New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Atlas Genius (indie rock band from Adelaide, South Australia) | “Through the Glass [MP3 Download]” (three-song EP; Hear here) | (Warner, June 12, 2012) |
| Azealia Banks (Harlem-raised rapper-singer) | “1991” (four-song EP; producer: Jef Martens; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Interscope/Polydor, June 12, 2012) |
| BoDeans | “American Made” (producer: John Alagia; first single: “All the World”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Free & Alive/Megaforce, June 12, 2012) |
| Bouncing Souls | “Comet” (producer: Bill Stevenson; first single: “Static”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Rise/Chunksaah, June 12, 2012) |
| Call Me No One (side project for Sevendust’s Clint Lowery and Morgan Rose) | “Last Parade” (first single: “Biggest Fan”; Hear here) | (7Bros/ILG, June 12, 2012) |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | “Ashes and Roses” (producers: Carpenter, Matt Rollings; guest: James Taylor; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Zoë/Rounder, June 12, 2012) |
| Celldweller | “Wish Upon a Blackstar” (producers: frontman Klayton, Grant Mohrman; new single: “Unshakeable”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (FiXT Music, June 12, 2012) |
| Brian Culbertson | “Dreams” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (GRP, June 12, 2012) |
| dB’s, The | “Falling Off the Sky” (group’s first album in 25 years, featuring the original lineup of Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Gene Holder and Will Rigby; producers: The dB’s, Mitch Easter, Scott Litt; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Bar/None, June 12, 2012) |
| Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ | “Songs From the Laudromat” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (New! Records/Redeye, June 12, 2012) |
| Edens Edge (country trio) | “Edens Edge” (producers: Mark Bright, Dann Huff; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Big Machine/Universal, June 12, 2012) |
| Empires (Chicago rock band) | “Garage Hymns [MP3 Download]” (producer: Max Steger; Hear here) | (History, June 12, 2012) |
| Jimmy Fallon | “Blow Your Pants Off” (comedy album, includes new original music and musical skits from his talk show; guests: Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder, Stephen Colbert, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Warner, June 12, 2012) |
| Far East Movement | “Dirty Bass” (guests: Justin Bieber, Pitbull, Bill Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel, Natalia Kills, YG; first single: “Live My Life”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Cherrytree/Interscope, June 12, 2012) |
| FAWN (Detroit quartet) | “coastlines [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Quite Scientific, June 12, 2012) |
| Future of the Left (Welsh rockers) | “The Plot Against Common Sense” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Xtra Mile Recordings/ILG, June 12, 2012) |
| Giant Giant Sand | “Tucson” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Fire, June 12, 2012) |
| Guided By Voices | “Class Clown Spots a UFO” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (GBV Inc., June 12, 2012) |
| Hot Chip | “In Our Heads” (producer: Mark Ralph; first single: “Night and Day”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Domino, June 12, 2012) |
| Ryan Humbert (Americana singer-songwriter) | “Sometimes the Game Plays You” (producer: Humbert; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rock Ridge Music, June 12, 2012) |
| The Hundred in the Hands | “Red Night” (first single: “Faded”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Warp, June 12, 2012) |
| Colin James (Canadian rocker) | “Fifteen [MP3 Download]” (producer: Joe Hardy; first single: “Stone Faith”; Hear here) | (EMI Canada, June 12, 2012) |
| Jukebox the Ghost | “Safe Travels” (first single: “Somebody”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Yep Roc, June 12, 2012) |
| Kid Ink | “Up & Away [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Time of Your Life”; Hear here) | (Tha Alumni Music Group, June 12, 2012) |
| Jan Lisiecki (classical pianist) | “Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 [MP3 Download]” (with pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias and the Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Hear here; CD) | (Deutsche Grammophon, June 12, 2012) |
| Longreef (Australian band) | “Dirty Motel [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Longreef, June 12, 2012) |
| Men Without Hats | “Love in the Age of War [MP3 Download]” (their first album in 10 years; producer: Dave “Rave” Ogilvie; first single: “Head Above Water”; Hear here; CD, out June 19) | (Cobraside, June 12, 2012) |
| Pat Metheny | “Unity Band” (with Chris Potter, Ben Williams and Antonio Sanchez; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Nonesuch, June 12, 2012) |
