The second release for the San Francisco-based indie rock group was produced by Eli Crews.

This is the second release for the year from the collaboration between Jozef Van Wissem and guitarist Jim Jarmusch.

This is the third solo album for Jonathan Levi as Pop Levi.

The second solo release from the Emeralds' Steve Hauschildt was recorded with nearly 20 different instruments.

This is the 10th studio album for the British ska band.

The second solo release for Ahmed Gallab as Sinkane includes influences from Afro-pop, funk, jazz, krautrock, and soul music.

Using a computer, the Tennessee-born musician manipulated her vocals to form her experimental electronic debut full-length release.

The CD/DVD set contains live performances and interviews from the late British singer recorded by the BBC between 2004 and 2009.

After working together in 2011 at a music festival in Morocco, Fanga, an Afrobeat band based in France, collaborated with Moroccan gnawa singer Maâlem Abdallah Guinéa for this six-track release.

The second set of Christmas-related songs (the first was 2006's Songs for Christmas) is five discs of songs recorded between 2006 and 2012.

The third collaboration between 9th Wonder and Buckshot includes guest appearances by Dyme-A-Duzin and Rapsody.

Tim O'Brien, Mike Bub, and Kenny Malone provide backing for the fifth full-length release from Canada's Chris Luedecke.

This is the second full-length release for Hannes Norrvide as Lust For Youth.

The debut solo album for drummer Tom Skinner features elements of dub, electronic, and jazz music.

This is the debut electronic release from David Best of Fujiya & Miyagi and Sammy Rubin of Project Jenny, Project Jan.

The four-track release from Mats Gustafsson and Colin Stetson was recorded live at the Vancouver Jazz Festival in 2011.

The Cleveland electronic trio's latest release includes two tracks over eight minutes long.

The fifth release for the R&B singer features guest appearances by Tim McGraw and Wiz Khalifa.

The 10 disc box set collects the Canadian singer-songwriter's studio albums released between 1968 and 1979.

This is the second release in 2012 for the Canadian electronic artist, Matt Halversen.

The CD/DVD set includes B-sides, demos, remixes, and rare tracks that range from 1997 to the end of the doom metal band in 2010.

The compilation from the Slovenian avant-garde collective contains some tracks from its 2004 compilation.

The four-track EP, includes three B-sides from the Swing Lo Magellan sessions.

The Chicago experimental musician's latest is a single 36-minute track.

The second release in 2012 for the rap group features guest appearances by such artists as Gerald Albright, Sheila Brody, Davy DMX, Ziggy Marley, Tom Morello, and Henry Rollins.

The second release for the Brooklyn rapper features such guests as Marsha Ambrosius, Chamillionaire, Corbett, Lecrae, stic.man of Dead Prez, and Styles P.

When the music videos first appeared in 2010, the identity of the person(s) who was iamamiwhoami was unknown. It has since been revealed Swedish singer Jonna Lee is the person behind the music.

The third full-length release for the Swedish metal band was produced by Don Alsterberg.

This is the seventh full-length release for the British metal band.

This is the latest release from the Los Angeles-based electronic producer.

The journey from the beginning to the end of a relationship is the concept behind the 19th studio release for the Australian singer-songwriter.

After two EPs last year, the Manchester producer releases a full-length electronic release featuring the operatically trained vocalist Alison Skidmore.

This is the second full-length release from the New Orleans brass band.

The second full-length release from the British extreme metal band was produced by Tom Dring.

The third solo release in 2012 for the former frontman of Soul Coughing is an album of covers that range from Broadway (Guys and Dolls' "Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat") to rock (Cheap Trick’s "Southern Girls" and Thin Lizzy’s "Running Back") to Americana (John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads").

The third release for the folk singer was produced by Richard Swift.

The pop singer reworked some of her biggest hits with an orchestra at London's Abbey Road Studios.

Originally a duo, Anstram continues with its second full-length release with German producer Lars Stöwe at the helm.

The former frontman of Simply Red pays tribute to American 1960s soul music with this 12-track covers release.

Carrie Underwood and Johnny Depp appear as guests on the rock band's first studio album of new music in 11 years.

This is the second solo release for Norwegian producer Thomas Moen Hermansen as Prins Thomas.

The Blue Nile frontman's debut solo album is his first record in eight years.

Ohio rappers Copywrite, RJD2, Tage Future, and Jakki Da Motamouth return as MHz Legacy (Camu Tao passed away in 2008) to release its debut full-length.

The third full-length studio release for French techno producer Pascal Arbez was produced by Stephane Alf Briat.

This is the debut full-length release for the British duo of Luca Santucci and Ben Fitzgerald.

Hans-Peter Lindstrøm's fourth release was recorded right after Six Cups of Rebel was mixed by Todd Terje.

The fourth R&B/pop release from the 2008 runner-ups of the X Factor (UK) includes production from such artists as Midi Mafia, Mr. Bangladesh, Rodney Jerkins, and The Runners.

