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.

The Los Angeles band's follow-up to their 2004 release, Treble & Tremble.

Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray return with this follow-up to last year's "Mentor Tormentor."

The Indiana sadcore outfit returns with a fourth album.

This debut LP from the guitar/drums duo of Mike Conte and Adam Bennati is defintely harder and heavier than your typical Matador release.

'What Are You On?' is the latest home-recorded offering from New York multi-instrumentalist F.M. Cornog.

This is the fourth album for the UK's Echobelly. It includes the singles "Tell Me Why" and "Digit."

This is actually the second LP from Richard Warren (aka Echoboy), who picks up frequent comparisons to the similarly eclectic Beta Band and Badly Drawn Boy.

The sophomore album for the duo, who met at a Baltimore art school, consists of only three tracks.

The English singer-songwriter returns with his fourth album in four years.

This is the fifth solo album from the prolific English singer-songwriter.

The Birmingham, England post-punk quartet is the latest band to have the UK music press in a tizzy, with this debut LP drawing the usual comparisons to Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen. (Actually, they just sound like Interpol.)

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

The third album for the British rock band was produced by Flood.

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

This stripped-down, all-acoustic set marks the solo debut for the Clem Snide frontman.

Mark Everett's diverse and epic sixth Eels album spans two CDs. It probably would never be classified as a happy album, but it does include appearances from Tom Waits, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, and The Lovin' Spoonful's John Sebastian.

This 22-song live recording (taped at a New York City show in June, 2005) finds Mark Oliver Everett backed by a variety of instrumentalists and, yes, a string quartet.

The Texan siblings release their second full-length album.

This is the sophomore album for Swedish singer Sarah Assbring.

The third album for the Swedish singer was produced with Rasmus Hagg.

El-P's long-anticipated second solo disc features collaborations with Cat Power, Trent Reznor, Matt Sweeney, Aesop Rock, and The Mars Volta.

This is the self-produced third album for the Manchester, England band.

The fourth album for the indie rock band features Pulp's Richard Hawley on one track.

The all-female indie-rock band from Brighton, England (who in the past have crossed Stereolab's love for vintage electronics with a more raucous sound) worked with producer Steve Albini on this second full-length, which incorporates vocals into the mix for the first time.

The Brighton, England band re-teams with producer Steve Albini, but downplays the vocals of prior outing 'The Power Out' in favor of a mainly instrumental approach similar to that of their debut.

This is the fourth studio album for the all-female four-piece from Brighton, England.

Featuring guitarists named Rock and Roll Indian and Surge Joebot, the latest indie-rock sensation to come out of Detroit combines punk, new-wave and disco on this debut full-length. Included here is a new version of their hit single "Danger! High Voltage" with the White Stripes' Jack White on backing vocals.

The Detroit band returns with a second album.

The Detroit party-rockers return with a third album.

The fifth album for the Detroit rock band features a reference to its 2003 hit 'Gay Bar.'

This is the sixth album for the Detroit indie band.

This is the debut album for psychedlic British indie-rockers Electric Soft Parade (actually two teenage brothers, Tom and Alex White), drawing comparisons to everyone from Grandaddy and the Charlatans to Teenage Fanclub and Buffalo Springfield.

This is the third album for the English band led by brothers Alex and Tom White, who are also members of the band Brakes.

Another of the new new wave of New York bands, Elefant is fronted by Diego Garcia, who despite being born in Detroit and raised in Argentina, sounds awfully British on this short, ten-track debut.

The 1980s-alt-rock-influenced, Diego Garcia-led band returns with a second album.

The seventh full-length album from the Los Angeles singer/songwriter.

This is the veteran post-punk band's first release in six years.

This is the fifth LP for the Athens, GA-based indie-pop band (part of the Elephant 6 collective) fronted by Andrew Rieger and Laura Carter.

On this sixth album, the Athens, GA band's lineup has been expanded to include guitarist Eric Harris (Olivia Tremor Control) and bassist Craig McQuiston (The Glands). Vic Chesnutt guests on the title track.

This is the eighth album for the Elephant 6 affiliated band from Athens, Georgia.

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

This is the third LP for the Louisville-based emo band known for their strong live shows.

The late singer-songwriter was nearly done with this highly anticipated album at the time of his death in 2003.

