| Artist: |
Title: |
Label/Due date: |
| alt-J (U.K.-based foursome) |
“An Awesome Wave” (first single: “Fitzpleasure”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Canvasback/Atlantic, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Romina Arena (Italian-American poperatic singer) |
“Morricone Uncovered” (producers: Giovanni Lodigiani, Francesco Morettini, Luca Angelosanti; Hear here) |
(Perseverance, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Baby Bash & Jay Tee |
“M.S.U.” (guests: Young Dru, Devin the Dude, Lucky Luciano, B-Legit, etc.; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Pot Head Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Bad Powers |
“Bad Powers” (first single: “Hit Sniffing Dog”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(The End, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Band of Horses |
“Mirage Rock” (producer: Glyn Johns; first single: “Knock Knock”; Hear here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Fat Possum/Brown/ Columbia, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Big & Rich |
“Hillbilly Jedi” (their first album in four years; Hear here; MP3) |
(Warner Bros. Nashville, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Big Scary (Australian alt-rock duo) |
“Vacation [MP3]” (first single: “Falling Away”; Hear here; See here) |
(Pieater, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Ryan Bingham |
“Tomorrowland” (producers: Bingham, Justin Stanley; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Axster Bingham/Thirty Tigers, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Blues Broads (Dorothy Morrison, Tracy Nelson, Angela Strehli and Annie Sampson) |
“The Blues Broads [CD/DVD]” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Delta Groove, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Bright Little Field (ukulele power duo from Nashville) |
“Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Bar/None, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Brother Ali |
“Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color” (producer: Jake One; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Rhymesayers Entertainment, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Burning of Rome |
“With Us” (producers: Adam Traub, Tom Biller; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Surfdog, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Coal Porters (fronted by Sid Griffin) |
“Find the One” (producer: John Wood; Hear here; MP3) |
(Prime/Burnside, Sept. 17, 2012) |
| Easton Corbin |
“All Over the Road” (producer: Carson Chamberlain; first single: “Lovin’ You Is Fun”; Hear here; See here; MP3) |
(Mercury Nashville, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Bart Crow |
“Dandelion” (producer: Justin Pollard; first single: “Little Bit of Luck”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Smith Entertainment, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Dada Life (Swedish electro house duo) |
“The Rules of Dada [MP3]” (first single: “Feed the Dada”; Hear here; CD) |
(So Much Dada, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Dinosaur Jr. |
“I Bet On Sky” (first single: “Watch the Corners”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Jagjaguwar, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Dollyrots |
“The Dollyrots” (producer: John Fields; first single: “Hyperactive”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Storefront Recordings/RED, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Down |
“Down IV Part 1 — The Purple EP” (six songs; producers: Down; first single: “Witchtripper”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Down/Independent Label Group, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| drivin’ n’ cryin’ |
“Songs about Cars, Space and The Ramones” (producer: Paul Ebersold; guest: Dead Boys/Rocket From The Tombs founder Cheetah Chrome; Hear here; MP3) |
(New Records/Redeye, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Aaron Embry (folk-country singer-songwriter) |
“Tiny Prayers” (Hear here; See hereVinyl; MP3) |
(Community Music/Vagrant, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Riley Etheridge Jr. |
“The Arrogance of Youth” (producer: Wendell Tilley; Hear here; MP3) |
(Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Jerad Finck (Spokane-based pop-rocker) |
“Stuck in Your Riddle [MP3]” (Hear here; CD) |
(Rock Ridge Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Thomas Fiss (former Varsity Fanclub member) |
“Chasing Satellites [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Tower 16, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Ben Folds Five |
“The Sound of the Life of the Mind” (the group’s first album of new music in 13 years; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(ImaVeePee/Sony, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Fourplay |
“Espirit De Four” (guest: Seiko Matsuda; Hear here; MP3) |
(Heads Up, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Four Freshmen |
“Love Songs” (vocal group celebrates its 65th anniversary; covers of classics, with new vocal arrangements by group member Brian Eichenberger; Hear here) |
(Fresh Discs, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Nelly Furtado |
“The Spirit Indestructible” (first single: “Big Hoops [Bigger the Better]”; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3) |
(Geffen/Interscope, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Gaslamp Killer (underground hip hop DJ William Benjamin Bensussen) |
“Breakthrough” (first single: “Flange Face”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Brainfeeder, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Glee Cast |
“Americano/Dance Again [MP3]” (feat. Kate Hudson), “It’s Time [MP3],” “Call Me Maybe [MP3],” “New York State of Mind [MP3],” “Never Say Never [MP3],” “Chasing Pavements [MP3]” |
(Columbia, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Go Radio (Tallahassee rock band) |
“Close the Distance” (producer: James Wisner; new single: “Go to Hell”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Fearless, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Grizzly Bear |
“Shields” (first single: “Sleeping Ute”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Warp, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Keith Harkin (member of Celtic Thunder) |
“Keith Harkin” (producer: Jochem van der Saag; first single: “Don’t Forget About Me”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Verve, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| How to Dress Well (songwriter and producer Tom Krell) |
“Total Loss [MP3]” (producers: Krell, Rodaidh McDonald; first single: “Cold Nites”; Hear here; Vinyl; CD) |
(Weird World/Acephale, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| James Iha |
“Look to the Sky” (producers: Iha, guitarist Nathan Larson; first single: “To Who Knows Where”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(The End, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Indecent (New York alt-rock quartet featuring the Brout triplets) |
“Control” (five-song EP; producers: Rob Cavallo, Julian Raymond; Hear here; MP3) |
(Warner, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Catherine Irwin (of Freakwater) |
“Little Heater” (producer: Tara Jane ONeil ; Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Thrill Jockey, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Carly Rae Jepsen |
