| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Kylie Auldist (Australian soul-funk singer) | “Still Life” (Hear here; MP3) | (Tru Thoughts, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Jenna Andrews (Canadian singer-songwriter) | “Kiss and Run EP [MP3]” (Hear/read here) | (21 Music/Island, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead | “Lost Songs” (first single: “Up to Infinity,” dedicated to Pussy Riot; Hear here; Special edition; MP3) | (Richter Scale/Superball Music, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Autumn Owls (Irish group) | “Between Buildings, Toward the Sea” (Hear here; MP3) | (Epitonic, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Zak Bagans vs Praga Khan (Bagans is host of Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures; Khan is founder of the Lords of Acid) | “NecroFusion [MP3]” (Hear/read here) | (Dim Mak, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Paul Banks (of Interpol) | “Banks” (producers: Banks, Peter Katis; first single: “The Base”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Matador, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| The Bar-Kays | “Grown Folks” (producer: Jazze Pha; Hear here; MP3) | (Bungalo, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Bat for Lashes (aka Natasha Khan) | “The Haunted Man” (first single: “Laura”; Hear here; See here; 2 LP/CD; MP3) | (Capitol, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Tony Bennett | “Viva Duets” (guests: Marc Anthony, Chayanne, Thalía, Juan Luis Guerra, Gloria Estefan, Roberto Carlos; Hear here) | (Columbia, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Rafiq Bhatia (American composer-guitarist) | “Yes It Will” (guests: Vijay Iyer, Billy Hart; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rest Assured, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Black Moth Super Rainbow | “Cobra Juicy” (new single: “Gangs in the Garden”; Hear here; MP3) | (Rad Cult, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Andy Burrows (former Razorlight and We Are Scientists member) | “Company [MP3]” (producers: Burrows, Tim Baxter; Hear here) | ([PIAS] America, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Colbie Caillat | “Christmas in the Sand” (producer: father Ken Caillat; guests: Brad Paisley, Gavin DeGraw; Hear here; MP3) | (Republic, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson | “Wreck & Ruin” (first single: “Adam & Eve”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sugar Hill, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Gary Clark Jr. (singer-guitarist) | “Blak and Blu” (producers: Clark, Mike Elizondo, Clark; first single: “Ain’t Messin ‘Round”; Hear here) | (Warner, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Crack the Sky | “Ostrich” (Hear here) | (Aluminum Cat Recordings, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Dan Cummins | “Hear This!” (recorded May 18-19, 2012, at the Helium Comedy Club in Portland, Ore.; Hear here; MP3) | (Jack Records/Warner, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | “Change My Mind” (first single: “Change My Mind”; Hear here; MP3) | (Blue Cadillac Music, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Neil Davidge (Massive Attack producer) | “Halo 4: Original Soundtrack” (Halo 4 is due Nov. 6 for Xbox 360; Hear/read here) | (7Hz/The End, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Diamond Rings | “Free Dimensional” (Hear here) | (Astralwerks, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Fossil Collective (harmony-rich duo from Leeds, U.K.) | “On and On [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Dirty Hit, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Further Seems Forever | “Penny Black” (producers: singer Chris Carrabba, Jonathan Clark, Mike Fanuell; first single: “So Cold”; Hear here; See here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rise, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Philip Glass | “Rework” (remix project featuring Beck, Tyondai Braxton, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Dan Deacon, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, Memory Tapes, Silver Alert, Pantha Du Prince, My Great Ghost and Peter Broderick; Hear here) | (Orange Mountain Music, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Steve Hackett | “Genesis Revisited II” (guests: John Wetton, Mikael Akerfeldt, Steven Wilson, Conrad Keely; Hear here; MP3) | (InsideOut Music, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Hunter Valentine (female rock trio) | “Collide & Conquer” (producer: Treble Charger’s Greig Nori; Hear here; MP3) | (Megaforce, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Ill Niño | “Epidemia” (Hear here; MP3) | (Victory, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| jODYtheCREEP (formerly Supercreep) | “Love [MP3]” (Hear here) | (M2F2, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Sammy Kershaw | “A Sammy Klaus Christmas” (Hear here; MP3) | (Big Hit/MRI, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Killbot (electronic dance music collective feat. JDevil, aka KoRn’s Jonathan Davis) | “Sound Surgery [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here; See here) | (Dim Mak, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Lady Antebellum | “On This Winter’s Night” (Christmas album; producers: Lady Antebellum, Paul Worley; Hear here; MP3) | (Capitol Nashville, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Kendrick Lamar | “good kid, m.A.A.d city” (Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Top Dawg/ Aftermath/Interscope, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Land Observations (former Appliance member James Brooks) | “Roman Roads IV-XI” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Lang Lang | “The Chopin Album [CD/DVD]” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Sony Classical, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Layo & Bushwacka! | “Rising & Falling [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Olmeto, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| The Lee Boys (sacred steel gospel group from