| Colette Carr |
“Skitszo (Part 4) [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) |
(UMGRI / Interscope) |
| The Child of Lov |
“The Child of Lov” (guest: Damon Albarn; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Double Six / Domino) |
| Chicane Theory (Minneapolis-based space-indie rock band) |
“Things Look Up Again [MP3]” (first single: “Demolition Dust”; Hear here) |
(Chicane Theory) |
| Co La (musician and producer Matt Papich) |
“Moody Coup” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Software Recording Co.) |
| Dailey & Vincent (Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent) |
“Brothers of the Highway” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Rounder) |
| Deerhunter |
“Monomania” (producers: Bradford Cox, Nicolas Vernhes; Hear here; LP + MP3) |
(4AD) |
| Fitz and The Tantrums |
“More Than Just a Dream” (producer: Tony Hoffer; first single: “Out of My League”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Elektra) |
| Fleetwood Mac |
“Extended Play [MP3]” (four-song EP, originally released on iTunes; their new material in 10 years; Hear here; Read here) |
(LMJS Productions, LLC) |
| Glee Cast |
“I Wish [MP3],” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours [MP3],” “Superstition [MP3],” “You Are the Sunshine of My Life [MP3]” |
(Columbia) |
| Grandchildren (electro-acoustic orchestral pop band from Philadelphia) |
“Golden Age” (producers: Chris Powell, Bill Moriarty; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Ernest Jenning Recording Co.) |
| Patty Griffin |
“American Kid” (producers: Griffin, Craig Ross; guest: Robert Plant; first single: “Ohio”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; CD/DVD; MP3) |
(New West) |
| Tess Henley (Seattle-based singer/pianist) |
“High Heels & Sneakers [MP3]” (producers: The Roots’ Dice Raw, Khari Mateen; Hear here) |
(Hey! Listen To This! Music) |
| Courtney Jaye (Nashville singer-songwriter) |
“Love and Forgiveness” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Love and Forgiveness / 1-2-3-4-GO!) |
| Jefferson (Sydney rock-pop group) |
“All the Love in the World” (first single: “No Surprise”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Spectra) |
| Kingdom Come |
“Outlier” (producer: frontman Lenny Wolf; Hear here; MP3) |
(SPV / Steamhammer) |
| Talib Kweli |
“Prisoner of Conscience” (guests: Miguel, Kendrick Lamar, Curren$y, Busta Rhymes, Nelly, Melanie Fiona, Marsha Ambrosius, Seu Jorge; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Javotti Media) |
| Lady Antebellum |
“Golden” (producers: Paul Worley, Lady Antebellum; first single: “Downtown”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Capitol Nashville) |
| Little Boots (aka Victoria Hesketh) |
“Nocturnes [MP3]” (producer: DFA Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy; first single: “Motorway”; Hear here) |
(On Repeat) |
| Natalie Maines (of The Dixie Chicks) |
“Mother” (producer: Ben Harper; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Columbia) |
| Sara Melson (singer-songwriter) |
“A Million White Stars [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Sara Melson) |
| Mother Falcon (Austin-based orchestral indie-rock group) |
“You Knew [MP3]” (first single: “Pink Stallion”; Hear here) |
(Creme Fraiche / Red Ryder Entertainment) |
| Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold, Mark Hummel, James Harman and Sugar Ray Norcia |
“Remembering Little Walter” (producer: Hummel; Read here) |
(Blind Pig) |
| 98 Degrees |
“2.0” (their first album in more than 10 years; Hear here; MP3) |
(eOne Music) |
| Noah and the Whale (English indie folk-rock group) |
“Heart of Nowhere [MP3]” (first single: “There Will Come a Time”; Hear here) |
(U.K. – Mercury, May 6) |
| Tom Odell (winner of the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award) |
“Long Way Down” (Hear here; See here) |
(U.K. – RCA / In The Name Of – label founded by Lily Rose Cooper, May 6) |
| Phaseone |
“If I Tell U [MP3]” (first single: “Blood Spirit I”; Hear here; Vinyl) |
(Williams Street) |
| The Piano Guys |
“The Piano Guys 2” (Hear here; Deluxe Edition; MP3) |
(Sony Masterworks) |
| Pinkunoizu (Danish quartet) |
“Second Amendment [MP3]” (five-song EP; Hear here; See here) |
(Full Time Hobby) |
| dUg Pinnick (of King’s X) |
“Naked” (producer: Pinnick; Hear here; MP3) |
(RockArmy / MVD) |
| Pistol Annies (Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley) |
“Annie Up” (first single: “Hush Hush”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Sony Nashville) |
| Ann Pragg (alter ego of Gainesville’s Matt Radick) |
“Bitter Fruit [MP3]” (first single: “Demolition Dust”; Hear here) |
(Wonderland Archives) |
| Joshua Redman |
“Walking Shadows” (producer: Brad Mehldau; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Nonesuch) |
| Rudimental (British drum ‘n’ bass/electronic outfit) |
“Home” (producers: Rudimental, Mike Spencer; guests: Emeli Sandé, John Newman, Angel Haze, Foxes, Sinead Harnett, Becky Hill, Alex Clare, Ella Eyre, MNEK, Syron; new single: “Waiting All Night”; Hear here; See here) |
(U.K. – Warner, May 6) |
| Joe Satriani |
“Unstoppable Momentum” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Epic) |
| Savages (British female post-punk group) |
“Silence Yourself” (producers: Johnny Hostile, Rodaidh McDonald; first single: “She Will”; Hear here; LP + MP3) |
(Pop Noire / Matador) |
| She & Him |
“Volume 3” (includes three covers; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Merge) |
| Rod Stewart |
“Time” (his first album of rock originals since 2001; first single: “She Makes me Happy”; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Capitol) |
| Sun Angle |
“Diamond Junk [MP3]” (producer: Danny Seim from Menomena; first single: “Time Snakes”; Hear here) |
(New Moss) |
| Bonnie Tyler |
“Rocks and Honey” (her first album since 2005; producers: David Huff, Desmond Child; guest: Vince Gill; Hear here) |
(U.K. – Celtic Swan / Warner, May 6) |
| The Uncluded (rapper Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson) |
“Hokey Fright” (guest: James McNew of Yo La Tengo; first single: “Earthquake”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Rhymesayers) |
| Various artists |
“Music From Baz Luhrmann’s Film The Great Gatsby [Film soundtrack]” (remake directed by Baz Luhrmann stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan; opens in theaters May 10; See here; MP3) |
(WaterTower Music) |
| Various artists |
“The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Vol. 2 [TV soundtrack]” |
(Big Machine / Universal) |
| Various artists |
“NOW That’s What I Call Music! 46” (20 songs; MP3) |
(Universal Music Group) |
| The Vibrators |
“On the Guest List” (guests: members of Supersuckers, MC5, UK Subs, The Damned, The Stranglers, The Dickies, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Cleopatra) |
| Vinyette (NYC avant-garde rockers) |
“Every Little Mouse Run [MP3]” (producer: John Green; new single: “Twenty Dollar Doctor”; Hear here; See here) |
(Machine Dream) |
| Jimmy Vivino & The Black Italians |
“13 Live” (recorded at Levon Helms Studios; Hear here) |
(Blind Pig) |
| The Wiggles |
“Taking Off!” (new lineup: Anthony, Emma, Lachy and Simon; Hear here; MP3) |
(Razor & Tie) |
| Shannon Wright |
“In Film Sound” (producer: Kevin Ratterman; first single: “The Caustic Light”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
