| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Barenaked Ladies |
“Grinning Streak” (producers: Gavin Brown, Mark Endert; first single: “Boomerang”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Vanguard) |
| George Benson |
“Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole” (guests: Idina Menzel, Judith Hill, Wynton Marsalis, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Concord) |
| Big Deal (London duo) |
“June Gloom” (producer: Rory Attwell; first single: “In Your Car”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Mute, June 3) |
| Brother & Co. |
“Unknow You [MP3]” (producers: Brother & Co.; guests: Andy Plaisted, Dave Westner, Scott Aruda; first single: “Still Love”; Hear here) |
(Seaewe) |
| Building 429 |
“We Won’t Be Shaken” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Essential) |
| Capital Cities |
“In a Tidal Wave of Mystery” (guests: Andre 3000, Shemika Secrest, NPR’s Frank Tavares; first single: “Safe and Sound”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Lazy Hooks / Capitol) |
| Dave Davies |
“I Will Be Me” (The Kinks founding member’s first solo album since 2007; guests: members of The Jayhawks, Anti-Flag, Dead Meadow and The Art, plus Oli Brown, Chris Spedding; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Cleopatra) |
| Dead Stars (Brooklyn trio) |
“High Gain [MP3]” (five-song EP; first single: “Waste Away”; Hear here) |
(Uninhabitable Mansions) |
| Ell V Gore |
“Sex Static [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) |
(Bad Actors / Last Gang) |
| Filter |
“The Sun Comes Out Tonight” (producer: Bob Marlette; first single: “What Do You Say”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Wind-up) |
| Ben Folds Five |
“Ben Folds Five Live” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(ImAVeePee Records / Legacy) |
| David Ford (British singer-songwriter) |
“Charge” (producer: James Brown; first single: “Pour a Little Poison”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Razor & Tie) |
| Eleanor Friedberger (of The Fiery Furnaces) |
“Personal Record” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Merge) |
| Greg Friedman (San Diego-based musician) |
“Can’t Talk Now [MP3]” (album artwork was designed by the late Storm Thorgerson, of Pink Floyd fame; Hear here) |
(Populuxe) |
| Future Bible Heroes (Stephin Merritt’s electronic/disco side project) |
“Partygoing” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Merge) |
| The Warren Hood Band |
“The Warren Hood Band” (producer: Charlie Sexton; Hear here; MP3) |
(Red Parlor) |
| Hooverphonic (Belgian electro-rock trio) |
“The Night Before [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Columbia) |
| Ignorant Noise (Chicago electro-hop DJ/producer) |
“Pump Up the Noise EP [MP3]” (five songs; Hear/read here) |
(Synth City, June 3) |
| Earl Klugh |
“Hand Picked” (Hear here) |
(Telarc) |
| Lonestar |
“Life As Know It” (original lead singer Richie McDonald rejoins; new single: “Maybe Someday”; Hear here; MP3) |
(4 Star Records / The Orchard) |
| Michelle Malone (Americana musician-songwriter) |
“Day 2 [MP3]” (producer: Shawn Mullins; Hear here) |
(SBS) |
| Megadeth |
“Super Collider” (producer: Johnny K; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Tradecraft / Universal) |
| Matthew Morrison (of “Glee”) |
“Where It All Began” (covers of Broadway classics, recorded at Capitol Studios; producer: Phil Ramone; Hear hereRead here) |
(222 – Adam Levine’s label) |
| Sean Nelson (former Harvey Danger lead singer) |
“Make Good Choices [MP3]” (producers: Matt Pence, Steve Fisk, Adam Selzer; guests: Chris Walla, Scott Danbom, Kyle O’Quin, Rachel Blumberg; first single: “Make Good Choices”; Hear here) |
(Really) |
| The Olms (singer-songwriters Pete Yorn and J.D. King) |
“The Olms” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Harvest) |
| Portugal. The Man |
“Evil Friends” (producer: Danger Mouse; first single: “Evil Friends”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Atlantic) |
| Quadron (Danish-born, L.A.-based duo) |
“Avalanche” (first single: “Hey Love”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Vested in Culture / Epic) |
| Queens of the Stone Age |
“… Like Clockwork” (producers: Queens of the Stone Age; first single: “My God Is the Sun”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Matador) |
| LeAnn Rimes |
“Spitfire” (producer: Darrell Brown; guests: Rob Thomas, Jeff Beck, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski; Hear here; MP3, with Amazon-exclusive bonus live track) |
(Curb – sold exclusively at Walmart) |
| Rogue Wave |
“Nightingale Floors” (first single: “College”; Hear here) |
(Vagrant) |
| The Roys (sibling bluegrass duo) |
“Gypsy Runaway Train” (producers: The Roys, Andy Leftwich; first single: “Gypsy Runaway Train”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Rural Rhythm) |
| Said the Whale (Vancouver quintet) |
“I Love You [EP]” (three songs; producers: Tom Dobrzanski, Tyler Bancroft; Hear here; MP3) |
(Hidden Pony) |
| Sleeping With Sirens |
“Feel” (producer: Cameron Mizell; guests: MGK, Matty Mullins, Shayley Bourget, Fronz; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Rise) |
| James Skelly & The Intenders |
“Love Undercover” (producers: James & Ian Skelly; guests: The Coral, The Sundowners, Tramp Attack; Hear here) |
(Skeleton Key, June 3) |
| Various artists |
“Giant: Original Cast Recording” (based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber; music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, with a cast of 26 performers and a 17-piece orchestra; producers: Joel Moss, LaChiusa, Kurt Deutsch; Hear/read here; See here; MP3) |
(Ghostlight) |
| Various artists |
“Motown The Musical: Original Broadway Cast Recording” (producers: Frank Filipetti, Ethan Popp; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Motown / UMe) |
| Various artists |
“Vans Warped Tour: 2013 Tour Compilation” (two CDs, 50 songs; MP3) |
(SideOneDummy) |
| Stéphane Vera |
“Different Shapes + Sizes (Square the Circle) [MP3]” (16-song collection of hi-tech space-jazz funk; Hear here) |
(nice+smooth ultramedia, June 3) |
| We Are the City (British Columbia-based progressive rock trio) |
“Violent” (first single: “Baptism”; producer: Tom Dobrzanski; Hear here) |
(Hidden Pony) |
| Gretchen Wilson |
“Under the Covers” (covers of 1970s classic-rock hits; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Redneck) |