This is the debut electronic solo album for the Walls member.

Produced by Scott Colburn, the concept album of a compilation release of top hits from ten bands (played by the Brooklyn duo of Taraka and Nimai Larson) who died during an apocalypse on December 21, 2012.

The third and final part of the British singer-songwriter's Essex trilogy of albums is about the seventeenth century Essex Witch Trials.

The second release for the American-born, London-based singer sees her continuing to work with Ed Harcourt plus help from Martin Craft and Simon Aldred.

Produced by Jacknife Lee, the ninth solo album for the British pop singer is his first since 2009's Reality Killed The Video Star.

The third full-length studio release from the Brooklyn rapper includes such guests and producers as Pharoahe Monch, The Alchemist, 9th Wonder, and Khrysis.

The debut release for the rock band comprised of Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, and drummer Richard Stuverud.

The Jesus Lizard's Mac McNeilly contributed drums to the four-track album from the drone metal duo.

The second release in 2012 for Neil Young and Crazy Horse is its first album of original music since 2003's Greendale.

This is the fourth release for the British electronic producer, Luke Blair.

The third full-length release from the Scottish producer includes already released hit singles from Rihanna, Kelis, and Ne-Yo, as well as new tracks featuring guest artists such as Florence Welch, Dizzee Rascal, Ellie Goulding, Tinie Tempah, and Example.

This is the third full-length release for Brighton producer, Alan Myson.

The final release with lead singer Lacey Sturm is the third full-length album from Texas-based rock band and was produced by Howard Benson.

The tenth full-length studio album for the Oakland, California metal band was produced with Steve Albini.

The fourth solo release for the Everything But The Girl singer is a Christmas collection with ten cover songs and two original songs. Ben Watt, Leo Taylor, Steve Pearce, and producer Ewan Pearson contribute to the album as guest musicians.

This is the first release with new vocalist John Strachan. Original lead singer Makh Daniels passed away in 2010 following a car accident.

This is the tenth studio release for the British metal band.

The second full-length studio release for the Atlanta-born R&B/soul singer was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee and in Germany with his co-producer, Patrice Bart-Williams.

Described as a companion piece to the earlier released Break It Yourself, it features one new track, two new versions of songs from Break It Yourself, as well as covers of songs by Alpha Consumer, the Carter Family, the Handsome Family, and Townes Van Zandt.

After a number of well-received mixtapes, the Philadelphia rapper releases his debut full-length studio album featuring guest appearances by Mary J. Blige, Drake, Kirko Bangz, John Legend, Louie V, Nas, Rick Ross, Trey Songz, and Wale.

This is the second full-length release for the San Francisco band led by Luis Vasquez.

The pop-soul singer and since 2011, vocal coach/judge on NBC's The Voice releases a Christmas album featuring Christina Aguilera, The Muppets, Straight No Chaser, Rod Stewart, and Trombone Shorty as guest singers.

This is the 16th studio album for the country singer.

The sixth release from the Oakland, California, hip hop group led by Boots Riley features guests such as Das Racist, Joe Henry, Jolie Holland, Japanther, Killer Mike, and Justin Sane of Anti-Flag.

This is the second full-length release for the instrumental soul group last heard backing Charles Bradley's 2011 album, No Time for Dreaming.

The latest solo release from the Fiery Furnaces musician was inspired by the low-budget films made by smaller Hollywood studios between the 1920s and the 1950s.

Rock and R&B come together on the debut full-length release from the British five-piece.

David Foster co-produced the first Christmas album for the British singer-songwriter that features guest appearances by Mary J. Blige, Chris Botti, Michael Bublé, Ella Fitzgerald, Cee-Lo Green, Dave Koz, and Trombone Shorty.

The second release for the Canadian duo of Brandyn James Aikins and guitarist/vocalist Daniel Brandon Allen was produced by Toshi Kasai and features guest appearances by Melvins drummers Dale Crover and Coady Willis.

Active Child, El Perro Del Mar, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and Twin Shadow are some of the guests on the Jonquil frontman's solo full-length debut.

The debut full-length release for the British producer features guest appearances by Steffaloo, Co Ma, and Birds Of Passage.

The fourth full-length release for the Australian metal band was produced by Matt Hyde in Los Angeles.

Pete Kember returns as producer on Christopher Porpora's album based on letters from an schizophrenic to her husband while she was in a German asylum.

The eight-track release from London-based Kevin McAuley includes influences from UK bass, dubstep, and techno music.

The music composed by Matt Hill was used at the 2012 Glasgow Film Festival for a screening of the 1982 horror film "Pieces."

The fourth full-length release for the Australian singer-songwriter was recorded in Sweden with contributions from Bulgaria's New Symphony Orchestra.

The fifth full-length release for the five-piece experimental band was funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign.

The fourth Dedication mixtape from the rapper and DJ Drama includes guest appearances from Birdman, J Cole, Nicki Minaj, and Young Jeezy.