Album Releases by Genre

The  Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You

The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You

by Neko Case
September 3, 2013
The sixth full-length release includes guest appearances from Howe Gelb, Mudhoney's Steve Turner, Visqueen, M. Ward as well as members of Calexico, Los Lobos, My Morning Jacket, the New Pornographers, was produced by Tucker Martine.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.1
Old Rockhounds Never Die

Old Rockhounds Never Die

by Odetta Hartman
August 17, 2018
The second full-length release for the New York experimental singer-songwriter was produced by Jack Inslee.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
Drag It Up

Drag It Up

by Old 97's
July 27, 2004
Rhett Miller & co. recorded the stripped-down 'Drag It Up' (the band's first release in three years) in a 19th century church in Woodstock, NY.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
8.2
Alive And Wired

Alive And Wired

by Old 97's
September 20, 2005
This 31-song live set was recorded during a pair of 2005 shows in the band's native Texas.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
The Grand Theatre, Vol. 1

The Grand Theatre, Vol. 1

by Old 97's
October 12, 2010
The band led by Rhett Miller releases the first volume of songs that were originally planned as part of a double album. Volume two is scheduled for a May 2011 release.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Graveyard Whistling

Graveyard Whistling

by Old 97's
February 24, 2017
the 11th full-length release for the alt-country band was produced by Vance Powell.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.4
Carry Me Back

Carry Me Back

by Old Crow Medicine Show
July 17, 2012
Ted Hutt produced the fourth release for the Americana band that welcomes back Critter Fuqua and features final appearances of Willie Watson, who parted with the band in January 2012.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.6
Other Arrangements

Other Arrangements

by Parker Millsap
May 4, 2018
The fourth full-length release for the Oklahoma singer-songwriter was produced with Shani Gandhi and Gary Paczosa.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
Imaginary Man

Imaginary Man

by Rayland Baxter
August 14, 2015
The second full-length release for the Nashville singer-songwriter was produced by Adam Landry and Erik Masse.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Wide Awake

Wide Awake

by Rayland Baxter
July 13, 2018
The third full-length release for the Tennessee singer-songwriter was produced by Butch Walker.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.5
The Believer

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.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.3
Our Blood

Our Blood

by Richard Buckner
August 2, 2011
The alt-country rocker releases his latest album on Merge Records.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
Surrounded

Surrounded

by Richard Buckner
September 3, 2013
Mixed by Tucker Martine, the latest release from the alt-country singer-songwriter was written using an electronic autoharp and an octave-shifting pedal.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River

We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River

by Richmond Fontaine
September 29, 2009
This is the Portland, Oregon-based band's eighth album.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
tbd
Working Girl's Guitar

Working Girl's Guitar

by Rosie Flores
October 16, 2012
The rockabilly singer-guitarist releases her 11th album.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Dying Star

Dying Star

by Ruston Kelly
September 7, 2018
The debut full-length release for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter was co-produced with Jarrad K. and features contributions from Natalie Hemby; his father, pedal steel guitarist Tim “TK” Kelly; his wife, Kacey Musgraves; and Joy Williams.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
Shape & Destroy

Shape & Destroy

by Ruston Kelly
August 28, 2020
The second full-length release for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter was produced with Jarrad Kritzstein.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.8
Gold

Gold

by Ryan Adams
September 25, 2001
'Gold' is the second solo release for former Whiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams, and garnered a good deal of attention for the singer-songwriter in 2001.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.6
Demolition

Demolition

by Ryan Adams
September 24, 2002
As the title implies, this is not a true follow-up to 2001's 'Gold,' but rather a collection of demo recordings--13 never-before-released tracks (down from a rumored four-CD set!) captured on tape during spare moments while on tour.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.1
Cold Roses

Cold Roses

by Ryan Adams
May 3, 2005
Credited to Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, double album 'Cold Roses' is the first of three planned 2005 releases for the prolific singer-songwriter. Tom Schick produced.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.7
Jacksonville City Nights

Jacksonville City Nights

by Ryan Adams
September 27, 2005
Norah Jones guests on the second (and most straight-ahead country) of a planned three 2005 releases for Adams, who is once again backed by The Cardinals. Tom Schic produced.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.0
29

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.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
8.7
Ashes & Fire

