Dave Fridmann produced the Baltimore jam band's latest.

Members of Portishead and The Bad Seeds guest on the multi-instrumentalist's third solo outing.

Sigur Ros' fourth album is the first to feature songs sung mainly in their native Icelandic, rather than their fabricated Hopelandish.

This is the second album for the 80s New Wave-influenced outfit fronted by Shawn Christensen.

Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys) produced the Furries' follow-up to 2003's "Phantom Power," which sees all of the band members (rather than just Gruff Rhys) taking turns at writing and singing. There are no Welsh songs this time out, although there is one in Portugese.

Steve Revitte produced the experimental Brooklyn four-piece's third album (and first for Matador).

Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla returns as producer for the band's followup to 'Let Go.'

Originally released in Japan in 2000, 'Gold And Green' finally reaches U.S. shores at a non-import price on Thrill Jockey. Yuko Honda and Sean Lennon guest.

The San Francisco electro-punk trio make their Kill Rock Stars debut with this third LP.

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

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

The second album from the Boston-based band was produced by Brian McTear (Matt Pond PA).

This is the fourth album for the Brooklyn noise-rockers.

This is the fourth solo album for the sometime Pulp guitarist.

'Headlights' includes songs first written by Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers) in 2002. Petra Haden guests.

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

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

Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley produced this fourth LP for the UK retro-rockers.

A radical departure from previous efforts, the band's third album adds a lot of acoustic guitars and other Americana and blues elements into the mix.

The singer follows the lead of her Azure Ray bandmate Maria Taylor (whose '11:11' came out in May) with this solo debut, co-produced by Andy LeMaster (Now It's Overhead).

The Seattle band returns with a fourth album.

This is the third album of sunny indie-pop tunes for the acclaimed union of Neko Case, Dan Bejar (also of Destroyer) and A.C. Newman.

The sixth album for Mac McCaughan's other band (i.e., the one that isn't Superchunk) finds him joined by bassist Jim Wilbur and drummer/brother Matthew McCaughan. Tim Mooney produced.

This is the debut LP for the new project from Chris Lopez (Rock*A*Teens).

Vanderslice continues his album-a-year pace (despite also serving as a producer on numerous indie-rock albums) with this typically literate and well-produced fifth disc, which was recorded with the help of The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle.

The Canadian illustrator and musician makes his Sub Pop debut with this self-recorded album.

This is the fifth album for the Seattle-based singer-songwriter.

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

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

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

Phil Elverum's first LP release under the name Mount Eerie (which was also the title of his final record as The Microphones) is the self-released 15-track 'No Flashlight,' which will also see companion all-drums and "sing-along" discs released in the coming weeks.

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.'

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

This is the second album of country-folk-rock tunes for the Gainesville, Florida band led by John Orth.

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.

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

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

The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter's first outing in five years is a loose concept album set in the year 1947.

The Canadian semi-rapper (think more Beck than Eminem) returns with his first album of all-new material in two years, which includes contributions from DJ D Styles, Chicago post-rockers Tortoise and singer Lesley Feist.

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

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.

The Barry Dobbin-led band (who also form part of Roots Manuva's live band) make their debut with this retro-dance-rock disc.

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

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

The Seattle instrumental quartet is back with a second Sub Pop release.

Occasional Saddle Creek-er Denver Dalley returns with a second Statistics album.

The experimental indie-rockers led by Jamie Stewart return with album number four.

This eight-song EP pairs Prefuse 73 with cut-up artists The Books, and reprises their first collaboration, "Pagina Dos," from the most recent Prefuse 73 full-length.

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

The folk singer-songwriter's ambitious attempt to chronicle all 50 states in song continues with this second installment, dedicated to the Prairie State.

This is the debut full-length for the Baltimore four-piece whose frontman (James Johnson) bears a strong vocal resemblance to John Lydon.

