This fourth album marks the Barsuk debut for the eclectic Portland, Ore. husband-and-wife duo of Kevin and Anita Robinson.

After taking a year off, Kevin and Anita Robinson wrote and recorded this album in a month.

The debut album for the Brooklyn trio is less than 22 minutes long.

This is the second album for the Brooklyn-based indie rock trio.

The Los Angeles-based duo releases a six-track EP produced by Prefuse 73.

Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver), Jon Mueller, Chris Rosenau, Jim Schoenecker, Daniel Spack, and Thomas Wincek of Collections of Colonies of Bees join up to release their debut together as Volcano Choir.

The sophomore album for the Chicago-area avant-garde rock band.

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.

Victor Van Vugt produced this long-awaited full-length debut for the Austin, Texas group, who previously generated some buzz with a series of EPs.

This is the debut full-length album for the rock band led by singer-songwriter Michael Grubbs, who was also a cast member on the TV series "One Tree Hill."

Warren Zevon's eleventh studio recording (his first, 'Wanted Dead or Alive,' was released in 1969!) features songs penned with the help of an unusual group of collaborators, including novelist Carl Hiaasen and sportswriter Mitch Albom (whose song, "Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)," features a vocal spot from David Letterman, of all people).

Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2002, veteran singer-songwriter Warren Zevon decided to record one final album. This 11-track effort includes contributions from numerous Zevon friends, including Ry Cooder, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Tom Petty, and Dwight Yoakam.

The first album in more than 15 years features guest appearances by Booker T. Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Wayne Kramer, Marcus Miller, and a song originally cowritten with Bob Dylan.

The funk band's compilation includes songs featuring Kim Bassinger, Ozzy Osbourne, Mel Torme, and Leonard Cohen.

The co-ed Washington, D.C. indie-rock foursome make their debut with this 11-track disc produced by Brian McTear.

This is the first release on Fat Possum Records for the San Diego-based indie-rock artist.

This is the major-label debut for the Brooklyn-based indie-rock trio fronted by Keith Murray.

The California-based indie rock band, which has had more luck in the UK, releases its latest album.

The latest album for the indie rock band We Are Scientists is its first with ex-Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows.

Former Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody's new band features seventh season American Idol finalist Carly Smithson on lead vocals.

The electro-rock group from Quebec, with the help of producers Radwan Moumneh and Hadji Bakara, releases its fourth album.

The debut album for the Scottish indie-rock quartet.

The eighth studio album for Gene and Dean Ween is their strangest (and definitely most eclectic) in quite some time. (And many Ween fans will probably see that as a good thing.)

The Pennsylvania band releases the EP in advance of a full studio album in the fall.

With this full-length album, Ween move away from their electro-heavy "Friends" EP released earlier this year.

This "green album," produced by Ric Ocasek, is actually the second untitled album for the Los Angeles band, not to be confused with 1994's "blue album." The album is the band's first since leader Rivers Cuomo's graduation from Harvard -- in fact, it is their first since their 1996 sophomore effort, 'Pinkerton,' which alienated some fans with a shift toward an angrier sound.

When it rains it pours: After going five years without a Weezer album, fans of the quirky alt-rockers get two new discs in two years, with this (their fourth release overall) quickly following 2001's Green Album.

Rick Rubin produced album number five for the Rivers Cuomo-led band.

The sixth studio album for the Los Angeles band was produced by Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee.

The latest album for the California rock band features a guest appearance by Lil Wayne.

This is the third LP for the band featuring members of the Make-Up and Scene Creamers.

The second album for the British punk rock trio follows their debut album released 18 months earlier.

This 2004 debut album for the Austin, Texas band was re-released (with four bonus tracks mixed by Spoon's Jim Eno) in 2006 when the band signed with Barsuk.

The Massachusetts-based trio's fourth album is their first for a major label. Dave Fridmann produces.

The Massachusetts band--now down to the duo of Scott Levesque (vocals, guitars) and Brendan Harney (drums)--returns with their first album in four years.

Championed (and signed) by the White Stripes' Jack White, this spare, Michigan-based keyboard-bass-drums trio has been labeled by Rolling Stone as this generation's Devo. White produced this debut LP, which was mixed by Mercury Rev's Dave Fridmann. And why the album title? According to the band's website, "We all love rabbits."

The spastic, Michigan electro-rock trio returns with a second, slightly more accessible, full-length.

The debut album for the Austin, Texas, trio features songs from both of their EPs.

The indie rock band's first full-length releases in the US was originally self-released at its concert tour.

This is the second album for the Austin, Texas indie rock band.

The latest album for the New York-based indie rock band was recorded in three days at Oneida's studio and Oneida's Kid Millions provided the drumming for the recording.

