| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Beegie Adair & Jaimee Paul | “After the Ball” (See here) | (Green Hill, June 5, 2012) |
| Bamboos, The (nine-member Melbourne collective featuring singer Kylie Auldist) | “Medicine Man” (guests: Daniel Merriweather, Megan Washington, Tim Rogers, Bobby Flynn, Aloe Blacc; first single: “Where Does the Time Go?”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Tru Thoughts, June 5, 2012) |
| Beach Boys, The | “That’s Why God Made the Radio” (the band’s 29th studio album; producer: Brian Wilson; first single: “That’s Why God Made the Radio”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Capitol, June 5, 2012) |
| Regina Belle | “Higher” (her second career gospel album; guests: Shirley Caesar, Kathy Taylor, Lowell Pye; first single: “Make an Example Out of Me”; Hear here; Read here) | (Pendulum/Walker Davis Entertainment, June 5, 2012) |
| Eric Benét | “The One” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Jordan House/Reprise, June 5, 2012) |
| Brian Bromberg | “Compared to That” (first single: a cover of Chicago’s “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Artistry Music/Mack Avenue, June 5, 2012) |
| Bobby Brown | “The Masterpiece” (his first solo album in 15 years; guests: Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Jayre; first single: “Don’t Let Me Die”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Bronx Bridge Entertainment, June 5, 2012) |
| BT | “Laptop Symphony” (two CDs, 33 songs; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Black Hole Recordings, June 5, 2012) |
| Brandi Carlile | “Bear Creek” (producers: Trina Shoemaker, Carlile, The Twins, Frank Liddell, Jay Joyce; first single: “That Wasn’t Me”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, June 5, 2012) |
| Shawn Colvin | “All Fall Down” (producer: Buddy Miller; guests: Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Jakob Dylan, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Bill Frisell, Viktor Krauss, Brian Blade, Stuart Duncan, Julie Miller; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download; see related book below) | (Nonesuch, June 5, 2012) |
| Rodney Crowell | “Kin: The Songs of Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell” (writing with author Mary Karr; guests: Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, LeeAnn Womack, Chely Wright, Loudon Wainwright III, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Henry; MP3 Download) | (Vanguard, June 5, 2012) |
| Curren$y | “The Stoned Immaculate” (producers: Pharrell, DJ Toomp, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Bink, Big K.R.I.T., Daz Dillinger, Tone P, Monsta Beatz, etc.; guests: Wale, Marsha Ambrosius, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Estelle, etc.; first single: “What It Look Like”; MP3 Download; Hear here; MP3 Download/Deluxe edition) | (Jet Life Recordings/Warner, June 5, 2012) |
| Dexys | “One Day I’m Going to Soar” (first single: “Nowhere Is Home”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (U.K. – BMG Rights Management, June 4, 2012) |
| Alejandro Escovedo | “Big Station” (producer: Tony Visconti; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Fantasy, June 5, 2012) |
| Fear Factory | “The Industralist” (concept album; producer: Rhys Fulber; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Candlelight, June 5, 2012) |
| Features, The (Nashville quartet) | “Wilderness” (first single: “How It Starts”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Serpents and Snakes/BMG Rights/RED, June 5, 2012 – Kings of Leon’s label) |
| Béla Fleck & The Marcus Roberts Trio | “Across the Imaginary Divide” (producers: Fleck, Roberts; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Rounder, June 5, 2012) |
| David Garrett | “Legacy” (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download; see related DVD/Blu-ray below) | (Decca, June 5, 2012) |
| Hives, The | “Lex Hives” (producers: The Hives; first single: “Go Right Ahead”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Disques Hives, June 5, 2012) |
| Kelly Hogan (former member of The Jody Grind and Rock*A*Teens) | “I Like to Keep Myself in Pain” (guests: Booker T Jones, James Gadson, Gabriel Roth, Scott Ligon; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (ANTI-, June 5, 2012) |
