New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Beach Day (Hollywood, Fla.-based trio) | “Trip Trap Attack” (first single: “Boys”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Kanine) |
| Beady Eye | “BE” (second studio album from Liam Gallagher’s post-Oasis band; producer: Dave Sitek; first single: “Second Bite of the Apple”; Hear here) | (Europe – Columbia, June 17) |
| Bloody Beetroots | “Out of Sight [MP3]” (single, featuring Paul McCartney and Youth; Hear here) | (Ultra) |
| Born Cages (NYC-based indie rock quartet) | “The Sidelines EP [MP3]” (five songs; producers: Jon Kaplan, Oliver Straus; Hear here) | (Razor & Tie) |
| bree (Nashville rocker) | “bree [MP3]” (producer: Justin Cortelyou; first single: “All American Girl”; Hear here) | (Werewolf Tunes) |
| Slaid Cleaves | “Still Fighting the War” (producers: Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Lloyd Maines, Mark Hallman; guests: Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson, Terri Hendrix, Harmoni Kelley McCarty; Hear here; Read here) | (Music Road) |
| J. Cole | “Born Sinner” (producers: Cole, Elite, No I.D., S1; guests: Miguel, TLC, Kendrick Lamar, Amber Coffman, @Fauntleroy; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Roc Nation / Columbia) |
| Crash Kings (L.A. rock band) | “Dark of the Daylight [MP3]” (producer: Nick Launay; first single: “Hot Fire”; Hear here) | (Custard / Universal Motown) |
| Deep Purple | “Vincent Price [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Delbert & Glen (Delbert McClinton and Glen Clark) | “Blind, Crippled and Crazy” (their first album together in more than 40 years; producer: Gary Nicholson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (New West) |
| Donna the Buffalo | “Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday” (their first album in five years; producers: Donna the Buffalo, Robert Hunter; first single: “I See How You Are”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sugar Hill) |
| Empire of the Sun | “Ice On the Dune” (first single: “Discovery”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Astralwerks) |
| Falling in Reverse | “Fashionably Late” (producer: Elvis Baskette; Hear here; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Epitaph) |
| Bill Frisell | “Big Sur” (Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Masterworks) |
| Hanson | “Anthem” (producers: Hanson; first single: “Get the Girl Back”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (3CG) |
| Stephen Kellogg | “Blunderstone Rookery” (first single: “Crosses”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Elm City Music) |
| LoCash Cowboys | “LoCash Cowboys” (producer: Jeffrey Steele; Hear here; MP3) | (Average Joes Entertainment) |
| Mac Miller (Pittsburgh rapper) | “Watching Movies With the Sounds Off” (producers: Larry Fisherman, Diplo, Flying Lotus, I.D. Labs, Pharrell Williams, SAP; first single: “S.D.S.”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Rostrum) |
| Rick Moranis | “My Mother’s Brisket & Other Love Songs” (songs about his Jewish roots and upbringing; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Warner / Loudmouth Entertainment) |
| Pacifico (indie-rock collective) | “Without Heroes [MP3]” (Hear here; P&P Interview) | (pacifirecords) |
| Primal Scream | “More Light” (producer: David Holmes; guests: Robert Plant, Mark Stewart; Hear here; MP3) | (1st International) |
| Radiation City x G_Force | “A Different Animal [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Tender Loving Empire) |
| Kelly Rowland | “Talk a Good Game” (guests: Beyoncé, Michelle, Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Cossom, Pusha T, The-Dream; first single: “Kisses Down Low”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Republic) |
| Sigur Rós | “Kveikur” (Hear here; Read/see here; Vinyl; MP3) | (XL Recordings) |
| Spectrals (British duo) | “Sob Story [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Slumberland) |
| Stripmall Architecture | “Suburban Reverb” (Hear here) | (Kilk) |
| 3OH!3 | “Omens” (new single: “Back to Life”; Hear here; MP3) | (Photo Finish / Atlantic) |
| Tiësto | “Club Life – Vol3 Stockholm [MP3]” (16-song mix album; Hear here; CD) | (Musical Freedom) |
| Tripwires (rock group from Reading, England) | “Spacehopper” (first single: “Catherine, I Feel Sick”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Frenchkiss) |
| Tunng (U.K. experimental folk band) | “Turbines” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Full Time Hobby) |
| Vacation (Cincinnati trio) | “Candy Waves” (Hear here; MP3) | (Let’s Pretend / Don Giovanni) |
| Various artists | “Monsters University [Film soundtrack]” (original score composed and conducted by Randy Newman; Pixar sequel opens June 21, featuring the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Kelsey Grammer, Frank Oz, etc.; See here; MP3) | (Walt Disney) |
| Various artists | “Woody Guthrie At 100! Live at the Kennedy Center [CD/DVD]” (all-star concert staged last October, featuring Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Judy Collins, Ani DiFranco, Donovan, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, John Mellencamp, Tom Morello, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lucinda Williams, etc.; MP3) | (Legacy Recordings) |
