New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Casey Abrams (“American Idol” season 10 finalist) | “Casey Abrams” (producers: Martin Terefe, Rune Westberg, Steve Jordan; first singles: “Get Out” and “Simple Life”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Concord, June 26, 2012) |
| Alexander & The Grapes (Tampa Bay-area indie rock group) | “Hemispheres” (producer: Jeremy Mendicino; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (New Granada, June 26, 2012) |
| Beachwood Sparks | “The Tarnished Gold” (alt-country group’s first album in 11 years; producer: Thom Monahan; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Sub Pop, June 26, 2012) |
| Blues Traveler | “Suzie Cracks the Whip” (producer: Sam Hollander; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (429, June 26, 2012) |
| Chris Cagle | “Back in the Saddle” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Bigger Picture Music Group, June 26, 2012) |
| Corey Chisel and the Wandering Sons | “Old Believers” (producer: Brendan Benson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Readymade, June 26, 2012) |
| Petula Clark | “Petula [MP3 Download]” (13-song French album; Hear here) | (Vogue, June 26, 2012) |
| Cheryl (Girls Aloud member Cheryl Cole) | “A Million Lights” (producers: Alex da Kid, Calvin Harris, will.i.am, Pantha, Agent X, HyGrade, Dada Life, Kid Gloves, Jim Beanz, Taio Cruz, etc.; first single: “Call My Name”; Hear here) | (U.K. – Fascination/Universal, June 25, 2012) |
| Chief Commando & The General | “Against All Odds [MP3 Download]” (producer: Jerrell Love, aka Chief Commando; first single: “Against All Oddz”; Hear here) | (Keep It 500/Table, June 26, 2012) |
| Elizabeth Cook | “Gospel Plow” (seven-song EP; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Thirty One Tigers, June 26, 2012) |
| deadmau5 | “The Veldt EP [MP3 Download]” (four songs; guests: Cypress Hill, Chris James; Hear here; See here) | (Ultra Music, June 25, 2012) |
| Dewveall (East Nashville husband-and-wife duo) | “Word [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Dewveall, June 26, 2012) |
| DIIV | “Oshin” (first single: “How Long Have You Known?”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Captured Tracks, June 26, 2012) |
| Jerry Douglas | “Traveler” (producer: Russ Titelman; guests: Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Keb’ Mo’; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (eOne Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Eastern Sea, The | “Plague [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (WhiteLabBlackLab, June 26, 2012) |
| Ebone East | “The King of Terror [MP3 Download]” (producers: Ferdinand Sanchez, Gerald Brown; guests: The Groove Master; first single: “Crying”; Hear here) | (Table, June 26, 2012) |
| Echo Lake (drummer Peter Hayes died on June 21) | “Wild Peace” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Slumberland, June 26, 2012) |
| Jared Evan | “The 4th Chapter” (first single: “In Love With You”; Hear here) | (Jared Evan, June 26, 2012) |
| Everclear | “Invisible Stars” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Cleopatra, June 26, 2012) |
| Everest | “Ownerless” (producers: Richard Swift, Rob Schnapf; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (ATO, June 26, 2012) |
| Todd Fritsch | “Up Here in the Saddle” (producer: Butch Baker; guest: Dean Dillon; first single: “Calls I Haven’t Made”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Saddle Up, June 26, 2012) |
BTW: “Having Dean Dillon join me on the title track … well, I can cross that off my bucket list,” Fritsch tells P&P.
