| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Yasus Afari (Jamaican reggae artist and dub poet) | “Public Secret [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Fox Fuse) |
| The Almost (led by Aaron Gillespie) | “Fear Inside Our Bones” (producer: Marshall Altman; first single: “I’m Down”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tooth & Nail / RED) |
| Joseph Arthur | “The Ballad of Boogie Christ” (MP3) | (Lonely Astronaut) |
| Beans on Toast (British singer-songwriter) | “Fishing For a Thank You [EP]” (Hear here) | (Xtra Mile Recordings) |
| Big Time Rush | “24/Seven” (producers: Claude Kelly, The Suspex, Matt Squire, Matt Thiessen, Chris DeStefano; guests: Karmin, Jake Miller; Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Columbia / Nickelodeon) |
| Blackmore’s Night | “Dancer and the Moon [CD/DVD]” (first single: “The Moon Is Shining [Somewhere Over the Sea]”; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Black Sabbath | “13” (first album with Ozzy Osbourne in 35 years; producer: Rick Rubin; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe Edition; MP3) | (Vertigo / Republic) |
| Boards of Canada | “Tomorrow’s Harvest” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Boysetsfire | “While the Nation Sleeps …” (Delaware post-hardcore band’s first album since 2006; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Bridge Nine) |
| Case Studies (musical project of Seattle musician Jesse Lortz) | “This Is Another Life” (producer: Greg Ashley of Gris Gris; first single: “Driving East and Through Her”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Harry Connick Jr. | “Every Man Should Know” (all 12 songs written by Connick; guests: Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| CSS | “Planta” (producer: TV On The Radio’s David Sitek; first single: “Hangover”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (SQE Music) |
| Davell Crawford | “My Gift to You” (the New Orleans pianist-vocalist’s first album in 13 years; guests: Dr. John, Big Freedia The Queen Diva, Donald Harrison Jr., Bobbi Humphrey, Nicholas Payton, Steve Riley, Walter “Wolfman” Washington, the Davell Crawford Singers; Hear here) | (Basin Street) |
| Jamie Cullum | “Momentum [MP3]” (producers: Jim Abbiss, Dan The Automator; guests: Roots Manuva; first single: “Everything You Didn’t”; Hear here) | (Island) |
| Fat Tony (Nigerian-American rap artist) | “Smart Ass Black Boy” (first single: “Hood Party”; Hear here; See here) | (Young One) |
| Goo Goo Dolls | “Magnetic” (producers: Gregg Wattenberg, Rob Cavallo, John Shanks, Greg Wells; first single: “Rebel Beat”; Hear here; See here; MP3, with two bonus live tracks) | (Warner) |
| Gold Panda (U.K. beat producer) | “Half of Where You Live” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (NOTOWN / Ghostly International) |
| Mick Harvey | “FOUR (Acts of Love)” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Mute) |
| Jason Isbell | “Southeastern” (producer: Dave Cobb; guests: Kim Richey, Amanda Shires and Isbell’s 400 Unit band mates Derry deBorja and Chad Gamble; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Southeastern / Thirty Tigers) |
| Jimmy Eat World | “Damage” (producer: Alain Johannes; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Dave Koz and Friends | “Dave Koz and Friends Summer Horns” (a tribute to horn bands of the ’70s, with Mindi Abair, Gerald Albright and Richard Elliot; producer: Paul Brown; guests: Michael McDonald, Brian Culbertson, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler, Jeffrey Osborne; first single: “Got to Get You Into My Life”; Hear here; See here; P&P Interview; MP3) | (Concord) |
| The Lonely Island | “The Wack Album [CD/DVD]” (new single: “YOLO,” feat. Adam Levine, Kendrick Lamar; Hear here; See here) | (Republic) |
| Lust for Youth (Swedish producer Hannes Norrvide) | “Perfect View” (Hear Vinyl; MP3) | (Sacred Bones) |
| Matrimony (Charlotte, N.C., folk-pop quartet) | “Montibello Drive [EP]” (four songs; producer: Jay Joyce; Hear here; See here) | (Columbia) |
