| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Anti-Flag | “The General Strike” (producers: Anti-Flag; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (SideOneDummy, March 20, 2012) |
| Avalanche City | “Love Love Love EP [MP3 Download]” (four songs; Hear here) | (Roadrunner, March 20, 2012) |
| Birdy | “Birdy” (producers: Rich Costey, Jim Abbiss, James Ford, Alex H.N.Gilbert; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Warner, March 20, 2012) |
| Diggy (rapper, son of “Rev. Run” Simmons) | “Unexpected Arrival” (guests: Jadakiss, Jeremih; new single: “Do It Like You”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Atlantic, March 20, 2012) |
| Melanie Fiona (Canadian-Guyanese singer) | “The MF Life” (producers: Salaam Remi, No ID, Andrea Martin; guests: NAS, B.o.B, John Legend, J. Cole; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Universal Republic/Title 9/SRC, March 20, 2012) |
| Grascals, The | “Life Finds a Way” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Crossroads, March 20, 2012) |
| Casey James (“American Idol” season 9 finalist) | “Casey James” (producers: James, Chris Lindsey; first single: “Let’s Don’t Call It a Night”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (19 Recordings/BNA, March 20, 2012) |
| Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons | “Happy Book” (double album; producer: Gregg Williams; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Response, March 20, 2012) |
| Lost in the Trees (North Carolina collective) | “A Church That Fits Our Needs” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Anti-/Epitaph, March 20, 2012) |
| Magic Castles | “Magic Castles” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (‘a’ Records, March 20, 2012) |
| Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s | “Rot Gut, Domestic” (producer: John Congleton; first single: “Prozac Rock”; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Mariel Recording Company, March 20, 2012) |
| Brad Mehldau Trio | “Ode” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Nonesuch, March 20, 2012) |
| Mirrorring (experimental duo) | “Foreign Body [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; CD) | (kranky, March 19, 2012) |
| Odd Future (11-member collective, feat. Tyler The Creator, Frank Ocean, Hodgy Beats, Leftbrain) | “The OF Tape Vol. 2” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Odd Future/Sony/ RED Distribution, March 20, 2012) |
| One Direction (British boy band was a 2010 finalist on the U.K. “X Factor”) | “Up All Night” (producers: Ash Howes, BeatGeek, Brian Rawling, Carl Falk, Jimmy Joker, Matt Squire, Paul Meehan, Rami Yacoub, RedOne, Richard “Biff” Stannard, Toby Gad, etc.; Hear here; Deluxe Yearbook Edition; MP3 Download) | (Syco Music/Columbia, March 20, 2012) |
| Robert Pollard (of Guided By Voices) | “Mouseman Cloud [MP3 Download]” (producer: Todd Tobias; Hear/read here; Vinyl) | (GBV, March 20, 2012) |
| Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth guitarist) | “Between the Times and the Tides” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Matador, March 20, 2012) |
| Luke Roberts | “The Iron Gates at Throop and Newport” (producer: Marky Nevers; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Thrill Jockey, March 20, 2012) |
| Daniel Rossen (of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles) | “Silent Hour/Golden Mile” (five-song EP; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Warp, March 20, 2012) |
| Anoushka Shankar (sitarist-composer-conductor is the daughter of Ravi Shankar) | “Traveller” (producer: Javier Limón; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Deutsche Grammophon, March 20, 2012) |
| Sharks (English punk rock band) | “No Gods” (producer: Brian McTernan; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Rise, March 20, 2012) |
| Shins, The | “Port of Morrow” (drummer Jesse Sandoval and keyboardist Mary Crandall are no longer in the band; producer: Greg Kurstin; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Aural Apothecary/Columbia, March 20, 2012) |
| Esperanza Spalding | “Radio Music Society” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Heads Up, March 20, 2012) |
| Chris Standring (jazz guitarist) | “Electric Wonderland” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Ultimate Vibe Recordings, March 20, 2012) |
| Tanlines (Brooklyn electro-pop duo) | “Mixed Emotions” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (True Panther Sounds, March 20, 2012) |
| Vacationer (Philadelphia indie rock band) | “Gone” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Downtown, March 20, 2012) |
| Paul van Dyk | “Evolution” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Vandit/Redeye, March 20, 2012) |
| Various artists | “The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond [Film soundtrack]” (the sci-film drama opens March 23; first single: “Safe & Sound,” Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars; Hear/see here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Universal Republic, March 20, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance [TV soundtrack]” (music from the Disney Channel series; MP3 Download) | (Walt Disney, March 20, 2012) |
| Whispertown | “Parallel” (producers: Andy LeMaster, Jake Bellows; first single: “Open the Other Eye”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Acony, March 20, 2012) |
| White Hills (New York-based space rock group) | “Frying on This Rock” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Thrill Jockey, March 20, 2012) |
| George Winston | “Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions 2: A Louisiana Wetlands Benefit” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Dancing Cat/RCA, March 20, 2012) |
| Yukon Blonde | “Tiger Talk” (producer: Colin Stewart; first single: “Stairway”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Dine Alone, March 20, 2012) |
