| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| Rodney Atkins | “Take a Back Road” (producer: Ted Hewitt; first single: “Take a Back Road”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Curb, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| George Benson | “Guitar Man” (Hear here; Read here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Concord Jazz, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Blessthefall | “Awakening” (producer: Michael “Elvis” Baskette; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Fearless, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Chicago | “Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three” (producer: Phil Ramone; guests: Dolly Parton, Steve Cropper, Bebe Winans; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Chicago, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| David Crowder*Band | “Oh For Joy” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (sixstepsrecords/ Sparrow, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Death in Vegas | “Trans-Love Energies” (their first album in seven years; Hear here) | (U.K. – Drone, Oct. 3, 2011) |
| DJ Shadow | “The Less You Know, the Better” (producer: DJ Shadow; guests: Tom Vek, Talib Kweli, Little Dragon, Posdnuos; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Verve Forecast, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Dreamers of the Ghetto | “Enemy/Lover” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Temporary Residency Ltd., Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Emperor X | “Western Teleport” (Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Bar/None, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Feist | “Metals” (producers: Feist, Chilly Gonzalez, Mocky, Valgeir Siggurdsson; first single: “How Come You Never Go There”; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Cherrytree/Interscope, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Merle Haggard | “Working in Tennessee” (guests: Willie Nelson, Ben Haggard, Theresa Haggard; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Vanguard, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Indigo Girls | “Beauty Queen Sister” (producer: Peter Collins; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (IG Recordings/Vanguard, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Jack’s Mannequin | “People and Things” (first single: “My Racing Thoughts”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Warner, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Ronan Keating & Burt Bacharach | “When Ronan Met Burt” (recorded live with a full orchestra; released in the U.K. in March 2011; producers: Bacharach, Greg Wells; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Decca, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Lang Lang | “Liszt: My Piano Hero” (Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Sony Classical, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Lights (Canadian musician Valerie Anne Poxleitner) | “Siberia” (producers: Tawgs Salter, Holy Fuck; first single: “Toes”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Last Gang, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Mayday Parade (Tallahassee rock band) | “Mayday Parade” (producers: Zack Odom, Kenneth Mount; new single: “When You See My Friends”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Fearless/Mayday Parade, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Paul McCartney | “Paul McCartney’s Ocean’s Kingdom” (his first orchestral score for dance, commissioned by the New York City Ballet; conducted by John Wilson, produced by John Fraser and performed by The London Classical Orchestra; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Hear Music/Telarc, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Scott McCreery (“American Idol” season 10 winner) | “Clear As Day” (producer: Mark Bright; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Mercury Nashville/19 Recordings/Interscope, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Misfits | “The Devil’s Rain” (their first full-length of new material in nearly a decade; producer: Ed Stasium; Hear here) | (Misfits, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| James Morrison | “The Awakening” (producer: Bernard Butler; Hear here; See here) | (U.K. – Island, Oct. 3, 2011) |
| Mutemath | “Odd Soul” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Teleprompt/Warner, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| New Found Glory | “Radiosurgery” (producer: Neal Avron; first single: “Radiosurgery”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) | (Epitaph, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Radical Face (aka indie pop-folk artist Ben Cooper) | “The Family Tree: The Roots” (first single: “Pound of Flesh”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Bear Machine, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Real Nasty, The (Oakland power trio) | “Dirty Dollars [MP3 Download]” (Hear here) | (Ninth Street Opus, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Bess Rogers | “Out of the Ocean [MP3 Download]” (producer: Chris Kuffner; Hear here) | (Hubbub!, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| S.C.U.M (London post-punk/art rock group) | “Again Into Eyes” (new single: “Whitechapel”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Mute, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Wayne Static (of Static-X) | “Pighammer” (first single: “Assassins of Youth”; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Dirthouse, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| tobyMac | “Christmas in Diverse City” (includes “Christmas This Year,” with Leigh Nash; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Forefront/EMI, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Transit (Boston pop-punk band) | “Listen & Forgive” (producer: Gary Cioffi; guest: Patrick Stump; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) | (Rise, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Dwight Twilley | “Soundtrack” (guests: Susan Cowsill, Taylor Hanson; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Varese Sarabande/Fontana, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From the Television Series” (featuring tracks from Bob Dylan, Train, Goo Goo Dolls, The Swell Season, Switchfoot, Jimmy Cliff, Ziggy Marley, Jake Shimabukuro, etc.) | (CBS, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Various artists | “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams” (Bob Dylan’s all-star project of completing unfinished Williams songs; contributors: Dylan, Sheryl Crow, Alan Jackson, Norah Jones, Merle Haggard, Jakob Dylan, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Jack White, Lucinda Williams, Levon Helm, Patty Loveless, Holly Williams; Read here; MP3 Download) | (Egyptian/Columbia, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Various artists | “Seasons Greetings: A Jersey Boys Christmas” (Read here; MP3 Download) | (Rhino, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Matthew West | “The Heart of Christmas” (guests: Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Mandisa; Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Sparrow, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Hayley Westenra/Ennio Morricone | “Paradiso” (Hear here; MP3 Download) | (Decca, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| We Were Promised Jetpacks. (indie rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland) | “In the Pit of the Stomach” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) | (FatCat, Oct. 4, 2011) |
| Zucchero | “Chocabeck” (producers: Don Was, Brendan O’Brien, Zucchero; includes English lyrics by Bono, Iggy Pop and Roland Orzabal; guest: Brian Wilson; Hear here; Italian version; MP3 Download) | (Decca, Oct. 4, 2011) |
