Angela McCluskey and Deborah Anderson lend their voices to the French chill-out trio's sophomore record.

The latest solo recording from former Hüsker Dü and Sugar leader Mould echoes back to those bands as well as the various stages of his solo career. His backing band includes Sugar's David Barbe and Fugazi's Brendan Canty.

Merle Haggard guests on the country star's follow-up to 'Shock'n Y'all.'

The Dublin-based quartet debuts with a record filled with echoes of California circa the 1960s and 70s (think Brian Wilson) rather than Ireland.

'Days' is the first album in over a dozen years for the reunited London-based alt-rockers, and is their first to include both original guitarists (Guy Chadwick and Terry Bickers) since 1989.

The fourth album (and second released domestically) for the classic rock-influenced Swedish sextet is the first in a planned series.

The British band's second album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen).

Fifteen years after he left the British metal act, singer Rob Halford returns for this unlikely reunion album.

The typically quirky Manchester, England trio led by John Bramwell returns with an atypical third album.

Mos Def and Jean Grae guest on Kweli's third solo outing.

This companion to the original 'Suitcase' continues where that box set left off, packing 100 more GBV rareties and outtakes from the now-disbanded group onto four discs.

This is the debut for the Toronto six-piece led by Adrian Jewett.

This is the third studio album (don't believe the title) for the San Francisco punkers.

The duo's second album is far more vocal-oriented, and darker, than their debut.

Rob Schnapf and Jon Brion produced the for the Los Angeles band (and by "band" we really just mean Evan Slamka).

The title tells the story of this two-disc set, which includes remixes by Dntel, Boom Bip and Two Lone Swordsmen.

This is the fourth album for the critically-acclaimed Texas-based band.

Their second album finds sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady joined by Antony and Devendra Banhart.

Enlisted as composer for boyfriend Matthew Barney's latest experimental film (which loosely concerns whales and Japan), Bjork responded with a largely instrumental score. Will Oldham guests.

Justin Stanley produced and co-wrote the R&B singer's second album, which also includes collaborations with ?uestlove, Lenny Kravitz and Jon Brion.

This is the fourth LP for the trio of Jim Putnam, Senon Williams and Steve Goodfriend.

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

This debut full-length for the London group headed by Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor is a (semi-)tongue-in-cheek mix of diverse styles such as fake-gangsta-rap, R&B, soul, electronica, and more.

This is the third album for the Jamaican dancehall star.

Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer reunite for their first album as The Posies in seven years. They are joined by Matt Harris (Oranger) on bass and Darren Minwalla (Preston School of Industry) on drums.

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

The fourth album for the Los Angeles-based electronica producer finds him joined by guests MF Doom, Mike Ladd and Prefuse 73.

The legendary singer's first album in ten years combines R&B, soul and hip-hop. Guests include Paul McCartney, Prince and India.Arie.

The rapper's second album was "executive" produced by Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 himself and includes the singles "Piggybank" and "Disco Inferno."

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

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 soon-to-be-incarcerated (for perjury) rapper offers a fourth solo disc. Kanye West and Scott Storch are among the producers.

The fourth album for the Scottish band was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Tony Hoffer (Air, Beck).

This is the debut album for the Texas teenage home-schooled Christian indie-rock band made up of three DuPree sisters, one DuPree brother, and the other guy, who already have two EPs and a tour supporting Coldplay under their belts.

The Ian McCulloch-led band are re-teamed with producer Hugh Jones (1981's 'Heaven Up Here') on this next step of their reunion.

The more experimental of Conor Oberst's two releases in January 2005 is the electronic-flavored 'Digital Ash,' which includes some help from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Nick Zinner and the Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello.

The Faint's Joel Petersen returns with his third Broken Spindles album.

The Ben Gibbard-led group makes its major-label debut with this 11-song disc, produced by band member Chris Walla.

This solo instrumental disc from the Brian Eno collaborator and U2 producer includes contributions from pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Brian Blade.

Named after Charles Manson's getaway driver, the British quartet Kasabian drew comparisons to The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, and Primal Scream with this debut LP.

The singer's not-quite-acoustic MTV session includes two new songs and collaborations with Common, Mos Def, Damian Marley and Adam Levine.

This is the debut LP for Stephen McBean's Black Mountain project, which shares members with Jerk With A Bomb and Pink Mountaintops.

This is album number 19 for Scotland's resident oddball Nick Currie.