| Gojira (French metal band) | “L’Enfant Sauvage” (translation: “The Wild Child”; first single: “L’Enfant Sauvage”; Hear here) | (Roadrunner, June 26, 2012) |
| Gotye | “Somebody That I Used to Know [MP3 Download]” (10 remixes; Hear here) | (Samples ‘n’ Seconds/Universal Republic, June 26, 2012) |
| Henry Clay People | “Twenty-Five for the Rest of Our Lives” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (TBD Records, June 26, 2012) |
| Jesca Hoop | “The House That Jack Built” (producers: Shawn Everett, Blake Mills, Tony Berg; first single: “Born To”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Bella Union, June 26, 2012) |
| Joe Jackson | “The Duke” (a tribute to Duke Ellington; guests: Regina Carter, Christian McBride, Steve Vai, ?uestlove; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Razor & Tie, June 26, 2012) |
| Julian Plenti (Interpol lead singer-guitarist Paul Banks) | “Julian Plenti Lives …” (five-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Matador, June 26, 2012) |
| R. Kelly | “Write Me Back” (first single: “Share My Love”; Hear here; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download; MP3 Download/Deluxe edition) | (RCA, June 26, 2012) |
| Kenny G & Rahul Sharma | “Namaste” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Concord Jazz, June 26, 2012) |
| Davidson Hart Kingsbery (Seattle singer-songwriter) | “2 Horses [MP3 Download]” (producer: Martin Feveyear; first single: “Don’t It Sound So Sweet”; Hear here; See here) | (Fin, June 26, 2012) |
| Levellers | “Static on the Airwaves” (their first album since 2008; first single: “Truth Is”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (U.K. – On the Fiddle Recordings, June 25, 2012) |
| Linkin Park | “Living Things” (producers: Rick Rubin, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda; first single: “Burn It Down”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Little Feat | “Rooster Rag” (first original album since 2003 and the first with drummer Gabe Ford, who replaces the late Richie Hayward; Robert Hunter co-wrote four of the songs with Bill Payne; guests: Kim Wilson, Larry Campbell, Texicali Horns; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Hot Tomato/Rounder, June 26, 2012) |
| Maroon 5 | “Overexposed” (producers: Ryan Tedder, Benny Blanco, Max Martin; first single: “Payphone”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (A&M/Octone, June 26, 2012) |
| Memphis May Fire (metalcore band) | “Challenger” (producer: Cameron Mizell; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rise, June 26, 2012) |
| New Beard (NYC freak rockers) | “New Beard City [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Doom”; Hear here) | (Shoulder Tap, June 26, 2012) |
| Offspring, The | “Days Go By” (producer: Bob Rock; first single: “Days Go By”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, June 26, 2012) |
| A Place to Bury Strangers (New YorkÐbased noise rock band) | “Worship” (producers: A Place to Bury Strangers; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Dead Oceans, June 26, 2012) |
| Chris Price | “Homesick” (all 12 tracks and videos recorded with iPhone; first single: “That’s Your Boyfriend”; See here) | (PTB Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Ty Segall Band (Bay Area garage rock group) | “Slaughterhouse” (producer: Chris Woodhouse; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (In the Red, June 26, 2012) |
| Mindy Smith (Nashville-based singer-songwriter) | “Mindy Smith” (producers: Smith, Jason Lehning; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Giant Leap/TVX, June 26, 2012) |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives, The | “Throw It to the Universe” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Yep Roc, June 26, 2012) |
| John Surman | “Saltash Bells” (his first album since 2004; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (ECM, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Evita [New Broadway Cast Recording]” (two CDs, 28 songs; musical revival stars Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Masterworks Broadway, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Magic Mike [Film soundtrack]” (Hear here; Track list; MP3 Download) | (WaterTower Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Ted [Film soundtrack]” (comedy stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis; directed, written and produced by Seth MacFarlane, opens June 29; music composed by Walter Murphy, with tracks by Norah Jones, Queen, Hootie and the Blowfish, Rita Coolidge, Tiffany, etc.; See here; MP3 Download) | (Universal Republic, June 26, 2012) |
