| Artist: | Title: | Label/Due date: |
| David Åhlén (Swedish singer-songwriter) | “Selah [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Mishkan) |
| The Albertans | “Dangerous Anything” (first single: “Casual Encounters”; Hear here; MP3) | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Arctic Monkeys | “AM” (producers: James Ford, Ross Orton; guests: Elvis Costello, Josh Homme, Pete Thomas, Bill Ryder-Jones, John Cooper Clarke; first single: “Do I Wanna Know?”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Domino) |
| Willis Earl Beal (Chicago lo-fi musician) | “Nobody knows.” (Hear here; Read here; LP + MP3) | (Hot Charity / XL Recordings) |
| Bowling For Soup | “Lunch. Drunk. Love.” (producer: Jarinus; Hear here; MP3) | (Brando / Que-So) |
| Convenant (Swedish electronic group) | “Leaving Babylon” (first single: “Last Dance”; Hear here; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos | “Live in San Francisco” (recorded in 2011 at Great American Music Hall; Hear here; MP3) | (Nonesuch / Perro Verde) |
| Sheryl Crow | “Feels Like Home” (producers: Crow, Brad Paisley; first single: “Easy”; Hear here; MP3) | (Old Green Barn / Sea Gayle Music / Warner) |
| Voo Davis (Americana/blues rocker) | “Vicious Things [MP3]” (Hear here) | (Butter & Bacon) |
| D.P. (country rapper Danny Perez, from Gainesville, Fla.) | “While We’re Still Young” (Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Sosic) |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | “Now, Then & Forever” (their first album in eight years; guest: Daniel McClain; first single: “My Promise”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3; see related reissue below) | (Legacy) |
| Gloria Estefan | “The Standards” (guests: Dave Koz, Joshua Bell, Laura Pausini; first single: “How Long Has This Been Going On”; Hear here; MP3) | (Sony Music Latin) |
| Forest Fire | “Screens [MP3]” (producer: Jonathan Schenke; first single: “Waiting in the Night; Hear here; Vinyl) | (FatCat) |
| Gemini Syndrome (L.A. hard-rock band) | “LUX” (producer: Kevin Churko; first single: “Basement”; Hear here; See here) | (Warner) |
| Gipsy Kings | “Savor Flamenco” (their first album in seven years marks their 25th anniversary; Hear here; MP3) | (Knitting Factory) |
| Goldfrapp | “Tales of Us” (producers: Goldfrapp; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Mute) |
| Juliana Hatfield | “Wild Animals” (Hear here) | (Ye Olde) |
| Have Gun, Will Travel (Americana band from Bradenton, Fla.) | “Fiction, Fact or Folktale? [MP3]” (first single: “Standing At the End of the World”; Hear here) | (This Is American Music) |
| Infinity Shred | “Sanctuary” (first single: “Void Ripper”; Hear here; See/read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Paracadute) |
| Jessy J (saxophonist-vocalist) | “Second Chances” (includes covers of Roberta Flack’s “Feel Like Making Love” and Sergio Mendes’ “Magalenha”; collaborators: Norman Brown, Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip, Johnny Britt, Joe Sample, etc.; Hear here; MP3) | (Shanachie) |
| Kaskade | “Atmosphere” (first single: “Atmosphere”; Hear here; MP3) | (Ultra) |
| Katatonia (Swedish metal band) | “Dethroned & Uncrowned” (Hear here) | (Kscope) |
| Natalia Kills (British synthpop singer) | “Trouble” (producers: Jeff Bhasker, Guillaume Doubet, Glass John, Emile Haynie; new single: “Saturday Night”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (will.i.am / Cherrytree / Kon Live / Interscope) |
| Mark Knopfler | “Privateering” (double album was released in the U.K. in September 2012; producers: Guy Fletcher, Chuck Ainlay; Hear here; MP3) | (Verve) |
| The Letter Black (formerly Breaking the Silence) | “The Letter Black” (first single: “Sick Charade”; Hear here) | (Tooth & Nail) |
| London Grammar (U.K.-based trio) | “If You Wait [MP3]” (producers: London Grammar, Tim Bran, Roy Kerr; Hear here) | (Columbia) |
| Magic Man (Boston synth-rock quintet) | “You Are Here [MP3]” (five-song EP; producer: Alex Aldi; Hear here) | (Neon Gold / Columbia) |
| MiniBoone (NYC indie-rock quintet) | “MiniBoone” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) |
