| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Gerald Albright & Norman Brown |
“24/7” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Concord, June 19, 2012) |
| Fiona Apple |
“The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do” (her first album since 2005; producer: Jon Brion; first single: “Every Single Night”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Epic, June 19, 2012) |
| Belligerence |
“Now Here’s Your Secret [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; producer: Justin Hill; Hear here) |
(The End, June 19, 2012) |
| Justin Bieber |
“Believe” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Island/RBMG, June 19, 2012) |
| Big Smo |
“Grass Roots” (six-song EP; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Warner, June 19, 2012) |
| Blood on the Dance Floor (Phoenix electro-pop duo) |
“Evolution” (first single: “Unforgiven”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Dark Fantasy, June 19, 2012) |
| Kiana Brown (2011 KIDZ Star USA winner) |
“Hey Chica [MP3 Download]” (debut single; Hear here) |
(RCA, June 19, 2012) |
| Neneh Cherry & The Thing |
“The Cherry Thing” (her first album in 13 years; covers of the Stooges, MF Doom, Suicide, Cherry’s father/jazz legend Don Cherry, etc.; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Smalltown Supersound, June 19, 2012) |
| Kenny Chesney |
“Welcome to the Fishbowl” (producer: Buddy Cannon; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Sony Music Nashville, June 19, 2012) |
| Children 18:3 |
“On the Run” (producer: Travis Wyrick ; first single: “Moment to Moment”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Tooth & Nail, June 19, 2012) |
| Heather Clark |
“Overcome” (Hear here) |
(Kingsway, June 19, 2012) |
| Ravi Coltrane (post-bop jazz saxophonist, son of John and Alice Coltrane) |
“Spirit Fiction” (producers: Coltrane, Joe Lovano; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Blue Note, June 19, 2012) |
| Delta Rae (alt/Americana band from Durham, N.C.) |
“Carry the Fire” (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Sire, June 19, 2012) |
| Dirty Heads, The (So-Cal alt-rockers) |
“Cabin By the Sea” (producer: Mario C.; collaborators: Matisyahu, Del the Funky Homosapien, Ky-Mani Marley, Rome; first single: “Spread Too Thin”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Five Seven Music, June 19, 2012) |
| Eye Empire |
“Impact” (producer: bassist Corey Lowery; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Bulldog Productions/ Vertusent/RED, June 19, 2012) |
| Flower Kings, The (Swedish prog rock group) |
“Banks of Eden” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(InsideOut Music, June 19, 2012) |
| Lita Ford |
“Living Like a Runaway” (producer: Gary Hoey; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(SPV/Steamhammer, June 19, 2012) |
| Ghost Inside, The (melodic metalcore band, formerly A Dying Dream) |
“Get What You Give” (producer: A Day to Remember’s Jeremy McKinnon; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Epitaph, June 19, 2012) |
| Desmond Grundy |
“Titles From the Amber Room” (producer: Grundy; first single: “Something Good Comes Along”; Hear here) |
(Mouthful of Records, June 18, 2012) |
| Glen Hansard (of The Frames and The Swell Season) |
“Rhythm and Repose” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(ANTI-/Epitaph, June 19, 2012) |
| Sophie B. Hawkins |
“The Crossing” (first single: “Betchya Got a Cure”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Trumpet Swan, June 19, 2012) |
| Mark Hummel |
“Blue and Lonesome: Tribute to Little Walter” (guests: Dave Myers, Luther Tucker, Francis Clay, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith”; Hear here) |
(Rockinitus, June 19, 2012) |
| Juvenile |
“Rejuvenation” (producer: Mannie Fresh; guests: Rick Ross, SKip, Young Juve, Wacko, Z-Ro, Tra Tha Truth; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Young Empire/Rap-A-Lot, June 19, 2012) |
| Lit |
“The View From the Bottom” (their first album of new material in eight years; producer: Butch Walker; first single: “You Tonight”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Megaforce, June 19, 2012) |
| Lostprophets |
