| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Betty Black (fronted by singer-songwriter Sylvia Gordon) |
“Slow Dance [MP3 Download]” (six-song EP; producers: Gordon, Benjamin Gilbert; Hear here) |
(Frau Pink Productions/KID Recordings, June 28, 2011) |
| Beyoncé |
“4” (first single: “Run the World [Girls]”; Hear here) |
(Music World Music/Columbia, June 28, 2011) |
| Big Sean |
“Finally Famous: The Album” (single: “My Last,” featuring Chris Brown; Hear here) |
(Finally Famous/Def Jam, June 28, 2011) |
| Burn Halo |
“Up From the Ashes” (producer: Colby Wedgeworth; first single: “Tear It Down”; Hear here; See here) |
(Rawkhead/ILG, June 28, 2011) |
| David Cook |
“This Loud Morning” (first single: “The Last Goodbye”; Hear here; CD/DVD) |
(S19 Recordings/RCA, June 28, 2011) |
| Curren$y |
“Weekend at Burnie’s” (producers: Monsta Beatz, Rahki, Havoc, Magnedo7, Dirk Pate; guests: Young Roddy, Trademark, International Jones; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Jet Life Recordings/Warner, June 28, 2011) |
| Billy Ray Cyrus |
“I’m American” (guests: Amy Grant, Jamey Johnson, Craig Morgan, Darryl Worley; first single: “Runway Lights”; Hear here; Read here) |
(Buena Vista, June 28, 2011) |
| Duane Eddy |
“Road Trip” (producers: Eddy, Richard Hawley; Read here) |
(U.K. – Mad Monkey/EMI, June 27, 2011) |
| Keith Emerson Band featuring Marc Bonilla |
“Moscow” (2 CDs; recorded live at the Moscow Theatre, Russia, in 2010; See here) |
(Earmusic, June 28, 2011) |
| Marianne Faithfull |
“Horses and High Heels” (released in the U.K. in February 2011; producer: Hal Willner; guests: Lou Reed, Dr. John, Wayne Kramer; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Naïve, June 28, 2011) |
| Luis Fonsi |
“Tierra Firme” (first single: “Gritar”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Universal Latino, June 28, 2011) |
| Jeff Golub Band, The (featuring Henry Butler) |
“Three Kings” (a tribute to the music of Albert, B.B. and Freddie King; producers: Golub, Bud Harner; guests: Robben Ford, Sonny Landreth; Hear here) |
(eOne Music, June 28, 2011) |
| Selena Gomez & the Scene |
“When the Sun Goes Down” (first single: “Who Says”; Hear here) |
(Hollywood, June 28, 2011) |
| Handsome Furs |
“Sound Kapital” (producers: Howard Bilerman, Arlen Thompson; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sub Pop, June 28, 2011) |
| Jolie Holland |
“Pint of Blood” (producers: Holland, Shahzad Ismaily; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Anti-/Epitaph, June 28, 2011) |
| Eilen Jewel |
“Queen of the Minor Key” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Signature Sounds Recordings, June 28, 2011) |
| Junior Battles |
“Idle Ages [MP3 Download]” (producer: Steve Rizun; first single: “Seventeen”; Hear here) |
(Paper + Plastick, June 28, 2011) |
| Limp Bizkit |
“Gold Cobra” (their first album since 2005; producers: David Schiffman, Fred Durst, Wes Borland; Hear here; Read here) |
(Interscope, June 28, 2011) |
| Michael Martin Murphey |
“Tall Grass & Cool Water: Cowboy Songs VI — Buckaroo Bluegrass III” (producers: Michael Martin Murphey, Ryan Murphey; guests: Pat Flynn, Ryan Murphey, Troy Engle, Mike Bubb; first single: “The Ballad of Jesse James”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Rural Rhythm, June 28, 2011) |
| No Surrender |
“Medicine Babies [MP3 Download]” (producers: former Tricky muse singer Costanza Francavilla, Radioclit; guest: TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe; first single: “Godda Get It”; Hear here) |
(ZerOKilled Music, June 27, 2011) |
| Dolly Parton |
“Better Day” (first single: “Together You & I”; Hear here; Read here) |
(Dolly, June 28, 2011) |
| Queensrÿche |
“Dedicated to Chaos” (producer: guitarist Kelly Gray; Hear here; Read here; Special edition; MP3 Download) |
(Roadrunner/Loud & Proud, June 28, 2011) |
| SBTRKT |
“SBTRKT” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(XL Recordings, June 28, 2011) |
| Shabazz Palaces |
“Black Up” (producer: Knife Knights.plcrs; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Sub Pop, June 28, 2011) |
| Taking Back Sunday |
“Taking Back Sunday” (producer: Eric Valentine; first single: “Faith [When I Let You Down]”; Hear here; Read here) |
(Warner, June 28, 2011) |
| There For Tomorrow |
“The Verge” (producer: Michael “Elvis” Baskette; first single: “Hunt Hunt Hunt”; Hear here) |
(Hopeless, June 28, 2011) |
| Thievery Corporation |
“Culture of Fear” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(ESL Music, June 28, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“Rave on Buddy Holly” (all-star tribute to Buddy Holly, featuring Paul McCartney, The Black Keys, Patti Smith, Kid Rock, Lou Reed, Florence + the Machine, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, Julian Casablancas, Fiona Apple, Cee Lo Green, etc.; Hear/read here) |
(Fantasy/Concord, June 28, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“Red Hot + Rio 2” (a modern tribute to late ’60s Brazilian Tropic&eaacute;lia movement; contributors: John Legend, Os Mutantes, Mia Doi Todd, Devendra Banhart, Beck, Aloe Blacc, Angelique Kidjo, Los Van Van, Brazilian Girls, etc.; Hear here) |
(eOne Music, June 28, 2011) |
| Gillian Welch |
“The Harrow & The Harvest” (producer: David Rawlings; Hear here; Read here) |
(Acony, June 28, 2011) |
| White Wives |
“Happeners” (first single: “Indian Summer, Indian Summer”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Adeline, June 28, 2011) |
| Ben Williams (winner of the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition) |
“State of Art” (Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Concord Jazz, June 28, 2011) |
| Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club keyboardist) |
“Shirts Vs Skins” (producers: Dean Marino, Jay Sadlowski; Hear here) |
(File Under: Music, June 28, 2011) |