| Cassandra Wilson | “Another Country” (producer: Fabrizio Sotti; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (eOne Music, June 26, 2012) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Nat Adderley | “Autobiography [MP3 Download]” (1965 album) | (Rhino/Atlantic, June 26, 2012) |
| Artful Dodger | “Honor Among Thieves [MP3 Download]” (1976 album) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Association, The | “Renaissance (Deluxe Mono Edition) [MP3 Download]” (1966 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Rhino/Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Band, The | “Music From Big Pink [Vinyl]” (1968 album; remastered) | (Mobile Fidelity, June 26, 2012) |
| Björk | “Biophilia Remix Series VI [MP3 Download]” | (One Little Indian, June 25, 2012) |
| Johnny Cash | “Setlist: The Very Best Prison Recordings of Johnny Cash Live” (12 songs; MP3 Download) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Chubby Checker | “The Very Best of Chubby Checker” | (ABKCO, June 26, 2012) |
| Michael Cooper | “Just What I Like [MP3 Download]” (1989 album) | (Rhino/Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Teri DeSario | “Caught” (1980 album; remastered; Hear here) | (U.K. – Rock Candy, June 25, 2012) |
| Miles Davis | “Setlist: The Very Best of Miles Davis Electric Live” (MP3 Download) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| John Denver | “Setlist: The Very Best of John Denver Live” (12 songs; MP3 Download) | (RCA/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Devil Wears Panda, The | “DEAD&ALIVE [CD/DVD]” (filmed and recorded last year during the group’s Dead Throne Tour: North America tour; See here; MP3 Download) | (Ferret Music, June 26, 2012) |
| J Dilla | “Welcome 2 Detroit Instrumentals” (2005 album; MP3 Download) | (BBE, June 26, 2012) |
| Electric Prunes | “The Complete Reprise Singles” (24 songs; Track list) | (Real Gone Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Flaming Lips, The | “The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends” (some new and older tracks that appeared on vinyl EPs recently and on a Record Store Day release; guests: Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Ke$ha, etc.; MP3 Download) | (Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Samantha Fox | “Touch Me: Deluxe Edition” (1986 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; with a second CD of remixes), “Samantha Fox: Deluxe Edition” (1987 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; with a second CD of remixes), “I Wanna Have Some Fun: Deluxe Edition” (1988 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; with a second CD of remixes), “Just One Night: Deluxe Edition” (1991 album; remastered, with bonus tracks; with a second CD of remixes; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, June 25, 2012) |
| Jeffrey Gaines | “Live in Europe” (recorded in 2010; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (JGM Recordings, June 26, 2012) |
| Manuel Galbán (late Buena Vista Social Club guitarist) | “Blue Cha Cha [CD/DVD]” (best of the Cuban guitar legend’s career; the DVD features interviews and a historical documentary filmed in Havana and Paris; MP3 Download) | (Concord Picante, June 26, 2012) |
| Harpers Bizarre | “Anything Goes (Deluxe Expanded Mono Edition) [MP3 Download]” (1967 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Rhino/Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Holy Mackerel, The | “The Holy Mackerel (Deluxe Edition) [MP3 Download]” (1968 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Rhino/Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Ian Hunter | “The Singles Collection 1975-83” (two CDs, 29 songs; Track list) | (U.K. – Glam/7T’s, June 25, 2012) |
| Isley Brothers, The | “It’s Your Thing [MP3 Download]” (1969 album) | (Buddah/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Kaleidoscope (U.K. band) | “Further Reflections: The Complete Recordings 1967-1969” (two CDs, 33 songs; See here; Read here) | (U.K. – Grapefruit, June 25, 2012) |
| Kashif | “Kashif (Expanded Edition)” (1983 album; remastered, with five bonus tracks) | (Funkytowngrooves, June 26, 2012) |
| Evelyn “Champagne” King | “Get Loose [MP3 Download]” (1982 album, featuring “Love Come Down”) | (RCA/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Miracles, The | “Renaissance/Do It Baby” (1973, 1974 albums, with a bonus Tom Moulton mix of “Do It Baby”; remastered; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Motown/Hip-O Select, June 26, 2012) |
| Molly Hatchet | “Setlist: The Very Best of Molly Hatchet Live [MP3 Download]” (12 tracks) | (Epic/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Jenni Muldaur | “Jenni Muldaur [MP3 Download]” (1993 album) | (RDEG, June 26, 2012) |
