New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| David Archuleta | “No Matter How Far” (first single: “Don’t Run Away”; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne) |
| The Black Lillies | “Runaway Freeway Blues” (producer: Scott Minor of Sparklehorse; Hear here; MP3) | (North Knox) |
| Joe Bonamassa | “An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House” (Hear here; DVD; Blu-ray) | (J&R Adventures) |
| Crystal Bowersox | “All That for This” (producer: Steve Berlin; guest: Jakob Dylan; first single: “Dead Weight”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Crime & The City Solution | “American Twilight” (first single: “Goddess”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Ian Danter (former Dressed to Kill member) | “Prove You Wrong” (Hear here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, March 25) |
| Depeche Mode | “Delta Machine” (producer: Ben Hillier; first single: “Heaven”; Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| Dido | “Girl Who Got Away” (producers: Dido, The Ark, Rollo Armstrong, Sister Bliss, Lester Mendez, A.R. Rahman, Rick Nowels, Greg Kurstin, Jeff Bhasker, Brian Eno; first single: “No Freedom”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (RCA) |
| Naomi Greenwald (Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter) | “Composite [MP3]” (five-song EP; first single: “So We Try”; Hear here) | (Transom) |
| The House of Love | “She Paints Words in Red [MP3]” (their first album since 2005; Hear here; Read here; CD) | (Cherry Red, March 25) |
| I Am Empire | “Anchors” (producer: Brian McTernan; Hear here; MP3) | (Tooth & Nail) |
| Isbells (Belgian folk group) | “Stoalin’ [MP3]” (released in Europe last year; Hear here; See here) | (Roll Call) |
| Alan Jackson | “Precious Memories Volume II” (Hear here; LP + MP3) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Lil Wayne | “I Am Not a Human Being II” (guests: Drake, 2 Chainz, Soulja Boy, Future, Gunplay, Detail, Gudda Gudda, Boo, Trina, Shane Heyl, Juicy J; Hear here; MP3) | (Ca$h Money/Univeral Republic) |
| Raine Maida (of Our Lady Peace) | “We All Get Lighter [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Warner Music Canada) |
| The McCrary Sisters (vocal group performed on Dr. John’s Grammy-winning “Locked Down” album) | “All the Way [MP3]” (producers: Kevin McKendree, Tommy Sims; Hear here) | (McC) |
| The Milk Carton Kids (indie folk duo from Eagle Rock, Calif.) | “The Ash & Clay” (producers: The Milk Carton Kids; first single: “Snake Eyes”; Hear here; LP + CD; MP3) | (ANTI-/Epitaph) |
| OneRepublic | “Native” (first single: “Feel Again”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mosley Music Group/Interscope) |
| Pretty Maids (Danish futuristic hard rockers) | “Motherland” (producer: Jacob Hansen; first single: “Mother of All Lies”; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| A Rocket to the Moon | “Wild & Free” (producer: Mark Bright; first single: “Ever Enough”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Fueled By Ramen) |
| Maggie Rose | “Cut to Impress” (Hear here; MP3) | (RPM Entertainment) |
| Senses Fail | “Renacer” (producer: Shaun Lopez; Hear here) | (Staple) |
| Sevendust | “Black Out the Sun” (producers: Sevendust; first single: “Decay”; Hear here; MP3) | (7Bros./ILG) |
| Blake Shelton | “Based on a True Story …” (guests: Pistol Annies, Gwen Sebastian; first single: “Sure Be Cool If You Did”; Hear here; MP3) | (Warner) |
| Harper Simon (son of Paul Simon) | “Division Street” (producers: Simon, Tom Rothrock; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | ([PIAS] Recordings) |
| Slow Knights (Derek Gruen, a.k.a. Del Marquis, of Scissor Sisters) | “Cosmos [MP3]” (producer: Gruen; guests: Rod Thomas, Xavier Smith, Chrissie Poland, Bridget Barkan, Mykal Kilgore; Hear here) | (DM) |
| Streetlight Manifesto | “The Hands That Thieve” (Hear here; Read here) | (Victory) |
| The Strokes | “Comedown Machine” (first single: “All the Time”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3; see related reissue below) | (RCA) |
| Stryper | “Second Coming” (new versions of 14 past tracks, with two new songs; producer: frontman Michael Sweet; first single: “Bleeding From Inside Out”; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Suicidal Tendencies | “13” (the hard-thrash metal legends’ first original material since 2000; first single: “Cyco STyle”; Hear here) | (Suicidal) |
| Thompson Square | “Just Feels Good” (first single: “If I Didn’t Have You”; Hear here; MP3) | (Broken Bow) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 84” (two CDs) | (U.K. – EMI, March 25) |
| VersaEmerge (experimental rock duo) | “Another Atmosphere Preview [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Fueled By Ramen) |
| The Waterboys | “An Appointment With Mr. Yeats [MP3]” (released in the U.K. in September 2011; songs created from the lyrics of poet WB Yeats; producers: frontman Mike Scott, bassist Marc Arciero; Hear here) | (Proper) |
| Wavves (surf rock/noise rock band from San Diego) | “Afraid of Heights” (producer: John Hill; Hear here; MP3) | (Mom + Pop/Warner) |
| Wire | “Change Becomes Us” (first single: “Doubles & Trebles”; Hear here; MP3) | (Pinkflag / Redeye) |
