Album Releases by Genre
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Kratitude
by The Seconds
March 21, 2006
This is the second album for the trio of Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Zach Max (Ex Models) and Jeannie Kwon.
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Keys To The World
by Richard Ashcroft
March 21, 2006
This is the third solo album for the former Verve frontman.
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Morph The Cat
by Donald Fagen
March 14, 2006
This is the Steely Dan vocalist's first solo disc in over a dozen years.
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Stars Of CCTV
by Hard-Fi
March 14, 2006
The English indie rockers garnered a lot of attention with this debut album, which combines elements of ska, dance and punk.
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Showtunes
by Stephin Merritt
March 14, 2006
This 26-track set compiles works composed by the Magnetic Fields leader for three separate Chen Shi-Zheng operas.
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Here's My Song You Can Have It... I Don't Want It Anymore/Yours 4-Ever
by Nicolai Dunger
March 14, 2006
The Swedish singer-songwriter and former soccer player is backed by Mercury Rev on his latest release (which originally emerged in 2004 in Europe).
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Kicking The National Habit
by Grand National
March 14, 2006
The London duo of Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence 'La' Rudd make their debut with this '80s-influenced album (reminiscent of everyone from New Order to the Police).
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Love Travels At Illegal Speeds
by Graham Coxon
March 13, 2006
This is the fifth solo disc for the former Blur guitarist.
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Cuts Across The Land
by The Duke Spirit
March 7, 2006
The UK rockers (making their full-length debut with this Flood- and Simon Raymonde-produced disc) are fronted by Liela Moss, who has drawn comparisons to Patti Smith and PJ Harvey.
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Flat-Pack Philosophy
by Buzzcocks
March 7, 2006
This is the fifth album for the reunited version of the punk band (still featuring Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle), now marking over 30 years since their original formation.
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On An Island
by David Gilmour
March 7, 2006
Guests on the Pink Floyd guitarist's first solo album in over 20 years include Jools Holland, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby, and Graham Nash.
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Fear Is On Our Side
by I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
March 7, 2006
Paul Barker (Ministry) produced the Austin band's debut full-length.
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Fab Four Suture
by Stereolab
March 7, 2006
All 12 songs on the band's first album in two years have been released as singles.
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Under A Billion Suns
by Mudhoney
March 7, 2006
The veteran Seattle rockers return with an album produced by Phil Ek, Johnny Sangster, and Tucker Martine.
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Mr. Beast
by Mogwai
March 7, 2006
The fifth studio album for the Scottish five-piece was produced, like its predecessor, by Tony Doogan.
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Ballad Of The Broken Seas
by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
March 7, 2006
Think Nancy Sinatra-Lee Hazlewood, and you won't be too far off the concept of this album-length pairing of former Belle & Sebastian vocalist Campbell and former Screaming Trees leader (and Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator) Lanegan.
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Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
by Neko Case
March 7, 2006
Members of Calexico and Giant Sand help provide the music for the singer's first studio album in four years.
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The Little Willies
by The Little Willies
March 7, 2006
Norah Jones is one of two vocalists (Richard Julian is the other) in New York's Little Willies, who make their debut with this mostly-covers album.
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Pay The Devil
by Van Morrison
March 7, 2006
The singer-songwriter takes a stab at country music with this collection of a dozen covers and three originals.
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Axis Of Evol
by Pink Mountaintops
March 7, 2006
This is the second Pink Mountaintops album for Vancouver, Canada's Stephen McBean.
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Supernature
by Goldfrapp
March 7, 2006
This is the third album for the British electronica duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.
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Hello Young Lovers
by Sparks
March 7, 2006
Brothers Ron and Russell Mael's first album in four years is their 20th LP overall.
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Dead Drunk
by Terrestrial Tones
March 7, 2006
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.
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Push The Heart
by Devics
March 7, 2006
The moody Los Angeles-based four-piece returns with a fourth album.
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Etiquette
by Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
March 7, 2006
This fourth disc of lo-fi indie electronica from Portland, Oregon's Owen Ashworth adds guest vocalists and a much wider variety of instrumentation into the mix.
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Skeleton
by Figurines
March 7, 2006
'Skeleton' is the U.S. debut for the four-piece indie-rock group from Denmark, who have drawn comparisons to Built To Spill and Modest Mouse.