Ashes & Fire

by Ryan Adams
October 11, 2011
The North Carolina-born singer's 13th album was produced by Glyn Johns, and it is his first since he left the band in part to Meniere's disease in 2009.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.0
Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams

by Ryan Adams
September 9, 2014
The 14th solo studio release for the rock singer-songwriter was self-produced.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.0
Ten Songs from Live at Carnegie Hall

Ten Songs from Live at Carnegie Hall

by Ryan Adams
June 9, 2015
The live album for the singer-songwriter features ten songs from his 2014 concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall on November 15 and 17.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.8
Prisoner

Prisoner

by Ryan Adams
February 17, 2017
The 16th full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter was influenced by his divorce from singer Mandy Moore.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.0
Untamed Beast

Untamed Beast

by Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside
February 19, 2013
The second full-length release from Sallie Ford and her band was produced by Adam Landry and Justin Collins.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Build Me Up from Bones

Build Me Up from Bones

by Sarah Jarosz
September 24, 2013
Viktor Krauss, Aiofe O'Donovan, Darrell Scott, and Chris Thile appear as guests on the third full-length release for the singer-songwriter.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.3
Nightroamer

Nightroamer

by Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
February 18, 2022
The third full-length release for North Carolina country group Sarah Shook & The Disarmers was produced by Pete Anderson.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
tbd
Can't Wake Up

Can't Wake Up

by Shakey Graves
May 4, 2018
This is the fifth full-length release for Austin singer-songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.2
Family Man

Family Man

by Shooter Jennings
March 13, 2012
As befits the title of the album, the theme of family runs through the latest album for Shooter Jennings, who also produced the country release.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
O' Be Joyful

O' Be Joyful

by Shovels & Rope
July 31, 2012
This is the debut release for the South Carolina husband and wife duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Swimmin' Time

Swimmin' Time

by Shovels & Rope
August 26, 2014
The third full-length release for the South Carolina duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst was home-recorded.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Okemah And The Melody Of Riot

Okemah And The Melody Of Riot

by Son Volt
July 12, 2005
Jay Farrar has revived his post-Uncle Tupelo outfit Son Volt for their first album in seven years.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.6
The Search

The Search

by Son Volt
March 6, 2007
Frontman Jay Farrar produced the band's fifth album.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.7
Notes of Blue

Notes of Blue

by Son Volt
February 17, 2017
The eighth full-length studio release for the alt-country band led by Jay Farrar was inspired by blues music.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.2
Sanctions

Sanctions

by Souled American
April 17, 2026
The first full-length studio release from Souled American since 1996's Notes Campfire was self-produced.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
The Warner Bros. Years [Box Set]

The Warner Bros. Years [Box Set]

by Steve Earle
June 25, 2013
The box set for the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter contains 1995's Grammy-nominated Train a Comin', 1996's I Feel Alright, and 1997's El Corazon, as well as the unreleased Live at the Polk Theater concert album from 1995 and To Hell and Back, a DVD of a concert at Tennessee's Cold Creek Correctional Facility in 1996.
Metascore:
96
User Score:
tbd
Sylvie

Sylvie

by Sylvie Simmons
October 28, 2014
The debut release for music-journalist-turned-musician Sylvie Simmons was produced by Howe Gelb (with one track by Chris Schultz),
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Blue on Blue

Blue on Blue

by Sylvie Simmons
August 14, 2020
The second full-length release for the singer-songwriter was delayed by a few years while she recovered from an accident that left her with broken bones and nerve damage in her hand.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Omnibus

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.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.0
Bottom of the World

Bottom of the World

by Terry Allen
February 5, 2013
This is the first studio release in over 14 years for the New Mexico-based alt-country singer-songwriter.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Juarez [Reissue]

Juarez [Reissue]

by Terry Allen
May 20, 2016
The reissue of the 1975 debut release for the Texas alt-country singer-songwriter was remastered from the original analog tapes.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
Joji

Joji

by The Anomoanon
November 2, 2004
This second 2004 disc from singer-songwriter Ned Oldham (brother of Palace Music's Will Oldham) offers country-tinged folk that recalls bands such as the Grateful Dead, Neil Young and the Meat Puppets.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.3
The  Carpenter

The Carpenter

by The Avett Brothers
September 11, 2012
Rick Rubin returns to produce the seventh studio release for the indie folk-pop band.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.0
Magpie and the Dandelion

Magpie and the Dandelion

by The Avett Brothers
October 15, 2013
Recorded and produced by Rick Rubin at the same sessions as 2012's The Carpenter, the eighth release for the folk rock band is said to be more of a "youthful wonder" feel.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.5
Closer Than Together