The singer-songwriter returns with her first album of original material in three years, a conceptual work centering on the title character, with its 19 songs divided into six thematic "gardens." Damien Rice guests on one track.

Phil Ek produced the second album for the band (formerly known as Dios) fronted by Joel Morales.

'Morning' marks the U.S. debut for the Swedish four-piece, who originally formed in 1997.

The noted French DJ and producer returns with his first album since 2000's 'Unreasonable Behaviour.'

Adult.'s third LP finds Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus joined by a new guitarist, Sam Consiglio (Tamion 12 Inch).

Mark Kozelek's second SKM album consists entirely of Modest Mouse covers.

This double-live album was recorded during a three-night stand at the Fillmore in San Francisco in early 2005.

The British singer's latest was produced by Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy.

This debut LP for the New York quartet has drawn numerous comparisons to Spoon.

Tore Johansson (Franz Ferdinand) produced this second album for the Chicago power-pop outfit.

The duo take a break from their own Ersatz Audio label with this six-song mini-album for Thrill Jockey, which features slightly more human-sounding vocals from Nicola Kuperus.

The Matrix co-produced the band's first album since 2003.

The electronia outfit's fifth studio recording features new vocalist Daisy Martey (who replaces Skye Edwards).

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

Liam and Noel's sixth album is preceded by the single "Lyla." 'Truth,' produced by Dave Sardy, represents the band's second attempt at recording this album; original sessions recorded with Death In Vegas in 2003 were scrapped.

The singer wrote many of the songs appearing on 'Mimi,' and even produced one cut, with the remainder of the production duties falling to Jermaine Dupri, the Neptunes and Kanye West. Also appearing are Nelly, Twista and Snoop Dogg.

The veteran "nutty" ska band's first album since their 1999 reunion disc 'Wonderful' is a collection of 13 covers, including their takes on classics "Lola" and "Israelites."

John Leckie produced this second major-label release for the now five-member New York band led by Steve Schiltz.

This is the first Kill Rock Stars release for the Berlin-based pop duo of Francoise Cactus and Brezel Goring.

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 veteran Manchester band's latest disc was produced by Tore Johansson and John Leckie, and sees touring guitarist Phil Cunningham becoming an official full-time band member, replacing departed keyboardist Gillian Gilbert.

The rocker's latest solo record is the first for her new label, Ye Olde Records.

A bit more rock-oriented than its predecessor, 'Acetate' is nevertheless another experimental effort from the now-63-year-old Cale.

This is the singer's first album in three years.

The duo's fourth album departs from previous outings, taking an all-instrumental (and guitar-free) approach rather than relying on guest vocalists. Think Kraftwerk and you won't be too far off.

'Stand Up' is the band's first studio album in three years and finds them working for the first time with producer Mark Baston (50 Cent, Beyonce).

The country singer's latest is a bit of a departure, taking the form of a concept album about, well, relaxing on a Caribbean beach.

This is the second release for the Stereolab side project featuring Laetitia Sadier.

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 Swedish power-pop band's fourth album includes a remixed version of "Jerk It Out," better known as "that song in the iPod Shuffle commercial."

Siblings Matt and Eleanor Friedberger are joined by their 83-year-old grandmother (!) on their latest eclectic release.

Nope, it's neither of those things. The anticon rapper's third LP is a studio recording from the East Bay, with Odd Nosdam providing the beats.

Berlin-based noiseman Marco Haas' third album as T Raumschmiere features vocals by Ellen Allien.

The four-piece post-rock outfit now based in Philadelphia continue to fill out their sound on this follow-up to 'We Fight Til Death.'

This is the third album for the Seattle-based singer-songwriter. Ed Harcourt guests on one track.

The British folk-pop duo of Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian return for a third album.

This is the debut full-length for the bawdy San Diego, Calif. rock outfit led by Jason Hill and Brian Karscig.

This is the debut album for the four-piece garage-rock band fronted by Kpt.Michi.Gan's Michael Beckett.

Brendan Lynch produced this debut for the English blues-rock band, who are named after a Skip James song.

The L.A. psych-rock band's third disc was produced by Tom Rothrock (Beck).

The band's first studio LP in 30 years features the most recent touring lineup of original members Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens with Posies Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.

This disc compiles 10 tracks from the Tim Kasher-led band's early 7-inch singles, and adds two previously unreleased cuts.