The brother-sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger return with a second quirky, challenging and eclectic LP.

The four-track EP was recorded at different places between December 2006 and June 2008.

The sample-based indietronica LP 'Rounds' is the third solo effort for Fridge's Kieran Hebden.

The debut disc for the new band from former Unicorns members Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambeur includes appearances from members of Royal City, Wolf Parade and Arcade Fire.

The fifth studio album for the Scottish five-piece was produced, like its predecessor, by Tony Doogan.

This is the debut full-length for the Glasgow band fronted by James Graham.

Imagine the Arcade Fire dosed with happy pills, stocked with toy instruments and forced to score a musical about the 1980s, and you may start getting close to the idea of this eight-piece co-ed band from Melbourne, Australia. This second album follows recent tours with the likes of Death Cab For Cutie, David Byrne and Belle And Sebastian.

The Canadian indie rock band releases its first full-length album after two well-received EPs.

Anyone disappointed by the last Daft Punk album might enjoy this funky, largely instrumental second album for the New York duo.

This is the first LP for the Sheffield, England co-ed five-piece fronted by Kate Jackson. Steve Mackey (Pulp) produced.

Jim White and Paul Oldham are among the guests on prolific songwriter Will Oldham's latest Bonnie "Prince" Billy studio recording.

Before reuniting The Pixies, Black recorded this mellow solo disc in four days in a Nashville studio, backed by veteran southern session musicians.

This third LP is the first release since 2004 for the Texas-based choral/symphonic rock group fronted by Tim DeLaughter.

The fifth album for the trio from New York was produced by John Goodmanson.

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 first solo outing for Portishead's Beth Gibbons finds her teaming up with former Talk Talk bassist Paul "Rustin' Man" Webb on a largely acoustic, melodic collection of 10 tracks.

The Canadian indie rock band releases its sophomore album.

The second LP from the New York-based artist/musician/crazy hippie Devendra Banhart (who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute) includes 16 of the 32 lo-fi tracks recorded in the living room of veteran recording engineer Lynn Bridges. The remaining 16 will be released on a separate album later in 2004.

Dan Bejar, the New Pornographer member, releases his ninth album.

The San Francisco group's fourth album is its darkest in mood so far, perhaps a result of several changes in band membership since 2001's 'The Coast Is Never Clear.'

The Good Life is a side project for Cursive's Tim Kasher, and this third full-length release (following the 'Lovers Need Lawyers' EP) finds him joined by Stefanie Drootin, Ryan Fox and Roger Lewis.

No, it's not *that* kind of drum'n'bass album. Instead, Rhode Island's Lightning Bolt literally consists of just two instrumentalists on drum and bass, and together the pair generate an experimental sonic fury on this, their second full-length.

'Superwolf' is the first collaboration between singer-songwriter Will Oldham (aka Bonnie Prince Billy) and Zwan's Matt Sweeney.

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

Half the band has departed (replaced by a drum machine), but Broadcast's third LP still features the vocals of Trish Keenan and James Cargill's retro-electronic sound.

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 Detroit band returns with a second album.

This is the debut album for the neo-grunge outfit based in Manchester, England.

The sophomore album for the Montreal-based indie group is its first on the Anti- label.

The Liverpool band's debut disc was, like similar-sounding recent discs by The Coral, produced by Ian Broudie. It was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize.

'Black' finds the Danish duo expanded to a more melodic, less noisy trio, with new bassist Anders Christensen joining vocalist Sharon Foo and guitarist Sune Rose Wagner. Also appearing are Velvet Underground drummer Maureen Tucker, Suicide's Martin Rev, and Ronnie Spector.

This '60s-influenced sophomore release from the Isle of Wight-based duo was recorded at Abbey Road.

This fifth release from the adventurous Toronto-based instrumental post-rock outfit is their first album in four years.

This is the debut full-length album for the upstate New York indie rock band.

The latest album from the British band is produced by Craig Silvey (The Magic Numbers).

Although the former Folk Implosion and Sebadoh member has recorded solo discs before under the name Sentridoh, 'Emoh' marks his first release under his own name. It includes six home-recorded tracks as well as eight new studio cuts recorded with producers Mark Nevers, Josh Schwartz and Wally Gagel.

The EP features four new song recorded during the Narrow Stairs sessions and a demo version of 'Talking Bird.'

This volume collects 9 remixes by the production team The DFA (the duo of Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy) of songs by Gorillaz, Hot Chip, Chemical Brothers, Le Tigre, Radio 4 and more.

