| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Damon Albarn (of Blur) | “Dr Dee” (an opera inspired by the life of John Dee [1527-1608], medical and scientific advisor to Elizabeth I; recorded with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Virgin, May 8, 2012) |
| ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) | “Sounds Like This” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Brushfire/Universal Republic, May 8, 2012) |
| Auburn (U.K. electro-acoustic ensemble featuring singer-songwriter Liz Lenten) | “Indian Summer” (producer: guitarist Max Gilkes; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (U.K. – Scarlet/Gonzo MultiMedia, May 7, 2012) |
| Blush (Pan-Asian female fivesome) | “The Undivided EP [MP3 Download]” (nine songs; guest: Snoop Dogg; first single: “All Stars”; Hear here) | (FarWest Entertainment, May 10, 2012) |
| Die Pretty | “Beyond Fate” (producer: Oliver Straus; Hear here) | (Global Creative, May 8, 2012) |
| DZ Deathrays (thrash-pop duo from Brisbane, Australia) | “Bloodstreams [MP3 Download]” (first single: “No Sleep”; Hear here; See here) | (Three Quarter, May 8, 2012) |
| Aaron Freeman (of Ween) | “Marvelous Clouds” (features 13 versions of songs written by 20th century poet-songwriter Rod McKuen; producer: Ben Vaughn; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Partisan, May 8, 2012) |
| Glenn Frey | “After Hours” (his first studio album in 20 years; all-standards; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Universal, May 8, 2012) |
| John Fullbright (Oklahoma singer-songwriter) | “From the Ground Up” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Blue Dirt/Thirty Tigers, May 8, 2012) |
| Philip Glass | “Glass Symphony No. 9” (featuring Bruckner Orchester Linz, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies; See here) | (Orange Mountain Music, May 8, 2012) |
| Pat Green | “Songs We Wished We’d Written II” (covers of Tom Petty, Joe Ely, Lyle Lovett, Todd Snider, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Sugar Hill, May 8, 2012) |
| Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn rock band) | “A Different Ship” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Secretly Canadian, May 8, 2012) |
| Horseback (Chapel Hill, N.C., hard-rock group) | “Half Blood” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Relapse, May 8, 2012) |
| Hung (led by Trans Siberian Orchestra electric violnist Lyris Hung) | “Hung” (producers: Andy Abel, Lyris Hung; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (ReThink/The End May 8, 2012) |
| Infected Mushroom | “Army of Mushrooms [MP3 Download]” (first single: “U-R-So-Fu**ed”; Hear here; CD) | (Dim Mak, May 8, 2012) |
| John 5 (former Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie guitarist) | “God Told Me To [CD/DVD]” (cover art by Rob Zombie; includes a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (60 Cycle Hum/Rocket Science, May 8, 2012) |
| Karmin (pop duo) | “Hello” (producers: Stargate, Tricky Stewart, Cirkut, Jon Jon Traxx; first single: “Brokenhearted”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Epic, May 8, 2012) |
| Keane | “Strangeland” (producer: Dan Grech-Marguerat; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Cherrytree/Interscope, May 8, 2012) |
| Kindness (London/Berlin-based Adam Bainbridge) | “World, You Need a Change of Mind” (includes covers of The Replacements’ “Swingin’ Party” and Anita Dobson’s “Anyone Can Fall in Love”; producers: Bainbridge, Phillipe Zdar; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Casablanca, May 8, 2012) |
| King Charles (2010 winner of the International Songwriting Competition) | “LoveBlood” (first single: “LoveBlood”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Universal Republic, May 8, 2012) |
| Michael Kiwanuka (winner of the BBC Sound of 2012 prize) | “Home Again [MP3 Download]” (CD version arrives in July; released in the U.K. in March; producer: Paul Butler of The Bees; Hear here) | (Cherrytree/Interscope, May 8, 2012) |
| Led Er Est | “The Driver” (first single: “Kaiyo Maru”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Sacred Bones, May 8, 2012) |
| Greg Laswell | “Landline” (guests: Ingrid Michaelson, Sia, Sara Bareilles, Elizabeth Ziman; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Vanguard, May 8, 2012) |
| Martha’s Trouble | “A Little Heart Like You [MP3 Download]” (indie folk duo’s album of lullabies; producer: Chris Rosser; Hear here) | (Aisling, May 8, 2012) |
| Mary Mary | “Go Get It” (guests: Destiny’s Child, Kirk Franklin, Kierra “Kiki” Sheard; first single: “Go Get It”; Hear here) | (My Block/Columbia, May 8, 2012) |
| Moonlight Cove (Swedish synthpop band) | “Hearts of the World [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Kinetophone, May 8, 2012) |
| PS I Love You | “Death Dreams” (producer: Matt Rogalsky; first single: “Don’t Go”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Paper Bag, May 8, 2012) |
| Trevor Rabin | “Jacaranda” (Hear here) | (Varese, May 8, 2012) |
| Royalty, The (El Paso indie chamber-pop band) | “Lovers” (producer: Cameron Webb; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Victory, May 8, 2012) |
| Arturo Sandoval | “Dear Diz (Every Day I Think of You)” (Sandoval’s tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, his friend and mentor; guests: Gary Burton, Yellowjackets’ Bob Mintzer, Joey DeFrancesco, Eddie Daniels, Ed Calle, Gregg Field, etc.; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (Concord, May 8, 2012) |
| Silversun Pickups | “Neck of the Woods” (producer: Jacknife Lee; first single: “Bloody Mary [Nerve Endings]”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Dangerbird, May 8, 2012) |
| Dee Snider (of Twisted Sister) | “Dee Does Broadway” (guests: Patti LuPone, Bebe Neuwirth, Cyndi Lauper, Clay Aiken; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download; see related book below) | (Razor & Tie, May 8, 2012) |
| Speakers (pop/hip-hop duo) | “New Frequency [MP3 Download]” (four-song EP; guests: Travie McCoy of Gym Class Heroes, NiRé All’Dai; Hear here; See here) | (Newco/Virgin, May 8, 2012) |
| Tank | “This Is How I Feel” (guests: Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Kris Stephens; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Atlantic, May 8, 2012) |
| Paul Thorn | “What the Hell Is Goin’ On?” (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Perpetual Obscurity/Thirty Tigers, May 8, 2012) |
| Various artists | “Oh Happy Day: All-Star Music Celebration [MP3 Download]” (featuring Queen Latifah, 3 Doors Down, Jonny Lang, Robert Randolph, Al Green and Heather Headley) | (EMI Gospel, May 8, 2012) |
| VHS or Beta | “Diamonds and Dub [MP3 Download]” (producer: Jacques Renault; Hear here) | (Krian Music Group, May 8, 2012) |
| Romain Virgo (22-year-old Jamaican singer) | “The System” (producers: Shane Brown, Donovan Germain, Viking Productions; first single: “I Know Better”; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download) | (VP, May 8, 2012) |
| Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek) | “Sun Midnight Sun” (producer: Blake Mills; guests: Jackson Browne, Fiona Apple, Taylor Goldsmith, Benmont Tench, Sean Watkins; first single: “When It Pleases You”; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Nonesuch, May 8, 2012) |
| West of Hell (Vancouver metal group) | “Spiral Empire [MP3 Download]” (producer: Rob Shallcross; Hear here) | (Reversed, May 8, 2012) |
| Rita Wilson (actress and wife of Tom Hanks) | “AM/FM” (covers of ’60s and ’70s classics; producer: Fred Mollin; guests: Jackson Browne, Faith Hill, Chris Cornell, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Webb, Vince Gill, Patty Scialfa; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Decca, May 8, 2012) |
