| 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.) |