The twin-CD set 'New Moon' compiles two dozen rare tracks recorded by the late singer-songwriter from 1994-1997.

The fourth album for the Britpop band includes a track ("Gravity") co-written by Coldplay's Chris Martin.

The first solo album for the Metric singer finds her backed by members of Stars, Metric and Broken Social Scene (together billed as The Soft Skeleton).

The former singer of The Delgados releases her debut solo album.

The Virginia indie-rockers (who share some members with the now defunct Denali) return with their fourth studio disc (and first for new label Lookout!), produced by Brian McTernan.

This debut album showcases the British band's symphonic, shoegaze-y sound.

The second full-length album for the indie band was produced with Ken Thomas.

This is the second album for the eclectic indie-rock band fronted and founded by John Schmersal (Brainiac). For this outing, the band has expanded to a four-piece, with new members Matt Schultz and former Blonde Redhead bassist Toko Yasuda (who replaces Steve Calhoon and handles some vocals).

John Schmersal and Enon return with their third LP, which features an increased vocal presence by Toko Yasuda.

'Lost Marbles' collects six years of previously uncompiled material by the John Schmersal-led band, including internet-only tracks and limited-edition singles.

The trio from Brooklyn and Philadelphia releases its latest album.

The Swedish-French indie rockers make their full-length debut with this genre-hopping disc.

Picking up on the sounds of late 70s / early 80s post-punk and no-wave, this all-female Bay Area quartet drew positive notices for their debut 'Other Animals' and now return with a sophomore LP two years later.

The Bay Area post-punkers get political on their third album, which was recorded without departed guitarist Sara Jaffe.

This is the second solo outing for the former Archers Of Loaf and Crooked Fingers frontman.

The solo debut for the Kings of Convenience guitarist (who also provided vocals on the recent Röyksopp album) features 10 tracks recorded in 10 cities with 10 different producers, including Schneider TM, Soviet, Prefuse 73, and Metro Area's Morgan Geist.

The second album for the Scottish quartet was produced by the band with some assistance from Steven Ward.

The highly influential, frequently sampled, and little-known New York no-wave rap group, founded by sisters Renee, Valerie, and Marie Scroggins in 1978, return with a new album, their first in ten years.

This is the appropriately-titled second release for the Philadelphia acid-folk group.

This is the debut full-length album for the singer-songwriter from England.

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci frontman Euros Childs makes his solo debut with this 14-song effort.

The sophomore album from the Oklahoma indie rock band.

This is the second album from the post-punk outfit, one of the edgier, less-mainstream bands on the current New York underground circuit.

This five-song album is the second release from the Austin, Texas instrumental quartet known for their fierce live shows.

The instrumental post-rock band from Texas returns after a four-year wait with this fourth studio album.

The third album for the band that includes members from Kenya and the United States.

Peter Katis produced the debut album for the Simon Balthazar-led band.

Fantastic Plastic Machine is Japanese DJ/radio host/fashion magazine editor Tomoyuki Tanaka, and this is his third release, capturing a wide range of sounds from Philly soul to lounge to exotica to electronica. Schoolhouse Rock vocalist Bob Dorough guests on one track.

The theme of Mike Patton's fourth Fantomas album (which is similar in sound to their first disc) is a calendar, which each track named after a different day of April 2005.

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

This self-titled disc marks the debut for the Vermont freak-folk outfit.

The sixth album from the Welsh indie-rock group was produced by Grant Nicholas and the band.

Canadian singer-songwriter (and Broken Social Scene member) Leslie Feist returns with her third album and major label debut. Jamie Lidell guests.

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

This is the debut album for the northern England band that shares members with Futureheads and Maximo Park.

This second studio LP for the Sunderland, England trio once again finds the band being compared to XTC.

This debut full-length for the British five-piece offers ten tracks of shoegaze- and folk-influenced indie rock. (We also detect a little Snow Patrol and Broken Social Scene in there.)

The Irish quartet releases its debut album, produced by John Goodmanson.

'Skeleton' is the U.S. debut for the four-piece indie-rock group from Denmark, who have drawn comparisons to Built To Spill and Modest Mouse.

Jeremy Lemos worked on the third album for the Denmark band.