| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Art Brut | “Brilliant! Tragic!” (producer: Black Francis; first single: “Lost Weekend”; Hear here) | (Cooking Vinyl/The End, May 23, 2011) |
| Joseph Arthur | “The Graduation Ceremony” (his first solo album since 2006; producer: John Alagia; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) | (Lonely Astronaut, May 23, 2011) |
| Atlanta Rhythm Section | “With All Due Respect” | (Fuel, May 23, 2011) |
| Frankie Ballard | “Frankie Ballard” (producer: Michael Knox; new single: “A Buncha Girls”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Warner Bros. Nashville, May 24, 2011) |
| David Bazan (formerly of Pedro the Lion) | “Strange Negotiations” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Barsuk, May 24, 2011) |
| Bird of Youth (Brooklyn indie-rock group) | “Defender” (producers: Will Sheff of Okkervil River, Phil Palazzolo; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Inebriate, May 24, 2011) |
| Dot Dot Curve 🙂 | “I’m Still Here” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Victory, May 23, 2011) |
| Fire Apes, The (South Carolina pop-rock band) | “A Life in Letters [MP3 Download]” (producers: Shinedown’s Eric Bass, Sean O’Keefe, Fountains of Wayne guitarist Jody Porter; Hear here) | (The Fire Apes, May 23, 2011) |
| Fireworks (Detroit rock group) | “Gospel.” (producer: Brian McTernan; first singe: “Arrows”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Triple Crown, May 24, 2011) |
| Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside | “Dirty Radio” (first single: “I Swear”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Partisan, May 24, 2011 – actually came out on May 23, but better late than never) |
| Foster the People | “Torches” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Columbia/StarTime Intl., May 23, 2011) |
| Friendly Fires (English dance punk band) | “Pala” (producers: Friendly Fires, Paul Epworth; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (XL Recordings, May 24, 2011) |
| Jadakiss | “I Love You: The Mixtape — A Dedication to My Fans” (producers: Icepick, J Buttah, Duane “DaRock” Ramos, Bink!, Pav Bundy, Remo The Hit Maker, Mr. Inkredible, etc.; guests: Styles P, Rick Ross, Emanny, Pharrell, etc.; first single: “Hold You Down”; Hear/read here; MP3 Download) | (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Def Jam, May 23, 2011) |
| Journey | “Eclipse” (Hear here; Read here) | (Frontiers, May 24, 2011 – to be sold exclusively in Walmart stores) |
| Lady Gaga | “Born This Way” (first single: “Born This Way”; Hear here; Read here; Expanded edition; Vinyl) | (Streamline/Kon Live/Cherrytree/ Interscope, May 23, 2011) |
| Lo-Pan (Columbus, Ohio, rock group) | “Salvador” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Small Stone, May 24, 2011) |
| Ray Manzarek/Roy Rogers | “Translucent Blues” (a collaboration between The Doors keyboardist and the slide guitar master; Hear here) | (Blind Pig, May 24, 2011) |
| Stephen Marley | “Revelation, Part 1: The Root of Life” (first single: “Jah Army”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Ghetto Youths/Universal, May 23, 2011) |
| Soema Montenegro (Argentine singer) | “Passionaria” (producers: Jorge Sottile, Juan I. Serrano; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Western Vinyl, May 24, 2011) |
| Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth) | “Demolished Thoughts” (producer: Beck; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Matador, May 24, 2011) |
| Brad Paisley | “This Is Country Music” (producer: Frank Rogers; first single: “This is Country Music”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Arista Nashville, May 23, 2011) |
| Planningtorock | “W [MP3 Download]” (first single: “Doorway”; Hear here; CD; Vinyl) | (DFA, May 24, 2011) |
| Prodigy, The | “World’s On Fire [CD/DVD]” (live album recorded at Warrior’s Dance Festival at the Milton Keynes Bowl; Blu-ray; MP3 Download) | (Take Me To The Hospital/Cooking Vinyl/The End, May 23, 2011) |
| She Wants Revenge | “Valley Heart” (first single: “Must Be the One”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Perfect Kiss/RED, May 23, 2011) |
| Chip Taylor | “Rock and Roll Joe: A Tribute to the Unsung Heroes of Rock N’ Roll” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Train Wreck, May 23, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Glee: The Music, Volume 6 [TV soundtrack]” (18 songs from season 2; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Columbia, May 23, 2011) |
| Various artists | “The Hangover: Part II [Film soundtrack]” (sequel opens May 26; See here; MP3 Download) | (WaterTower Music, May 24, 2011) |
| Yourself & The Air (Chicago group) | “Who’s Who in the Zoo [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Lujo, May 24, 2011) |