| Metric | “Synthetica” (producer: guitarist Jimmy Shaw; first single: “Youth Without Youth”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (MMI/Mom + Pop, June 12, 2012) |
| Miss May I (Troy, Ohio, melodic metal quintet) | “At Heart” (producer: Machine; first single: “Hey Mister”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Rise, June 12, 2012) |
| Ryan Monroe (multi-instrumentalist for Band of Horses) | “A Painting of a Painting on Fire [MP3 Download]” (producer: Chris Testa; Hear here) | (RCM, June 12, 2012) |
| Motion City Soundtrack | “Go” (first single: “True Romance”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Epitaph, June 12, 2012) |
| Oddisee | “People Hear What They See” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Mello Music Group, June 12, 2012) |
| Grace Potter & The Nocturnals | “The Lion The Beast The Beat” (two songs co-written with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys; producers: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Jim Scott; first single: “Never Go Back”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Hollywood, June 12, 2012) |
| Mike Ruocco (former Cinder Road frontman) | “The Rise. The Ride. The Risk.” (first single: “Too Late”; Hear here) | (Plungo, June 12, 2012) |
| Rush | “Clockwork Angels” (first studio album in five years; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Anthem/Roadrunner, June 12, 2012) |
| Ed Sheeran (British singer-songwriter) | “+” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Elektra/Atlantic, June 12, 2012) |
| Cody Simpson | “Preview to Paradise [MP3 Download]” (four-song EP; guests: T-Pain, Becky G; Hear here) | (Atlantic, June 12, 2012) |
| Stepdad | “Wildlife Pop” (producer: Chris Zane; first single: “Must Land Running”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Black Bell, June 12, 2012) |
| Marc Streitenfeld | “Prometheus [Film soundtrack]” (opens in theaters June 8; See here) | (Sony Masterworks, June 12, 2012) |
| Tallest Man on Earth, The (aka Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson) | “There’s No Leaving Now” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Dead Oceans, June 12, 2012) |
| Matt Toka (punk-pop artist) | “Matt Toka” (producer: Rob Cavallo; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Reprise, June 12, 2012) |
| Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (English producer and DJ Orlando Higginbottom) | “Trouble” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Casablanca, June 12, 2012) |
| Total Warr (Parisian pop duo) | “Corbay EP [MP3 Download]” (six songs; Hear here) | (Total Warr, June 11, 2012) |
| Turbonegro (Norwegian punk rock band) | “Sexual Harassment [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Volcom, June 12, 2012) |
| Josh Turner | “Punching Bag” (first single: “Time Is Love”; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Universal Music Nashville, June 12, 2012) |
| Usher | “Looking 4 Myself” (guests: Rick Ross, Pharrell, Luke Steele; new single: “Scream”; Hear here; Deluxe edition, containing four bonus tracks; MP3 Download) | (RCA, June 12, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Let It Shine [TV soundtrack]” (Disney Channel original movie, starring Tyler James Williams and Coco Jones, premieres June 15; See here; MP3 Download) | (Disney, June 12, 2012) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Country, Volume 5” (18 songs; MP3 Download) | (Universal, June 12, 2012) |
| Waka Flocka Flame | “Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family” (producers: Lex Luger, Troy Taylor, Southside, etc.; guests: Drake, Tyler, the Creator, B.o.B, Trey Songz, Meek Mill; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (1017 Brick Squad/Warner, June 12, 2012) |
| Welcome Wagon, The (gospel/indie pop duo) | “Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Asthmatic Kitty, June 12, 2012) |
| Wintersleep | “Hello Hum” (producers: Dave Fridmann, Tony Doogan; first single: “Resuscitate”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Roll Call/ILG, June 12, 2012) |
| Bobby Womack | “The Bravest Man in the Universe” (producers: Damon Albarn, Richard Russell; first single: “Please Forgive My Heart”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (XL Recordings, June 12, 2012) |
| ZZ Top | “Texicali [MP3 Download]” (four-song EP; their first new studio recordings in nine years; producers: Rick Rubin, the band’s Billy F. Gibbons; first single: “I Gotsta Get Paid”; Hear here; Read here) | (American Recordings/Universal Republic, June 12, 2012) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| ABBA | “The Essential Collection” (two CDs, 39 songs; DVD) | (Polydor/UMe, June 12, 2012) |
| Chet Baker | “The Very Best of Chet Baker” (14 tracks; MP3 Download) | (Fantasy/Concord, June 12, 2012) |
| Bee Gees | “Rare Precious & Beautiful [MP3 Download]”, “Rare Precious & Beautiful, Volume 2 [MP3 Download]”, “Rare Precious & Beautiful, Volume 3 [MP3 Download]” | (Bee Gees/Reprise, June 12, 2012) |