Miami) | “Testify” (guests: Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Gia Wyr, Matt Slocum, Nate Worth, Matt Grondin; Hear here; MP3) | (Evil Teen, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Ryan Leslie | “Les Is More” (first single: “Beautiful Lie,” feat. Fabolous; Hear here) | (Lifestyle Group/BDG, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Magic Panda | “Tokyo [MP3]” (seven-song EP; Hear here) | (Tigerbeat6, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Main Attrakionz | “Bossalinis & Fooliyones” (producers: Harry Fraud, The Mekanix, Supreme Cuts, etc.; first single: “Do It For the Bay”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Young One, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Bridgit Mendler (star of Disney Channel’s “Good Luck Charlie”) | “Hello My Name Is …” (producer: Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou; first single: “Ready or Not”; Hear here) | (Hollywood, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Elizabeth Mitchell & You Are My Flower | “Blue Clouds” (producers: Mitchell, Warren Defever, Daniel Littleton; Hear here; MP3) | (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Newsboys | “Live in Concert: God’s Not Dead” (recorded at the 2012 Sonshine Festival in Willmar, Minn., and LifeFest in Oshkosh, Wis.; Hear here; MP3) | (Sparrow, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Night Ranger | “24 Strings & A Drummer — Live & Acoustic [CD/DVD]” (recorded in an intimate, all-acoustic setting with a select number of fans at TRI Studios in San Rafael, Calif., in May 2012; Hear here; MP3) | (Frontiers, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Other Lives | “Mind the Gap EP [MP3]” (first single: “Take Us Alive”; Hear here) | (tbd records, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Pig Destroyer (grindcore band) | “Book Burner” (Hear here; See here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Relapse, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| The Polyphonic Spree | “Holidaydream: Sounds of the Holidays Volume One” (includes 10 holiday standards, two original instrumentals and a cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy X-Mas [War is Over]”; producers: Knife and Fork’s Eric Drew Feldman, The Speekers; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Good Records Recordings/Kirtland, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Rah Rah (Canadian indie-rock band) | “The Poet’s Dead” (producers: Gus Van Go, Werner F; Hear here; MP3) | (Hidden Pony, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Genya Ravan (former lead singer of Ten Wheel Drive) | “Cheesecake Girl: Scenes From Lollipop Lounge” (Hear here) | (Collectables, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| The Samuel Jackson Five (Norwegian instrumental rock group) | “The Samuel Jackson 5” (Hear here; MP3) | (Denovali, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Neal Schon (Journey guitarist) | “The Calling [MP3]” (former Journey drummer Steve Smith plays on all 12 tracks; producer: Schon; guests: keyboardists Jan Hammer and Igor Len; Hear here) | (Frontiers, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Tom Shaner | “Ghost Songs, Waltzes, and Rock & Roll [MP3]” (producer: Charles Newman; Hear here) | (Mother West, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Shiny Toy Guns (reunited with original singer Carah Faye Charnow) | “III” (producers: Mirror Machines; new single: “Somewhere to Hide”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Five Seven Music, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Solid Gold (Minneapolis trio) | “Eat Your Young” (Hear here; MP3) | (Totally Gross National Product, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Richie Spice | “Soothing Sounds: Acoustic [MP3]” (first single: “Free”; Hear here) | (Tad’s Record, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| State Radio | “Rabbit Inn Rebellion” (Hear here) | (Ruff Shod, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Stone Sour | “House of Gold & Bones Part 1” (producer: David Bottrill; Hear here; MP3) | (Roadrunner, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Swedish House Mafia | “Until Now” (first single: “Don’t You Worry Child,” feat. John Martin; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (Astralwerks, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Sweethearts of the Rodeo | “Restless [MP3]” (the country sister duo’s first album in 16 years; producers: Dave Pomeroy, Sweethearts of the Rodeo; Hear here) | (Good Trade, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Taylor Swift | “Red” (first single: “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”; Hear here; Read here; Bonus package, featuring a “Red” rubber bracelet, sticker and a note from Swift; Vinyl) | (Big Machine, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| The Sword | “Apocryphon” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Razor & Tie, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Talk Normal | “Sunshine” (producer: Christina Files; first single: “Bad Date”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Joyful Noise Recordings, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band singer) | “Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me” (covers of jazz and swing standards; Hear here) | (U.K. – Connector, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Titus Andronicus (N.J. punk-rock band) | “Local Business” (producer: Kevin McMahon; guests: Owen Pallett, Steven Harm, Elio DeLuca; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (XL Recordings, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Unknown Component | “Blood v. Electricity” (producer: Keith Lynch; first single: “Nowhere Is Alone”; Hear here) | (Unknown Component, Oct. 23, 2012) |
| Various artists | “The Man With the Iron Fists [Film soundtrack]” (Quentin Tarantino movie opens Nov. 2; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Soul Temple/Stax/RED Music, Oct. 22, 2012) |
| Karyn White | “Carpe Diem” (her first album in more than 18 years; Hear here; MP3) | (Lightyear, Oct. 22, 2012) |
