| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Antlers, The (Brooklyn indie rockers) |
“Burst Apart” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Frenchkiss, May 10, 2011) |
| Birds and Arrows |
“We’re Gonna Run [MP3 Download]” (Hear here; See here) |
(307 Knox, May 10, 2011) |
| Black Label Society |
“The Song Remains Not the Same” (unplugged versions of material from the album “Order of the Black,” and additional material recorded during those sessions; Hear here) |
(E1 Music, May 10, 2011) |
| Greg Brown |
“Freak Flag” (his 24th studio album; producer: Bo Ramsey; guests: Iris Dement, daughter Pieta Brown; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Yep Roc, May 10, 2011) |
| Cars, The |
“Move Like This” (their first album featuring original members Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, Greg Hawkes and David Robinson since 1987; first single: “Sad Song”; Full stream; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) |
(Hear Music/Concord, May 10, 2011) |
| Christopher Cross |
“Doctor Faith” (released last year in Europe; Hear/see here; Read here) |
(Eagle, May 10, 2011) |
| Delay Trees (Finnish dream-pop group) |
“Delay Trees [MP3 Download]” (producer: Julius Mauranen; Hear here) |
(Friendly Fire Recordings, May 10, 2011) |
| Farewell Continental |
“¡Hey, Hey Pioneers!” (producer: Ed Ackerson; Hear here) |
(Paper + Plastick, May 10, 2011) |
| Felice Brothers, The |
“Celebration, Florida” (first single: “Ponzi”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Fat Possum, May 10, 2011) |
| Gang Gang Dance |
“Eye Contact” (producer: Chris Coady; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(4AD, May 10, 2011) |
| Gardens |
“Gardens” (producer: Chris Koltay; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Alive, May 10, 2011) |
| Globes, The |
“Future Self” (producer: John Goodmanson; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Barsuk, May 10, 2011) |
| Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule co-founder) |
“Man in Motion” (guests: Ivan Neville, Ian McLagan, Ruthie Foster, George Porter Jr., Ron Holloway; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Stax/Fantasy, May 10, 2011) |
| Here We Go Magic |
“The January EP” (producer: Jen Turner; Hear here) |
(Secretly Canadian, May 10, 2011) |
| Hey Champ |
“Anything At All [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; Hear here) |
(Turnout, May 10, 2011) |
| Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply singer) |
“Tennessee: The Nashville Sessions” (2 CDs, 20 songs; producer: Rob Rappaport; Hear here) |
(Better Angels Music, May 10, 2011) |
| Jesu (English post-metal band) |
“Ascension” (Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Caldo Verde, May 10, 2011) |
| Booker T. Jones |
“The Road From Memphis” (guests: The Roots, Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, Matt Berninger of the National, Sharon Jones, Lou Reed; Hear/read here; Vinyl) |
(Anti-/Epitaph, May 10, 2011) |
| Liturgy |
“Aesthethica” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Thrill Jockey, May 10, 2011) |
| Lonely Island, The (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) |
“Turtleneck & Chain [CD/DVD]” (guests: Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Akon, Nicki Minaj, etc.; Hear/read here; Vinyl) |
(Universal Republic, May 10, 2011) |
| Magnetic Man (British dubstep supergroup) |
“Magnetic Man” (guests: John Legend, Ms. Dynamite, Angela Hunte, Sam Frank, Katy B; first single: “I Need Air”; Hear here; See here) |
(StarTime International, May 10, 2011) |
| Manchester Orchestra |
“Simple Math” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Favorite Gentleman Recordings/Columbia, May 10, 2011) |
| Man Man |
“Life Fantastic” (producer: Mike Mogis; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Anti-/Epitaph, May 10, 2011) |
| Matthew Morrison (actor-singer who plays glee club director Will Schuester on Fox’s “Glee”) |
“Matthew Morrison” (guest: Gwyneth Paltrow; Read here) |
(Mercury, May 10, 2011) |
| Moving Mountains |
“Waves” (producer: Gregory Dunn; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Triple Crown, May 10, 2011) |
| ohGr (Skinny Puppy’s Ogre and Mark Walk) |