On Casey Deniel and Shawn Creeden's second full-length album, the duo moves away from the jazzy pop of 2008's "Phylactery Factory" with more shades of down-tempo electronica.

The debut album for the London trio was produced by Ed Buller and Max Dingle.

The debut record for the New York quintet includes two drummers and a piano player.

The second album for the band was produced by Spoon's Britt Daniel.

This is the latest solo album for Portland-based Adam Forkner.

This debut full-length for the UK five-piece recalls 1980s synth-pop.

This is the debut full-length for the Lawrence, Kansas band consisting of Matt Suggs (Butterglory), Rob Pope (The Get Up Kids), and John Anderson, Zach Holland, Dustin Kinsey (Thee Higher Burning Fire).

Cleveland-based Joe Williams' debut album was recorded in Ohio, New York, and California.

Well over to the indie-rock side of anticon's indie-rap -- indie-rock continuum, Why? (aka Yoni Wolf) returns with an eight-song EP.

Indie rap meets indie rock in the latest full-length from Yoni Wolf, who, as on 'Sanddollars,' is now supported by a full band.

The 10th album for the Georgia jam band is the first featuring new guitarist Jimmy Herring.

The 11th album for the jam rock band features a cover of Vic Chesnutt's "This Cruel Thing."

The long wait for this fourth album from Jeff Tweedy & co. is partially the result of the tumultuous recording process that left the band without its guitarist (Jay Bennett) and its record label (Warner/Reprise). Fellow Chicagoan Jim O'Rourke mixed the 11 tracks.

When you record one of the most acclaimed albums of the decade, what do you do for an encore? If you are Jeff Tweedy & co., you return with both old (Jim O'Rourke again producing) and new (yet another lineup change) for your fifth studio LP.

This two-disc set compiles 23 live performances culled from a four-night stand at the Vic Theatre in the band's native Chicago earlier in 2005.

The sixth studio set for the Jeff Tweedy-fronted band is less experimental and adventurous than Wilco's previous few efforts. It is the first Wilco studio album to feature the work of touring guitarist Nels Cline.

The seventh album for the rock group was produced with Jim Scott.

The debut album for the indie rock quartet from Leeds.

The second album for the quartet was produced with Richard Formby.

The debut album for the New Hampshire rock band was produced by Rob Schnapf.

The Swedish duo releases their second album.

This is the debut full-length for the Baltimore four-piece whose frontman (James Johnson) bears a strong vocal resemblance to John Lydon.

The Baltimore band returns with a quick follow-up to last year's self-titled debut.

The third album for the Baltimore band was created as a musical project with Charles Long, a visual artist.

The Iowan-born singer-songwriter releases his first album on the Anti label.

Youngster Ryan Adams produced this 11-song mix of originals and covers, which also includes musical backing from Adams' band The Cardinals.

The Martha's Vineyard native recorded this debut LP of intelligent, folky rock when he was 19.

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

The Austin band's fourth LP represents a new direction for the group (which features Dan Matz and Jason McNeely and a handful of rotating contributors) toward more delicate and intricate compositions. In addition, a new emphasis on vocals makes this the band's most accessible release to date.

The now Philadelphia-based band's fifth album in its ten-year history marks its debut for Secretly Canadian. What's not so secret is that the disc was produced by Dan Burton (Early Day Miners).

The four-piece post-rock outfit now based in Philadelphia continue to fill out their sound on this follow-up to 'We Fight Til Death.'

Scott "Wino" Weinrich, former member of such bands as The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, and The Hidden Hand, releases his debut solo album.

The groundbreaking English four-piece art-punk band has reunited (25 years after their debut) to record this 6-track EP, representing their first new studio output together since 1990's 'Manscape.'

This is the second in a series of self-released EPs from the newly-reborn band, following 'Read & Burn 01' which was released earlier in 2002.

The legendary English band, now re-formed, reunited and reinvigorated, return with their first LP in over a dozen years, with a sound that recalls the punk energy of their 1970s albums while sounding completely modern. Note that 7 of the 11 tracks here are also found in some form on 2002's twin "Read & Burn" EPs.

The first album for the punk band without Bruce Gilbert, who left in 2004.

This is the debut for the new band led by Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis (here on drums), joined by members of psych-rockers Feathers.

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.

Their first Sub Pop release finds the noisy Detroit band as a threesome, with founder Nate Young joined (as he has been since 2000) by Aaron Dilloway and John Olson.

The noisy, intense Michigan band returns with a follow-up to 2004's 'Burned Mind.'

The Montreal band's Sub Pop debut was co-produced by Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock.

The Montreal quartet recorded its sophomore album at Arcade Fire's church studio.

With all but the vocals recorded live to tape, Wolf Parade's new release promises massive sound and heavy-hitting lyrics, which is what we've come to expect from this innovative indie-rock quartet.