Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires (Birmingham, Ala., rock group)	"There Is a Bomb in Gilead" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Alive, May 15, 2012)
Beach House	"Bloom" (first single: "Myth"; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Sub Pop, May 15, 2012)
Best Coast	"The Only Place" (producer: Jon Brion; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Mexican Summer, May 15, 2012)
Bobby Broom (jazz guitarist)	"Upper West Side Story" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Origin, May 15, 2012)
Chappo (Brooklyn indie-rock band)	"Moonwater" (the track "Come Home" was featured in an iPod Touch commercial; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Majordomo/Shout! Factory, May 15, 2012)
Cherri Bomb (Los Angeles rock quartet)	"This Is The End of Control" (producers: Red Decibel, Bobby Huff; MP3 Download)	(Hollywood, May 15, 2012)
Cornershop	"Urban Turban" (first single: "Milkin' It"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Ample Play, May 15, 2012)
Cribs, The	"In the Belly of the Brazen Bull" (producer: Dave Fridmann; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Wichita Recordings, May 15, 2012)
Bill Evans ("Banjo for Dummies" author)	"In Good Company" (producers: Evans, Stephen Mougin, Darol Anger, Tom Size; guests: Infamous Stringdusters, Tim O'Brien, Joy Kills Sorrow, David Grier, Stuart Duncan, Rob Ickes, Darol Anger, Mike Marshall, Laurie Lewis; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Native and Fine, May 15, 2012)
Florida Georgia Line (country duo)	"It'z Just What We Do [MP3 Download]" (five-song EP; producer: Joey Moi; first single: "Cruise"; Hear here)	(Big Loud Mountain, May 15, 2012)
Richard Hawley	"Standing at the Sky's Edge" (Hear here; See here; Read here)	(U.K. - Parlophone/EMI, May 14, 2012)
Hot Water Music	"Exister" (producer: The Decendents' Bill Stevenson; first single: "State of Grace"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Rise, May 15, 2012)
Krizz Kaliko	"Kickin' & Screamin'" (producer: Seven; guests: Tech N9ne, T-Pain, Mayday, Twista, Big Scoob, Chamillionaire, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Strange Music, May 15, 2012)
Killer Mike	"R.A.P. Music" (producer: El-P; guests: Bun B, T.I., Trouble, Scar, El-P, Emily Panic; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Williams Street, May 15, 2012)
Adam Lambert	"Trespassing" (collaborators: Pharrell Williams, Dr. Luke, Claude Kelly, Benny Blanco, Bonnie McKee, Nile Rodgers, Sam Sparro, Bruno Mars, Nikka Costa, BC Jean; first single: "Better Than I Know Myself"; Hear here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download)	(19 Recordings/RCA, May 15, 2012)
Man Forever (John Colpitts, aka Kid Millions)	"Pansophical Cataract" (Hear here; Read here; Vinyl)	(Thrill Jockey, May 15, 2012)
Antsy McClain	"Limited Edition Prince" (guest: Tommy Emmanuel; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(DPR, May 15, 2012)
Meiko	"The Bright Side" (producers: Jimmy Messer, Greg Collins, Styrofoam; Hear here; See here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Fantasy, May 15, 2012)
mewithoutYou	"Ten Stories" (follows the story of a circus train crash in the late 1800s; producer: Daniel Smith; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Pine Street, May 15, 2012)
Willie Nelson	"Heroes" (new songs and re-imagined classics; producer: Buddy Cannon; guests: Merle Haggard, Snoop Dogg, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, Sheryl Crow, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Micah Nelson; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Legacy, May 15, 2012)
NRBQ	"We Travel the Spaceways" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Clang!, May 15, 2012)
PHILM (Los Angeles power trio: Slayer's Dave Lombardo, War's Pancho Tomaselli and Gerry Nestler of Civil Defiance)	"Harmonic" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Ipecac Recordings, May 15, 2012)
John Pizzarelli	"Double Exposure" (an album of pop/jazz mashups; Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(Telarc, May 15, 2012)
Plushgun (Brooklyn "indietronic" duo)	"Me.Me." (Hear here; See here; MP3 Download)	(Tommy Boy, May 15, 2012)
Lisa Marie Presley	"Storm & Grace" (producer: T Bone Burnett; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download)	(Universal Republic/XIX Recordings, May 15, 2012)
Rye Rye (19-year-old rapper, protégé of M.I.A.)	"Go! Pop! Bang!" (producers: Blaqstarr, Pharrell Williams, Egyptian Lover, Bangladesh, So Japan; new single: "Boom Boom"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(N.E.E.T./Interscope, May 15, 2012)
Santana	"Shape Shifter" (instrumental album; only one song features vocals from Santana's lead vocalists, Andy Vargas and Tony Lindsay; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Starfaith/RED, May 15, 2012)
Shadows Fall	"Fire From the Sky" (producer: Adam Dutkiewicz; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Razor & Tie, May 15, 2012)
Ryan Shaw	"Real Love" (includes a cover of The Beatles' "Yesterday"; producers: Jimmy Bralower, Johnny Gale; guests: Al Kooper, Robert Randolph, the Soul Survivors; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Dynotone, May 15, 2012)
Squarepusher (electronic artist)	"Ufabulum" (Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Warp, May 15, 2012)
Sugarman 3, The	"What the World Needs Now" (retro-funk band's first album in 10 years; first single: "Rudy's Intervention"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Daptone, May 15, 2012)
Tenacious D	"Rize of the Fenix" (their first album since 2006; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Epic, May 15, 2012)
Various artists	"Glee: The Music, Season Three — The Graduation Album" (Hear here)	(Columbia, May 15, 2012)
Various artists	"Lysistrata Jones [Original Broadway cast recording]" (starring Patti Murin, Liz Mikel, Josh Segarra; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Broadway, May 15, 2012)
Various artists	"Newsies: The Musical [Original Broadway cast recording]" (score by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and book by Harvey Feinstein; Hear/read here; MP3 Download)	(Ghostlight, May 15, 2012)
Various artists	"Occupy This Album" (featuring Crosby & Nash, Devo, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Debbie Harry, etc.; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Music For Occupy, May 15, 2012)
Various artists	"What to Expect When You're Expecting [MP3 Download]" (soundtrack to the ensemble-cast romantic comedy, which opens May 18; See here; CD)	(Capitol, May 15, 2012)
Violens (Brooklyn indie rockers)	"True" (first single: "Totally True"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Slumberland, May 15, 2012)
Reggie Watts (musician-comedian)	"A Live at Central Park [CD/DVD]" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Comedy Central, May 15, 2012)
Andre Williams & The Sadies	"Night & Day" (Hear/read here; Vinyl; MP3 Download)	(Yep Roc, May 15, 2012)