| Megosh (Baltimore rock quartet) | “Megosh [MP3]” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (Revival Recordings) |
| Chrisette Michele | “Better” (guests: Wale, Musiq Soulchild, 2 Chainz; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Motown) |
| Mixhell (electronic collaboration between former Sepultura drummer Iggor Cavalera and DJ wife Laima Leyton) | “Spaces” (first single: “Exit Wound,” feat. Dillinger Escape Plan’s Greg Puciato; Hear here) | (Last Gang / Boysnoize) |
| Morgan Heritage | “Here Come the Kings” (the reggae group’s first album in five years; producers: Lamar Brown, Shane C. Brown, Jason “J-Vibe” Farmer; guest: Shaggy; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (VP) |
| Alison Moyet | “the minutes” (her first album since 2007; producer: Guy Sigsworth; first single: “When I Was Your Girl”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Cooking Vinyl / Metropolis) |
| Aoife O’Donovan (Americana singer-songwriter, formerly of Crooked Still) | “Fossils” (producer: Tucker Martine; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Yep Roc) |
| The Orb feat. Lee Scratch Perry | “More Tales From The Orbservatory” (includes five instrumentals; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Pacific Air (electro-pop duo) | “Stop Talking” (producer: Chris Zane; first single: “Lose My Mind”; Hear here; MP3) | (Republic) |
| Prodigy & Alchemist | “Albert Einstein” (producer: Alchemist; guests: Raekwon, Domo Genesis, Roc Marciano, Action Bronson, Havoc; Hear here; MP3 | (Infamous) |
| Russian Tsarlag (aka Carlos Gonzales, a Providence-based artist) | “Gagged in Boonesville [MP3]” (first single: “Gagged in Boonesville”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Not Not Fun) |
| Bob Schneider | “Burden of Proof” (Hear here) | (Kirtland) |
| Sonny & The Sunsets | “Antenna to the Afterworld” (first single: “Dark Corners”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Polyvinyl) |
| Surfer Blood (West Palm Beach rock band) | “Pythons” (producer: Gil Norton; first single: “Demon Dance”; Hear here) | (Warner/Kanine) |
| Walter Trout & His Band | “Luther’s Blues: A Tribute to Luther Allison” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Provogue / Mascot Label Group) |
| John Vanderslice | “Dagger Beach” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Vanderslice) |
| Various artists | “Great Voices Sing John Denver” (tribute album featuring such opera stars as Plácido Domingo, Rod Gilfry, Daniel Montenegro, ShenYang, Danielle de Niese, Rene Pape; producers: Denver’s longtime producer, Milt Okun, and Rosemary Okun and Elisa Justice; arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge; MP3) | (MRI) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 6” (18 songs; MP3) | (Sony / EMI / UMG) |
| Various artists | “This Is the End: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (apocalyptic comedy opens in theaters June 12; stars James Franco, Jonah Hill, writer-director Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel; See here; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Various artists | “20 Feet from Stardom: Music From The Motion Picture [MP3]” (director Morgan Neville’s documentary on backup singers features Merry Clayton, Darlene Love and others; opens in select cities on June 14; Hear here; Read here; CD) | (Columbia) |
| Emily Wells | “Mama Acoustic Recordings [MP3]” (a stripped-down version of her 2012 album “Mama”; first single: “Los Angeles”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Partisan) |
| Hans Zimmer | “Man of Steel [Film soundtrack]” (Superman movie opens June 14; stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane; Hear here; MP3) | (WaterTower Music) |
| Mike Zito & The Wheel | “Gone to Texas” (Zito is a member of Royal Southern Brotherhood; producer: Zito; guests: Delbert McClinton, Sonny Landreth, Susan Cowsill, etc.; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Ruf) |
