Album Releases by Genre

Rewild

Rewild

by Amazing Baby
June 23, 2009
The debut full-length album for the Brooklyn quintet.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.1
Travels With Myself And Another

Travels With Myself And Another

by Future of the Left
June 23, 2009
This is the second album for the Welsh rock band.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.7
Black Clouds & Silver Linings

Black Clouds & Silver Linings

by Dream Theater
June 23, 2009
The tenth album for the metal band was also released as a 3-disc set featuring instrumental mixes and cover songs.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.0
The Phenomenal Handclap Band

The Phenomenal Handclap Band

by The Phenomenal Handclap Band
June 23, 2009
The debut album for the New York group started by Daniel Collas and Sean Marquand.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.8
Eugene Mcguinness

Eugene Mcguinness

by Eugene McGuinness
June 23, 2009
This is the debut full-length album for the singer-songwriter from England.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
God Help The Girl

God Help The Girl

by God Help The Girl
June 23, 2009
The sountrack to Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch musical movie of the same name, which is scheduled to be filmed in 2010.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.5
Person To Person

Person To Person

by Foreign Born
June 23, 2009
This is the debut album on Secretly Canadian for indie rock quartet from Los Angeles.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Old Crows/Young Cardinals

Old Crows/Young Cardinals

by Alexisonfire
June 23, 2009
The fourth album for the Canadian rock quintet was produced with Julius "Juice" Butty.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.3
Street Sweeper Social Club

Street Sweeper Social Club

by Street Sweeper Social Club
June 16, 2009
The debut album for the new project led by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave and Boots Riley of The Coup.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
7.1
Lines, Vines and Trying Times

Lines, Vines and Trying Times

by Jonas Brothers
June 16, 2009
The pop group's fourth album features Miley Cyrus, Common, and Jonny Long.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
3.4
Back From The Dead

Back From The Dead

by Spinal Tap
June 16, 2009
The 2-disc set is the rock band's third actual album.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Skeletons

Skeletons

by Tiny Masters Of Today
June 16, 2009
The rock band formed by two (barely) teenaged siblings releases its second album.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Bitte Orca

Bitte Orca

by Dirty Projectors
June 9, 2009
The latest album for the Brooklyn-based indie band is its first on the Domino Records label.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.5
The Eternal

The Eternal

by Sonic Youth
June 9, 2009
The double album from the punk legends was produced by John Agnello.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.1
Battle For The Sun

Battle For The Sun

by Placebo
June 9, 2009
The sixth album for the London-based rock trio was produced by Dave Bottrill and is the band's first album with new drummer, Steve Forrest (original drummer Steve Hewitt parted company in 2007).
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.4
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

by Kasabian
June 9, 2009
The third studio album for the British band was produced by Dan the Automator.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.4
Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

by Rhett Miller
June 9, 2009
The fourth solo album for the Old 97s singer was produced by Salim Nourallah and features Jon Brion, The Apples In Stereo's John Dufilho, and Billy Harvey.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Rainwater Cassette Exchange

by Deerhunter
June 9, 2009
The latest EP for the Atlanta, Georgia indie-rock band was produced by Nicolas Vernhes.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.6
Miike Snow

Miike Snow

by Miike Snow
June 9, 2009
Andrew Wyatt teamed up with Swedish producers Chris Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg (best known for their Grammy-winning work on Britney Spears' "Toxic") to form the new group.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.0
The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion

by Dredg
June 9, 2009
Inspired partly by a Salman Rushdie essay, the California metal band's fourth album was produced by Matt Radosevich.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.8
The People Or The Gun

The People Or The Gun

by Anti-Flag
June 9, 2009
The punk rock band releases its first album on the SideOneDummy label.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.0
Flowers

Flowers

by Joan of Arc
June 9, 2009
The latest album for the Chicago band led by Tim Kinsella.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Here And Now

Here And Now

by Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey
June 9, 2009
Two former member The dB's return to record their first album together in some time. Branford Marsalis, Jon Wurster, Logan Matheny, and Gary Greene appear as guest musicians.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
The Best In Town

The Best In Town

by The Blackout
June 9, 2009
This is the second full-length album for the Welsh hard rock band.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
8.0
Cope