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Witch
by Witch
March 7, 2006
This is the debut for the new band led by Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis (here on drums), joined by members of psych-rockers Feathers.
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Mobile
by Glenn Kotche
March 7, 2006
The third solo recording for the drummer for Wilco and Loose Fur is an all-percussion affair, featuring eight original compositions.
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The Maginot Line
by Raising The Fawn
March 7, 2006
This is the third album for the Toronto band led by John Crossingham, also of Broken Social Scene.
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The Invisible Deck
by The Rogers Sisters
March 7, 2006
Compared to a no-wave B-52's, the garage-rock trio Rogers Sisters return with a second LP, produced by Tim Barnes.
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You See Colours
by Delays
March 6, 2006
Graham Sutton produced this sophomore set for the English band fronted by Greg Gilbert.
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Making Dens
by Mystery Jets
March 6, 2006
'Dens' is the debut LP for England's Mystery Jets, who are led by vocalist Blaine Harrison and whose guitarist is Blaine's 55-year-old father, Henry.
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Everything Is
by Nine Black Alps
February 28, 2006
This is the debut album for the neo-grunge outfit based in Manchester, England.
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The Believer
by Rhett Miller
February 28, 2006
The second solo disc from the Old 97s frontman includes contributions from Rachael Yamagata and Jon Brion.
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If Only You Were Lonely
by Hawthorne Heights
February 28, 2006
The big-selling indie emo band from Dayton, Ohio returns with a second album.
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Breaking Up
by The Research
February 27, 2006
'Breaking Up' is the English trio's debut album.
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
by Arctic Monkeys
February 21, 2006
Not only the most-hyped band of early 2006, Sheffield, England's Arctic Monkeys (led by 19-year-old Alex Turner) managed to accomplish what the likes of Franz Ferdinand and The Libertines couldn't do before them: set the UK record for fastest-selling debut album of all time.
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The Last Romance
by Arab Strap
February 21, 2006
The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffett and Malcolm Middleton return with a sixth studio album.
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Other People's Lives
by Ray Davies
February 21, 2006
This is the first album of any kind in eight years (and the first true solo singer-songwriter album period) for the former leader of the Kinks.
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Destroyer's Rubies
by Destroyer
February 21, 2006
Dan Bejar's seventh Destroyer record is as lyrically dense as ever, but marks a shift to a full-band, guitar-oriented sound after 2004's more eclectic 'Your Blues.'
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Everything Wrong Is Imaginary
by Lilys
February 21, 2006
Kurt Heasley's eighth Lilys album finds him working with hip-hop producer Michael Musmanno.
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Six Demon Bag
by Man Man
February 21, 2006
The newly reconfigured Philadelphia band, known mainly for their carnivalesque, acquired-taste sound and well-received live shows, return with a second LP.
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What The Toll Tells
by Two Gallants
February 21, 2006
This is the second album (and Saddle Creek debut) for the San Francisco duo of Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel.
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Future Women
by The M's
February 21, 2006
This is the second disc for the Chicago four-piece fronted by Josh Chicoine.
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With Strings Live At Town Hall
by Eels
February 21, 2006
This 22-song live recording (taped at a New York City show in June, 2005) finds Mark Oliver Everett backed by a variety of instrumentalists and, yes, a string quartet.
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Bitter Honey
by Eef Barzelay
February 21, 2006
This stripped-down, all-acoustic set marks the solo debut for the Clem Snide frontman.
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Leaders Of The Free World
by Elbow
February 21, 2006
This is the self-produced third album for the Manchester, England band.
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Now Is The Time!
by Polysics
February 21, 2006
This is the fourth quirky release for the exclamation-point-loving, Devo-esque, Tokyo-based band.
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Young For Eternity
by The Subways
February 14, 2006
Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds) produced this debut LP for the co-ed English trio of teenagers.
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The Secret Life Of The Veronicas
by The Veronicas
February 14, 2006
Australian identical twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso make their teen-pop debut as The Veronicas with this 12-track set, produced by Max Martin (Britney Spears), Clif Magness (Avril Lavigne), and others.