| Yard of Blondes (L.A. folk rockers) | “Murderology” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (High Desert Lo-Fi) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Tandyn Almer | “Along Comes Tandyn” (rare recordings from the songwriter of “Along Comes Mary,” who died on Jan. 8 in obscurity; Read here; Vinyl) | (Sundazed) |
| Bon Jovi | “ICON” (best-of) | (Island) |
| Catherine Wheel | “Waydown [MP3]” (1995 EP) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| Cerrone | “Underworld: The Anthology” (two CDs, 31 songs; Read here) | (U.K. – Big Break, March 25) |
| Gene Clark | “Here Tonight: The White Light Demos “ (1971 recordings) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| The Coasters | “The Definitive Coasters: A Sides & B Sides” (61 songs; CD) | (Nineteen Forties Music / Redeye) |
| Country Joe & The Fish | “Electric Music for the Mind and Body” (1967 debut album; two CDs, 22 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 25) |
| Miles Davis | “The Electric Collection [MP3]” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| The Doors | “Morrison Hotel” (1970 album) | (Rhino Flashback) |
| Steve Forbert | “Alive On Arrival/Jackrabbit Slim (Special Anniversary Edition)” (1978, 1979 albums; remastered; two CDs, with 12 bonus tracks; Read here; MP3) | (Blue Corn Music) |
| Fuzztones | “Snake Oil” (36-song rarities compilation; Hear here) | (Third Ear) |
| Dizzy Gillespie | “Perceptions [MP3]” (1962 album) | (Verve) |
| Iron Maiden | “Maiden England ’88” (recorded at Birmingham NEC on Nov. 27-28, 1988; See here; Vinyl; MP3; DVD) | (UMe) |
| Joe Jackson | “Will Power [MP3]” (1986 album) | (A&M/UMe) |
| Chaka Khan | “Chaka [MP3]” (1978 album), “Naughty [MP3]” (1980 album), “Chaka Khan [MP3]” (1982 album) | (Rhino/Warner) |
| Kool & The Gang | “As One [MP3]” (1982 album) | (Mercury/UMe) |
| Denise LaSalle | “Making a Good Thing Better: The Complete Westbound Singles 1970-76” (26 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 25) |
| The Manhattan Transfer | “The Best of The Manhattan Transfer” | (Rhino Flashback) |
| Paul McCartney | “Liverpool Sound Collage [MP3]” (2000 ambient electronic album) | (Hear Music/MPL) |
| Gerry Mulligan and His Sextet | “Mainstream of Jazz: Special Edition [MP3]” (1956 album) | (Verve) |
| The Primitives | “Everything’s Shining Bright: The Lazy Recordings 1985-1987” (two CDs, 40 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Red, March 25) |
| Rare Earth | “Rare Earth in Concert [MP3]” (1971 album) | (Motown/UMe) |
| Linda Ronstadt | “Silk Purse [MP3]” (1970 album) | (Capitol) |
| Diana Ross | “Diana’s Duets [MP3]” (1973 compilation) | (Motown/UMe) |
| Sade | “X2: Diamond Life / Soldier of Love” (1984, 2010 albums on one CDs) | (Epic/Legacy) |
| Simple Minds | “Celebrate: The Greatest Hits” (two CDs, 36 songs; Deluxe edition, with a third CD; Read here) | (U.K. – EMI, March 25) |
| Stephen Stills | “Carry On [Box set]” (four-CD career retrospective; 82 tracks, 25 previously unreleased; Read here; MP3) | (Rhino) |
| The Strokes | “The Collection [MP3]” (featuring their first four albums) | (RCA/Legacy) |
| The Temptations | “All Directions [MP3]” (1972 album) | (Motown/UMe) |
| Transvision Vamp | “Pop Art (Re-Presents)” (1988 album; remastered, with a second CD of bonus tracks and remixes; Read here) | (U.K. – Universal, March 25) |
| Van Halen | “The Studio Albums 1978-1984 [Box set]” (contains the band’s first six albums) | (Rhino/Warner) |
| Various artists | “Finders Keepers: Motown Girls 1961-1967” (24 tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Ace, March 25) |
| Wendy and Lisa | “Wendy and Lisa (Special Edition)” (1987 album; remastered, with four bonus tracks; Read here) | (U.K. – Cherry Pop, March 25) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Paul Anka | “Live in Switzerland [DVD]” (Blu-ray) | (C Major Entertainment) |
| Sebastian Bach | “ABachalypse Now [DVD/CD]” (includes footage from the GrasPop Festival in Belgium, Hellfest in France and the Nokia show from Los Angeles; Hear here; DVD) | (Frontiers) |
| Carol Burnett | “The Carol Burnett Show: This Time Together (Collector’s Edition) [DVD]” (six discs, containing 17 complete and unedited episodes handpicked by Burnett, plus two hours of bonus features; Read here) | (Time Life) |
| Billy Crystal, Bette Midler | “Parental Guidance [DVD]” (2012 film; Blu-ray + DVD) | (20th Century Fox) |
| Peter Frampton | “Live in Detroit [DVD]” (filmed on July 17, 1999, at Pine Knob Amphitheatre; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Ringo Starr | “Ringo At The Ryman [DVD]” (filmed on July 7, 2012; his 2012 All Starr Band included Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Gregg Bissonette and Mark Rivera; special guest: Joe Walsh) | (UMe) |
| Various artists | “MADtv: The Complete Second Season [DVD]” (four discs) | (Shout! Factory) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Bob Dylan | “Bob Dylan: A Spiritual Life [Paperback]” (author: Scott Marshall) | (Bully! Pulpit Books) |
| Bob Dylan | “Revisionist Art: Thirty Works by Bob Dylan [Hardcover]” (editors: Luc Sante, B. Clavery) | (Abrams) |
| Elvis Presley | “Elvis Memories [Hardcover]” (author: Michael Freedland) | (Voyageur Press, March 28) |
| Rick Simmons | “Carolina Beach Music from the ’60s to the ’80s: The New Wave [Paperback]” | (The History Press, March 30) |