Cope

by Freeland
June 9, 2009
Adam Freeland's second album under the name Freeland features Brody Dalle, Twiggy Ramirez, Joey Santiago, and Tommy Lee as guest artists.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
The Loud Wars

The Loud Wars

by So Many Dynamos
June 9, 2009
The third album for the St. Louis-based rock band was produced by Chris Walla.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.0
Of The Cathmawr Yards

Of The Cathmawr Yards

by The Horse's Ha
June 9, 2009
The debut album for the Chicago-based group featuring The Zincs' James Elkington and Eleventh Dream Day's Janet Bean.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Chickenfoot

Chickenfoot

by Chickenfoot
June 5, 2009
The self-titled debut album for the supergroup was formed by Van Halen's Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
6.7
Preliminaires

Preliminaires

by Iggy Pop
June 2, 2009
Hal Cragin produced the rock legend's latest album, influenced by jazz music.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.6
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King

Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King

by Dave Matthews Band
June 2, 2009
The rock band's latest album was produced by Rob Cavallo and is its first album without saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who died in the summer of 2008.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.1
New Again

New Again

by Taking Back Sunday
June 2, 2009
The fourth album for the rock band is the first with its new guitarist, Matthew Fazzi (Fred Mascherino left to pursue a solo career.)
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.6
Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs Of Desire

Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs Of Desire

by Eels
June 2, 2009
The first album in four years for the rock band led by E, aka Mark Oliver Everett.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.3
The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972

The Archives Vol. 1 1963-1972

by Neil Young
June 2, 2009
The eight-disc (or 10 if you buy the deluxe DVD set) box set from the singer-songwriter features previously released and unreleased works from 1963 to 1972.
Metascore:
92
User Score:
8.3
Let The Dominoes Fall

Let The Dominoes Fall

by Rancid
June 2, 2009
The punk-rock band's first album in more than six years was produced by Brett Gurewitz.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.3
Blood

Blood

by Franz Ferdinand
June 2, 2009
The band's thrid album, "Tonight" is dub remixed by producer Dan Carey.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
8.1
Crossing The Rubicon

Crossing The Rubicon

by The Sounds
June 2, 2009
The third album for the Swedish five-piece rock group.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
8.1
Sunny Side Up

Sunny Side Up

by Paolo Nutini
June 2, 2009
The second album for the singer was produced by Ethan Johns.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.0
Grace Around the World

Grace Around the World

by Jeff Buckley
June 2, 2009
The CD/DVD set collects some of the performances the singer-songwriter gave during his world tour to promote his debut album, "Grace," from 1994 to 1996.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.4
City Center

City Center

by City Center
May 26, 2009
This is the debut album for the New York indie band led by Fred Thomas.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1

Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1

by The Paper Chase
May 26, 2009
The first of an expected two-volume concept album features new drummer Jason Garner.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
8.7
Veckatimest

Veckatimest

by Grizzly Bear
May 26, 2009
The third album for the Brooklyn-based indie-rock band.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.7
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

by Phoenix
May 26, 2009
The fourth album for the French rock band was produced with Philippe Zdar.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.8
The High End Of Low

The High End Of Low

by Marilyn Manson
May 26, 2009
Twiggy Ramirez returns to the band on its seventh studio album, produced with Sean Beavan and Chris Vrenna.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.2
Amanda Leigh

Amanda Leigh

by Mandy Moore
May 26, 2009
The latest album for the actress/pop singer was produced with Mike Viola and on her manager's new record label.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.3
Eating Us

Eating Us

by Black Moth Super Rainbow
May 26, 2009
The fourth album for the Pittsburgh indie band was produced by Dave Fridmann.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.6
Under And Under

Under And Under

by Blank Dogs
May 26, 2009
The latest album from the Brooklyn-based artist also known as Mike Sniper, who's real identity remains mysterious.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.0
Monoliths & Dimensions

Monoliths & Dimensions

by Sunn O)))
May 26, 2009
The metal band worked with composer Eyvind Kang on its seventh album, which features Australian guitar player Oren Ambarchi, vocalists Attila Csihar, Jessika Kenney, Earth's Dylan Carlson, and trombonists Julian Priester and Stuart Dempster as guest artists.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
6.8
My Electric Family

