Album Releases by Genre
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Music For Cougars
by Sugar Ray
July 21, 2009
The first studio album for the Mark McGrath-led rock band since 2006.
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American Supreme
by Suicide
October 29, 2002
Legendary 1970s NYC electro-punk duo Suicide, hugely influential on the synth-pop, industrial, and electroclash movements to come in later decades, return with their first new album in ten years.
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Does This Look Infected?
by Sum 41
November 26, 2002
The Toronto, Canada punk outfit returns with a follow-up to their successful 2001 debut, 'All Killer No Filler.'
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Chuck
by Sum 41
October 12, 2004
The Canadian punk-pop outfit returns with a fourth LP, produced by Greig Nori. The disc is named after a UN worker (Chuck Pelletier) who helped the band escape violence in the Congo while they were there shooting a film.
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Underclass Hero
by Sum 41
July 24, 2007
The punk pop band releases its fifth studio album.
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Mwng
by Super Furry Animals
June 20, 2000
The Furries return with an entire album of Welsh-language songs.
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Rings Around The World
by Super Furry Animals
March 19, 2002
This is the fifth album (and a return to English-lanugage songs) for the well-regarded Welsh indie band, now signed to a major label (Epic). It is the first album ever to be released simultaneously on DVD and CD (with the DVD containing a movie and a remix for each track on the album). Paul McCartney and John Cale have cameo appearances on the album.
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Phantom Power
by Super Furry Animals
July 22, 2003
The quirky Welsh quintet's sixth album was produced by Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys).
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Life On Other Planets
by Supergrass
February 11, 2003
The fun-loving Britpop outfit, popular in the U.K. but unsuccessful to date in the U.S., returns with its fourth LP.
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Road To Rouen
by Supergrass
September 27, 2005
This is album nubmer five for the UK rockers led by Gaz Coombes.
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Astro Coast
by Surfer Blood
January 19, 2010
The Florida-based quintet shows the influence of 1990s alternative and indie rock music on its debut full-length album.
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Songs In Red And Gray
by Suzanne Vega
September 25, 2001
Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega fills her sixth studio album with 13 new compositions. Former producer (and former husband) Mitchell Froom is gone, replaced by Rupert Hine, who creates an overall sound that is more like Vega's earliest recordings than her Froom-produced output during the 1990s.
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Everybody Wants To Know
by Swell
June 19, 2001
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.
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Hello Hurricane
by Switchfoot
November 10, 2009
The latest album for the rock band from San Diego is the first of four recorded in the same session to be released.
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Toxicity
by System Of A Down
September 4, 2001
This is the alternative metal band's follow-up to their hit 1998 self-titled debut. Rick Rubin produced the 14-track effort.
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Steal This Album
by System Of A Down
November 26, 2002
Not the true follow-up to 'Toxicity' that fans were hoping for, 'Steal This Album' instead consists of outtakes from that 2001 album, originally leaked on the Internet in rough versions and now polished up for release on CD.
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Mezmerize
by System Of A Down
May 17, 2005
Rick Rubin co-produced this first of two planned 2005 releases for SOAD (with 'Hypnotize' coming in the fall).
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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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Louder Now
by Taking Back Sunday
April 25, 2006
Eric Valentine (Queens Of The Stone Age) produced the emo band's third studio album and major-label debut.
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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.)
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Once In A Lifetime
by Talking Heads
November 18, 2003
This 3-disc attractively-packaged retrospective on the groundbreaking New York band includes completely remastered tracks from each of their studio LPs as well as the same previously-unreleased-on-CD demos and new tracks included on the earlier 2-disc Sand In the Vaseline complilation. Also included are never-before-released alternate versions of five songs. The set also contains a DVD with an updated version of the Talking Heads music video compilation Storytelling Giant, with three additional videos not found on the original VHS release.
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The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads [2004 Version]
by Talking Heads
August 17, 2004
This two-disc set marks the long-awaited compact disc debut of the legendary band's 1982 live double album. While the original tracks are retained (and the discs follow the original's breakdown of 1977-1979 and 1980-1981), a whopping 16 tracks are added to the set, including 13 that were never before released in any format.
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Beautysleep
by Tanya Donelly
February 19, 2002
The former member of Throwing Muses, Belly, and the Breeders returns with her second solo album, following 1997's 'Lovesongs for Underdogs.'
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Saputjiji
by Tanya Tagaq
March 6, 2026
The latest full-length release from Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq features a guest appearance by Fucked Up's Damian Abraham.
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Everybody Loves A Happy Ending
by Tears for Fears
September 14, 2004
A reunited Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal return with their first Tears For Fears album together in 15 years.
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A Piece Of What You Need
by Teddy Thompson
June 17, 2008
The fourth album for the London-born artist was produced by Marius de Vries.
