| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| Aaron & The Spell (Philly-based band) |
“Sing” (Hear here) |
(Rock Ridge Music) |
| Anathema |
“Universal” (soundtrack to concert film by Lasse Hoile, filmed at the ancient Roman theatre of Phillippoplis with the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra; Hear here; See here; MP3; Blu-ray) |
(Kscope) |
| Pete Anderson |
“Birds Above Guitarland” (producers: Michael Murphy, Tony Rambo; Hear here) |
(Little Dog) |
| Avicii |
“True” (collaborators: Aloe Blacc, Michael Einziger, Dan Tyminski, Nile Rodgers, Mac Davis; first single: “Wake Me Up”; Hear here; MP3) |
(PRMD Music / Island Def Jam) |
| The Band of Heathens |
“Sunday Morning Record” (producers: George Reiff, Steve Christensen; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(BOH) |
| Berlin |
“Animal” (their first album since 2005; producers: Bryan Todd, guitarist Carlton Bost; first single: “It’s the Way”; Hear here; P&P Feature; MP3) |
(Something-Music / INgrooves Fontana) |
| The Bloody Beetroots |
“Hide” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Ultra) |
| Blouse (Portland trio) |
“Imperium” (producer: band member Jacob Portrait; first single: “No Shelter”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Captured Tracks) |
| Butterfly Suicide (alt-folk-rock band from Columbus, Ohio) |
“love. melodies. pain. [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Tate Music Group) |
| Campfire OK |
“When You Have Arrived” (first single: “Wishing You the Best”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Fugitive) |
| Cloud Control (Australian psychedelic pop band based in the U.K.) |
“Dream Cave” (producer: Barny Barnicott; Hear here; MP3) |
(Votiv) |
| Steve Cole (saxophonist) |
“Pulse” (producers: David Mann, Cole; first single: “With You All the Way”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Artistry Music) |
| Elvis Costello & The Roots |
“Wise Up Ghost” (producers: Steven Mandel, Costello, ?uestlove; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Blue Note) |
| Billy Currington |
“We Are Tonight” (producers: Carson Chamberlain, Dann Huff, Shy Carter; guest: Willie Nelson; first single: “Hey Girl”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Mercury Nashville) |
| The Darcys (Toronto art rock band) |
“Warring” (producer: Tom McFall; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Arts & Crafts) |
| Deaf Havana (English alt-rock band) |
“Old Souls” (producers: Youth, Lee Batiuk; Hear here) |
(Razor & Tie) |
| The Devil Wears Prada (Christian metalcore band from Dayton, Ohio) |
“8:18” (producer: Matt Goldman; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Roadrunner) |
| The Dirtbombs (Detroit garage-rock quintet) |
“ooey gooey chewy ka-blooey!” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(In the Red) |
| Mike Doughty |
“Circles Super Bon Bon …” (re-imagination of Soul Coughing songs; the full album title is “Circles Super Bon Bon Sleepless How Many Cans? True Dreams of Wichita Monster Man Mr. Bitterness Maybe I’ll Come Down St. Louise Is Listening I Miss the Girl Unmarked Helicopters The Idiot Kings So Far I Have Not Found the Science”; producer: Good Goose; Hear here; MP3) |
(Snack Bar / Megaforce) |
| JD Eicher & the Goodnights |
“Into Place” (producer: Dustin Burnett; Hear here; MP3) |
(Rock Ridge Music) |
| Eve to Adam (NYC rock band) |
“Locked & Loaded” (producers: Dave Bassett, Eric Bass, Elvis Baskette; first single: “Straitjacket Supermodel”; Hear here) |
(3for5 / Megaforce / RED) |
| Five For Fighting |
“Bookmarks” (producers: Gregg Wattenberg, Derek Fuhrmann; first single: “What If”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Wind-up) |
| Renée Fleming |
“Guilty Pleasures” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Decca) |
| Howard Glazer |
“Stepchild of the Blues” (producer: Glazer; guests: Harmonica Shah, Maggie McCabe, Stephanie Johnson, Chuck Bartels, Larry Marek; first single: “Shakin'”; Hear here) |
(Lazy Brothers / City Hall) |
| Grouplove |
“Spreading Rumours” (producer: drummer Ryan Rabin, son of Trevor Rabin; first single: “Ways to Go”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Canvasback Music / Atlantic) |
| GWAR (new guitarist Brent Purgason, formerly of Cannabis Corpse) |
“Battle Maximus” (Hear/read here; MP3) |
(Metal Blade) |
| Islands (Montreal indie-rock band) |
“Ski Mask” (first single: “Wave Forms”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Manqué) |
| Garland Jeffreys |
“Truth Serum” (producer: Jeffreys; guests: Larry Campbell, Steve Jordan, Brian Mitchell, James Maddock, Cindy Mizelle, Zev Katz, Duke Levine; first single: “Any Rain”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Luna Park / Thirty Tigers) |
| Jack Johnson |
“From Here To Now To You” (first single: “I Got You”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Brushfire / Universal Republic) |
| Tommy Keene |
“Excitement At Your Feet: The Tommy Keene Covers Album” (covers of lesser-known tracks by the Rolling Stones, Bee Gees, The Who, etc.; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Second Motion) |
| Mark Lanegan |
“Imitations” (includes covers of Hall & Oates’ “She’s Gone,” Nancy Sinatra’s “You Only Live Twice,” Nick Cave’s “Brompton Oratory” and “Mack the Knife”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Vagrant) |
| Jonny Lang |
“Fight For My Soul” (his first new album in seven years; producer: Tommy Sims; first single: “Blew Up [The House]”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Concord) |