“Weapons” (producer: Ken Andrews; first single: “Bring ‘Em Down”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Fearless, June 19, 2012) |
| Make Do and Mend (New England-based rock group) |
“Everything You Ever Loved” (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Rise, June 19, 2012) |
| Richard Marx |
“A Night Out With Friends” |
(TourDForce, June 19, 2012) |
| Men Without Hats |
“Love in the Age of War” (producer: Dave “Rave” Ogilvie; first single: “Head Above Water”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Cobraside, June 19, 2012) |
| Kate Miller-Heidke |
“Nightflight” (producers: Keir Nuttall, Lindsay Gravina; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Sin, June 19, 2012) |
| Morning Parade |
“Morning Parade” (producer: David Kosten; first single: “Headlights”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Astralwerks, June 19, 2012) |
| Omar & The Howlers |
“I’m Gone” (Texas blues-rock band’s first album of new material since 2004; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Big Guitar Music, June 19, 2012) |
| 1Love feat. Corey Hart |
“Truth Will Set U Free [MP3 Download]” (a dance-floor friendly remix of his 1988 song; Read here) |
(Warner Music Canada, June 19, 2012) |
| Maren Parusel (San Diego-based pop songwriter) |
“Tightrope Walker [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Tightrope Walker”; Hear here) |
(Requiemme/BMG Chrysalis, June 19, 2012) |
| A.R. Rahman |
“People Like Us [Film soundtrack]” (includes “Dotted Line,” with Liz Phair; drama film, starring Chris Pine, opens June 29; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Lakeshore, June 19, 2012) |
| Johnny Rawls |
“Soul Survivor” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Catfood, June 19, 2012) |
| Marlee Scott |
“Beautiful Maybe” (producer: David Kalmusky; guest: Vince Gill; first single: “Train Wreck”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Big Ride Entertainment, June 19, 2012) |
| Smashing Pumpkins, The |
“Oceania” (producer: frontman Billy Corgan; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Martha’s Music/EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution, June 19, 2012) |
| Chris Smither |
“Hundred Dollar Valentine” (producer: David “Goody” Goodrich; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Signature Sounds, June 19, 2012) |
| Mike Stern |
“All Over the Place” (guests: Esperanza Spalding, Randy Brecker, Kenny Garrett, Dave Weckl, Keith Carlock, Lionel Cordew, Richard Bona, Victor Wooten, Anthony Jackson, Dave Holland, Tom Kennedy, Will Lee, Victor Bailey; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Heads Up, June 19, 2012) |
| Vampires Everywhere! |
“Hellbound and Heartless” (includes a cover of Nirvana’s “Rape Me”; producer: the band, Mike Sarkisyan, Tommy Decker; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Hollywood Waste/EMI, June 19, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Brave [Film soundtrack]” (Pixar movie is in theaters June 22; music composed by Patrick Doyle, plus three original songs: “Learn Me Right,” Birdy with Mumford and Sons and Julie Fowlis’ “Touch the Sky” and “Into the Open Air”; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Disney, June 19, 2012) |
| Seth Walker |
“Time Can Change” (producer: Walker; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(The Royal Potato Family, June 19, 2012) |
| Walk the Moon (Cincinnati indie-rock band) |
“Walk the Moon” (producer: Ben H. Allen; first single: “Anna Sun”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(RCA, June 19, 2012) |
| Dr. Michael White (New Orleans jazz luminary) |
“Adventures in New Orleans Jazz Part 2” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Basin Street, June 19, 2012) |
| Don Williams |
“And So It Goes” (producer: Garth Fundis; guests: Keith Urban, Alison Krauss, Vince Gill; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Sugar Hill, June 19, 2012) |
| BeBe Winans |
“America America” (producer: Winans; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Razor & Tie, June 19, 2012) |
| Zulu Winter |
“Language” (first single: “We Should Be Swimming”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Arts & Crafts, June 19, 2012) |