| Dave Brubeck Quartet, The | “The Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1955-1966 [Box set]” (19 CDs, with bonus material; Read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Solomon Burke | “Rock ‘N Soul [MP3 Download]” (1964 album) | (Rhino/Atlantic, June 12, 2012) |
| Byrds, The | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (13 CDs, with bonus material; Read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Clarence Carter | “The Fame Singles, Volume 1: 1966-70” (22 songs) | (U.K. – Kent, June 11, 2012) |
| Stanley Clarke | “The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection [Box set]” (seven CDs, with bonus material; contains the albums “Stanley Clarke,” “Journey to Love,” “School Days,” “Modern Man,” “I Wanna Play for You,” “Live 1976-1977”; Read here) | (Epic, June 12, 2012) |
| John Coltrane | “The Very Best of John Coltrane: The Prestige Era” (MP3 Download) | (Fantasy/Concord, June 12, 2012) |
| Sam Cooke | “The RCA Albums Collection [Box set]” (eight CDs) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| John Davidson | “The Time of My Life [MP3 Download]” (1966 album) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Miles Davis Quintet, The | “The Very Best of The Miles Davis Quintet” (MP3 Download) | (Fantasy/Concord, June 12, 2012) |
| Dells, The | “They Said It Couldn’t Be Done, But We Did It!: Expanded Edition [MP3 Download]” (1977 album, with three bonus tracks; Hear here; Read here) | (SoulMusic, June 12, 2012) |
| John Denver | “The RCA Albums Collection [Box set]” (25 CDs; Read here) | (RCA/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Paul Desmond | “The Complete RCA Albums Collection [Box set]” (six CDs, with bonus material; contains the albums “Desmond Blue,” “Take Ten,” “Bossa Antigua,” “Glad to Be Unhappy,” “Easy Living,” “Two of a Kind”; Read here) | (RCA/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| George Duke Band, The | “The Complete Epic Albums Collection [Box set]” (six CDs, with bonus material; contains the albums “From Me To You,” “Reach For It,” “Don’t Let Go,” “Follow the Rainbow,” “Master of the Game,” “Brazilian Love Affair”; Read here) | (Epic/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “The Complete Columbia Masters Collection [Box set]” (16 CDs, featuring all 15 albums plus “Constellations: The Universe of Earth, Wind & Fire,” a bonus disc of rarities and unreleased tracks; Hear/read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Electric Light Orchestra | “The Complete Albums Collection [Box set]” (11 CDs, containing everything from “The Electric Light Orchestra” to “Balance of Power”) | (Epic/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell | “Level One” (1975 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird, June 12, 2012) |
| Epic Soundtracks | “Wild Smile: An Anthology” (two CDs, 42 songs; includes a best-of and a second disc of unreleased material; Track list; MP3 Download) | (Troubadour/Redeye, June 12, 2012) |
| Bill Evans | “Bill Evans Live at Art D’Lugoff’s Top of the Gate” (unreleased recordings from the Greenwich Village venue on Oct. 23, 1968; two CDs, 17 songs; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Resonance, June 12, 2012) |
| Flying Burrito Brothers, The | “Close Up the Honky Tonks” (1974 compilation; remastered) | (U.K. – BGO, June 11, 2012) |
| Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band | “Houston to Denver [MP3 Download]” (1981 album), “Not Guilty … [MP3 Download]” (1984 album) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Stan Getz | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (eight CDs, with bonus material; Read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Dexter Gordon | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (seven CDs, with bonus material; contains the albums “Live At The Village Vanguard,” “Sophisticated Giant,” “Manhattan Symphonie,” “Live At Carnegie Hall,” “Gotham City”; Hear/read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| GQ | “GQ Two” (1980 album; remastered) | (U.K. – BBR, June 11, 2012) |
| Dick Haymes with Harry James and Benny Goodman | “The Complete Columbia Recordings [MP3 Download]” (30 songs) | (Columbia, June 12, 2012) |
| Billie Holiday | “Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Box set]” (10 CDs, 153 songs; Read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Hollies, The | “Four More Hollies Originals [MP3 Download]” (containing the 1970s albums “Romany,” “Hollies,” “Write On,” “A Crazy Steal”), “The Essential Collection [MP3 Download]” (25 songs), “Essential [MP3 Download]” (20 songs) | (EMI, June 12, 2012) |
| Freddie Hubbard | “Gleam” (1975 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird, June 12, 2012) |
| Chris Jagger (Mick’s younger brother) | “Chris Jagger” (1973 album; remastered), “The Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist” (1974 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird, June 12, 2012) |
