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.

'North' is a song cycle of piano-based ballads dealing with the ups and downs romance--both the ending of one releationship and the subsequent beginning of a new love.

The San Francisco band's fourth studio album was produced by Brendan O'Brien and includes a cover of Sugar's "If I Can't Change Your Mind."

The latest from Neil Young's Archives Performance Series features live songs from various appearances in 1992 before the release of "Harvest Moon."

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.

The fourth album for the Boston-based singer-songwriter was produced by Chris Coady.

The Welsh Britpop band returns with its second album in 2001 and sixth U.S. release overall. The first single is "Stood On Gold."

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.

The latest album for the English artist features guest appearances by Nick Cave, Cat Power, Rufus Wainwright, Keith Richards, and Antony Hegarty.

This is the second album for the eclectic, multi-lingual New York band that, despite its name, is largely male and definitely not Brazilian.

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.

Liz Hysen's Toronto-based band which also includes cellists, releases its fourth full-length album.

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

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

John Hiatt's latest album was produced by the singer-songwriter and features his daughter on two songs.

The band's first new album since 2000, a more stripped-down, "classic U2" disc than previous efforts, was recorded chiefly with producer Steve Lillywhite, with Chris Thomas and Nellee Hooper also helming some tracks.

The singer's second solo set features production work by Nellee Hooper, The Neptunes, Swizz Beatz and Dave Stewart.

It has been five years, but Maroon 5 finally return with a follow-up to their huge-selling 2002 debut 'Songs About Jane.' The producers include Mike Elizondo, Mark "Spike" Stent, and Eric Valentine.

Twiggy Ramirez returns to the band on its seventh studio album, produced with Sean Beavan and Chris Vrenna.

'Sun' is the 13th studio disc for R.E.M., who are joined here by frequent collaborators Ken Stringfellow and Scott McCaughey. Q-Tip also guest raps on "The Outsiders."

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 actress' second album rocks a bit more than her first, and includes covers of songs by Cheap Trick and Stevie Nicks.

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

The nu-metal quartet have ditched their makeup and alien nicknames for this third album, produced with Dave Fortman.

The first daughter of modern French pop releases her third album, IRM (the album's title is French for the MRI machines), produced by Beck.

'Get Born' marks the debut of the Australian garage-rock quartet Jet.

The American Idol runner-up releases his debut album.

This live set from the neo-prog outfit was recorded on the road between May 2004 and May 2005.

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.

Former Heart singer debuts her first solo album.

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

The third album for the singer/songwriter was produced by Ethan Johns and recorded in England.

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

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova release their follow-up to the soundtrack of the Academy Award-winning film "Once."

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

The first live album for R.E.M. is a recording of the band's Dublin concert in 2005.

This is the eighth full-length release for British art-pop ensemble. Not surprisingly, John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke co-produced the album, with additional contributions from Sean O'Hagan (The High Llamas).

This fifth album for the Brit rockers was produced by Youth.

The producer/singer/songwriter releases his lastest solo album.

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

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).

Elvis Costello and the Imposters recorded and mixed the album in a week.

This is the electronic band's first album since its 2002 album, "Neon Golden."

The 13th album from the group formed in San Francisco is its first in more than four years.

The Swedish band releases its second album, produced by fellow Swede Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John.

'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.

The dance group, comprising three Canadians and a Brit, releases its debut album stateside.

The sophomore effort for the English quartet includes two tracks produced by the legendary (and allegedly homicidal) Phil Spector, with the remainder handled by John Leckie and Danton Suppie.

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.

The debut album for the band led by ex-Secret Machines member Benjamin Curtis.

The Depeche Mode vocalist's first solo release finds him working with Sigur Ros producer Ken Thomas.

The Meat Puppets return with its second album since reuniting in 2006.

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 seventh release for the Swedish band led by Gustav Ejstes is its first in five years.

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.

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."

This is the third full-length album for the Canadian punk rock band.

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.

This is the eleventh studio album for the Manchester band that originally formed in 1982. Like many of their recent LPs, it was produced by Brian Eno. The lead single is "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)."