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Sainthood
by Tegan and Sara
October 27, 2009
The latest album for the twin singer-songwriters was produced with Chris Walla.
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Hyacinths and Thistles
by The 6ths
September 5, 2000
The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt returns with a second disc under The 6ths nameplate (following 1995's Wasps' Nests). Like its predecessor, this album features original Merritt compositions sung by guest vocalists, including Gary Numan, Sarah Cracknell, Marc Almond, Bob Mould, and Sally Timms.
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Santi
by The Academy Is...
April 3, 2007
This is the second LP for the Chicago emo band.
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Fast Times At Barrington High
by The Academy Is...
August 19, 2008
The third album for the pop punk group from Chicago was produced by Sam Hollander and Dave Katz.
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A Chorus of Storytellers
by The Album Leaf
February 2, 2010
Recorded in Seattle but remixed in Iceland by Jón Birgisson of Sigur Rós, A Chorus of Storytellers is the fifth album led by multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle of the Album Leaf.
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When The World Comes Down
by The All-American Rejects
December 16, 2008
The third album from the Oklahoma rock band was produced by Eric Valentine.
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Pelo
by The Aluminum Group
November 7, 2000
The Chicago group's fourth full-length was produced by John Herndon (Tortoise, Isotope 217).
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Discovery of a World Inside the Moone
by The Apples In Stereo
April 18, 2000
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So Long, Astoria
by The Ataris
March 4, 2003
Named after the setting of the 1985 film "The Goonies," 'So Long Astoria' is the major-label debut (and fourth studio LP) for the power-pop five-piece. Included here is a cover of Don Henley's "Boys of Summer."
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This Is A Fix
by The Automatic
August 25, 2008
The Welsh band releases its sophomore album.
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Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future
by The Bird And The Bee
January 27, 2009
The second full-length album for the duo of Greg Kurstin and Inara George.
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Directions To See A Ghost
by The Black Angels
May 13, 2008
The sophomore album for the Austin, Texas band was produced by Erik Wofford.
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Brothers
by The Black Keys
May 18, 2010
The latest album for the duo of Daniel Auerbach and Patrick Carney features two tracks produced with Danger Mouse.
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The Best In Town
by The Blackout
June 9, 2009
This is the second full-length album for the Welsh hard rock band.
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God Bless The Blake Babies
by The Blake Babies
March 6, 2001
Juliana Hatfield and company reunite for their first album in 8 years.
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Burn Piano Island, Burn
by The Blood Brothers
March 18, 2003
Known for their loud, angry, and extreme take on metal (well, even more so than your average metal band), The Blood Brothers return with their third album in as many years.
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Modbilly
by The Boxmasters
April 21, 2009
The latest album for the band led by Billy Bob Thornton.
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The Sun And The Moon
by The Bravery
May 22, 2007
Brendan O'Brien produced this second album for the New York band.
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Stir The Blood
by The Bravery
December 1, 2009
The third album for the New York City-based rock band was produced by John Hill.
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Title TK
by The Breeders
May 21, 2002
A comeback of sorts, 'Title TK' comes a full nine years after The Breeders' previous effort (1993's 'Last Splash') and sees the group with a new lineup (only Kim Deal and sister Kelley remain) and producer (Steve Albini).
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Who Killed Sgt. Pepper?
by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
February 23, 2010
The 11th album for the Anton Newcombe-led rock band features the return of bassist/guitarist Matt Hollywood, who left the group in 1999.
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The Bundles
by The Bundles
March 9, 2010
The band led by Kimya Dawson and Jeffrey Lewis releases its first album, which features songs they wrote for a compilation released in 2002.
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Long Gone Before Daylight
by The Cardigans
May 25, 2004
This is the fifth album (and first in six years) for the Swedish outfit led by vocalist/lyricist Nina Persson and guitarist Peter Svensson.
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Super Extra Gravity
by The Cardigans
September 19, 2006
The veteran Swedish band's sixth studio album was finally released in the U.S. in September 2006, nearly one year after it first surfaced in Europe.
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Wishville
by The Catherine Wheel
May 9, 2000
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Wonderland
by The Charlatans UK
September 11, 2001
The "Madchester" scene is long over, but the Charlatans [U.K.] are still making music, following 1999's well-reviewed 'Us And Us Only' with this, their seventh album, which sees the band take a more playful, soulful approach.
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Up At The Lake
by The Charlatans UK
May 17, 2004
The British band's eighth album sees Tim Burgess abandoning the falsetto he used on 2001's departure 'Wonderland' as the group returns to the more rock-oriented style of 'Tellin' Stories.'
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Simpatico
by The Charlatans UK
May 2, 2006
The veteran British rockers take a detour into reggae on their latest release.