Closer Than Together

by The Avett Brothers
October 4, 2019
the 10th full-length studio release for the folk-rock band was produced by Rick Rubin.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
The Third Gleam

The Third Gleam

by The Avett Brothers
August 28, 2020
The latest full-length release for the folk rock trio is the third installment of their ongoing Gleam series.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
tbd
Don't Blame the Stars

Don't Blame the Stars

by The Black Swans
May 31, 2011
The Texas folk rock band's concept album recorded in a Columbus, Ohio, garage in 2008 is the final album with violinist Noel Sayre, who died in a swimming accident.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Lean Forward

Lean Forward

by The Bottle Rockets
August 11, 2009
Eric "Roscoe" Ambel produces the alt-country band's latest album.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Jubilee

Jubilee

by The Deep Dark Woods
September 30, 2013
The fifth full-length release for the Canadian alt-country group was produced by Jonathan Wilson.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.5
Colfax

Colfax

by The Delines
June 17, 2014
This is the debut release for the new band formed by Richmond Fontaine's Willy Vlautin with Amy Boone and Sean Oldham.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.8
I'm a Stranger Here

I'm a Stranger Here

by The Devil Makes Three
October 29, 2013
The fourth full-length studio release for the alt-country/folk punk trio was produced by Buddy Miller.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
6.5
Redemption & Ruin

Redemption & Ruin

by The Devil Makes Three
September 16, 2016
The covers release for the Northern California Americana trio features guest appearances from Jerry Douglass, Duane Eddy, Emmylou Harris, and Tim O'Brien.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Chinese Fountain

Chinese Fountain

by The Growlers
September 23, 2014
This is the fifth full-length release from the self-described "beach goth" California band.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.0
Singing Bones

Singing Bones

by The Handsome Family
October 7, 2003
The husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks return with their sixth CD of dark, country-tinged folk-rock.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.7
Wilderness

Wilderness

by The Handsome Family
May 14, 2013
The latest release from the husband-and-wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks is a concept album based on animals and real-life historical figures.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Hollow

Hollow

by The Handsome Family
September 8, 2023
The 11th full-length studio release from husband-and-wife duo The Handsome Family is its first studio release since 2016's Unseen.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
tbd
Rainy Day Music

Rainy Day Music

by The Jayhawks
April 8, 2003
The seventh album for the Minnesota alt-country outfit features a smaller-than-usual lineup of songwriter/vocalist Gary Louris, bassist Marc Perlman and drummer Tim O'Reagan, joined by new guitarist Stephen McCarthy. Matthew Sweet and Jakob Dylan guest.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.2
The Lone Bellow

The Lone Bellow

by The Lone Bellow
January 22, 2013
Formerly known as Zach Williams & The Bellow, the debut release for the self-described Brooklyn country trio was produced by Charlie Peacock.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.8
Psychedelic Country Soul

Psychedelic Country Soul

by The Long Ryders
February 15, 2019
The first new full-length release in over 30 years for the Alt-country/Americana band was produced by Ed Stasium.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
tbd
Smart Flesh

Smart Flesh

by The Low Anthem
February 22, 2011
The eclectic, folk-rock foursome's third album was recorded in Central Falls, RI in an abandoned pasta sauce factory and has an old-timey, indie-folk feel.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.5
The Lumineers

The Lumineers

by The Lumineers
April 3, 2012
This is the debut release for the Denver folk-rock trio.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.8
III

III

by The Lumineers
September 13, 2019
The third full-length release for the Colorado indie folk is a concept album with three chapters about the impact of addiction on a fictional family.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.8
Brightside

Brightside

by The Lumineers
January 14, 2022
The fourth full-length release for the indie folk band The Lumineers features production from David Baron and Simone Felice.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Above the Prairie

Above the Prairie

by The Pines
January 22, 2016
The fifth full-length release for the Minnesota-based folk rock band features a guest appearance by John Trudell and was co-produced by Bo Ramsey.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Favourite Colours

Favourite Colours

by The Sadies
August 24, 2004
The Toronto, Canada country-surf-rockers led by the Good brothers (Dallas and Travis) return with a self-produced effort. Robyn Hitchcock guests on one track.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.6
New Seasons

New Seasons

by The Sadies
October 2, 2007
The Canadian alt-country rockers return with their latest album.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
tbd
Great Chicago Fire

