| 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) |