My Electric Family

by Bachelorette
May 26, 2009
The second full-length album for the New Zealand-based artist, Annabel Alpers.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Fake Surfers

Fake Surfers

by The Intelligence
May 26, 2009
The fourth album for the Seattle-based rock group was produced by Mike McHugh.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Harmonium

Harmonium

by The Soundcarriers
May 26, 2009
The rock quartet from Nottingham releases its debut album.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Rose City

Rose City

by Viva Voce
May 26, 2009
After taking a year off, Kevin and Anita Robinson wrote and recorded this album in a month.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Eats Darkness

Eats Darkness

by Apostle Of Hustle
May 19, 2009
Broken Social Scene's Andrew Whiteman leads the indie rock trio with its third full length album.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
The Mirror Explodes

The Mirror Explodes

by The Warlocks
May 19, 2009
The fifth album for the Los Angeles-based rock band was produced by Rod Cervera.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
It's Frightening

It's Frightening

by White Rabbits
May 19, 2009
The second album for the band was produced by Spoon's Britt Daniel.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.6
Manners

Manners

by Passion Pit
May 19, 2009
The debut full-length album for the Massachusetts indie-rock band.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.7
Abnormally Attracted To Sin

Abnormally Attracted To Sin

by Tori Amos
May 19, 2009
The latest release for the singer-songwriter is her first independent album after ending her contract with Epic Records.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.6
Around The Well

Around The Well

by Iron & Wine
May 19, 2009
This double CD set contains unreleased and rare tracks from singer-songwriter Samuel Beam.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.5
Yours Truly, The Commuter

Yours Truly, The Commuter

by Jason Lytle
May 19, 2009
The ex-Grandaddy singer releases his debut solo album.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.1
Further Complications

Further Complications

by Jarvis Cocker
May 19, 2009
The second solo album for the Pulp frontman was produced by Steve Albini.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.4
Romanian Names

Romanian Names

by John Vanderslice
May 19, 2009
The singer-songwriter releases his first album on the Dead Oceans label after leaving Barsuk.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.8
Still Night, Still Light

Still Night, Still Light

by Au Revoir Simone
May 19, 2009
The third album for the all-girl trio from Brooklyn, New York.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.0
Zee Avi

Zee Avi

by Zee Avi
May 19, 2009
The debut album for the Malaysian-born singer-songwriter.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
La Llama

La Llama

by Savath & Savalas
May 19, 2009
Guillermo Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73), Eva Puyuelo Muns and Roberto Carlos Lange release the band's fourth album.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Clues

Clues

by Clues
May 19, 2009
The debut album for the group is led by the Unicorns' Alden Penner and Arcade Fire member, Brendan Reed.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Super Animal Brothers III

Super Animal Brothers III

by EAR PWR
May 19, 2009
The Baltimore via North Carolina duo release their latest album.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Polly Scattergood

Polly Scattergood

by Polly Scattergood
May 19, 2009
The debut album for the English singer, who attended the BRIT school (other famous alumni include Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, and Adele.)
Metascore:
61
User Score:
8.4
21st Century Breakdown

21st Century Breakdown

by Green Day
May 15, 2009
The eighth studio album for the band was produced by Butch Vig.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.0
Townes

Townes

by Steve Earle
May 12, 2009
Steve Earle covers songs by the late Townes Van Zandt for his latest album.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.0
Quicken The Heart

Quicken The Heart

by Maxïmo Park
May 12, 2009
The third album for the English indie rock quintet.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.4
Sewn Together

Sewn Together

by Meat Puppets
May 12, 2009
The Meat Puppets return with its second album since reuniting in 2006.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.2
We Be Xuxa

We Be Xuxa

by Mika Miko
May 12, 2009
The Los Angeles punk band releases its second full-length album.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Magnolia

Magnolia

by Wooden Birds
May 12, 2009
The debut album for the new band led by Andrew Kenny of American Analog Set.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Bricolage

Bricolage

by Bricolage
May 12, 2009
The debut album for the Scottish quartet was produced by Stephen Lironi.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
tbd
Untitled #23

Untitled #23

by The Church
May 12, 2009
The popular Australian rock band releases its latest album on its own Unorthodox label.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.9
Mind The Drift

