'Sun' is the first release in six years for the post-rock outfit whose members include Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and Adem Ilhan.

The British duo return to their folk rock roots with their debut on the Cooking Vinyl label.

The Dublin, Ireland band returns with a follow-up to 2005's 'Burn The Maps.'

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 third album for the indie band whose biggest hit, "Valerie," was remade by Amy Winehouse.

This is the second album for the Massachusetts-based indie rock duo.

The Athens, GA indie experimentalists follow their 1999 debut album with a new 7-track album.

The trio make the jump to a major label with 'This Island,' which features a cover of the Pointer Sisters' "I'm So Excited."

The debut full-length album for The Distillers' Brody Dalle-led band was produced by fellow band member Alain Johannes.

This is the third album for the Britrock-influenced Swedish band.

The sophomore album for the California indie rock band.

The fourth album for the metal band was produced by Jason Suecof.

The Welsh indie rock band that includes Rhys Ifans and Super Furry Animals' Dafydd Ieuan releases its debut album.

This is the debut album for the Canadian quartet.

This is the debut full-length album for the British punk rock band.

The Connecticut-based band releases an album of covers of influential hard rock, metal, and punk songs.

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.

This is the Boston rock band's follow-up to it's self-titled debut.

This is the second album for Norwegian singer-songwriter Even Johansen, who records under the name Magnet.

Yusuf Islam (who seems to have lost the "Islam" portion of his name), better known by his former name of Cat Stevens, returns with his first album of pop songs since 1978.

This is the fifth album (and first in six years) for the Swedish outfit led by vocalist/lyricist Nina Persson and guitarist Peter Svensson.

The roster of this Los Angeles outfit (who make their debut with this self-titled release) includes members of Beck's touring band (Medal-Johnsen and Joey Waronker).

Frontman Jay Farrar produced the band's fifth album.

The Swedish band returns with its second full-length album.

The fourth album for the Canadian indie-rock band was recorded in Brooke Gallupe's parent's house.

This is the second studio album for the Canadian rock band.

Kele Okereke & co. try to avoid the sophomore slump with this highly-anticipated follow-up to their acclaimed debut 'Silent Alarm.'

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 jam rock band's latest release was produced by Steve Lillywhite.

This is the fourth quirky release for the exclamation-point-loving, Devo-esque, Tokyo-based band.

This five-track EP from the Seattle band is their first release in three years.

This is Marc Bianchi's second LP as Her Space Holiday, which also includes his girlfriend, Keely.

This is the sixth album (and third on Beggars Banquet) for San Francisco's Swell, which now is a one-man band consisting entirely of David Freel.

This disc collects remixes and B-sides (album title notwithstanding) culled from the singles generated by the animated supergroup's international hit debut album. The 9 songs here (totalling just 38 minutes) include two previously unreleased tracks.

Marc Bianchi releases his latest album under the Her Space Holiday name.

The 2-disc set is the rock band's third actual album.

This is the third album from London glam-rockers Placebo. The U.S. release adds two bonus tracks: a new version of "Without You I'm Nothing" with David Bowie guesting on vocals, and a cover of Depeche Mode's "I Feel You."

The second release for the Illinois indie-rock band led by George Hunter.

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

The former Dire Straits leader returns with a disc full of brand-new originals, his first release since recovering from a serious motorcycle accident.

The third album for the alternative-rock band is the first to include the band's new guitarist, Phil Karnats.

'Empire' marks the second release for the English dance-rock band.

The latest album from the singer/songwriter from Kentucky was produced by Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, and Rob Hyman.

This is the debut album for the Canadian singer who was discovered on YouTube.

This all-covers album includes Smith's takes on songs by Tears For Fears, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan.

Elvis Baskette produces the fourth album for the St. Louis rock band that started out as Big Blue Monkey (an existing blues group by the same name resulted in a name change).

The third album for the Norwegian rock duo is its first since 2004's "Riot On An Empty Street."

This is the second LP for the Chicago emo band.

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

This fourth LP for the Los Angeles indie rockers were produced by Jim Fairchild (Grandaddy) and the band's own Aaron Espinoza. The album is dedicated to (and frequently about) the late Elliott Smith, who was Espinoza's neighbor.

Much like her 1991 release 'Pop Pop,' this album showcases Jones' vocal talents as she reinterprets an eclectic variety of songs (by everyone from The Beatles and Marvin Gaye to Steely Dan and Gershwin) in her own unique style.

Mike Patton (Faith No More) returns for his third studio album (which consists of a single, 74-minute song!) with his more experimental outfit Fantomas.

The debut album for the Malaysian-born singer-songwriter.

The Washington, D.C. band's seventh album finds the band in a more political mood, even sampling President Bush (the newer one) on one track.

The mercurial singer-songwriter returns with an album of interpretations of 13 traditional Irish songs.

The Norwegian band recorded some of this second full-length album in a cave.

The sophomore album for the Brooklyn rock band is their first on Frenchkiss Records.

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.

The collection of b-sides and remixes also features Lou Reed on one track.

The season three "The X Factor" winner's first album debuted as the number one album in the UK.

The second album for the Scottish band was produced by Bernard Butler and is the first album with Dino Bardot, who replaced Jamie McMorrow.

The rocker's first album of originals in six years includes the Chevy Trucks themesong "Our Country."

The son of Kenny Loggins releases his debut album produced by John Alagia.

The all-female Scandinavian quartet return with a disc produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt (The Hives), their third album overall and first for new label RCA.

The Seattle band (who apparently suffer from either an unusual genetic problem or severe hallucinations) make their full-length debut with this disc.

The fifth full-length album for the Chicago punk rock band was produced by Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore.

The Birmingham, England group tries to escape the sophmore slump and comparisons to other bands with their second album.

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

The third album on Jack Johnson's Brushfire label for the Philadelphia trio.

Scott "Wino" Weinrich, former member of such bands as The Obsessed, Saint Vitus, Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls, and The Hidden Hand, releases his debut solo album.

The Scottish group returns with its seventh studio album.

The second album for the English indie-rock duo.

The third album for the British indie-rock band was recorded in Berlin.

The poppy British quartet are joined by a nine-piece orchestra on their sophomore effort.

This self-titled disc marks the debut for the quirky Austin/Brooklyn indie-rock trio, whose guitar-keyboard-drums sound is sometimes reminiscent of Spoon.

This collection of B-sides, alternate versions and rarities contains 18 tracks, including an early cover of the Smiths' "This Charming Man."

The all-girl German group's third disc includes collaborations with Peaches and Miss Kittin, plus a remake of the Tom Tom Club's "Wordy Rappinghood."

The Boston-based singer-songwriter's second studio album features songs written by Nick Saloman (aka the Bevis Frond), as well as covers of Pink Floyd's "Fearless" and Pete Ham's "Baby Blue."

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.

The Azure Ray singer's second solo set was recorded with Spoon's Jim Eno and Now It's Overhead's Andy LeMaster as well as Memphis producer Doug Easley. Conor Oberst guests.

This is the 10th album for the Athens, Georgia, band.