| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Arp Attack | “Follow the Rhythm [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; See here) | (AWAL, April 30, 2012) |
| B.o.B | “Strange Clouds” (producers: Dr. Luke, Salaam Remi, Ryan Tedder, Jim Jonsin, Boi-1da, SouthSide; new single: “So Good”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Grand Hustle/Rebel Rock/Atlantic, May 1, 2012) |
| Pat Boone | “Pat Boone Sings a Tribute to the Ink Spots Featuring Take 6” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Pat Boone’s Gold Label, May 1, 2012) |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre | “Aufheben” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (‘a’ Records/Redeye, May 1, 2012) |
| Ane Brun | “It All Starts With One” (first single: “Do You Remember,” featuring First Aid Kit; Hear here; MP3 Download) | ([PIAS] America, May 1, 2012) |
| Callaghan | “Life in Full Colour [MP3 Download]” (producer: Shawn Mullins; Hear here) | (Green Town Music, May 1, 2012) |
| Dirty Dozen Brass Band | “20 Dozen” (band is celebrating its 35th anniversary; their first album of new original music since 1999; producer: Scott Billington; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Savoy Jazz, May 1, 2012) |
| Dot Hacker (lead singer Josh Klinghoffer plays guitar for Red Hot Chili Peppers) | “Inhibition” (first single: “Inhibition”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (ORG Music, May 1, 2012) |
| Dreamfast (pop-punk band from Fayetteville, Ark.) | “My Wounds, My Weapons [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Slam Bang, May 1, 2012) |
| Father John Misty (led by former Fleet Foxes drummer Josh Tillman) | “Fear Fun” (producer: Phil Ek; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Sub Pop, May 1, 2012) |
| Gravenhurst | “The Ghost in Daylight” (first single: “The Prize”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Warp, May 1, 2012) |
| Morten Harket (of a-ha) | “Out of My Hands” (first single: “Scared of Heights”; Hear here) | (U.K. – Universal, April 30, 2012) |
| IZZ | “Crush of Night” (guest: Gary Green of Gentle Giant; Hear here) | (Doone, May 1, 2012) |
| Norah Jones | “… Little Broken Hearts” (producer: Danger Mouse;Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Blue Note, May 1, 2012) |
| Kwes. (producer from East London) | “Meantime.” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Warp, May 1, 2012) |
| Little Hurricane | “Homewrecker [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Fourth of July”; Hear here) | (Unknown Breakthrough, May 1, 2012) |
| Marilyn Manson | “Born Villain” (first single: “No Reflection”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Cooking Vinyl, May 1, 2012) |
| Marina and The Diamonds | “Electra Heart” (producers: Guy Sigsworth, Labrinth, Greg Kurstin, Diplo, Stargate, Dr. Luke, etc.; first single: “Primadonna”; Hear here) | (U.K. – 679 Recordings/Warner, April 30, 2012) |
| Thomas Newman | “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [Film soundtrack]” (British comedy-drama stars Judi Dench; See here; MP3 Download) | (Sony Classics, May 1, 2012) |
| Anders Osborne | “Black Eye Galaxy” (producers: Osborne, Warren Riker, Galactic’s Stanton Moore; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Alligator, May 1, 2012) |
| Pennywise (new singer: Zoli Teglas) | “All or Nothing” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Epitaph, May 1, 2012) |
| Point of Grace | “A Thousand Little Things” (producer: Ian Eskelin; first single: “A Thousand Little Things”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Word, May 1, 2012) |
| Archie Powell & The Exports | “Great Ideas in Action [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Metronome”; Hear here) | (Team Cool, May 1, 2012) |
| Ramona Falls | “Prophet” (first single: “Spore”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Barsuk, May 1, 2012) |
| Reptar | “Body Faucet” (first single: “Sebastian”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Vagrant, May 1, 2012) |
| Carina Round | “Tigermending [MP3 Download]” (includes collaborations with Dave Stewart, Brian Eno and Billy Corgan; producers: Round, Dan Burns; Hear here; CD) | (Dehisce/The Orchard, May 1, 2012) |
| Chelle Rose | “Ghost of Browder Holler [MP3 Download]” (producer: Ray Wylie Hubbard; Hear here; Read here) | (Lil’ Damsel, May 1, 2012) |
| Santigold | “Master of My Make-Believe” (producers: John Hill, Greg Kurstin, David Sitek, Santi White, Switch, Nick Zinner, Diplo, Q-Tip, Boys Noize, Ricky Blaze; new single: “Disparate Youth”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Downtown/Atlantic, May 1, 2012) |
| Sea of Bees | “Orangefarben” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Team Love, May 1, 2012) |
| Zak Smith | “Zak Smith [MP3 Download]” (producers: Milan Sudzuk, Smith; first single: “Brand New Party”; Hear here; See here) | (Zak Smith, May 1, 2012) |
| Todd Snider | “Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker” (producer: Don Was; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Aimless, May 1, 2012) |
| Spring Standards, The (NYC folk-rock trio) | “yellow//gold [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Parachute Shooter, May 1, 2012) |
| TsuShiMaMiRe (Japanese female alt-rock trio) | “Shocking [MP3 Download]” (12 stories of space themes; Hear/read here) | (Good Charamel, May 1, 2012) |
| Carrie Underwood | “Blown Away” (producer: Mark Bright; first single: “Good Girl”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (19 Recordings/RCA, May 1, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Avengers Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture [Film soundtrack]” (“The Avengers” opens in theaters May 4; includes “Live to Rise,” Soundgarden’s first new material in 15 years; See here; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Hollywood, May 1, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Future Sounds of Buenos Aires [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Waxploitation/ZZK, May 1, 2012) |
| Various artists | “The Music of Smash [TV soundtrack]” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, May 1, 2012) |
| Various artists | “NOW That’s What I Call Music! 42” (20 songs; MP3 Download) | (Capitol, May 1, 2012) |
| Rufus Wainwright | “Out of the Game” (producer: Mark Ronson; guests: sister Martha Wainwrght, The Dap-Kings, Sean Lennon, Wilco; Hear here; CD/DVD; MP3 Download) | (Decca, May 1, 2012) |
| Patrick Watson | “Adventures in Your Own Backyard” (Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Domino, May 1, 2012) |
