| 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) |