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Come With Us
by The Chemical Brothers
January 29, 2002
The fourth full-length for production duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons features the singles "Star Guitar" and "It Began In Afrika." Guest vocalists include long-time Chemical Brothers staple Beth Orton and Richard Ashcroft.
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After Everything Now This
by The Church
February 5, 2002
Over two years in the making, 'After Everything' is the twelfth album from the Australian band, still best known for their 1988 hit "Under The Milky Way."
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Forget Yourself
by The Church
February 3, 2004
This is the veteran Australian band's 17th album.
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Untitled #23
by The Church
May 12, 2009
The popular Australian rock band releases its latest album on its own Unorthodox label.
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Kick Up The Fire And Let The Flames Break Loose
by The Cooper Temple Clause
February 24, 2004
This is the second album for the Reading, England rock band.
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Wake Up And Smell The Coffee
by The Cranberries
October 23, 2001
Yes, apparently they ARE still around. This is the Irish group's sixth album since 1993, and their first with original producer Stephen Street in some time.
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Tweekend
by The Crystal Method
July 31, 2001
This long-awaited follow-up to the Los Angeles alternative-electronica band's 1997 debut, 'Vegas,' features guest appearances from members of Rage Against The Machine and Stone Temple Pilots as well as Jon Brion.
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Beyond Good & Evil
by The Cult
June 5, 2001
Ian Astbury & Co. return with their first album of new material since 1994.
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Bloodflowers
by The Cure
February 15, 2000
Robert Smith declared 'Bloodflowers' to be the final release from The Cure. It wasn't, of course, but it does in theory complete a trilogy that began with 'Pornography' and 'Disintegration.'
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Join The Dots: B-Sides And Rarities, 1978-2001
by The Cure
January 27, 2004
This 70-track, 4-disc collection is just what the title says: every Cure B-side and compilation track, in chronological order, from 1978-2001, each newly remastered and accompanied by extensive liner notes by Robert Smith.
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The Cure
by The Cure
June 29, 2004
The follow-up to 2000's 'Bloodflowers' sees Robert Smith & co. working with metal producer Ross Robinson (Limp Bizkit, Korn) for the first time (and apparently, he ate up so much of the recording budget that they couldn't afford an album cover artist).
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4:13 Dream
by The Cure
October 28, 2008
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6Twenty
by The D4
March 25, 2003
The New Zealand retro-rockers scored a major-label deal in the U.S. on the strength of this 2002 debut album, which received an American re-release in March 2003.
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Welcome To The Monkey House
by The Dandy Warhols
August 19, 2003
The fourth release for the Portland, Ore. four-piece is a trip through 70's glam- and 80s synth- rock, complete with contributions from Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes (the latter produced much of the album), Chic's Nile Rogers, Bowie/T. Rex producer Tony Visconti, and, well, Evan Dando.
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Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars
by The Dandy Warhols
September 13, 2005
The Portland, Ore. band's follow-up to 'Welcome To The Monkey House' was co-produced by frontman Courtney Taylor(-Taylor) and Gregg Williams.
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Earth To The Dandy Warhols
by The Dandy Warhols
August 19, 2008
The sixth album for the Portland, Oregon, rockers includes guest appearances by Dire Strait's Mark Knopfler and the Heartbreakers' guitarist Mike Campbell.
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The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
by The Dandy Warhols
July 14, 2009
Originally shelved by Capitol Records for a different mix (2003's "Welcome To The Monkey House"), this remixed by Russell Elavedo finally gets a formal release.
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Outta Sight / Outta Mind
by The Datsuns
September 14, 2004
The New Zealand rockers return with a second album, produced by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones.
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Smoke & Mirrors
by The Datsuns
October 9, 2006
The New Zealand rock band returns with a third album.
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Horehound
by The Dead Weather
July 14, 2009
Jack White plays drums and produced this album for the band headed by The Kills' Alison Mosshart, which also includes The Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence and Queens of the Stone Age's Dean Fertita.
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Sea Of Cowards
by The Dead Weather
May 11, 2010
The Jack White-led rock band releases its follow-up to its 2009 debut, "Horehound."
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Hate
by The Delgados
January 21, 2003
The Glasgow, Scotland-based band follow 2000's stunning 'The Great Eastern' with this, their fourth (and almost equally stunning) LP. Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev) returns as producer.
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Spirit Youth
by The Depreciation Guild
May 18, 2010
The second album for the Brooklyn band that is led by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart drummer Kurt Feldman was produced by Telefon Tel Aviv's Josh Eustis.
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Coral Fang
by The Distillers
October 14, 2003
The punk outfit led by Brody Armstrong (oops--make that Brody Dalle, now) makes its major-label debut with 'Coral Fang,' the band's third release overall.
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Absent Friends
by The Divine Comedy
May 4, 2004
Neil Hannon returns with his first album since 2001's 'Regeneration.' Basically a solo effort (though retaining the Divine Comedy name), 'Friends' was produced and largely performed by Hannon, with Nigel Godrich handling the mixing.
