The top female finisher on the eighth season of American Idol releases her debut album.

Shelby Lynne's sister releases a covers album of some of her favorite female singers.

Since 2009's covers collection "Mockingbird," Allison Moorer felt it was time to do something entirely different for her next record. The country-folk singer-songwriter releases her first collection of original material in four years. It features guitarist Joe McMahan, a former member of Moorer's road band for Miss Fortune; and bassist Brad Jones, who contributed to Getting Somewhere.

The country singer's fourth studio album and Sugarhill debut was recorded in just two weeks with returning producer R.S. Field.

The 10th full-length release for the singer-songwriter was produced by Kenny Greenberg.

The eighth full-length studio release for the singer-songwriter was influenced by her break up with Steve Earle and the autism diagnosis for her son Henry.

This is the critically-acclaimed Alabama singer's third album, and first for her new label Universal South.

Husband Steve Earle lends a hand on the singer-songwriter's latest release.

The debut full-length solo release for the Birds of Chicago/Our Native Daughters member is about her surviving and healing from an abusive childhood.

The second full-length release from Nashville-based Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Russell features guest appearances by Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, and Hozier.

The debut full-length release from the indie rock singer-songwriter was produced by Chris Kuffner.

This is the third full-length release for the indie pop band.

The debut album for the London based indie pop band includes two Australian and two British members.

Simon Trought returns to produce the second album for the London-based indie pop band led by Elizabeth Morris.

The debut full-length release for the Finnish singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Tove Lo.

The soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe comedy features music from the 1970's, including tracks from Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Allman Brothers Band, Elton John, and David Bowie (a cover of Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting For The Man"), and one original track, from the movie's fictitious Stillwater.

The second full-length album for the California-born singer E. Nathaniel Dawkins goes for retro R&B and soul style.

The third full-length solo release for the retro-soul singer features production from DJ Khalil, Theron Feemster, Rock Mafia, and Pharrell Williams.

This is the Ohio band's fourth album of jazzy prog-rock.

The rock quartet worked on writing the songs over the Internet before coming together to record the album.

The English electronica duo return with an atmospheric collection of 12 lounge/trip-hop tracks, with vocals provided by Wendy Stubbs, Helen White, and Martin Barnard.

The Danish six-piece pop group releases its debut album.

The Danish group returns with its second album on new label Polydor.

The second full-length release for the Australian indie six-piece was co-produced by band guitarist Christian O'Brien and producer Dann Hume.

This second album for the Manchester (by way of Germay) electronica/Krautrock duo features guest vocals from Brian Molko (Placebo).

The fourth full-length release for the British indie rock trio Alt-J was produced by Charlie Andrew.

This is the debut full-length album for the British quartet who met at Leeds University.

The third full-length release for the British indie rock band was produced by Charlie Andrew.

The Alchemist, Danny Brown, GoldLink, Hex, Kontra K, Little Simz, Lomepal, Paigey Cakey, PJ Sin Suela, Pusha T, Rejjie Snow, and Tuka are some of the artists who reimagined tracks from the British indie rock band's 2017 album Relaxer.

The follow-up to the British indie rock trio's Mercury Prize-winning debut was produced by Charlie Andrew and is its first without bassist Gwil Sainsbury, who left the band for personal reasons.

The fifth full-length release for the Florida rock band that includes former members of Creed and Myles Kennedy was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette.

The seventh full-length studio release for Florida hard rock band Alter Bridge was produced by Michael Baskette.

The fourth full-length release for the hard rock band formed by Creed members Mark Tremonti and drummer Scott Phillips was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette.

The first new studio release in 39 years for Scottish new wave/post-punk band Altered Images features two of the original members, Clare Grogan and Stephen Lironi, with Bobby Bluebell from the Bluebells and former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler.

The fifth full-length release from Amsterdam-based sextet Altin Gün features psychedelic pop versions of traditional Turkish folk songs

The third full-length release for the Turkish psych-folk band from Amsterdam was mixed by Jacco Gardner.

The debut full-length solo release for the dance-pop artist (who previously worked with George Reid as AlunaGeorge) features guest appearances from SG Lewis, KAYTRANANDA and Rema.

R&B and electronic music influences are apparent on the three-track debut EP release from singer Aluna Francis and producer George Reid.

The second full-length release for the British electronic duo features guest appearances from Dreezy, Leikeli47, Pell, Popcaan, and ZUH.

The debut full-length release for electro-soul duo of Aluna Francis and producer George Reid includes a cover of Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It."

The latest collaboration between Ryuichi Sakamoto and Carsten Nicolai was recorded at the Glass House in Connecticut in 2014.

The third installment of the German electronic artist's Uni trilogy features a guest appearance by Anne-James Chaton.

The 35-track release from Alan Bishop (released as three separate LPs as part of his Heathen Folklore trilogy) was recorded over three years in Cairo and Seattle with members Invisible Hands and the Master Musicians Of Bukakke.

Produced by Shawn Everett, the third full-length release for Canadian indie pop band Alvvays was delayed by a number of issues including the theft of demos, a flood, COVID-19 lockdowns, and finding new band members.

