The current Mojave 3 and former Slowdive member makes her long-awaited solo debut with 'Waves Are Universal,' which features production by David Naughton and drumming by Ashley Bates (Chapterhouse).

The seventh LP for the San Francisco-based band sees the fractured band reunited, as singer and co-founder David Freel is rejoined by drummer Sean Kirkpatrick.

This is the second solo disc for Faint bassist Joel Petersen. Mike Mogis produces.

The 80s-influenced laptop-pop duo of Dan Geller and Amy Dykes return with their third LP.

Neil Michael Hagerty's latest band releases its sixth album, which is only 33 minutes long.

This is the debut album for the 11-piece indie rock band led by Alex Ebert.

This is the debut six-track EP for the singer from Minnesota.

Kyp Malone who has appeared on TV On The Radio and Iran's albums, releases his debut solo album.

The Canadian indie rock trio releases the follow-up to the band's 2008 debut, Red, Yellow & Blue.

Blur's Graham Coxon releases his seventh solo album, produced by Stephen Street.

The London-based trio of Joel Cadbury, Jamie McDonald and Brett Shaw return with a third album that finds them relying less on electronica elements than previous efforts.

The New York City five-piece (yes, they're one of *those* New York bands) make their debut with 'Red Bedroom,' mixing dance and punk like it's 2002 all over again.

The second album for the group is its first on the Epic label. A vinyl version named Animal! contains songs they preferred, whereas this album contains songs preferred by Epic.

The Los Angeles-based multimedia/production duo of Ross Harris and Craig Borrell, who have worked with artists such as Beck and the Dust Brothers and recorded two previous albums for Emperor Norton, return with their third LP.

The 22-year-old singer-songwriter makes his Astralwerks debut with this second album.

The 12th album for Tom Jenkinson was recorded over seven months.

The Australian band's follow-up after its remix album, "We Died, They Remixed."

The Portland-based duo of Kevin O'Connor and Lisa Molinaro release their third album.

Leaving Sub Pop behind for a different Northwest label (Strange Attractors), the Seattle band returns with a collection of new studio recordings, rehearsal sessions, and a 30-minute live track.

The debut album for the new band led by Andrew Kenny of American Analog Set.

This compilation (whose name borrows from the similar 1978 Brian Eno-curated disc 'No New York') contains 16 tracks from artists at the forefront of the current New York indie scene, including The Strokes, Interpol, The Natural History, Radio 4, The Walkmen, The Rapture, Calla, Longwave, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (credited to "Unitard") and The Rogers Sisters.

Produced by Hugh Jones and Stephen Street, 'Libertine' is the fourth studio album for the Britpop band best known for all the Smiths comparisons it generated with its first few releases.

The sophomore album for the North Carolina indie rock band was produced with Jacquire King.

This is the reissue of Animal Collective's 2003 five-track album.

This debut (and, it turns out, final album) from the noisy London trio was produced by James Ford (Simian).

The four-track EP features songs recorded during and after the "Loyalty To Loyalty" sessions.

The album by Weezer's frontman features home demos from 1992 to 2007.

The second disc for Prince Paul and Dan The Automator finds the producer pair joined by Cat Power, RZA, Jack Johnson, Julee Cruise and Pharrell Williams.

'Sun' is the first release in six years for the post-rock outfit whose members include Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Adem Ilhan.

The Dublin, Ireland band returns with a follow-up to 2005's 'Burn The Maps.'

The more experimental of Conor Oberst's two releases in January 2005 is the electronic-flavored 'Digital Ash,' which includes some help from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Nick Zinner and the Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello.

The third album for the indie band whose biggest hit, "Valerie," was remade by Amy Winehouse.

This is the second album for the Massachusetts-based indie rock duo.

The Athens, GA indie experimentalists follow their 1999 debut album with a new 7-track album.

The trio make the jump to a major label with 'This Island,' which features a cover of the Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited."

This is the third album for the Britrock-influenced Swedish band.

The sophomore album for the California indie rock band.

This is the debut album for the Canadian quartet.

The Faint's Joel Petersen returns with his third Broken Spindles album.

The Ben Gibbard-led group makes its major-label debut with this 11-song disc, produced by band member Chris Walla.

This is the second album for Norwegian singer-songwriter Even Johansen, who records under the name Magnet.