Great Chicago Fire

by The Waco Brothers
April 24, 2012
Paul Burch and The Waco Brothers team up for this country rock album that features a cover of Bob Dylan's "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall."
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Talking To You, Talking To Me

Talking To You, Talking To Me

by The Watson Twins
February 9, 2010
Hailing from Los Angeles by way of Kentucky, Chandra and Leigh Watson--aka the Watson Twins--follow up 2008's "Fire Songs" with "Talking to You, Talking to Me." It features members of Everest and My Morning Jacket's Bo Koster.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Live: The Storyteller

Live: The Storyteller

by Todd Snider
February 1, 2011
Comedian/country-singer Todd Snider’s latest album contains songs regarding comical social situations and subject matter, offering insightful truths with a bit of humor.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
5.4
Eastside Bulldog

Eastside Bulldog

by Todd Snider
October 7, 2016
The latest full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter was based on his Hank Williams Jr.,-obsessed alter-ego Elmo Buzz and features guest appearances from such artists as Jason Isbell, Chris Robinson, Elizabeth Cook, and Hank Williams III.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
tbd
Charlatans At the Garden Gate

Charlatans At the Garden Gate

by Tristen
February 15, 2011
Tristen Gaspadarek's first full-length album on the American Myth label follows on her five-track EP Deceivers Are Achievers.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
tbd
No Depression [Legacy Edition]

No Depression [Legacy Edition]

by Uncle Tupelo
January 28, 2014
The reissued and expanded release of the debut album from the alt-country band led by Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy includes its 1989 demo tape Not Forever, Just for Now.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
8.0
Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe

Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe

by Various Artists
September 18, 2012
Hayes Carll, Chatham County Line, Robert Ellis, Erin Enderlin, Colin Gilmore, Griffin House, Jeff The Brotherhood, Lori McKenna, Caitlin Rose, Ron Sexsmith, Amanda Shires, The Parson Red Heads, and The Unsinkable Boxer cover some of Nick Lowe's songs on this tribute album. Some of the profits from the sale of this release go to people impacted by the 2010 Nashville floods and the 2011 Texas wildfires.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
tbd
While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records

While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records

by Various Artists
November 18, 2014
Andrew Bird, Blitzen Trapper, Chuck Prophet, The Handsome Family, Hiss Golden Messenger, Tim Kasher, Ben Kweller, Chuck Ragan, Superchunk, Frank Turner, and Two Gallants are some of the 38 artists on the two disc release that celebrates 20 years of the Chicago independent record label.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
tbd
Going Down in History

Going Down in History

by Waco Brothers
February 26, 2016
The first studio release of original songs since 2005's Freedom And Weep from the Chicago alt-country band led by Jon Langford was produced by Mike Hagler.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Rumble, Shake and Tumble

Rumble, Shake and Tumble

by Wagons
August 16, 2011
This is the fifth album for the Australian country and roots rock band led by Henry Wagons.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
So Much Country ‘Till We Get There [EP]

So Much Country ‘Till We Get There [EP]

by Westside Cowboy
January 16, 2026
This is the second EP from British indie rock/alt-country band Westside Cowboy.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
tbd
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

by Wilco
April 23, 2002
The long wait for this fourth album from Jeff Tweedy & co. is partially the result of the tumultuous recording process that left the band without its guitarist (Jay Bennett) and its record label (Warner/Reprise). Fellow Chicagoan Jim O'Rourke mixed the 11 tracks.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.9
a ghost is born

a ghost is born

by Wilco
June 22, 2004
When you record one of the most acclaimed albums of the decade, what do you do for an encore? If you are Jeff Tweedy & co., you return with both old (Jim O'Rourke again producing) and new (yet another lineup change) for your fifth studio LP.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.7
Sky Blue Sky

Sky Blue Sky

by Wilco
May 15, 2007
The sixth studio set for the Jeff Tweedy-fronted band is less experimental and adventurous than Wilco's previous few efforts. It is the first Wilco studio album to feature the work of touring guitarist Nels Cline.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
Regard The End

Regard The End

by Willard Grant Conspiracy
February 17, 2004
The Americana collective founded and led by fronted by Robert Fisher returns with a fifth LP. Co-founder/guitarist Paul Austin is no longer a full-time band member, but he appears on some tracks, as do Kristin Hersh, Chris Eckmen (The Walkabouts) and a variety of other guests.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd