| Artist: | Title: | Label: |
| Acoustic Syndicate | “Rooftop Garden” (the folk rockers’ first new album in nine years; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Little King) |
| Babyshambles | “Sequel to the Prequel” (their first album since 2007; producer: Stephen Street; Hear/read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl) | (U.K. – Parlophone, Sept. 2) |
| Bastille (U.K. indie-rock quartet) | “Bad Blood” (U.S. version, with three bonus tracks; producers: Mark Crew, Dan Smith; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Virgin) |
| Tamar Braxton | “Love and War” (new single: “The One”; Hear here; MP3) | (Streamline / Epic) |
| Califone (Chicago experimental roots-rock band) | “Stitches” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Dead Oceans) |
| Neko Case | “The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You” (Hear here; See here; LP + CD; Deluxe edition; MP3) | (ANTI- / Epitaph) |
| Raheem DeVaughn | “A Place Called Loveland” (producers: Ivan Barias, Carvin & Ivan, Kristal Oliver, Dre King, Jay Phoenix, Ne-Yo, Compound, Mario Winans, Mo Digga, Adonis, RC; first single: “Age Ain’t a Factor”; Hear here; MP3) | (Mass Appeal Entertainment) |
| Dexys | “One Day I’m Going to Soar” (their first album in nearly three decades; released in the U.K. in summer 2012; first single: “Incapable of Love”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Slimstyle) |
| EF (Swedish indie/postrock orchestra) | “Ceremonies [MP3]” (producer: Magnus Lindberg; Hear here) | (And the Sound Records, Sept. 6) |
| Glasvegas | “Later … When the TV Turns to Static” (producer: frontman James Allan; first single: “If”; Hear here; MP3) | (Go Wow / BMG) |
| The Grahams | “Riverman’s Daughter” (producer: Malcolm Burn; first single: “Revival Time”; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (CEN / RED) |
| Ariana Grande (star of Nickelodeon’s “Sam & Cat”) | “Yours Truly” (producers: Harmony Samuels, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, Antonio Dixon, The Rascals [Khris Riddick-Tynes & Leon Thomas III], Matt Squire, Mika Penniman, Greg Wells; guests: Mac Miller, Mika, Big Sean, Nathan Sykes of The Wanted; new single: “Baby I”; Hear here; MP3) | (Universal Republic) |
| Grooms (experimental pop quartet) | “Infinity Caller” (first single: “I Think We’re Alone Now”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Western Vinyl) |
| Deitrick Haddon (R&B-gospel singer) | “R.E.D. (Restoring Everything Damaged)” (first single: “Keep Yo Mind”; Hear here; MP3) | (RCA Inspiration) |
| Holograms (Swedish rock quartet) | “Forever” (new single: “Meditations”; Hear here; Vinyl) | (Captured Tracks) |
| Holy Ghost! | “Dynamics” (first single: “Dumb Disco Ideas”; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (DFA) |
| Jackson and His Computerband | “Glow” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Warp) |
| Jaheim | “Appreciation Day” (first single: “Age Ain’t a Factor”; Hear here; MP3) | (Atlantic) |
| Vance Joy (Australian folk-pop singer) | “God Loves You When You’re Dancing [MP3]” (five-song EP; producer: John Castle; Hear here; See here; Read here) | (Atlantic) |
| John Legend | “Love in the Future” (producers: Legend, Kanye West, Dave Tozer; new single: “Made to Love”; Hear here; MP3) | (G.O.O.D. Music / Columbia) |
| Craig Morgan | “The Journey: Livin’ Hits” (a re-imagination of eight of his past hits, plus four new tracks; first single: “Wakin’ Up Lovin’ You”; Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Black River) |
| Mutiny (led by Parliament-Funkadelic drummer Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey) | “Funk Road” (Hear here; Read here; MP3) | (Catbone Music) |
| Nine Inch Nails | “Hesitation Marks” (Hear here; Read here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl; MP3) | (Columbia) |
| The 1975 (U.K. alt-rock quartet) | “The 1975” (producers: The 1975, Mike Crossey; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Vagrant / Interscope) |
| North Mississippi Allstars | “World Boogie Is Coming” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl) | (Songs of the South / RED) |
| Okkervil River | “The Silver Gymnasium” (first single: “It Was My Season”; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (ATO) |
| Over the Rhine | “Meet Me At the Edge of the World” (double album; producer: Joe Henry; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Great Speckled Dog) |
| Pepper | “Pepper” (new single: “Hunny Girl”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Law / Island) |
| Reckless Kelly (Austin-based Americana, roots-rock band) | “Long Night Moon” (producers: band members Willy and Cody Braun, guitarist David Abeyta; guests: Lloyd Maines, Bukka Allen, Jeff Plankenhor; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (No Big Deal) |
| Ed Roland and the Sweet Tea Project (Collective Soul lead singer) | “Devils n Darlins” (Hear here; MP3) | (Savoy) |
| Royal Canoe (six-piece band from Winnipeg) | “Today We’re Believers” (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Roll Call) |
| Saliva (new lead singer: Bobby Amaru) | “In It to Win It [MP3]” (producer: Bobby Huff; first single: “In It to Win It”; Hear here) | (Rum Bum Music) |
| Stereophonics | “Graffiti on the Train” (released in the U.K. earlier this year; producers: singer-guitarist Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe; first single: “Indian Summer”; Hear here; See here; MP3) | (Ignition) |
| TV Ghost (Indiana-born psyche post-punks) | “Disconnect [MP3]” (new single: “Siren”; Hear here) | (In the Red) |
| Frank Turner | “Losing Days [MP3]” (four-song EP; Hear here) | (Xtra Mile Recordings / Interscope) |
| UB40 | “Getting Over the Storm [MP3]” (reggae group’s 20th studio album and first since 2010; contains five original songs and covers of country classics; Hear here; Read here; CD) | (Virgin) |
| Various artists | “Boardwalk Empire: Volume 2, Music From the HBO Original Series [MP3]” (new tracks by Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Patti Smith, Liza Minnelli, Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright III, St. Vincent, David Johansen, etc., with instrumentation by Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks; CD) | (ABKCO) |
| Various artists | “Winnie Mandela: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [MP3]” (opening Sept. 6, the film adaptation of Anné Mariè du Preez Bezdrob’s biography “Winnie Mandela: A Life” stars Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard; producers: Laurent Eyquem, David Franco, with scored composed by Eyquem; Hudson performs “Bleed for Love” with the Soweto Gospel Choir; Hear here) | (RCA) |
| Various artists | “Songs From Scandal: Music for Gladiators [TV soundtrack]” (music featured in seasons 1 and 2 of the ABC series; MP3) | (Stax / Concord) |
| Various artists | “Sweet Relief, Volume III: Pennies From Heaven” (featuring Jackson Browne, She and Him, k.d. lang, Ben Harper, Shelby Lynne, Rickie Lee Jones, Ron Sexsmith, Joseph Arthur, etc.; MP3) | (Vanguard) |
| Volcano Choir (Bon Iver leader Justin Vernon’s experimental pop band) | “Repave” (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Jagjaguwar) |
| White Poppy | “White Poppy [MP3]” (Hear here; Vinyl) | (Not Not Fun) |
| Chelsea Wolfe (L.A.-based singer-songwriter) | “Pain Is Beauty” (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3) | (Sargent House) |
