| 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) |