Combine a singer who sounds more than a little like David Byrne, some solid indie-rock tunes, blurbs on all the right blogs, and a glowing review from Pitchfork and it all adds up to quite a buzz for this Brooklyn band's debut disc. Now all they need is a record deal.

This is Slint guitarist David Pajo's first solo LP under his own name (well, at least half of his own name).

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

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.

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

This debut album showcases the British band's symphonic, shoegaze-y sound.

Members of Calexico guest on the singer-songwriter's Matador debut.

Stephen Street produced this more ska-oriented sophomore release for the Brighton, England outfit.

The second album from the Baltimore band was produced by band leader and vocalist Roman Kuebler.

The fourth album for the Britpop band includes a track ("Gravity") co-written by Coldplay's Chris Martin.

The fourth album from the Denver indie-pop band led by Tammy Ealom is a sugary 12-song set.

Eno sings! And while those words are sure to excite fans of the bald one's 70s classics such as 'Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy),' his first vocal album in 15 years is much closer in sound and mood to more recent efforts as well as the final handful of tracks on 'Eno Box II: Vocals' (the latter's "Under" even appears again on this disc).

The latest solo disc for the anticon producer (best known for his work in cLOUDDEAD) finds him joined by guests Mike Patton, Andrew Broder (Fog), and members of Subtle, Themselves and why?

Thom Monahan produced the band's fourth studio album.

This is the '80s alternative rock-influenced debut disc for the Northampton, England band.

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

The first studio album in five years for the Scottish rockers was produced by Tortoise's John McEntire.

The duo's fifth long-player, destined to be known as GBMS in record reviews everywhere, was recorded in their Detroit studio. While not a total departure from previous efforts, it does find them expanding their sound away from their usual guitar+drums formula.

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

The Tears' debut album reunites Suede's Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler for the first time in over a decade.

Bill Callahan's 12th Smog album finds him joined in the studio by such musicians as Jim White (Dirty Three) and Joanna Newsom.

A somewhat unusual signing for Warp Records, the guitar-oriented Maximo Park (who sound not unlike a cross between the Futureheads and Franz Ferdinand) make their full-length debut with this Paul Epworth-produced disc.

The experimental Bay Area sound manipulators combine one of their more entertaining cut-and-paste CDs of recent years with a book examining fair use and copyright issues. Also included is a whoopee cushion.

The ubiquitous Dave Fridmann produced this latest outing for the veteran indie rockers, their first album for Sub Pop.

Malkmus' third post-Pavement recording is his most "solo" effort to date (not to mention his weirdest), with only some of the songs featuring the full complement of Jicks backing him up.

This solo debut for the Azure Ray member includes appearances from fellow Saddle Creek-ers Conor Oberst and Andy LeMaster.

This 2-disc set collects 25 non-LP tracks that previously appeared on the band's early singles and EPs for Jeepster.

Well over to the indie-rock side of anticon's indie-rap -- indie-rock continuum, Why? (aka Yoni Wolf) returns with an eight-song EP.

The psychedelic indie rockers, led by returning core trio of vocalist Jonathan Donahue, guitarist Grasshopper and drummer Jeff Mercel, return with a less-orchestral follow up to 2001's 'All Is Dream.' Longtime collaborator David Fridmann co-produced.

This is the full-length debut for the Durham, NC dance-punk outfit led by Finn Cohen.

Indie hip-hop/electronica producer Nobody (aka Elvin Estela) teams with Prefuse 73, Mia Doi Todd and members of Beachwood Sparks on his Plug Research debut.

The English singer-songwriter has drawn comparisons to PJ Harvey, Cat Power and even Kurt Cobain for her sometimes abrasive, sometimes minimal, bluesy sound.

The latest "album" from the Japanese outfit contains just two tracks, albeit at 20 minutes apiece.

The third album for the indie-pop outfit is, for one thing, a lot shorter (at 30 minutes) than their previous double-album effort On Vacation.