This is the second album for the Swedish garage rockers.

This Sub Pop debut for the British Columbia band falls into the 80s/punk revival category occupied by the likes of French Kicks and Radio 4, although Cure comparisons are more likely (since lead singer Steve Bays' voice sounds, at times, almost identical to Robert Smith's).

The band's third album is the first to feature its new keyboardist Alex Rose, who replaced Matt Bayles.

This is the Everything But The Girl singer's first solo release since 1982.

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

The Portland, Ore-based singer-songwriter reunites with producer Tucker Martine (The Decemberists) for her sixth album, which is titled after her backing band.

This is the second studio solo set for the folk singer-songwriter who also performs with the Be Good Tanyas.

Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall is Cat Power, and on this album she reinterprets (sometimes drastically) the works of some of her favorite artists, including Smog, the Rolling Stones, the Velvet Underground, and Bob Dylan.

This debut LP brought the much-hyped Liverpool band frequent comparisons to (and a tour with) Radiohead.

This mini-album finds seven new originals written and sung by Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) with Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino performing as his backing band.

The fourth album for the Canadian indie rock band is its first full-length album on the Arts & Crafts label.

This is the sophomore album for the indie-rock band from Madison, Wisconsin.

The third album features the return of founding member, Jamie Thompson.

The now New York-based psych-rock five-piece worked with producer Bill Racine on this fourth album.

The second full-length album for Stephen Wilkinson is his first on Warp records.

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

This is the third LP for the Washington state punk trio.

The Seattle hard rock band's sophomore album was produced by Phil Ek (Modest Mouse, Built To Spill).

The sophomore release for the Strokes guitarist was recorded in five weeks.

The second solo album for the Pulp frontman was produced by Steve Albini.

The Canadian band's fourth studio album, again produced by Ian Blurton.

All 12 songs on the band's first album in two years have been released as singles.

This is the fourth album for the husband-and-wife team of Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner.

This seven-track mini-album is intended to hold fans over until the Modesto, California band return with their next LP in early 2006.

Martin Terefe returns as producer for this sixth LP from the Canadian singer-songwriter, which includes appearances by Ed Harcourt and members of Travis.

This is the fourth album for the Kansas City (Mo.)-based emo band.

This is the fourth album for the improvisational, instrumental, genre-defying four-piece, which shares a guitarist (Bryce Dessner) with The National.

The Icelandic group releases their fourth album.

Alan Moulder mixed this sophomore disc for the hard-rocking Los Angeles band, known for their black and red "uniforms" and strong live sets.

The Duluth, MN indie band, known for their slow, sparse sound and vocal harmonies of husband and wife guitarist Alan Sparhawk and drummer Mimi Parker, scored their biggest critical success yet with 2001's 'Things We Lost In The Fire.' This follow-up features 13 new songs (many of which have been debuted live on recent tours) mixed by Tschad Blake.

Tim Gane and company release their latest album, mixed by Joe Watson.

Robert Forster's first album in 11 years also features songs written by his now-deceased Go-Between partner.

This tongue-in-cheek Canadian duo mixes 70s and 80s electro, funk, rock, and dance sounds on this debut.

This is the second LP for the ever-growing prog-rock collective that calls both England and Texas home.

This debut LP for the Liverpool band was released in the U.K. in early 2004 and made its way to the States a year later.

The self-titled album is the third for the San Francisco duo.

The Sacramento, Calif. noise-rock duo of Spencer Seim and Zach Hill each claim a disc to themselves on this 2-CD third album.

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

The trio worked with producer Dave Eringa (Ash, Manic Street Preachers, Kylie Minogue) for this sophomore release.

'Escondida' marks the first solo studio disc for the Texas-born folk singer-songwriter who also co-founded the Canadian group The Be Good Tanyas.

The fourth album from the Milwaukee emo band is their first with veteran producer Stephen Street, who gives the album a more expansive sound.

The X frontman's fifth solo disc features guests Neko Case, Grant-Lee Phillips, Dave Alvin and Kristin Hersh.

The North Carolina husband-and-wife duo of Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp return with a second album, produced by Brian Paulson.

Yes, this is indeed the fifth full-length for the band led by Sam Jayne.

This is the second release in 2009 for Owen Ashworth following last month's release of his compilation album, Advance Base Battery Life.

This is the second full-length for the Olympia, Wash-based indie-punk trio led by powerful singer Beth Ditto.