New stuff
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Airbourne (Australian metal band) | “Black Dog Barking” (producer: Brian Howes; Hear here; MP3) | (Roadrunner) |
| Alpine (Australian sextet) | “A Is For Alphine” (producer: Dann Hume; first single: “Hands”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Votiv) |
| The Beach Boys | “The Beach Boys Live: The 50th Anniversary Tour” (two CDs, 41 songs; recorded during their 2012 reunion tour; MP3) | (Capitol / UMe) |
| Randall Bramblett | “Bright Spots” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (New West) |
| The Brand New Heavies (new vocalist: Dawn Joseph) | “Forward” (their first album since 2006; first single: “Sunlight”; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes | “Baby Caught the Bus” (released in the group’s native Australia in 2012; Hear here) | (Vanguard) |
| Burning Rain (Whitesnake guitarist Doug Aldrich’s original band) | “Epic Obsession” (with two bonus tracks; Hear here; see related reissues below; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Jamie Cullum | “Momentum” (producers: Jim Abbiss, Dan The Automator; guests: Roots Manuva; first single: “Everything You Didn’t Do”; Hear here) | (U.K. – Island, May 20) |
| Daft Punk | “Random Access Memories” (their first album since 2005; guests: Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, Paul Williams, Todd Edwards, Panda Bear; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Daft Punk / Columbia) |
| Flash | “Flash Featuring Ray Bennett & Colin Carter” (British prog rock legends’ first album in 40 years; Carter was an original member of Yes; Hear here; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Bob James & David Sanborn | “Quartette Humaine” (with James Genus and Steve Gadd; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Okeh / Sony Masterworks) |
| Angie Johnson (contestant on Team Cee Lo on season two of “The Voice”) | “Sing For You” (four-song EP; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Music Nashville) |
| Emma Louise | “vs. Head vs. Heart” (producer: Matt Redlich; Hear here; MP3) | (Frenchkiss) |
| Majical Cloudz | “Impersonator” (first single: “Bugs Don’t Buzz”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Matador) |
| Audra McDonald | “Go Back Home” (the singer-actress’ first solo album in seven years; producer: Doug Petty; Hear/read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch) |
| Pat Metheny | “Tap: John Zorn’s Book of Angels, Vol. 20” (Read here; MP3) | (Nonesuch / Tzadik) |
| French Montana (rapper) | “Excuse My French” (guests: Drake, Nicki Minaj, Snoop Lion, Scarface, Ne-Yo, Raekwon, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, Birdman, DJ Khaled, Ace Hood, Diddy, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Maybach Music Group / Interscope) |
| Willy Moon (indie-pop singer from New Zealand) | “Here’s Willy Moon” (producer: Pulp’s Steve Mackey; Hear here) | (Interscope) |
| The National | “Trouble Will Find Me” (Hear here; LP + MP3) | (4AD) |
| New Politics (Brooklyn-based rock trio) | “A Bad Girl in Harlem” (first single: “Harlem”; Hear here; See here; LP + MP3) | (RCA) |
| Open Air Stereo (Laguna Beach, Calif., rock-pop quartet) | “Primates” (producers: Gavin Brown, Mike Plotnikoff, Peter Stengaard; first single: “Stuck On You”; Hear here; MP3) | (Goomba Music) |
| Radiation City | “Animals in the Median” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Tender Loving Empire) |
| Radical Dads | “Rapid Reality” (Hear here) | (Uninhabitable Mansions) |
| Don Rigsby | “Doctor’s Orders: A Tribute to Ralph Stanley” (guests: Stanley and former Clinch Mountain Boys Larry Sparks, Ricky Skaggs, Charlie Sizemore, Steve Sparkman; first single: “The Mountain Doctor”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rebel) |
| Darius Rucker | “True Believers” (guests: Sheryl Crow, Mallary Hope; first single: “True Believers”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Thirty Seconds to Mars | “Love Lust Faith + Dreams” (producer: Steve Lillywhite; first single: “Up in the Air”; Vinyl; MP3) | (Virgin) |
| Various artists | “Fast & Furious 6 [Film soundtrack]” (action-movie sequel opens May 24; See here; MP3) | (Def Jam) |
Reissues
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Ace | “Five-a-Side [MP3]” (1974 album; featuring “How Long”) | (RDEG) |
| Chet Atkins | “Playlist: The Very Best of Chet Atkins” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Jeff Buckley | “Playlist: The Very Best of Jeff Buckley” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Burning Rain | “Burning Rain” (1999 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; MP3), “Pleasure to Burn” (2000 album; remastered, with two bonus tracks; MP3) | (Frontiers) |
| Jerry Butler | “Iceman: The Mercury Years [MP3]” (1992 compilation, 44 songs) | (Mercury / UMe) |