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Voices
by Matchbook Romance
February 14, 2006
This is the expansive second album for the New York state emo outfit.
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The Tourniquet
by Magnet
February 14, 2006
This is the second album for Norwegian singer-songwriter Even Johansen, who records under the name Magnet.
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9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
by Shawn Mullins
February 14, 2006
Recorded in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina, this diverse set finds the singer-songwriter dabbling in everything from gospel to country, and folk to blues-rock.
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Down In Albion
by Babyshambles
February 14, 2006
The Clash's Mick Jones produced this debut LP for the new band from The Libertines' Pete Doherty.
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The Life Pursuit
by Belle and Sebastian
February 7, 2006
Tony Hoffer produced this seventh studio LP for the veteran Scottish indie-pop band.
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Senor Smoke
by Electric Six
February 7, 2006
The Detroit band returns with a second album.
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Comfort Of Strangers
by Beth Orton
February 7, 2006
Jim O'Rourke produced the singer-songwriter's fourth LP.
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Eye To The Telescope
by KT Tunstall
February 7, 2006
The 20-something Scottish singer-songwriter makes her debut with this Steve Osborne-produced disc.
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The Minus 5 [The Gun Album]
by The Minus 5
February 7, 2006
Scott McCaughey's seventh Minus 5 album includes contributions from members of Wilco, R.E.M., The Decemberists, Ministry, The Posies and more.
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Lantern
by Clogs
February 7, 2006
This is the fourth album for the improvisational, instrumental, genre-defying four-piece, which shares a guitarist (Bryce Dessner) with The National.
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Idols Of Exile
by Jason Collett
February 7, 2006
Howie Beck produced this latest studio outing for the Toronto singer-songwriter, who is also a member of Broken Social Scene. Many members of that band guest on this record, including Emily Haines and Kevin Drew.
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Below The Branches
by Kelley Stoltz
February 7, 2006
The San Francisco-based psych-rock solo artist returns with a third full-length.
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Last Night Becomes This Morning
by Swearing At Motorists
February 7, 2006
This is the first album in four years for the Dayton, Ohio indie rock band fronted by Dave Doughman.
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For Me It's You
by Train
January 31, 2006
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."
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The Indian Tower
by Pearls And Brass
January 24, 2006
This is the second album for the Pennsylvania stoner-rock outfit.
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Film School
by Film School
January 24, 2006
The San Francisco post-punk band's second album follows five years after their debut.
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What Are You On?
by East River Pipe
January 24, 2006
'What Are You On?' is the latest home-recorded offering from New York multi-instrumentalist F.M. Cornog.
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Kings & Queens
by The National Trust
January 24, 2006
The Chicago-based outfit led by Neil Rosario and Mark Henning return with a Prince-esque sophomore set.
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Detrola
by His Name Is Alive
January 24, 2006
The first album in four years for Warn Defever & co. is also the band's debut for new label Reincarnate (after multiple releases on 4AD).
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Omnibus
by Tarkio
January 24, 2006
Before he was in The Decemberists, singer-songwriter Colin Meloy fronted a Montana alt-country/alt-rock outfit known as Tarkio. This set collects that band's entire output of 27 tracks.
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Up Above
by Town & Country
January 24, 2006
Asian instrumentation is highlighted on the Chicago minimalist, avant-garde outfit's sixth release.
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The Greatest
by Cat Power
January 24, 2006
Despite the misleading title, 'The Greatest' is not a best-of collection, but rather is Chan Marshall's first album of original songs in three years. It was recorded in Memphis and finds the singer backed by some of that city's legendary session musicians.
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Amber
by Clearlake
January 24, 2006
The third album for the British band (now down to three members) was co-produced by Steve Osborne and Jim Abbiss along with Clearlake frontman Jason Pegg.
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Sun, Sun, Sun
by The Elected
January 24, 2006
Rilo Kiley's Blake Sennett returns with a sophomore set for his side project, The Elected. Contributors include members of Eisley and Bright Eyes, as well as Rilo Kiley bandmate Jenny Lewis.
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Rabbit Fur Coat
by Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
January 24, 2006
This is the solo debut for former child star, Rilo Kiley frontwoman and occasional Postal Service vocalist Jenny Lewis. Contributors include Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and singer-songwriter M. Ward.