The fourth album for the Canadian indie-rock band was recorded in Brooke Gallupe's parent's house.

This is the second studio album for the Canadian rock band.

Kele Okereke & co. try to avoid the sophomore slump with this highly-anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed debut 'Silent Alarm.'

Named after Charles Manson's getaway driver, the British quartet Kasabian drew comparisons to The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Primal Scream with this debut LP.

This is the fourth quirky release for the exclamation-point-loving, Devo-esque, Tokyo-based band.

This is Marc Bianchi's second LP as Her Space Holiday, which also includes his girlfriend, Keely.

This is the sixth album (and third on Beggars Banquet) for San Francisco's Swell, which now is a one-man band consisting entirely of David Freel.

Marc Bianchi releases his latest album under the Her Space Holiday name.

The second release for the Illinois indie-rock band led by George Hunter.

This is the debut LP for Stephen McBean's Black Mountain project, which shares members with Jerk With A Bomb and Pink Mountaintops.

'Empire' marks the second release for the English dance-rock band.

The third album for the Norwegian rock duo is its first since 2004's "Riot On An Empty Street."

This is album number 19 for Scotland's resident oddball Nick Currie.

This fourth LP for the Los Angeles indie rockers were produced by Jim Fairchild (Grandaddy) and the band's own Aaron Espinoza. The album is dedicated to (and frequently about) the late Elliott Smith, who was Espinoza's neighbor.

This is the latest album for Randolph Chabot, who had a track on his label's "Adult Swim" album "Ghostly Swim."

The Washington, D.C. band's seventh album finds the band in a more political mood, even sampling President Bush (the newer one) on one track.

The Norwegian band recorded some of this second full-length album in a cave.

The sophomore album for the Brooklyn rock band is their first on Frenchkiss Records.

The second album for the Scottish band was produced by Bernard Butler and is the first album with Dino Bardot, who replaced Jamie McMorrow.

The all-female Scandinavian quartet return with a disc produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt (The Hives), their third album overall and first for new label RCA.

The Seattle band (who apparently suffer from either an unusual genetic problem or severe hallucinations) make their full-length debut with this disc.

The Birmingham, England group tries to escape the sophmore slump and comparisons to other bands with their second album.

Phil Ek produced the second album for the band (formerly known as Dios) fronted by Joel Morales.

The second album for the English indie-rock duo.

The third album for the British indie-rock band was recorded in Berlin.

The poppy British quartet are joined by a nine-piece orchestra on their sophomore effort.

This self-titled disc marks the debut for the quirky Austin/Brooklyn indie-rock trio, whose guitar-keyboard-drums sound is sometimes reminiscent of Spoon.

This collection of B-sides, alternate versions and rarities contains 18 tracks, including an early cover of the Smiths' "This Charming Man."

The all-girl German group's third disc includes collaborations with Peaches and Miss Kittin, plus a remake of the Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood."

The Boston-based singer-songwriter's second studio album features songs written by Nick Saloman (aka the Bevis Frond), as well as covers of Pink Floyd's "Fearless" and Pete Ham's "Baby Blue."

The first collaboration between singer-songwriter Will Oldham and Chicago instrumental post-rockers Tortoise features 10 covers, including takes on songs by Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.

The Azure Ray singer's second solo set was recorded with Spoon's Jim Eno and Now It's Overhead's Andy LeMaster as well as Memphis producer Doug Easley. Conor Oberst guests.

This is the 10th album for the Athens, Georgia, band.

This is the debut album for the duo of Lucinda Chua and Chris Summerlin.

The buzz band from Adelaide, Australia (notable in part due to their twin-drummer lineup) make their full-length debut with this hard-rocking, psychedelic 10-song effort.

The sophomore album for the London-based band was produced by Danger Mouse.

The ironic Washington, D.C. post-rockers return with their first album in three years.

This is the third full-length studio album for the rock band from Illinois.

Not the most accessible (sound-wise) of Sonic Youth's releases, this 11-track disc compiles some of the least accessible (availability-wise) of the band's obscure recordings, which have been remastered.

The second album for the Seattle-based indie rock band was produced by Colin Stewart.

The sixth studio album for the Omaha, Nebraska-based indie-rock band.