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Spend The Night
by The Donnas
October 22, 2002
American's favorite high school rockers have graduated and grown up, resulting in this, their fifth (and most mature) album to date.
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Bitchin'
by The Donnas
September 18, 2007
The seventh album for the California-based band.
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Havilah
by The Drones
February 17, 2009
The latest album for the Australian rock band is the first studio album to feature current guitarist Dan Luscombe, who replaced Rui Pereira.
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Music For The People
by The Enemy
April 27, 2009
The second album for the alt-rock band was recorded in analog.
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The Real New Fall L.P. (Formerly Country On The Click)
by The Fall
June 15, 2004
Yes, as you may have surmised, this is the real new Fall full-length (just one in a very, very long line of releases from the amazingly prolific Mark E. Smith and company). Originally titled 'Country On The Click,' this album was leaked in early stages on the Internet, but has since been remixed and resequenced.
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Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
by The Flaming Lips
July 16, 2002
The Oklahoma band finally returns with a follow-up to perhaps their strongest effort to date, 1999's 'The Soft Bulletin.' Here, the Lips venture even more into electronic territory, working once again with producer Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev). Yoshimi of Japanese band The Boredoms guests on vocals on one track and lends her name to part of the album's title (the "Yoshimi" part, not the "Pink Robots" part).
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Embryonic
by The Flaming Lips
October 13, 2009
The latest album for the rock band features guest appearances by MGMT, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Karen O, and German mathematician, Dr. Thorsten Wormann.
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One Part Lullaby
by The Folk Implosion
September 7, 1999
This is the third full-length and first major-label release for the low-fi duo of Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr.) and John Davis, who earlier achieved brief commercial success with the single "Natural One" off the soundtrack to the movie "Kids."
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The Isness
by The Future Sound of London
August 13, 2002
The first new album for the English electronic outfit in six years sees the band heading in a completely new direction, away from their dark electronica in favor of a more organic, psychedelic rock vibe. Surprisingly (for a FSOL album), there's guitar, vocals, strings, and harmonica, and trippy song titles such as "The Mello Hippo Disco Show."
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Friends of Rachel Worth
by The Go-Betweens
September 19, 2000
The first new release in 12 years from the influential Australian band features founding members Robert Forster and Grant McLennan with backing from members of Sleater-Kinney.
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God Bless The Go-Go's
by The Go-Go's
May 15, 2001
Believe it or not, this is indeed a brand-new album from L.A.'s Go-Go's -- their first in 17 years, to be exact. The original lineup (including Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin) is intact for this 13-track outing, produced by Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade (Hole, Radiohead). Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is featured on the first single, "Unforgiven."
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen
by The Good, the Bad & the Queen
January 23, 2007
Danger Mouse produced this first album for the new collaboration between Damon Albarn (Blur,Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Tony Allen (Africa 70 / Fela Kuti) and Simon Tong (The Verve).
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Haymaker!
by The Gourds
January 6, 2009
The Austin, Texas band releases its ninth album.
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Saturnalia
by The Gutter Twins
March 4, 2008
The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli and Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan team up on their debut album as The Gutter Twins.
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Veni Vidi Vicious
by The Hives
April 30, 2002
One of the first Next Big Things of 2002, Sweden's The Hives follow last year's media darlings The Strokes and The White Stripes in bringing the rock back to alternative rock. The only catch is that the band has been around for over a decade, with this particular album actually dating back to 2000, when it gained a limited U.S. release on a tiny Epitaph imprint. However, the Swedes were able to benefit from the rush to capitalize on the neo-garage/punk-rock movement by scoring a major label deal in early 2002 and a rerelease of this, their second full-length. (They've got The Strokes beat on length, though, managing to release an even shorter album, at just 27 minutes.)
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Tyrannosaurus Hives
by The Hives
July 20, 2004
The Swedish garage-rockers return with their third full-length disc.
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A Positive Rage
by The Hold Steady
April 7, 2009
The first live album for the band features 17 live tracks recorded on October 31, 2007 and a DVD about the release of "Boys ands Girls in America."
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Heaven Is Whenever
by The Hold Steady
May 4, 2010
The first album for the band without Franz Nicolay, who left the band in January 2010, was produced by Dean Baltulonis.
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Days Run Away
by The House of Love
February 28, 2005
'Days' is the first album in over a dozen years for the reunited London-based alt-rockers, and is their first to include both original guitarists (Guy Chadwick and Terry Bickers) since 1989.
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The Januaries
by The Januaries
September 12, 2000
The debut album from The Januaries is heavily influenced by 1960's pop.
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The Power Of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities
by The Jesus and Mary Chain
September 30, 2008
The four-disc collection of B-sides and rare recordings from the Scottish band.
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