| IAmDynamite (Raleigh indie duo) | “SuperMegaFantastic” (producer: Blue October bassist Matt Noveskey; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Brando, June 5, 2012) |
| It Boys! (L.A. rock-pop band) | “Introduction” (first single: “Guys Don’t Like Me”; Hear here) | (Hollywood Waste, June 5, 2012) |
| Alan Jackson | “Thirty Miles West” (guest: Zac Brown; first single: “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Alan Country’s Records/EMI Records Nashville, June 5, 2012) |
| Ramin Karimloo (Iranian-born Canadian vocalist-actor starred in the London production of “Phantom of the Opera”) | “Human Heart” (producer: Tom Nichols; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Sony Masterworks, June 5, 2012) |
| Bap Kennedy (Belfast singer-songwriter) | “The Sailor’s Revenge” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Proper American, June 5, 2012) |
| Stacey Kent (jazz singer) | “Dreamer in Concertt” (recorded at La Cigale last year in Paris; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Blue Note, June 5, 2012) |
| Jana Kramer (actress-country singer) | “Jana Kramer” (producer: Scott Hendricks; first single: “Good Thing Comin’ On”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Elektra Nashville, June 5, 2012) |
| Mads Langer (Danish singer) | “Behold [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Columbia, June 4, 2012) |
| Lettuce (seven-piece old-school funk band from Brooklyn) | “Fly” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Velour Music Group, June 5, 2012) |
| Liars | “WIXIW” (pronounced “wish you”; producers: Liars, Daniel Miller; first single: “No. 1 Against the Rush”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Mute, June 5, 2012) |
| Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials | “Jump Start” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Alligator, June 5, 2012) |
| Scott Lucas & The Married Men | “Blood Half Moon” (singer-guitarist Lucas is one-half of Local H; producer: Andy Gerber; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (The End, June 5, 2012) |
| Amanda Mair (Swedish pop singer) | “Amanda Mair [MP3 Download]” (producer: Philip Ekström of The Mary Onettes; first single: “Sense”; Hear here; See here; CD) | (Labrador, June 5, 2012) |
| Marley’s Ghost | “Jubilee” (six band originals, with covers of Kris Kristofferson, Levon Helm, Bobby & Shirley Womack, etc.; producer: Cowboy Jack Clement; guests: Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stuart, Larry Campbell, Byron House, Don Heffington; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Sage Arts, June 5, 2012) |
| Jennette McCurdy (of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly.com”) | “Jennette McCurdy [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Capitol Nashville, June 5, 2012) |
| Melvins Lite (Melvins founders Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover with Trevor Dunn) | “Freak Puke” (producers: Toshi Kasai, the Melvins; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Ipecac Recordings, June 5, 2012) |
| Rhett Miller (of Old 97’s) | “The Dreamer” (producer: Miller; guests: Rosanne CVash, Rachael Yamagata, Jerry Marotta; first single: “Out of Love”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Maximum Sunshine/The Orchard, June 5, 2012) |
| Moore & Moore | “Show Me Your Country [MP3 Download]” (producers: Chip Hardy, Moore & Moore; guests: Deborah Allen, Mickey Kelley; first single: “Summer Love”; Hear here; CD) | (DOV, June 5, 2012) |
| Mynabirds, The | “Generals” (producer: Richard Swift; first single: “Body of Work”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Saddle Creek, June 5, 2012) |
| No End of Now (Tampa jazz/power-rock trio) | “Some Music We Made [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (No End of Now, June 5, 2012) |
| Oh No | “OhNoMite” (based on samples from Rudy Ray Moore’s “Dolemite” soundtrack; guests: Erick Sermon, MF Doom, DJ Romes, Evidence, The Alchemist, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Stones Throw, June 5, 2012) |
| Pomegrantes (Cincinnati art-pop group) | “Heaven” (producers: Pomegrantes, Miguel Urbitztondo; Hear here) | (Modern Outsider, June 5, 2012) |
| Pujol | “United States of Being” (Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (Saddle Creek, June 5, 2012) |
| Masha Qrella (Berlin-based songwriter) | “Analogies” (first single: “Crooked Dreams”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Morr Music, June 5, 2012) |
