| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Cex |
“Tiny Creature” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Tigerbeat6, March 15, 2011) |
| Cornershop |
“Cornershop & The Double ‘O’ Groove of” (featuring Bubbley Kaur; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Ample Play Recordings, March 15, 2011) |
| Miranda Cosgrove (star of “iCarly”) |
“High Maintenance [CD/DVD]” (five-song EP; guest: Rivers Cuomo; first single: “Dancing Crazy”; Hear here; Read here) |
(SBME/Columbia, March 15, 2011) |
| Dead Kenny Gs, The (combustible punk jazz trio) |
“Operation Long Leash” (guest: Charlie Hunter; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Megaforce, March 15, 2011) |
| Al Di Meola |
“Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody” (includes a cover of “Strawberry Fields Forever”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Telarc, March 15, 2011) |
| Funeral for a Friend (British post-hardcore kings) |
“Welcome Home Armageddon” (producer: Romesh Dodangoda; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Good Fight Music, March 15, 2011) |
| Laura Jansen (Dutch singer-songwriter) |
“Bells” (released in the Netherlands in 2009; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Decca, March 15, 2011) |
| Joy Formidable, The (Welsh rock trio) |
“The Big Roar” (producers: The Joy Formidable; first single: “I Don’t Want to See You Like This”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Canvasback/Atlantic, March 15, 2011) |
| Lady Gaga |
“Born This Way [MP3 Download]” (first single, with three remixes) |
(Streamline/Kon Live/ Cherrytree/Interscope, March 15, 2011) |
| Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers |
“Rare Bird Alert” (guests: Paul McCartney, Dixie Chicks; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Rounder, March 15, 2011) |
| J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr.) |
“Several Shades of Why” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Sub Pop, March 15, 2011) |
| Naked and Famous, The (New Zealand group) |
“Passive Me, Aggressive You” (first single: “Young Blood”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Universal Republic, March 15, 2011) |
| New York Dolls |
“Dancing Backward in High Heels” (includes a cover of “I Sold My Heart to the Junkman”; producer: Jason Hill; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(429, March 15, 2011) |
| Noah & The Whale |
“Last Night on Earth” (producers: lead singer Charlie Fink, Jason Lader; first single: “L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.”; Hear here) |
(Island Def Jam, March 15, 2011) |
| Oh Land (Danish electropop singer) |
“Oh Land” (first single: “Sun of a Gun”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Epic, March 15, 2011) |
| Rise Against |
“Endgame” (first single: “Help Is On the Way”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(DGC/Interscope, March 15, 2011) |
| Caitlin Rose |
“Own Side Now” (producer: Mark Nevers; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Thirty Tigers, March 15, 2011) |
| Screeching Weasel |
“First World Manifesto” (their first album since 2000’s “Teen Punks in Heat”; producer: The All-American Rejects’ Mike Kennerty; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Fat Wreck Chords, March 15, 2011) |
| Smoking Popes (new drummer: Neil Hennessey) |
“This Is Only a Test” (producer: Matt Allison; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Asian Man, March 15, 2011) |
| Tony Castles (New York-based freak funk trio) |
“No Service [EP]” (producer: Jake Aron; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Famous Class, March 15, 2011) |
| Matt Wertz |
“Weights & Wings” (first single: “Feels So Right”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Handwritten/Nettwerk, March 15, 2011) |
| Withered Hand (aka alt-folk troubadour Dan Willson) |
“Good News” (released in the U.K. in late 2009; producer: Kramer; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Absolutely Kosher, March 15, 2011) |