| Left Lane Cruiser (voodoo hillbilly punk-blues duo) |
“Rock Them Back to Hell!” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Alive Naturalsound) |
| Lori Lieberman (recorded the first version of “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972) |
“Bricks Against the Glass [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Lori Lieberman Music) |
| Manic Street Preachers |
“Rewind the Film” (their 11th studo album; producers: Manic Street Preachers, Alex Silva; guests: Richard Hawley, Lucy Rose, Cate Le Bon; new single: “Show Me the Wonder”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition) |
(U.K. – Columbia, Sept. 16) |
| Del McCoury Band |
“The Streets of Baltimore” (Hear here; MP3) |
(McCoury Music / RED) |
| MGMT |
“MGMT” (producers: MGMT, Dave Fridmann; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Columbia) |
| The Mission |
“The Brightest Light” (first album to feature original band members Wayne Hussey, Simon Hinkler and Craig Adams since 1990; first single: “Sometimes the Brightest Light Comes from the Darkest Place”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(The End) |
| Justin Moore |
“Off the Beaten Path” (producer: Jeremy Stover; guests: Charlie Daniels, Miranda Lambert; first single: “Point At You”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Valory Music Group) |
| múm (Icelandic experimental group) |
“Smilewound” (first single: “Toothwheels”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Morr Music) |
| My Favorite Robot (Toronto trio) |
“Atomic Age” (Hear here; MP3) |
(No.19 Music) |
| The Naked and Famous (New Zealand quintet) |
“In Rolling Waves” (producer: Thom Powers; first single: “Hearts Like Ours”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Universal Republic) |
| NONONO (Swedish trio) |
“Pumpin Blood EP [MP3]” (five songs; first single: “Pumpin Blood”; Hear here; See here) |
(Warner) |
| Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott |
“Memories and Moments” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Full Skies) |
| Tom Odell (winner of the BRITs Critics’ Choice Award) |
“Long Way Down” (released in the U.K. in early May; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(RCA / In The Name Of – label founded by Lily Rose Cooper) |
| Mark Pickerel and His Praying Hands (founding member of Screaming Trees) |
“Tess” (producer: Martin Feveyear; Hear here; MP3) |
(Candy Cross) |
| Placebo |
“Loud Like Love” (producer: Adam Noble; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Universal) |
| Potty Mouth (Northampton, Mass.-based female rock quartet) |
“Hell Bent” (first single: “Damage”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Old Flame / Redeye) |
| Johnathan Rice |
“Good Graces” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(SQE Music) |
| Lucy Rose (British indie-folk singer) |
“Like I Used to” (first single: “Middle of the Bed”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Thirty Tigers / RED) |
| The Sadies |
“Internal Sounds [MP3]” (producer: Gary Louris; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; CD) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Said the Whale (Vancouver quintet) |
“Hawaii” (producers: Tom Dobrzanski, Tyler Bancroft; Hear here; MP3) |
(Hidden Pony) |
| San Fermin (Brooklyn indie-rock group) |
“San Fermin” (first single: “Sonsick”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Downtown) |
| Sebadoh |
“Defend Yourself” (their first album in 14 years; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Joyful Noise Recordings) |
| Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin |
“Fly By Wire” (first single: “Nightwater Girlfriend”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Polyvinyl) |
| Sponge |
“Stop the Bleeding” (producers: Tim Patalan, Vin Dombroski; Hear here; MP3) |
(The End) |
| Wesley Stace (formerly John Wesley Harding) |
“Self-Titled” (producer: Chris von Sneidern; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Star Anna (Seattle-based singer-songwriter) |
“Go to Hell” (producers: Star Anna, Ty Bailie; Hear here; See here; LP + MP3) |
(Spark & Shine) |
| Starship featuring Mickey Thomas |
“Loveless Fascination” (their first album since 1989’s “Love Among the Cannibals”; producer: Jeff Pilson; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Loud & Proud / Roadrunner) |
| Tantric |
“37 Channels” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Pavement Music) |
| Various artists |
“Rick Ross Presents Self Made Vol. 3” (featuring Rick Ross, Yo Gotti, Wale, Meek Mill, J. Cole, French Montana, etc.; Read here; MP3) |
(Maybach Music Group / Atlantic) |
| Tony Joe White |
“Hoodoo” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Yep Roc) |
| Windhand (psyche doom band) |
“Soma” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Relapse) |
| Yip Deceiver (Athens, Ga., synth-pop duo) |
“Medallius” (first single: “Get Strict”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(New West) |
| Chris Young (2006 winner of “Nashville Star”) |
“A.M.” (producer: James Stroud; first single: “Aw Naw”; Hear here; MP3) |
(RCA Nashville) |
| Zendaya (star of Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up”) |
“Zendaya” (producers/writers: Mick Schultz, Harmony Samuels, Jonas Jeberg, The Suspex, Jukebox, The Monsters, The Strangerz, Livvi Franc; first single: “Replay”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Hollywood) |
