| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata (eclectic instrumental quartet) | “The Hills Are Alive” (band received permission from the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization to reinterpret the songs from “The Sound of Music”; producer: Peter Kiesewalter, creator of the East Village Opera Company; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Canal, March 8, 2011) |
| Buffalo Tom | “Skins [MP3 Download]” (producers: Buffalo Tom; guest: Tanya Donnelly; Hear here; Read here) | (Scrawny/The Orchard, March 8, 2011) |
| Exene Cervenka | “The Excitement of Maybe” (Hear here; Read here) | (Bloodshot, March 8, 2011) |
| Bruce Cockburn | “Small Source of Comfort” (his first studio album in six years; producer: Colin Linden; Hear here) | (True North, March 8, 2011) |
| Dinosaur Bones | “My Divider” (2 CDs; Hear here) | (Dine Alone, March 8, 2011) |
| Shelby Earl | “Burn the Boats [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Shelby Earl, March 8, 2011) |
| Early Winters (U.K. singer Carina Round, with Justin Rutledge, Dan Burns and Zac Rae) | “Early Winters [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; Hear here) | (Early Winters, March 8, 2011) |
| Riley Etheridge Jr. (Americana singer-songwriter) | “Powder Keg” (producer: Wendell Tilley; Hear here) | (Rock Ridge Music, March 8, 2011) |
| Sara Evans | “Stronger” (first single: “A Little Bit Stronger”; Hear here) | (RCA Nashville, March 8, 2011) |
| Aaron Gillespie (formerly of Underoath) | “Anthem Song” (producer: Aaron Sprinkle; first single: “We Were Made For You”; Hear here) | (Tooth & Nail/BEC Recordings, March 8, 2011) |
| Jag Panzer (Colorado power metal band) | “The Scourge of the Light” (first album since 2004; Hear here) | (SPV/Steamhammer, March 8, 2011) |
| Avril Lavigne | “Goodbye Lullaby” (collaborators: Deryck Whibley, Evan Taubenfeld, Butch Walker, Max Martin; first single: “What the Hell”; Hear here; Read here) | (RCA, March 8, 2011) |
| Matt Lowell | “Swan Lake [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; producer: Joel Hamilton; Hear here) | (Matt Lowell, March 8, 2011) |
| Lupe Fiasco | “LASERS” (stands for Love Always Shines Every time Remember 2 Smile; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (1st & 15th/Atlantic, March 8, 2011) |
| Ian Moore and The Lossy Coils | “El Sonido Nuevo” (Hear here) | (Spark & Shine/Burnside Distribution, March 8, 2011) |
| Morning Teleportation | “Expanding Anyway” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Glacial Pace Recordings, March 8, 2011) |
| Alexi Murdoch | “Towards the Sun” (Hear/read here; MP3 Download) | (Zero Summer, March 8, 2011) |
| Charley Pride | “Choices” (guests: Eddy Raven, Lonestar’s Richie McDonald; Read here) | (Music City, March 8, 2011) |
| Raekwon | “Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang” (guests: Method Man, Ghostface, Lloyd Banks, Raheem DeVaughn, Estelle, Rick Ross, etc.; Hear here) | (Ice H20, March 8, 2011) |
| R.E.M. | “Collapse Into Now” (producer: Jacknife Lee; first single: “Mine Smell Like Honey”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (Warner, March 8, 2011) |
| Ringo Deathstarr | “Colour Trip [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Sonic Unyon, March 8, 2011) |
| Rival Schools | “Pedals” (first single: “Shot After Shot”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Photo Finish/Atlantic, March 8, 2011) |
| Lee Rocker (of Stray Cats) | “The Cover Sessions” (six-song EP) | (leerocker.com, March 8, 2011) |
| Starfucker (STRFKR) | “Reptilians” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Polyvinyl, March 8, 2011) |
| TRUSTcompany | “Dreaming in Black and White” (Hear here) | (E1 Music, March 8, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Glee: The Music, Season Two, Volume 5” (Read here) | (Columbia, March 8, 2011) |
| Kurt Vile (Philadelphia singer-songwriter) | “Smoke Ring for My Halo” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Matador, March 8, 2011) |
| Wye Oak (Baltimore indie folk duo) | “Civilian” (Hear/read here; MP3 Download; Vinyl) | (Merge, March 8, 2011) |