“unDeveloped” (Hear here) |
(Metropolis, May 10, 2011) |
| Okkervil River |
“I Am Very Far” (first single: “Mermaid”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Jagjaguwar, May 10, 2011) |
| Other Lives |
“Tamer Animals” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(tbd, May 10, 2011) |
| Christina Perri |
“lovestrong.” (producer: Joe Chiccarelli; new single: “Arms”; Hear here; Deluxe edition) |
(Atlantic, May 10, 2011) |
| Lee Scratch Perry |
“Rise Again” (producer: Bill Laswell; guests: TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, Ejigayehu “Gigi” Shibabaw, Hawkman, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Bernie Worrell, Josh Werner, Sly Dunbar, Hamid Drake, Aiyb Dieng, Dominick James; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(MOD Technologies, May 10, 2011) |
| Andy Petr (19-year-old electronic whiz) |
“Rapper Turned Singer [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; Hear here) |
(Mixpak, May 10, 2011) |
| Psychedelic Horseshit |
“Laced” (guest: Times New Viking’s Beth Murphy; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(FatCat, May 10, 2011) |
| Sam Roberts Band |
“Collider” (producer: Brian Deck; first single: “The Last Crusade”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Zoë/Rounder, May 10, 2011) |
| Raphael Saadiq |
“Stone Rollin’ “ (guests: Robert Randolph, Yukimi Nagano, Earth, Wind & Fire’s Larry Dunn; first single: “Radio”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Columbia, May 10, 2011) |
| Sea and Cake, The |
“The Moonlight Butterfly” (producer: Mike Mogis; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Thrill Jockey, May 10, 2011) |
| Skold |
“Anomie” (Hear here) |
(Metropolis, May 10, 2011) |
| Sloan |
“The Double Cross” (first single: “Follow the Leader”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Yep Roc, May 10, 2011) |
| Ben Sollee (classically trained pop cellist-singer) |
“Inclusions” (producer: Duane Lundy; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Tin Ear/Thirty Tigers, May 10, 2011) |
| Spindrift |
“Classic Soundtracks, Vol. 1” (producer: Ethan Allen; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Xemu, May 10, 2011) |
| Chris Thile & Michael Daves |
“Sleep With One Eye Open” (producers: Thile, Daves; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Nonesuch, May 10, 2011) |
| This Will Destroy You |
“Tunnel Blanket” (Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Suicide Squeeze, May 10, 2011) |
| Tyler, the Creator (leader of hip-hop collective Odd Future) |
“Goblin” (producers: Tyler, the Creator, Left Brain; Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(XL Recordings, May 10, 2011) |
| Steven Tyler |
“(It) Feels So Good [MP3 Download]” (stand-alone single, co-written with Marti Frederiksen, will not be part of a solo album; Read here) |
(Columbia, May 10, 2011) |
| Urge Overkill |
“Rock&Roll Submarine” (their first album in more than 15 years; first single: “Effigy”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(UO, May 10, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Production: The Wizard of Oz [MP3 Download]” (2011 London Palladium recording, featuring Michael Crawford and Danielle Hope; See/read here) |
(Decca Broadway, May 10, 2011) |
| Various artists |
“The Royal Wedding: The Official Album” |
(Decca, May 10, 2011) |
| Wave Pictures, The (British trio) |
“Beer in the Breakers” (Hear here) |
(U.K. – Moshi Moshi, May 9, 2011) |
| Wild Beasts (Mercury Prize-nominated British group) |
“Smother” (producers: Richard Formby, Wild Beasts; Hear/read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Domino, May 10, 2011) |
| Wilderness of Manitoba, The |
“When You Left the Fire” (first single: “Orono Park”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(tinyOGRE Entertainment, May 10, 2011) |
| The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore |
“Heirloom Music” (producer: Chris Coady; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Neanderthal/Redeye, May 10, 2011) |
| ZOMBI |
“Escape Velocity” (producers: ZOMBI’s Steve Moore and A.E. Paterra; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Relapse, May 10, 2011) |
