This is the second album for the actress best known for her role in High School Musical.

Their music sounds British and the vocals are sometimes in Japanese, but this four-piece shoegaze outfit (returning here with a second album) hails from Brooklyn.

The third album for the New York indie-rock band was produced by Chris Zane.

The fourth full-length album for the New York City-based band features reworkings of some of its previously released songs.

This is the final release for At The Drive-In, who later split to form groups Sparta and The Mars Volta.

This debut disc for the South London, England quartet (originally released in the UK in 2003) was produced by Victor Van Vugt (Beth Orton) and gained a Mercury Music Prize nomination.

This is the second album for the South London four-piece.

The third album from the UK group was self-produced by the band.

The fourth album for the British indie rock band was produced by Tom Rothrock.

The debut solo album from the lead singer of Deerhunter.

This is the second album for Bradford Cox's solo project.

Said to be a much darker and heavier than previous releases from the metal band, Congregation of the Damned is the quintet's fifth studio album.

The debut full-length album for rthe Scottish rock band was produced by Francis MacDonald.

The third album for the all-girl trio from Brooklyn, New York.

Already being heralded as 2003's version of The Streets, the suburban London duo who compose the Audio Bullys combine everything from punk, ska, new wave, and house on this debut.

After frontman Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine in 2000, the remaining members of that Los Angeles band enlisted former Soundgarden leader Chris Cornell, and together they formed Audioslave. This is their debut release.

Rick Rubin produced this second album for the Chris Cornell-meets-Rage Against The Machine supergroup.

Brendan O'Brien produced this third release for the Chris Cornell-led band.

This is the solo debut for Melissa Auf der Maur, who served as bassist for both Smashing Pumpkins and Hole. Chris Goss produced the disc, which also features appearances from Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Brant Bjork (Kyuss) and James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins).

The French shoegazers' third LP was co-produced by Ian Caple (Tindersticks).

The Southern California group's self titled is their fourth album.

"The Smiths" is a phrase you often see in descriptions of the Seattle three-piece Aveo, as their catchy, guitar-driven rock does sometimes recall Moz, Marr & co. This is their second album, produced (like the first) by Phil Ek.

This is the first album-length collaboration for the married duo of Animal Collective's Avey Tare and Mum's Kria Brekkan. No, you are not crazy; every song is indeed (intentionally) played backwards.

This is the debut album for the Long Beach, California-based rock band led by Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, who also goes by the name Avi Buffalo.

The 17-year-old Canadian singer-songwriter-skater nails the adult alternative Michelle Branch/Jewel/Alanis Morissette sound on this debut album, featuring her breakout hit single "Complicated."

The debut album for the Canadian rock quintet.

The mellow indie-pop duo (Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink, both former members of Bright Eyes) returned to the studio with producer Eric Bachmann (Archers of Loaf) to record this sophomore LP. Fink and Taylor also lend their vocals to a track on Moby's latest, '18.'

Crooked Fingers' Eric Bachmann returns as producer for the third album from the duo of Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor.

The first studio album for the band since 1992's "Good Stuff" was produced by Steve Osborne.

The Clash's Mick Jones produced this debut LP for the new band from The Libertines' Pete Doherty.

Pete Doherty tries to get out of the tabloids and into critic's hearts with his latest album.

The second full-length album for the New Zealand-based artist, Annabel Alpers.

The sixth studio album does not include Kevin Richardson, who left the group.

The Backstreet Boys second album without Kevin Richardson reunites them with producer Max Martin.

The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch produced this first release in a dozen years for the original lineup of the lengendary hardcore punk outfit.

This is the debut album for the rock band formed by three members of New Order, Jake Evans, and Blur's Alex James appears as a guest.

These 14 new tracks from the Los Angeles punk band mark the 20th anniversary of the group's first LP.

The veteran Southern California hardcore punk band returns with--as you may have guessed from the title--a political-themed disc, complete with carefully-footnoted lyrics.

The hardcore, often political rockers return with their 14th studio album.

The debut full-length album from Damon Gough (who records under the Badly Drawn Boy name) earned Britain's Mercury Prize for Best Album in 2000.

Instead of a real follow-up to "The Hour of Bewliderbeast" (look for that later in 2002), Damon Gough returns with the score to the film adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel. The 16 new tracks here are split between short instrumental pieces and full songs.

After wowing music critics and winning Britain's Mercury Music Prize for his 2000 debut album, 'The Hour of Bewilderbeast,' Damon Gough (who is the one and only member of Badly Drawn Boy) took a bit of time off, recording only the soundtrack for 'About A Boy' in the interim. He now returns with a proper follow-up, preceded by single "You Were Right."

Apart from demonstrating that his addition skills are as poor as Radiohead's, 'One Plus One' finds Damon Gough returning to the more low-key, lo-fi sound of his earlier work after the much glossier 'Have You Fed The Fish?' failed to win the British singer-songwriter new fans in 2002.

Lemon Jelly's Nick Franglen produced Damon Gough's fifth Badly Drawn Boy album.

The Austin group added four members since its 2008 album for the band's fourth album.