| Ministry | “From Beer to Eternity” (the band’s final album, following the death of guitarist Mike Scaccia; producer: frontman Al Jourgensen; first single: “PermaWar”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (13th Planet) |
| Dan Miraldi | “Devil At Our Heels [MP3]” (six-song EP; Hear here) | (DM Experience This Music LLC) |
| Janelle Monáe | “The Electric Lady” (guests: Prince, Miguel, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, Solange; first single: “Q.U.E.E.N.”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Bad Boy / Wondaland) |
| Newsboys | “Restart” (first single: “Live with Abandon”; Hear here; MP3) | (Inpop / Sparrow) |
| Oh No Fiasco (Knoxville, TN-based indie pop band) | “No One’s Gotta Know [MP3]” (five-song EP; first single: “Down”; Hear here; See here) | (Five Seven Music) |
| The Prog Collective (prog-rock supergroup directed by Billy Sherwood) | “Epilogue” (featuring members of Yes, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, Nektar, King Crimson, Hawkwind, Gentle Giant and Gong, plus Alan Parsons and special guest William Shatner; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Purple Pyramid / Cleopatra) |
| Ben Rector | “The Walking In Between” (producers: Jamie Kenney, Charlie Peacock, Rector; Hear here; MP3) | (Aptly Named Recordings) |
| Redlight King (alt-rock group) | “Irons in the Fire” (first single: “Born to Rise”; Hear here; MP3) | (Hollywood) |
| Royal Bangs (Knoxville-based indie-rock quartet) | “Brass” (producer: The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Modern Art) |
| The Rubens (Australian rock quartet) | “The Rubens” (producer: David Kahne; first single: “My Gun”; Hear here) | (Warner) |
| Steep Canyon Rangers | “Tell the Ones I Love” (producer: Larry Campbell; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Rounder) |
| Thievery Corporation | “Saudade” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (ESL Music) |
| Emiliana Torrini | “Tookah” (her first album in five years; producer: Dan Carey; first single: “Speed of Dark”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Rough Trade) |
| Toy Soldiers (Philly rock quintet) | “The Maybe Boys” (producer: Bill Moriarty; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Rocket Science Ventures) |
| Trombone Shorty | “Say That to Say This” (Hear here; MP3) | (Verve Forecast) |
| 2 Chainz | “B.O.A.T.S. II #Metime” (guests: Pharrell, Lil Wayne, Drake, T-Pain, Lloyd, Fergie, Chrisette Michele, etc.; Hear here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe edition) | (Def Jam) |
| UK Decay (English post-punk band) | “New Hope For the Dead” (producer: Chris Tsangarides; Hear here; MP3) | (Metropolis) |
| Keith Urban | “Fuse” (producers: Jay Joyce, Dan Huff, Nathan Chapman, Butch Walker, Mike Elizondo; guests: Miranda Lambert, Eric Church; first single: “Little Bit of Everything”; Hear here; Read here; MP3; MP3 Deluxe Edition) | (Capitol Nashville) |
| Steve Wariner | “It Ain’t All Bad” (producer: Wariner; Hear here; MP3) | (SelecTone) |
| J. Roddy Walston & the Business | “Essential Tremors” (producer: Mark Neill; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3, with a bonus track) | (ATO) |
| Jimmy Webb | “Still Within the Sound of My Voice” (guests: Brian Wilson, America, Art Garfunkel, Carly Simon, Kris Kristofferson, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Keith Urban, Joe Cocker, Marc Cohn, Lyle Lovett, The Jordinaires, Amy Grant, Rumer, Justin Currie; Hear here; MP3) | (eOne Music) |
| The Weeknd (Canadian musician-producer Abel Tesfaye) | “Kiss Land” (first single: “Belong to the World”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (XO / Universal Republic) |
| The Whiskey Gentry | “Holly Grove [MP3]” (Hear here) | (The Whiskey Gentry) |
| Wildcat! Wildcat! (L.A. trio) | “Wildcat! Wildcat! [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Downtown) |
| Wild Ponies | “Things That Used to Shine [MP3]” (producer: Ray Kennedy; guests: Russ Pahl, Casey Driessen; first single: “Trigger”; Hear here) | (Ditch Dog) |
| Brian Wright (rock troubadour) | “Rattle Their Chain” (Hear here; MP3) | (Sugar Hill) |