“Kiss” (collaborators: Max Martin, Dallas Austin, LMFAO’s Redfoo, Toby Gad; guest: Owl City; Hear here; MP3) |
(604 Records/Schoolboy/ Interscope, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Rickie Lee Jones |
“The Devil You Know” (all-covers album, featuring versions of “Sympathy for the Devil,” “The Weight,” “Reason to Believe,” “Catch the Wind,” etc.; producer: Ben Harper; Hear here; MP3) |
(Concord, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Keane |
“Upstairs at United [Vinyl]” (four-song EP, recorded at Nashville’s United Record Pressing plant; See/read here) |
(453 Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Kid Koala |
“12 Bit Blues” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Ninja Tune/Redeye, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Kid606 (electronic musician Miguel Trost de Pedro) |
“Lost in the Game” (Hear here; MP3) |
(Tigerbeat6, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Killers |
“Battle Born” (producers: Daniel Lanois, Steven Lillywhite, Damian Taylor, Stuart Price, Brendan O’Brien; first single: “Runaways”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Island, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Kreayshawn |
“Somethin ‘Bout Kreay [MP3]” (guests: 2 Chainz, Kid Cudi, Diplo, Chippy Nonstop, V-Nasty, Sissy Nobby; new single: “Go Hard”; Hear here; Read here; CD) |
(Columbia, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Legacy of Disorder (New Zealand heavy metal band) |
“Last Man Standing” (producer: Sterling Winfield; Hear here; MP3) |
(Black Orchard Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Local H |
“Hallelujah! I’m a Bum” (producer: Sanford Parker; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Slimstyle, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Aimee Mann |
“Charmer” (her first album since 2008; producer: Paul Bryan; guest: James Mercer of The Shin; first single: “Charmer”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Superego, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Carolyn Mark (Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter) |
“The Queen of Vancouver Island” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Mint, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Mighty Sam McClain |
“Too Much Jesus (Not Enough Whiskey)” (Hear here) |
(Mighty Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Brad Mehldau Trio |
“Where Do You Start” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Nonesuch, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Menomena |
“Moms” (first single: “Heavy Is As Heavy Does”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Barsuk, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Maceo Parker |
“Soul Classics” (recorded live at the Leverkusener Jazz Festival in Germany in November 2011, with the WDR Big Band and guests Christian McBride, Cora Coleman-Dunham and a 15-piece Cologne orchestra; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Listen2 Entertainment/Razor & Tie, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Sean Paul |
“Tomahawk Technique” (producers: Benny Blanco, Rico Love, Stargate; guests: Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, DJ Ammo, Alexis Jordan; Hear here; MP3) |
(VP/Atlantic, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| P!nk |
“The Truth About Love” (producer: Greg Kurstin; collaborators: Max Martin, Shellback, Billy Mann, Butch Walker, Dan Wilson; first single: “Blow Me [One Last Kiss]”; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(RCA, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Plastician (Dubstep, Grime DJ from London) |
“Start, Select, Reset [MP3]” (seven-song EP; guest: London MC Doctor; Hear here) |
(Trouble & Bass Recordings, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Robert Pollard (of Guided By Voices) |
“Jack Sells the Cow.” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(GBV, Inc, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Remedy Drive |
“Resuscitate” (producer: Pete Kipley; first singles: “Better Than Life” and “Resuscitate Me”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) |
(Centricity/EMI, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Rival Sons |
“Head Down” (Hear here; Deluxe edition) |
(U.K. – Earache, Sept. 17, 2012) |
| Martin Solveig (French electronic music DJ-producer) |
“Smash” (released in Europe in summer 2011; producers: Solveig, Michael Tordjman, Julien Jabre; guests: Dragonette, Kele, Sunday Girl; first single: “Smash”; Hear here; MP3) |
(Big Beat/Atlantic, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Souljazz Orchestra |
“Solidarity” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Strut, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion |
“Meat & Bone” (alt-rock trio’s first album in eight years; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Boombox/Mom + Pop Music, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Title Fight |
“Floral Green” (producer: Will Yip; first single: “Head in the Ceiling Fan”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(SideOneDummy, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Corin Tucker Band (former Sleater-Kinney frontwoman) |
“Kill My Blues” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Kill Rock Stars, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe” (benefits victims of the 2010 Nashville floods and last year’s Texas wildfires; contributors: Hayes Carll, Caitlin Rose, Amanda Shires, Chatham County Line, Ron Sexsmith, JEFF the Brotherhood, etc.; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Fiesta Red/Redeye, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower [Film soundtrack]” (written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, starring Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller; opens Sept. 14; See here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Chop Shop/Atlantic, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Various artists |
“Quiet About It: A Tribute to Jesse Winchester” (contributors: James Taylor, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Buffett, Allen Toussaint, Vince Gill, Mac McAnally, Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, Rodney Crowell, Little Feat; Hear here; Read here) |
(Mailboat, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| We Are the Ocean |
“Maybe Today, Maybe Tomorrow” (first single: “The Road”; Hear here) |
(SideOneDummy, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| The Whigs |
“Enjoy the Company” (producer: John Agnello; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(New West, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Woods (Brooklyn folk rock band) |
“Bend Beyond” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Woodsist, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Dwight Yoakam |
“3 Pears” (his first album of original material since 2005; producer: Beck; first single: “A Heart Like Mine”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) |
(Warner, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Zoobombs (Tokyo rock group) |
“The Sweet Passion [MP3]” (producer: Greg Ashley; first single: “Plasticity”; Hear here; See here) |
(MB3, Sept. 18, 2012) |
| Zulu Pearls |
“No Heroes No Honeymoons [MP3]” (Hear here) |
(Cantora, Sept. 18, 2012) |
