| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires (Birmingham, Ala., rock group) |
“There Is a Bomb in Gilead” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Alive, May 15, 2012) |
| Beach House |
“Bloom” (first single: “Myth”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Sub Pop, May 15, 2012) |
| Best Coast |
“The Only Place” (producer: Jon Brion; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Mexican Summer, May 15, 2012) |
| Bobby Broom (jazz guitarist) |
“Upper West Side Story” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Origin, May 15, 2012) |
| Chappo (Brooklyn indie-rock band) |
“Moonwater” (the track “Come Home” was featured in an iPod Touch commercial; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Majordomo/Shout! Factory, May 15, 2012) |
| Cherri Bomb (Los Angeles rock quartet) |
“This Is The End of Control” (producers: Red Decibel, Bobby Huff; MP3 Download) |
(Hollywood, May 15, 2012) |
| Cornershop |
“Urban Turban” (first single: “Milkin’ It”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Ample Play, May 15, 2012) |
| Cribs, The |
“In the Belly of the Brazen Bull” (producer: Dave Fridmann; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Wichita Recordings, May 15, 2012) |
| Bill Evans (“Banjo for Dummies” author) |
“In Good Company” (producers: Evans, Stephen Mougin, Darol Anger, Tom Size; guests: Infamous Stringdusters, Tim O’Brien, Joy Kills Sorrow, David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Rob Ickes, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Laurie Lewis; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Native and Fine, May 15, 2012) |
| Florida Georgia Line (country duo) |
“It’z Just What We Do [MP3 Download]” (five-song EP; producer: Joey Moi; first single: “Cruise”; Hear here) |
(Big Loud Mountain, May 15, 2012) |
| Richard Hawley |
“Standing at the Sky’s Edge” (Hear here; See here; Read here) |
(U.K. – Parlophone/EMI, May 14, 2012) |
| Hot Water Music |
“Exister” (producer: The Decendents’ Bill Stevenson; first single: “State of Grace”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Rise, May 15, 2012) |
| Krizz Kaliko |
“Kickin’ & Screamin'” (producer: Seven; guests: Tech N9ne, T-Pain, Mayday, Twista, Big Scoob, Chamillionaire, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Strange Music, May 15, 2012) |
| Killer Mike |
“R.A.P. Music” (producer: El-P; guests: Bun B, T.I., Trouble, Scar, El-P, Emily Panic; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Williams Street, May 15, 2012) |
| Adam Lambert |
“Trespassing” (collaborators: Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly, Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rodgers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa, BC Jean; first single: “Better Than I Know Myself”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(19 Recordings/RCA, May 15, 2012) |
| Man Forever (John Colpitts, aka Kid Millions) |
“Pansophical Cataract” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) |
(Thrill Jockey, May 15, 2012) |
| Antsy McClain |
“Limited Edition Prince” (guest: Tommy Emmanuel; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(DPR, May 15, 2012) |
| Meiko |
“The Bright Side” (producers: Jimmy Messer, Greg Collins, Styrofoam; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Fantasy, May 15, 2012) |
| mewithoutYou |
“Ten Stories” (follows the story of a circus train crash in the late 1800s; producer: Daniel Smith; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Pine Street, May 15, 2012) |
| Willie Nelson |
“Heroes” (new songs and re-imagined classics; producer: Buddy Cannon; guests: Merle Haggard, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Legacy, May 15, 2012) |
| NRBQ |
“We Travel the Spaceways” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Clang!, May 15, 2012) |
| PHILM (Los Angeles power trio: Slayer’s Dave Lombardo, War’s Pancho Tomaselli and Gerry Nestler of Civil Defiance) |
“Harmonic” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Ipecac Recordings, May 15, 2012) |
| John Pizzarelli |
“Double Exposure” (an album of pop/jazz mashups; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Telarc, May 15, 2012) |
| Plushgun (Brooklyn “indietronic” duo) |
“Me.Me.” (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) |
(Tommy Boy, May 15, 2012) |
| Lisa Marie Presley |
“Storm & Grace” (producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) |
(Universal Republic/XIX Recordings, May 15, 2012) |
| Rye Rye (19-year-old rapper, protégé of M.I.A.) |
“Go! Pop! Bang!” (producers: Blaqstarr, Pharrell Williams, Egyptian Lover, Bangladesh, So Japan; new single: “Boom Boom”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(N.E.E.T./Interscope, May 15, 2012) |
| Santana |
“Shape Shifter” (instrumental album; only one song features vocals from Santana’s lead vocalists, Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Starfaith/RED, May 15, 2012) |
| Shadows Fall |
“Fire From the Sky” (producer: Adam Dutkiewicz; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Razor & Tie, May 15, 2012) |
| Ryan Shaw |
“Real Love” (includes a cover of The Beatles’ “Yesterday”; producers: Jimmy Bralower, Johnny Gale; guests: Al Kooper, Robert Randolph, the Soul Survivors; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Dynotone, May 15, 2012) |
| Squarepusher (electronic artist) |
“Ufabulum” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Warp, May 15, 2012) |
| Sugarman 3, The |
“What the World Needs Now” (retro-funk band’s first album in 10 years; first single: “Rudy’s Intervention”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Daptone, May 15, 2012) |
| Tenacious D |
“Rize of the Fenix” (their first album since 2006; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Epic, May 15, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Glee: The Music, Season Three — The Graduation Album” (Hear here) |
(Columbia, May 15, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Lysistrata Jones [Original Broadway cast recording]” (starring Patti Murin, Liz Mikel, Josh Segarra; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) |
(Broadway, May 15, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Newsies: The Musical [Original Broadway cast recording]” (score by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and book by Harvey Feinstein; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) |
(Ghostlight, May 15, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Occupy This Album” (featuring Crosby & Nash, Devo, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Debbie Harry, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Music For Occupy, May 15, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“What to Expect When You’re Expecting [MP3 Download]” (soundtrack to the ensemble-cast romantic comedy, which opens May 18; See here; CD) |
(Capitol, May 15, 2012) |
| Violens (Brooklyn indie rockers) |
“True” (first single: “Totally True”; Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Slumberland, May 15, 2012) |
| Reggie Watts (musician-comedian) |
“A Live at Central Park [CD/DVD]” (Hear here; MP3 Download) |
(Comedy Central, May 15, 2012) |
| Andre Williams & The Sadies |
“Night & Day” (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) |
(Yep Roc, May 15, 2012) |