| Etta James | “Queen of Soul: Expanded Edition” (1964 album; remastered, with 14 bonus tracks) | (U.K. – Kent/Ace, June 11, 2012) |
| J Dilla | “The Rebirth of Detroit” (productioned created by the hip-hop producer before his death in 2006, featuring more than 30 Detroit hip-hop artists; first single: “Jay Dee’s Revenge”; Hear here; Read here) | (Ruff Draft/Yancey Media Group, June 12, 2012) |
| Judas Priest | “The Complete Albums Collection [Box set]” (19 CDs, containing all 17 albums and bonus material; Hear/read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Kansas | “The Classic Albums Collection 1974-1983 [Box set]” (11 CDs, from “Kansas” to “Drastic Measures”) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Lighthouse | “Lighthouse” (1969 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks) | (Wounded Bird, June 12, 2012) |
| Mahavishu Orchestra | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (contains the albums “The Inner Mounting Flame,” “Birds of Fire,” “The Lost Trident Sessions,” “Between Nothingness and Eternity” and bonus material; Read here) | (Columbia, June 12, 2012) |
| Wynton Marsalis | “Swingin’ Into the 21st [Box set]” (11 CDs; Read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Dean Martin | “Collected Cool [Box set]” (three CDs and one DVD, which includes a live performance filmed at the London Apollo Victoria Theatre in 1983; MP3 Download) | (Universal Music, June 12, 2012) |
| Wes Montgomery | “The Very Best of Wes Montgomery” (MP3 Download) | (Fantasy/Concord, June 12, 2012) |
| Nada Surf | “Karmic EP” (1995 album, with one bonus track; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Hi-Speed Soul, June 12, 2012) |
| David Pomeranz | “It’s In Everyone of Us [MP3 Download]” (1975 album) | (Arista/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Return to Forever | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (three albums on five CDs) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Sonny Rollins | “The Very Best of Sonny Rollins” (MP3 Download) | (Fantasy/Concord, June 12, 2012) |
| Roxette | “Travelling [MP3 Download]” (subtitled “Songs From Studios, Stages, Hotel Rooms and Other Strange Places”; 15 tracks) | (Capitol/EMI, June 12, 2012) |
| Saxon | “The EMI Years (1985-1988)” (four-disc set, 54 songs; MP3 Download) | (U.K. – EMI, June 11, 2012) |
| Scarlett & Black | “Scarlett & Black [MP3 Download]” (1987 album; includes “You Don’t Know”) | (RDEG, June 12, 2012) |
| Woody Shaw | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (six CDs, with bonus material; contains the albums “Rosewood,” “Stepping Stones,” “Woody III,” “For Sure!,” “United”; Hear/read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Wayne Shorter | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (six CDs) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Nina Simone | “The Complete RCA Album Collection [Box set]” (nine CDs) | (RCA/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Spoons | “The Best [MP3 Download]” (14 songs, including an extended mix of “Nova Heart”) | (RDEG, June 12, 2012) |
| Sweet | “Greatest Hits [MP3 Download]” (10 tracks) | (Cleopatra, June 12, 2012) |
| Tavares | “New Directions [MP3 Download]” (1982 album) | (RCA/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Ten Years After | “Essential [MP3 Download]” (15 tracks) | (Chrysalis/EMI, June 12, 2012) |
| UB40 | “Essential [MP3 Download]” (18 tracks) | (Virgin/EMI, June 12, 2012) |
| Michal Urbaniak | “Fusion III” (1975 album; remastered) | (Wounded Bird, June 12, 2012) |
| Various artists | “The Ace Records Blues Story” (two CDs, 36 songs; Hear here) | (Fuel, June 12, 2012) |
| Various artists | “That’s My Jam!” (“The Greatest R&B Jams of All Time”; 17 songs) | (Razor & Tie, June 12, 2012) |
| George Washington Jr. | “The Complete Columbia Albums Collection [Box set]” (nine CDs) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Weather Report | “The Columbia Albums 1976-1982 [Box set]” (six CDs, featuring the albums “Black Market,” “Heavy Weather,” “Mr. Gone,” “8:30,” “Night Passage,” “Weather Report,” with bonus tracks; Read here) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 12, 2012) |
| Bob Welch (former Fleetwood Mac member killed himself on June 7, 2012) | “Bob Welch” (1981 album; remastered), “Eye Contact” (1983 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks) | (Wounded Bird, June 12, 2012) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Chicago | “Chicago in Chicago featuring The Doobie Brothers [DVD]” (Blu-ray) | (Image, June 12, 2012) |
| Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort | “Harold and Maude (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]” (1971 film; soundtrack by Cat Stevens; DVD) | (Criterion Collection, June 12, 2012) |
| Roxy Music | “Live at the Apollo [Blu-ray]” (2001 concert in London; See here) | (Image, June 12, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Give Me the Banjo [DVD]” (PBS documentary narrated by Steve Martin; See here) | (New Video Group, June 12, 2012) |