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The Brave And The Bold
by Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
January 24, 2006
The first collaboration between singer-songwriter Will Oldham and Chicago instrumental post-rockers Tortoise features 10 covers, including takes on songs by Elton John and Bruce Springsteen.
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From A Compound Eye
by Robert Pollard
January 24, 2006
The first post-GBV solo outing for the prolific Pollard was produced by Todd Tobias.
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Makers
by Rocky Votolato
January 24, 2006
This is the fourth solo album for the former Waxwing member.
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For Screening Purposes Only
by Test Icicles
January 24, 2006
This debut (and, it turns out, final album) from the noisy London trio was produced by James Ford (Simian).
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Standing In The Way Of Control
by Gossip
January 24, 2006
This is the third LP for the Washington state punk trio.
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Testify
by P.O.D.
January 24, 2006
Glen Ballard produced the nu-metal band's fifth album.
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Lights And Sounds
by Yellowcard
January 24, 2006
The emo-pop-punk-with-violin outfit expands their sound for their second major-label release. The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines guests.
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Morningwood
by Morningwood
January 10, 2006
Gil Norton (Pixies) produced this debut album for the New York-based punk/new wave outfit.
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With Love And Squalor
by We Are Scientists
January 10, 2006
This is the major-label debut for the Brooklyn-based indie-rock trio fronted by Keith Murray.
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Colour The Small One
by Sia
January 10, 2006
Australian singer-songwriter Sia Furler (also known for her work with Zero 7) received a boost when a track from her second solo album was featured during the conclusion of HBO's "Six Feet Under," prompting a very belated U.S. release of the album in 2006.
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First Impressions Of Earth
by The Strokes
January 3, 2006
The Strokes have abandoned longtime producer Gordon Raphael (well, for all but three tracks) in favor of David Kahne (Sugar Ray) for their third album.
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29
by Ryan Adams
December 20, 2005
Ethan Johns produced the singer-songwriter's third and final release of 2005, which unlike its predecessors is a stripped-down solo affair consisting of nine lengthy story-songs each representing a year of Adams' life during his twenties.
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Guerolito
by Beck
December 13, 2005
Beck's latest LP, 'Guero,' is remixed track-for-track by the likes of Air, Boards Of Canada, El-P and Subtle.
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See You On The Other Side
by Korn
December 6, 2005
The Matrix co-produced the band's first album since 2003.
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A Little More Personal (Raw)
by Lindsay Lohan
December 6, 2005
The actress' second album rocks a bit more than her first, and includes covers of songs by Cheap Trick and Stevie Nicks.
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Coming On Strong
by Hot Chip
November 29, 2005
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.
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Sewed Soles
by The Greenhornes
November 29, 2005
This 19-song disc compiles songs from each of the Cincinnati, Ohio band's releases.
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One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back
by The Darkness
November 29, 2005
The British band's second album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Queen).
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A Colores
by Tristeza
November 22, 2005
This is the fourth album for the San Diego, Calif. instrumental post-rock outfit.
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Peel Sessions
by Galaxie 500
November 22, 2005
The first official release of the trio's two BBC radio sessions for John Peel (recorded in 1989 and 1990) includes covers of songs by the Sex Pistols and Jonathan Richman.
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Hypnotize
by System Of A Down
November 22, 2005
Co-produced by Rick Rubin, this 12-song disc was recorded during the same sessions as 'Mesmerize,' and is intended to be heard with that earlier 2005 disc as one complete set.
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Full Of Light And Full Of Fire
by The Mendoza Line
November 22, 2005
This is the topical seventh album for the indie rockers fronted by the recently married Shannon McArdle and Timothy Bracy.
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Oh You're So Silent Jens
by Jens Lekman
November 22, 2005
This CD collects tracks from the Swedish artist's most recent EPs and singles.
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Recording A Tape The Colour Of The Light
by Bell Orchestre
November 15, 2005
This is the long-in-the-making debut album for the instrumental Montreal band that shares two members (Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry) with the Arcade Fire.
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Summer In The Southeast
by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
November 15, 2005
This 17-song set was recorded during Will Oldham's 2004 tour.
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