The debut full-length album for the Brooklyn, New York, duo.

This 15-song live set from Conor Oberst & co.'s 2005 tour is heavy on material from 'I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning' and includes covers of Elliott Smith and Feist.

Heavily influenced by the likes of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Adam Green (the alternative-folk singer/songwriter better known for his stint with the lo-fi indie group Moldy Peaches) returns with his sixth studio album.

If you can picture an explicitly gay version of the Polyphonic Spree recording church music, then you have a general idea of this unconventional debut album from Toronto, Canada's Hidden Cameras.

Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, Beth Orton, PJ Harvey) produced this debut disc for the Glaswegian band.

The New York indie four-piece team up with, of all people, producers The Matrix on this follow-up to 'Electric Sweat.'

The fifth album includes contributions from Akron/Family, Bill Rieflin, Julia Kent, and Christoph Hahn.

Dave Fridmann produced album number seven for the duo of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss.

After a five-year break from the music business, Lisa Germano returns with a new record deal and a new album, hoping to regain the cult following she developed through a series of critically-lauded releases for 4AD in the 1990s.

This is the third full-length for the Brooklyn, New York, indie-rock band.

Andrew Broder's third Fog album reprises the song "Hummer" from a recent EP of the same name, and adds 12 new tracks. It's both more vocal-oriented and (at times) more electronic than earlier efforts.

The eleventh album from Bill Callahan and (Smog) features new vocalist Sarabeth Tucek.

The debut album for the British quartet was produced by Stephen Street.

This second 2004 disc from singer-songwriter Ned Oldham (brother of Palace Music's Will Oldham) offers country-tinged folk that recalls bands such as the Grateful Dead, Neil Young and the Meat Puppets.

The debut full-length album for the quartet from Texas.

Adam Pierce's fifth Mice Parade album adds a greatly increased vocal presence (by Pierce, Ikuko Harada and Mum's Kristin Anna Valtysdottir) to his tropicalia-infused post-rock.

This is the debut full-length release for the New York art-rock four-piece, following a string of EPs.

On this long-delayed release, the Minus 5's Scott McCaughey, Ken Stringfellow (the Posies) and Peter Buck (R.E.M.) team up with all four members of Wilco for 13 original tracks.

This is album number three for the side project band for Animal Collective's Dave Portner (aka Avey Tare) and Black Dice's Eric Copeland.

The rock band from Tennessee releases their first album on the Universal Republic label.

Four years since its sophomore release, the British band worked with producer Tim Goldsworthy on its third album.

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

This is the seventh album for the New York noise-rock three-piece. Phil Manley of Trans Am guests.

Ivy's Andy Chase produced this sophomore effort from the French band that gave us 2000's irresistibly poppy 'Puzzle.'

Another hot, retro-sounding band based in New York? Is there some sort of factory churning these bands out? (Or in the case of The Bravery, a Factory?) The band's self-titled debut, preceded by the requisite buzz, utilizes a new wave-flavored sound which is also reminiscent of, oh, let's just say New Order and The Cure.

The London-based art-rockers led by Eddie Argos make their official debut with this 12-song effort.

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

The Icelandic band's 1997 debut album received its first international release in 2004.

Unlike his previous release (which told an album-length story about a fictitious character), Mike Skinner's third Streets album is autobiographical in nature, dealing with the myriad problems that result from being rich and famous.

Dave Longstreth reimagines Black Flag's album "Damaged."

The quintet from Madison, Wisconsin self-releases their debut album.

The Montreal band releases its follow-up to 2007's "Close to Paradise."

The debut album for the British band was produced by Matthew Herbert.

Fresh off the electroclash touring circuit (and apparently in need of a good shave), ever-vulgar Canadian Merrill Nisker (aka Peaches) follows her 2000 debut 'The Teaches of Peaches' with 12 new tracks, including a duet with Iggy Pop.

'Underachievers' is the first U.S. release for the Glasgow, Scotland-based band, who mine some of the same musical territory as fellow Scots Belle & Sebastian (as well as drawing more than a few Nick Drake comparisons).

This is the third album from the New York-based trio, led by French singer Dominique Durand and it finds the group adding a bit of trip-hop into the mix. The album includes a cover of the Blow Monekys' "Digging Your Scene."

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.

This is the third album for the duo from Oregon led by Jona Bechtolt.

This is the second solo album for the New Pornographers' Carl Newman.

The second album for the Australian indie-pop rock band was produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat.

'City' finds veteran underground rapper Aceyalone backed by beats from RJD2.