| New Christy Minstrels, The | “A Retrospective 1962-1970” (25 songs, featuring Barry McGuire and Kenny Rogers) | (Real Gone Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Rita Pavone | “The International Teen-Age Sensation” (1964 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Pointer Sisters | “Hot Together [MP3 Download]” (1986 album) | (RCA/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Elvis Presley | “Setlist: The Very Best of Elvis Presley 1950s Live” (15 songs; MP3 Download) | (RCA/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Rascals, The | “The Island of Real [MP3 Download]” (1972 album) | (Columbia/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Bobby Rydell | “The Very Best of Bobby Rydell” | (ABKCO, June 26, 2012) |
| Kate St. John (of The Dream Academy) | “Indescribable Night [MP3 Download]” (1995 album; Hear here) | (RDEG, June 26, 2012) |
| Evie Sands | “Suspended Animation [MP3 Download]” (1979 album) | (RCA/Legacy, June 26, 2012) |
| Jill Scott | “Crates: Remix Fundamentals, Volume 1” (songs remixed and re-grooved by Ron Trent, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Mr. Mig, Ca$e Boogie, James “Th3ree Fourteen” Ball; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Hidden Beach, June 26, 2012) |
| Syreeta | “One to One [MP3 Download]” (1977 album) | (Motown/UMe, June 26, 2012) |
| Three Degrees, The | “Standing Up For Love (Expanded Edition)” (1977 album; remastered, with three bonus tracks; Hear here; See here) | (Funkytowngrooves, June 26, 2012) |
| Tokens, The | “It’s a Happening World” (1967 album; remastered) | (Real Gone Music, June 26, 2012) |
| Peter Tosh | “Peter Tosh 1978-1987 [MP3 Download]” (75 tracks; includes 10 songs from a previously unreleased BBC concert broadcast from the Dominion Theatre in 1983) | (Capitol/EMI, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Keep the Light Alive: Celebrating the Music of Lowen & Navarro” (reissue of 2009 tribute album, coming after the March 2012 death of Eric Lowen, features covers by Jackson Browne, The Bangles, Keb’ Mo’, The Refugees, John Ondrasik, etc.; Hear/read here) | (AIX/Naxos, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Reggae Gold 2012” (two CDs, 32 songs; Read here; MP3 Download) | (VP, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Self Made 2” (15-song label compilation, featuring Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill, Stalley and Omarion, Gunplay of Triple C’s, etc.; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Maybach Music Group/Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Top Teen Dance Hits (1958-1964)” (10 songs; MP3 Download) | (ABKCO, June 26, 2012) |
| Vicious Pink | “Vicious Pink” (1986 album, containing previously released singles from 1982-1986; Hear here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, June 25, 2012) |
| Paul Williams | “Someday Man (Deluxe Edition) [MP3 Download]” (1970 album; remastered, with bonus tracks) | (Rhino/Warner, June 26, 2012) |
| Timi Yuro | “The Complete Liberty Singles” (two CDs, 35 songs) | (Real Gone Music, June 26, 2012) |
DVD/Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Bachman & Turner | “Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC [DVD]” (Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock, June 26, 2012) |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | “Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band: The Lost Broadcasts [DVD]” (complete Beat Club sessions from April 12, 1972; Read here) | (Gonzo MultiMedia, June 26, 2012) |
| Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo | “The Artist [DVD/CD]” (2011 Oscar-winning film; Blu-ray) | (Sony Pictures, June 26, 2012) |
| Kasabian | “Kasabian Live! Live at the O2, London 15/12/2011 [DVD/CD]” (See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock, June 26, 2012) |
| Pink Floyd | “Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here [DVD]” (Read here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Vision, June 26, 2012) |
| Stone Temple Pilot | “Stone Temple Pilots: Alive in the Windy City [DVD]” (recorded at Riviera Theatre in March 2010; See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Vision, June 26, 2012) |
Music Books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Beatles, The | “The Beatles: The Biography [Kindle]” (author: Bob Spitz) | (Little, Brown and Company, June 25, 2012) |
| Woody Guthrie | “Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie [Kindle]” (author: Ed Gray) | (W.W. Norton & Company, June 25, 2012) |
| Helen Reddington | “The Lost Women of Rock Music: Female Musicians of the Punk Era [Paperback]” | (Equinox Publishing, June 30, 2012) |
| Amy Winehouse | “Amy, My Daughter [Hardcover]” (author: Mitch Winehouse; Kindle) | (It Books, June 26, 2012) |