Stephen Schwartz; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Ghostlight) |
| Whirr (Bay Area six-piece) | “Around [EP]” (four songs; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Graveface) |
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | “Madonna” (1999 album; remastered; Vinyl; MP3) | (Superball Music) |
| The Breaks | “The Breaks [MP3]” (1983 album) | (R.D.E.G.) |
| Solomon Burke | “Live at Montreux 2006” (See here; DVD; MP3) | (Eagle Rock) |
| The Byrds | “Younger Than Yesterday” (CD vinyl replica; 1967 album; remastered) | (Culture Factory) |
| Colette Carr | “Skitszo Collection” (collection of her recent EPs; Hear here; MP3) | (UMGRI / Interscope) |
| Merry Clayton | “The Best of Merry Clayton” (17 tracks; includes “Gimme Shelter” and “Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow”; MP3) | (Ode / Legacy) |
| Derringer | “Sweet Evil” (1977 album; remastered) | (U.K. – Rock Candy, July 8) |
| Devo | “Hardcore” (two-CD collection of early recordings, circa 1974-1977; Hear/read here) | (Superior Viaduct / Booji Boy) |
| Rickie Lee Jones | “Traffic From Paradise [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1993 album; remastered) | (Analogue Productions) |
| Giorgio Moroder | “Knights in White Satin [MP3]” (1976 album) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Elvis Presley | “Stereo ’57: Essential Elvis Volume 2 [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1957 album; remastered), “Elvis Is Back! [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1960 album; remastered) | (Analogue Productions) |
| The Producers | “The Producers [MP3]” (1981 album) | (R.D.E.G.) |
| The Reverend Horton Heat | “Live at the Fillmore” (recorded at the San Francisco venue in 2010; Hear here; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| Tom Robinson Band | “The Anthology 1977-1979 [Box set]” (three CDs, one DVD; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – EMI, July 8) |
| Tom Scott | “Blow It Out / Intimate Strangers / Street Beat” (1977, 1978 and 1979 albums on two CDs; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO, July 8) |
| Tommy Shaw | “Girls With Guns / What If” (1984, 1985 albums on two CDs; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO, July 8) |
| Various artists | “The Chicago Blues Box: The MCM Records Story” (eight CDs; Hear/read here) | (Storyville) |
| The Weavers | “Reunion at Carnegie Hall 1963 [Hybrid SACD – DSD]” (1963 album; remastered) | (Analogue Productions) |
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace | “Dead Man Down [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures) |
| Tina Fey, Paul Rudd | “Admission [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Selena Gomez, James Franco | “Spring Breakers [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (Lionsgate) |
| Steve Martin | “The Jerk [DVD]” (1979 film) | (Universal Studios) |
| Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel | “The Host [DVD]” (2013 film; Blu-ray) | (Universal Studios) |
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Bee Gees | “The Bee Gees: The Biography [Hardcover]” (author: David N. Meyer) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Paul D. Boyd | “The Rickenbacker Electric Bass: 50 Years as Rock’s Bottom [Paperback]” | (Hal Leonard Books) |
| Guitar Player | “Guitar Player Presents the 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time [Paperback]” (edited by Michael Molenda) | (Backbeat Books) |
| Al Jourgensen | “Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen [Hardcover]” (co-author: Jon Wiederhorn; Kindle) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Mark Kurlansky | “Ready For a Brand New Beat: How ‘Dancing in the Street’ Became the Anthem for a Changing America [Hardcover]” (Kindle) | (Riverhead Hardcover, July 11) |
| The Runaways | “Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways [Hardcover]” (author: Evelyn McDonnell; Kindle) | (Da Capo Press) |
| Subject: | Title: | Media/Due date: |
| Electronic Arts | “NCAA Football 14” (available on PS3 and X360) | (Electronic Arts) |
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