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) |