| The Byrds | “Younger Than Yesterday [MP3]” (1967 album; with five bonus tracks) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Captain Beyond | “Live in Texas October 6, 1973” (Vinyl; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| David Crowder*Band | “All This For a King: The Essential Collection” (includes two new songs and four new mixes) | (SixSteps / EMI) |
| Mac Davis | “A Little More Action Please: The Anthology 1970-1985” (23 tracks; Read here) | (Raven) |
| Eagles | “The Studio Albums 1972-1979 [MP3]” (featuring all six studio albums) | (Rhino / Elektra) |
| Judy Garland | “Creations 1929-1943: Songs She Introduced [MP3]” (48 tracks), “Creations 1943-1962: Songs She Introduced [MP3]” (46 tracks; Read here) | (JPS, May 20) |
| Ian Hunter | “Ian Hunter [MP3]” (1975 album) | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Michael Jackson | “Michael Jackson: The Complete Remix Suite [MP3]” (2009 compilation; 20 tracks) | (Motown / UMe) |
| Patty Loveless | “Playlist: The Very Best of Patty Loveless” | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Mindy McCready | “Playlist: The Very Best of Mindy McCready” | (BNA / Legacy) |
| New York Dolls | “Too Much Too Soon” (1974 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| Billy Ocean | “Playlist: The Very Best of Billy Ocean” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Robert Palmer | “Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley” (1976 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Riptide” (1985 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| Iggy Pop | “Playlist: The Very Best of Iggy Pop” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Primus | “Sailing the Seas of Cheese” (1991 album, with three previously unreleased bonus tracks and two live recordings; newly mixed in stereo and Dolby 5.1 Surround, overseen by Les Claypool; Dual Disc; Vinyl) | (Interscope / UMe) |
| Tito Puente | “Playlist: The Very Best of Tito Puente” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| R.E.O. Speedwagon | “R.E.O. [MP3]” (1976 album) | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Restless Heart | “Playlist: The Very Best of Restless Heart” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Diana Ross | “Playlist: The Very Best of Diana Ross” | (RCA / Legacy) |
| Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes | “Playlist: The Very Best of Southside Johnny and The Asbury Jukes” | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Switchfoot | “Playlist: The Very Best of Switchfoot” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
| Donna Summer | “Playlist: The Very Best of Donna Summer” | (Epic / Legacy) |
| Townes Van Zandt | “High Low and In Between” (1971 album; remastered; Vinyl), “The Late Great Townes Van Zandt” (1972 album; remastered; Read here; Vinyl) | (Omnivore Recordings) |
| Various artists | “FM” (1978 soundtrack album; remastered; two CDs; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica; Track list) | (Culture Factory) |
| Various artists | “Joe Meek – Telstar: Anthology” (three CDs, 75 songs; Track list) | (Not Now) |
| Various artists | “Putumayo Presents Brazilian Beat,” “Putumayo Presents Brazilian Lounge,” “Putumayo Presents Women of Brazil” | (Putumayo) |
| Various artists | “Watch Your Mouth: Gems from the Warner Brother Vaults” (three CDs, 75 songs) | (One Day) |
| Wang Chung | “Points on the Curve” (1984 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica), “Mosaic” (1986 album; remastered; CD Deluxe Vinyl Replica) | (Culture Factory) |
| Warrant | “Playlist: The Very Best of Warrant” | (Columbia / Legacy) |
DVD / Blu-ray
| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Chevy Chase | “National Lampoon’s Vacation: 30th Anniversary Edition [Blu-ray] (1983 film), “Vegas Vacation [Blu-ray] (1997 film) | (Warner) |
| The Moody Blues | “Threshold of a Dream: Live at the Isle of Wight Festival [DVD/CD] (recorded in August 1970; See here) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Aaron Neville | “My True Story [DVD] (recorded at the Brooklyn Bowl in November 2012, with guests Paul Simon, Joan Osborne, Eugene Pitt of the Jive Five, and Dickie Harmon from the Del-Vikings; aired on PBS stations in March 2013; Read/see here) | (Blue Note) |
| The Rolling Stones | “The Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane [DVD] (2012 documentary directed by Brett Morgen; See here; Blu-ray) | (Eagle Rock) |
| Various artists | “Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera [DVD] (three discs) | (Warner) |
Music books
| Subject/ Author(s): | Title: | Publisher/Due date: |
| Dave Thompson | “Goldmine Record Album Price Guide: 7th Edition [Paperback]” | (Krause Publications, May 22) |
| Jo Wood (ex-wife of Ronnie Wood) | “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll: 30 Years Married to a Rolling Stone [Hardcover]” (Read here; Kindle) | (It Books/HarperCollins) |