| 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) |
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