This is the full-length debut for the Seattle band (featuring members of the now defunct Carissa's Wierd) that has drawn comparisons to, among others, Neil Young.

The Seattle band's follow-up to their debut album.

The third album for the rock band led by Ben Bridwell is its first on Columbia and for new members Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds who joined after the release of 2007's Cease to Begin.

The debut album for the indie rock band was produced by Ian Davenport.

Philly's psychedelic Bardo Pond offer up a 72-minute, ten-track disc. This is their fifth official release, and like its predecessors, it continues the tradition of using a drug reference in the title.

The witty Canadian band with a devoted fanbase is back with their first album since the poorly-received 'Maroon.' Ron Aniello (Guster, Lifehouse) produces.

The second full-length album for the Georgia-based rock band is its first with new guitarist Peter Adams.

Since leaving the Bad Seeds (Nick Cave's backing band) in the late 1980s, Barry Adamson has embarked on a prolific career providing soundtrack music to films both real ('Gas Food Lodging,' 'The Beach') and imagined (numerous cinematic-sounding solo albums, including 'Moss Side Story'). This latest release falls into the latter category, and incorporates pop, rock, jazz, funk, and countless other styles in its ten tracks.

The producer and former Bad Seeds member returns with his first solo disc in four years.

The second album for the singer was produced by David Kosten and features guest appearances by Yeasayer and Scott Walker.

The unique New York four-piece math-rock outfit (that includes members of Helmet and Don Caballero) follows a string of three acclaimed 2004 EPs with this debut full-length, which adds (heavily processed) vocals into their mix of live and programmed instrumentation for the first time.

The first album in over 20 years for the British rock band is also their last.

This self-titled release is the full-length (well, 33-minute) debut for the teen garage-rockers from Nashville fronted by the Karen O-esque Jemina Pearl.

The sophomore album for the rock quartet from Nashville, Tennessee.

This is the much-blogged-about first album for the Baltimore duo of Alex Scally and Victoria Legrand.

The sophomore album for the Baltimore-based indie-rock duo.

The CD/DVD set features the first album on Sub Pop for the dream pop duo from Baltimore.

Los Angeles-based alt-country outfit Beachwood Sparks return with a second album for Sub Pop. The disc includes a cover of Sade's "By Your Side."

The debut album for the trio from Bristol was written in 12 days.

Money Mark guests on this all-instrumental, post-punk-influenced, 12-track set for the veteran hip-hop outfit.

Beck's "official" follow-up to 'Odelay' is an even more eclectic mix of soul, electro, funk, folk, rock, and hip-hop, including more than one song that sounds an awful lot like Prince.

Which Beck is it? The party-loving Beck of 'Odelay' and 'Midnite Vultures,' or the more serious, singer-songwriter Beck of 'Mutations.' On this latest release, it is the latter, as Beck reunites with Mutations' producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead) for a set of darker, atmospheric, more acoustically-oriented tracks.

This much-anticipated release for the eclectic performer--a return to the "fun" Beck of 'Odelay' and 'Midnite Vultures'--was produced by the Dust Brothers and Tony Hoffer.

Beck's latest LP, 'Guero,' is remixed track-for-track by the likes of Air, Boards Of Canada, El-P and Subtle.

Nigel Godrich produced the latest eclectic release for the prolific Los Angeles-based artist, which is more varied and uptempo than their previous collaborations.

The 10th album for the Los Angeles artist was produced by Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton.

'Business Casual' is the debut LP for the dance-oriented Nebraska four-piece, who are frequently compared to some combination of Wire, XTC and Gang Of Four and don't sound an awful lot like any of the other bands on Saddle Creek's roster, save for maybe The Faint.

This Eastern European-sounding, multi-instrumental effort is actually the work of Albuquerque teenager Zach Condon. Members of A Hawk And A Hacksaw also lend a hand.

The follow-up album from the trio headed by Zach Condon.

The first of the double EP set, March of the Zapotec, features Mexican music influences, whereas the second, Holland, includes songs made by Zach Condon under the name Realpeople.

This is the long-in-the-making debut album for the instrumental Montreal band that shares two members (Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry) with the Arcade Fire.

This is the second album for the Montreal group featuring two members of Arcade Fire.

The third album from the Irish band, which previously included Damien Rice.

This is the Irish band's first album without Brian Crosby, who left to pursue other projects.

The Glasgow band's fifth album serves as the soundtrack to the Todd Solondz film of the same name--in theory, that is, as only a few minutes of this new material is actually used in the movie (in fact, much of the album was recorded after the movie was released). However, as with a typical soundtrack album, expect snatches of dialogue and numerous instrumental tracks interspersed with fully-developed songs.

The veteran Scottish band's first album for Sanctuary (after a long run on Matador Records) is also their first without singer/cellist Isobel Campbell. The 12 tracks here were produced by Trevor Horn.

This 2-disc set collects 25 non-LP tracks that previously appeared on the band's early singles and EPs for Jeepster.

Tony Hoffer produced this seventh studio LP for the veteran Scottish indie-pop band.