New Music Releases -- August 2012

Summer may be flying by, but August will bring music fans another great set of new releases. Metal fans will be treated to new releases by 10 Years and Rob Zombie in the beginning of the month. August will feature the reunion album from The Darkness. 'Hot Cakes' is the band's first album since 2005, and the 1st to feature the original lineup.

Indie rockers Bloc Party are back with their 4th album, and their first since 2008. Yellowcard will bring us their 2nd installment since their hiatus a few years back. 'Southern Air' is scheduled for release on August 14.

Big things are once again expected for Wiz Khalifa who's 4th studio album, 'O.N.I.F.C.' drops August 28. The album is sure to be one of the hottest albums of the summer, and will feature many stars such as 50 cent, Busta Ryhmes, and will.i.am. Also included on Khalifa's album, is 2 Chainz, who is scheduled to release his anticipated first studio album, 'Based on a T.R.U. Story.'

August will also treat fans to new albums from Owl City, Yeasayer, and Alanis Morissette. Morissette, who is completing a European Tour for the summer of 2012, will release 'Havoc and Bright Lights,' her first release since 2008.

Also keep a look out for the debut album by American musical project Divine Fits, which consists of members from Spoon, Wolf Parade, and New Turk Bombs. The indie rock project will be released August 28.

Take a look at the full list of new music releases for August 2012 below:

August 7

10 Years, 'Minus the Machine'

Antibalas, 'Antibalas'

Lianne La Havas, 'Is Your Love Big Enough?'

Niki & the Dove, 'Instinct'

Redd Kross, 'Researching The Blues'

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, 'Between The Ditches'

Rob Zombie, 'Mondo Sex Head'

Sixpence None The Richer, 'Lost In Transition'

So Many Wizards, 'Warm Nothing'

The American Stone, 'Safe For Now''

Tidelands, 'We've Got A Map'

August 14

2 Chainz, 'Based On A T.R.U. Story'

Dead Can Dance, 'Anastasis'

Insane Clown Posse, 'The Mighty Death Pop!

Kreayshawn, 'Somethin' Bout Kreay''

Lorelei, 'Enterprising Sidewalks'

Nude Beach, 'II'

The-Dream, 'Love IV MMXII

Yellowcard, 'Southern Air'

August 21

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, 'Mature Themes''

Bloc Party, 'Four'

Four Tet, 'Pink''

JT Hodges, 'JT Hodges'

Onuinu, 'Mirror Gazer'

Our Last Night, 'Age of Ignorance'

Owl City, 'The Midsummer Station'

Ry Cooder, 'Election Special'

Six Organs of Admittance, 'Ascent'

Teenage Fantasy, 'Tracer'

The Darkness, 'Hot Cakes'

Yeasayer, 'Fragrant World'

August 28

Alanis Morissette, 'Havoc and Bright Lights'

Dan Deacon, 'America'

Divine Fits, 'A Thing Called Divine Fits'

Flobots, 'The Circle In The Square'

Matthew Dear, 'Beams'

Meek Mills, 'Dreams & Nightmares'

Minus The Bear, 'Infinity Overhead'

Obey The Brave, 'Young Blood'

Poor Moon, 'Poor Moon'

Scum Of The Earth, 'The Devil Made Me Do It'

Sean Rowe, 'The Salesman And The Shark'

Swans, 'The Seer'

Wild Nothing, 'Nocturne'

Wiz Khalifia, 'O.N.I.F.C.'