Mind The Drift

by Big Business
May 12, 2009
The latest album for the rock band from Seattle was produced by Phil Ek.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
8.8
Blood From A Stone

Blood From A Stone

by Hanne Hukkelberg
May 12, 2009
The latest album for the Norwegian singer-songwriter.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
OK Bear

OK Bear

by Jeremy Enigk
May 12, 2009
The third full-length solo album for the former Sunny Day Real Estate singer was produced by Santi Garcia and Ricky Falkner.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
The Spinning Top

The Spinning Top

by Graham Coxon
May 11, 2009
Blur's Graham Coxon releases his seventh solo album, produced by Stephen Street.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.1
Actor

Actor

by St. Vincent
May 5, 2009
Annie Clark's second album was produced with John Congleton.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.7
I Feel Cream

I Feel Cream

by Peaches
May 5, 2009
The fourth album for the Canadian rocker was produced with Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco and Soulwax.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.6
Spoils

Spoils

by Alasdair Roberts
May 5, 2009
The latest album from the Scottish singer-songwriter features his drummer from Appendix Out.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Outer South

Outer South

by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
May 5, 2009
Conor Oberst's latest solo album is the first to be credited with The Mystic Valley Band.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.1
Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free

by Akron/Family
May 5, 2009
This is the first album for the trio since Ryan Vanderhoof left the band in the fall of 2007.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.8
White Lies For Dark Times

White Lies For Dark Times

by Ben Harper And Relentless7
May 5, 2009
Ben Harper's latest album is the first album to be credited with the Relentless7.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.2
Cause I Sez So

Cause I Sez So

by New York Dolls
May 5, 2009
The second album since the band returned in 2006 was produced by their first producer, Todd Rundgren.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.8
Primary Colours

Primary Colours

by The Horrors
May 5, 2009
The second album for the British rock band was produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
Outside Love

Outside Love

by Pink Mountaintops
May 5, 2009
The third album for the band led by Black Mountain's Stephen McBean includes contributions from nearly a dozen other musicans.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.0
Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)

Roadsinger (To Warm You Through The Night)

by Yusuf
May 5, 2009
The latest album for the singer-songwriter previously known as Cat Stevens was recorded live in various studios around the world.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.3
Wavering Radiant

Wavering Radiant

by Isis
May 5, 2009
The fifth album for the Los Angeles rock band was produced by Joe Barresi.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
Grey Britain

Grey Britain

by Gallows
May 5, 2009
The second album for the British punk-rock band was produced by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.9
Enter The Vaselines

Enter The Vaselines

by The Vaselines
May 5, 2009
The two-disc set for the Scottish indie-rock band includes the reissues of two EPs, an LP, several demos, and live tracks recorded in the late 1980s.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.2
A Ways Away

A Ways Away

by Tara Jane O'Neil
May 5, 2009
This is the first album on K Records for the Portland, Oregon, singer-songwriter.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Wooden Arms

Wooden Arms

by Patrick Watson
May 5, 2009
The Montreal band releases its follow-up to 2007's "Close to Paradise."
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.2
Balf Quarry

Balf Quarry

by Magik Markers
May 5, 2009
The latest album for the band from Connecticut was produced by Scott Colburn.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Cryptomnesia

Cryptomnesia

by El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
May 5, 2009
The first album of three recorded in 2006 by the side project of Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.7
Reintegration Time

Reintegration Time

by Shout Out Out Out Out
May 5, 2009
The second full-length album for the Canadian band from Edmonton.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Replica Sun Machine

Replica Sun Machine

by The Shortwave Set
May 5, 2009
The sophomore album for the London-based band was produced by Danger Mouse.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
For The Lions

For The Lions

by Hatebreed
May 5, 2009
The Connecticut-based band releases an album of covers of influential hard rock, metal, and punk songs.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities

by NOMO
May 5, 2009
Recorded during the Ghost Rock sessions, NOMO's latest album blends space jazz, intergalactic rock, and Afrobeat rhythms across nine tracks just over 42 minutes in Invisible Cities.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
Wall Of Arms

Wall Of Arms

by The Maccabees
May 4, 2009
The second album for the British indie-rock quintet was produced by Markus Dravs.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.5