| Reynolds & Williams Band | “Reynolds & Williams Band” (five-song EP; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Reynolds & Williams Band, June 5, 2012) |
| Brendan Rivera | “No Ocean in Ireland [MP3 Download]” (producers Mike Kalajian, Gregory Dunn; Hear here) | (Veggie Co., June 5, 2012) |
| River City Extension (eight-member band from Toms River, N.J.) | “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Your Anger” (producer: Brian Deck; first single: “Welcome to Pittsburgh”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (XOXO/Anchor & Hope Music, June 5, 2012) |
| Chris Robinson Band, The | “Big Moon Ritual” (producer: Thom Monahan; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Silver Arrow/Megaforce, June 5, 2012) |
| Rocket Summer, The | “Life Will Write the Words” (first single: “Run and Don’t Stop”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Aviate, June 5, 2012) |
| Xavier Rudd (Australian surf/roots musician) | “Spirit Bird” (first single: “Follow the Sun”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (SideOneDummy, June 5, 2012) |
| Emeli Sandé (Scottish singer won the 2012 BRIT Critics Choice Award) | “Our Version of Events” (producers: Mike Spencer, Craze & Hoax, Naughty Boy, Paul Herman, Ash Mallard, Ben Harrison, Alicia Keys; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Capitol, June 5, 2012) |
| Kelli Scarr | “Dangling Teeth [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; See here) | (Silence Breaks, June 5, 2012) |
| 1776 (rock quartet from Longview, Wash.) | “1776” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Beat the World/The End, June 5, 2012) |
| Shonen Knife | “Pop Tune [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; See here) | (Good Charamel, June 5, 2012) |
| A Silent Film (Oxford, U.K., quartet) | “Sand & Snow” (first single: “Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Creative Media, June 5, 2012) |
| Patti Smith | “Banga” (her first album of original material in eight years; producers: Smith and her band; guests: Tom Verlaine, Jack Petruzzelli, Smith’s son Jackson and daughter Jesse Paris; first single: “April Fool”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, June 5, 2012) |
| Squackett (Chris Squire & Steve Hackett) | “A Life Within a Day” (Hear/read here) | (Esoteric Antenna/Cherry Red, June 5, 2012) |
| Ben Tankard (“The Godfather of Gospel-Jazz”) | “Full Tank” (guests: Mark Kibble, Take 6, Gerald Albright, Tim Bowman, Cynthia Jones; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Ben-Jamin’/Universal, June 5, 2012) |
| Temper Trap, The | “The Temper Trap” (producer: Tony Hoffer; first single: “Need Your Love”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Glassnote/Columbia, June 5, 2012) |
| Anna Ternheim | “The Night Visitor” (producers: Matt Sweeney, Dave Ferguson; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (V2/Cooperative Music, June 5, 2012) |
| Truckstop Darlin’ | “Hope and the Heart It Breaks [MP3 Download]” (first single: “I See You”; Hear here) | (Truckstop Darlin’, June 5, 2012) |
| Ultravox | “Brilliant [MP3 Download]” (first album from the original lineup in 28 years; Hear here; Read here) | (Chrysalis/EMI, June 5, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted [Film soundtrack]” (computer-animated comedy sequel opens June 8; See here; MP3 Download) | (Interscope, June 5, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Rock of Ages [Film soundtrack]” (film adapation of the hit Broadway musical stars Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta and Paul Giamatti; opens in theaters June 15; See here; MP3 Download) | (WaterTower Music, June 5, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Victorious 2.0: More Music From the Hit TV Show [TV soundtrack]” (first single: “Make It in America”; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Nickelodeon/Columbia, June 5, 2012) |
| Joe Walsh | “Analog Man [CD/DVD]” (his first solo album in 20 years; producer: Jeff Lynne; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Fantasy/Concord, June 5, 2012) |
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse | “Americana” (Crazy Horse is Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Poncho Sampedro and Young; producers: Young, John Hanlon, Mark Humphreys; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Reprise, June 5, 2012) |