The second full-length release for the Toronto-based indie-pop band led by Molly Rankin was produced by Alec O'Hanley and John Congleton.

The debut release for the Canadian five-piece indie pop band that includes Molly Rankin, daughter of Rankin Family member John Morris; former Two Hours Traffic member Alec O'Hanley; and Danks drummer Phil MacIsaac was produced by Chad VanGaalen.

The latest full-length release from Aly & AJ features a guest appearance from Joy Oladokun.

The second full-length release from American-Ghanian singer Amaarae features executive production with KZDidIt and Kyu Steed.

The African duo met at a school for the blind and have since written a song for the 2006 World Cup and their latest album features production by Damon Albarn.

The album mixes recording sessions from New York and Mali featuring such guests as Tunde Adebimpe, Bertrand Cantat, Ebony Bones, Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, Santigold, Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters, Theophilus London, and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The ninth full-length release for the Malian Afro-pop duo was produced by Adrien Durand.

The debut full-length album for Philadelphia-based rapper who is also involved with the groups Spank Rock and Sweatheart.

Philip Ekström of The Mary Onettes produced the debut release for the Swedish singer who was discovered at 15 by Labrador Records.

The covers album from Amanda Palmer and her father Jack was produced with Joe Costa.

This is the full-length debut collaboration between Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer and The Legendary Pink Dots' Edward Ka-Spel.

The second full-length solo release for the Dresden Dolls singer includes several live tracks recorded in Australia and New Zealand.

The debut album for the Dresdan Dolls singer was produced with Ben Folds.

The third full-length solo release for The Dresden Dolls singer was recorded in a month by John Congleton.

The third solo studio album for the former Dresden Doll singer is her first with her new band, The Grand Theft Orchestra and was recorded in Australia with producer John Congleton.

The sixth full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter was produced by Dave Cobb.

The seventh full-length solo release for singer-songwriter Amanda Shires was produced by Lawrence Rothman.

The album collects some of the last recordings from the Senegalese artist when he was in the Black And White Band as well as working with Orchestre Massako.

The fourth full-length release from Brazilian jazz pianist was inspired by the sounds of the Amazon and features contributions from Hamid Drake, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Parker, Aniel Someillan, and Brandee Younger.

This is the debut release for the Swedish indie pop group that includes Amanda Bergman of Hajen, Gustav Ejstes of Dungen, Pontus Winnberg of Miike Snow, Nils Tornqvist and Petter Winnberg of Little Marjorette.

This is the debut release from Joe Flory as Amateur Best.

The debut full-length album for the Brooklyn quintet.

The second full-length release for the Dutch indie pop artist was co-produced with Deerhoof's Chris Cohen and Trey Pollard.

The debut full-length release for the Dutch indie-pop singer was produced by Ben Greenberg.

Dutch singer-songwriter Amber Arcades worked remotely with producer Ben Greenberg for her third full-length release.

The debut full-length solo release for the ex-member of Dirty Projectors was produced partly by David Longstreth.

This is the debut full-length release for New York-based R&B artist Amber Mark.

Featuring contributions from Kool A.D., Mivos Quartet, Marcus Gilmore, and Walter Smith III, the sixth full-length release for the trumpeter was a commissioned from Judd Greenstein of Manhattan’s Ecstatic Music Festival and Kate Nordstrum of St. Paul's Liquid Music Series.

The jazz trumpeter's second release on the Blue Note label with hi with his quintet was self-produced.

The second album for the jazz trumpeter from California was coproduced with Jason Moran.

This self-titled effort marks the full-length debut for the Brooklyn-based shoegazers.

The debut full-length release for the German electronic duo of Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann features guest appearances from Gudrun Gut, Matthew Herbert, Jens Kuross, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and Planningtorock.

The fifth full-length release for Damon McMahon features contributions from Delicate Steve, Parker Kindred, Gus Seyffert , Jordi Wheeler,  Nick Zinner and was produced by Chris Coady.

The six-track EP features four reworked songs from 2014's Love release.

The first full-length studio release from Damon McMahon's musical project Amen Dunes since 2018's Freedom features contributions from Kwake Bass, Christoffer Berg, Money Mark, Panoram, and Sam Wilkes.

The third full-length release for the folk project for Damon McMahon features guest appearance from Elias Bender Rønnenfelt of Iceage and was produced by Dave Bryant and Efrim Menuck.

The seventh full-length studio release for the Belgian post-metal band led by Colin H. Van Eeckhout is its first on the Relapse label.

The Austin, Texas-based drone-pop qunitet--known to friends and reviewers as AmAnSet--returns with their fifth LP.

The sixth album for the Andrew Kenny-led band is their first for Canadian label Arts & Crafts.

Produced by John Fulbright and new-line-up that includes Shane Boeker, Joey Bybee, Ben Hussey, and Adam Kurtz support fontman BJ Barham on the North Carolina alt-country band's first release on the New West label.

The third full-length release for the Illinois emo band features guest appearances from Rachel Goswell, Elizabeth Powell and Hayley Williams.