The latest DFA artist to create a buzz in the music press is former Six Finger Satellite guitarist John Maclean, whose "Less Than Human" is his full-length debut as The Juan Maclean.

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 third album for the New Zealand-based indie band led by Ryan McPhun is its first on the Sub Pop label.

Manitoba consists entirely of Toronto's Dan Snaith (yes, we are aware that Toronto isn't actually in Manitoba), and this is his debut album. [This release was originally credited under the name Manitoba before being re-released under the name Caribou after the name change]

This limited edtion 11-song low-fi mini-album was recorded with producer Ian Broudie over the course of a week.

This is the first album for the British band since 2002's "Handcream For A Generation."

Kathleen Hanna (also of Bikini Kill) returns for her second album with Le Tigre, the follow-up to the band's well-received 1999 debut.

Solex is Amsterdam-based songwriter Elisabeth Esselink, and this is her third album for Matador. Like her previous albums, 'Low Kick' is filled with dozens of eclectic samples pulled from albums found at Esselink's record shop.

The debut solo album for the former singer of The Servant features a sampling from Rihanna's "Umbrella," as well as the soundtrack to the film, "Starman."

The latest installment in Thirsty Ear's Blue Series features prolific indie hip-hop artist Mike Ladd, backed by pianist Vijay Iyer and drummer Guillermo E. Brown.

Ben Chasny returns to his solo project to release his 11th studio album.

The Chicago band's third album marks their Matador debut. John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr.) produces.

Originally intended as an EP, 'Warrior,' at seven tracks and 45 minutes, now stands as the Brooklyn band's second full-length release.

This concise fourth album finds the New York band working with a new producer, Jagz Kooner (Sabres of Paradise).

A male-female duo a la the White Stripes, Denmark's The Raveonettes make their debut with this brief disc of 8 neo-garage tunes.

The fourth solo album for the Broken Social Scene member includes appearances by Liam O'Neil, Tony Scherr, and Andrew Whiteman.

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

The psychedelic indie-rockers from Santa Cruz, Calif. make their Sub Pop debut with this third disc. Guitarist Ben Chasny has been added to the lineup, supplementing the original quartet led by vocalist/guitarist Ethan Miller.

It's a bit hard NOT to get noticed when your band consists of a couple dozen people dressed in white robes, but having one of the most memorable debut albums in recent years (think Mercury Rev + Spiritualized + Up With People) certainly doesn't hurt. This 10-song debut (which was originally intended as a demo) did in fact land the Austin, Texas band led by former Tripping Daisy member Tim DeLaughter a major label deal.

The fourth album for the Danish rock duo was produced with Thomas Troelsen.

Classically-trained guitarist Jimmy LaValle, who has played on albums by Tristeza and Black Heart Procession in addition to his own Album Leaf project, traveled from San Diego, CA to Iceland to record this third Album Leaf disc as a guest of Sigur Ros. Members of Sigur Ros, Mum, and Black Heart Procession appear on the album.

Marc Bianchi continues his indie pop/electronica solo project Her Space Holiday with this latest 10-song release.

This is the debut album for the New York City indie quintet.

Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij and Ra Ra Riot's Wes Miles team up to release their first album together.

This party album from the Danish band Junior Senior has garnered attention throughout Europe with its mix of garage rock, pop and disco.

The indie-pop duo releases its twenty-first album.

This is the third studio album for the Denver-based indie pop band led by Tammy Ealom.

The San Francisco post-punk band's second album follows five years after their debut.

The Chicago band led by Eric Johnson (sometimes of Califone) returns with a third album.

'Darkel' marks the solo debut for Air's JB Dunckel.

This long-awaited follow-up to 2002's 'I Phantom' once again reunites the indie MC (also known as Jeffrey Haynes) with producer El-P. Also appearing are Aesop Rock, Akrobatik, Blueprint, and Murs.

The Swedish trio's fourth album was released as digital- and vinyl-only.

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

The second album for the British trio was produced by Jim Abbiss and features Peaches as a guest singer on one track.

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.

Guy Blakeslee who originally recorded under the name Entrance, with Derek W. James and Paz Lenchantin contributing, they now credit themselves The Entrance Band.

El-P and Mr. Lif guest on Aesop Rock's second LP for the Def Jux label.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O and several of her musician friends compose the soundtrack to Spike Jonze's adaptation of the children's book, Where The Wild Things Are.

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

The sophomore album for the indie rock quartet from Minnesota was produced by Dave Fridmann.

The Decemberists lead singer releases his live solo album featuring songs from his 2006 tour.

This is the Swedish indie-pop band's second EP.

This is the sixth studio LP from the Scottish three-piece.

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