| Kanye West | “Yeezus” (producers: Ackeejuice Rockers, Arca, Daft Punk, Mike Dean, Gesaffelstein, The Heatmakerz, Hudson Mohawke, No ID, RZA, Travis Scott, etc.; guests: Kid Cudi, Chief Keef, Justin Vernon, King L; Hear here; Read here) | (Roc-A-Fella / Def Jam) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| The Blow Monkeys | “Halfway to Heaven: The Best of The Blow Monkeys & Dr. Robert” (three CDs, 49 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Sony, June 17) |
| Blue Öyster Cult | “Blue Öyster Cult” (1972 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Tyranny and Mutation” (1973 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Secret Treaties” (1974 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “On Your Feet or On Your Knees” (1975 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Agents of Fortune” (1976 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Some Enchanted Evening” (1978 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Mirrors” (1979 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Cultösaurus Erectus” (1980 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Fire of Unknown Origin” (1981 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| The Cramps | “A Date With Elvis [Vinyl]” (1986 album; remastered; Hear/read here), “Look Mom No Head! [Vinyl]” (1991 album; remastered; Hear/read here), “Big Beat From Badsville [Vinyl]” (1997 album; remastered; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Big Beat / Ace, June 17) |
| Death Cab For Cutie | “The Barsuk Years [Vinyl]” | (Barsuk) |
| Jackie DeShannon | “The Complete Singles Vol. 1 (1960-1963) [MP3]” (26 tracks), “The Complete Singles Vol. 2 (1964-1967) [MP3]” (26 tracks), “The Complete Singles Vol. 3 (1967-1970) [MP3]” (27 tracks) | (Capitol) |
| Patty Duke | “Don’t Just Stand There / Patty” (1965, 1966 albums; remastered; 24 tracks), “Sings Songs from Valley of the Dolls/ Sings Folk Songs” (1967, 1968 albums; remastered; 24 tracks) | (Real Gone Music) |
| Paul Evans | “Folk Songs of Many Lands / 21 Years in a Tennessee Jail” (1961, 1963 albums; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 17) |
| Dan Greer | “Beale Street Soul Man: The Sounds of Memphis Sessions” (22 tracks; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace, June 17) |
| Hunter Hayes | “Hunter Hayes (Encore)” (deluxe edition of 2012 album includes seven new songs and rerecorded tracks; new single: “I Want Crazy”; Hear here) | (Warner Music Nashville) |
| Martha Reeves & The Vandellas | “Watchout! [MP3]” (1966 album), “Ridin’ High [MP3]” (1968 album), “Sugar n’ Spice [MP3]” (1969 album), “Black Magic [MP3]” (1972 album) | (Motown / UMe) |
| The Rolling Stones | “got LIVE if you want it! [MP3]” (six-song EP from 1965) | (ABKCO) |
| Diana Ross | “An Evening With Diana Ross” (1977 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “The Boss” (1979 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| Diana Ross & The Supremes | “The Supremes A Go-Go” (1966 album; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland” (1967 album; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Love Child” (1968 album; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations” (1969 album; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Cream of the Crop” (1969 album; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| Various artists | “Blank & Jones Present So80s (SoEighties) 8” (three CDs containing 34 original 12-inch club and extended mixes, featuring George Michael, Simple Minds, The Dream Academy, Tears For Fears, Level 42, Bryan Ferry, Cock Robin, etc.; Track list) | (U.K. – Sound Colours, June 17) |
| Various artists | “Bluesin’ By the Bayou” (28 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 17) |
| Various artists | “LateNightTales: Röyksopp [MP3]” (20 favorite late-night tracks selected by the band; Hear here; Vinyl; CD) | (LateNightTales) |
| Various artists | “The London American Label Year By Year – 1964” (28 songs; Hear/read here) | (U.K. – Ace, June 17) |
| Various artists | “Romark Records: Kent Harris’ Soul Sides” (25 songs; Hear/read here; MP3) | (U.K. – Kent / Ace, June 17) |
| Paul Young | “Remixes and Rarities” (two CDs, 24 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, June 17) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Jackson Browne | “I’ll Do Anything: Live In Concert [DVD]” (2012 concert, with guests Val McCallum, Fritz Lewak, Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins and Tyler Chester; Blu-ray) | (Inside Recordings) |
| Various artists | “Glastonbury The Movie: In Flashback [DVD]” (featuring past performances by the Orb, Spiritualized, The Verve, Lemonheads, Porno for Pyros, etc.; See here; Blu-ray) | (Mensch Films) |
| Various artists | “Tribute to Ron Asheton: Featuring Iggy & The Stooges + Special Guests [DVD]” (2011 concert for the Stooges’ late co-founder in Ann Arbor, Mich.; See here; Read here) | (MVD Visual) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| The Beach Boys | “The Beach Boys in Concert: The Complete History of America’s Band On Tour and Onstage [Hardcover]” (authors: Ian Rusten, Jon Stebbins) | (Backbeat Books) |
| John Coltrane | “Beyond A Love Supreme: John Coltrane and the Legacy of an Album [Paperback]” (author: Tony Whyton) | (Oxford University Press) |
| Questlove (of The Roots) | “Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove [Hardcover]” (authors: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson with Ben Greenman) | (Grand Central Publishing) |