The second release for the Berlin-based Scottish producer moves further away from the traditional electronic sounds of his 2010 debut.

The fifth album for the San Francisco indie rock quartet is its first full-length on the Drag City label.

The seventh release for the Chicago alternative rock duo is a political concept album about living in Chicago in 2012.

This is the second release for the electronic band formed by AFI's Davey Havok and Jade Puget.

The fourth studio release for the indie rock band was produced by Glyn Johns.

The second instrumental rock release from the trio of Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny, and Chris Corsano was influenced by Easter European and Middle Eastern music.

The fourth album for the Brooklyn rock band was recorded in New York after a recordings session in Texas was largely scrapped.

The fourth release for the Las Vegas pop band features production from Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, Brendan O'Brien, Stuart Price, and Damian Taylor.

The fourth release from the Canadian punk rock band was produced by Ian D'Sa.

Samples from early blues records are used in the sixth studio album for the Canadian DJ.

Pink's sixth studio album features Eminem, Fun.'s Nate Ruess, and Lily Rose Cooper. It is her first album recorded for RCA Records.

Furtado's first album after a six-year absence, The Spirit Indestructible was produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and features a cameo appearance by Nas.

The 1612 trial of the Pendle Witches in Lancashire is the concept behind this electronic release featuring Maxine Peake (Shameless UK).

The debut full-length release for William Bensussen as The Gaslamp Killer features guest appearances from such artist as Gonjasufi, Shigeto, Samiyam, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Daedelus.

The British rock quartet's third full-length album was produced by Pete Miles and is its first without Dan Brown, who left performing to manage the band.

The latest full-length album for the Brooklyn band features the debut of new drummer Aaron Neveu.

The eighth album produced by Paul Bryan for the singer-songwriter is influenced by the pop music of the 1960s and 70s.

The first release in eight years from the blues-rock trio was produced by frontman Jon Spencer.

This is the fifth release for the Canadian group who combine the influences of Afro-beat, Caribbean, Latin, and tropical music with jazz, funk, and soul.

This studio compilation album features artists from the G.O.O.D. Music label and guest appearances from others including: Kanye West, Jay Z, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Push T, R. Kelly, Common, Kid Cudi, 2 Chainz, Big Sean, DJ Khaled, Ma$e, and Teyana Taylor.

The second studio album from the Canadian vocalist features Justin Bieber and Owl City.

The third full-length release for the new York rapper was producer by Jonwayne and is his first on the Stones Throw label.

The first studio album in seven years for the country singer-songwriter features two songs produced by Beck and a song co-written with Robert Ritchie (aka Kid Rock).

Ryan Bingham goes independent and solo with this rock-oriented release on his own label.

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.

The fourth studio album for the indie rock band is its first release of new music in 13 years.

This is the fourth album from the Kansas City-based art collective.

Produced by Jake One, the fifth album for the Minnesota rapper features guest appearances from Dr. Cornell West, Amir Sulaiman, Choklate, and Tone Trezure.

This is the second solo album of 2012 for Guided by Voices frontman.

Brad Mehldau's second album in 2012 with his jazz trio is a covers album of songs by such artists as Sufjan Stevens, Alice in Chains, Elvis Costello, Nick Drake, and Jimi Hendrix.

The second release for the band led by the Sleater-Kinney singer-guitarist is said to be more collaborative.

The fifth album for the indie rock band is its first as a duo (Justin Harris and Danny Seim) after the departure of Brent Knopf, who left to concentrate on his solo project, Ramona Falls.

With the help of pop producers Stargate, Rico Love, and Benny Blaco, the dancehall artist releases his fifth studio album featuring guest appearances from DJ Ammo, Future Fambo, Alexis Jordan, and Kelly Rowland.

The South African trio of Okmalumkoolkat, Ruffest, and Mathambo return with a follow-up to its 2011 debut, Routes.

The third release for the California psychedelic rock band includes a nearly 23-minute track.

The second full-length studio album for the Florida-born country singer was produced by Carson Chamberlain.

The third release for the British instrumental post-rock band is said to be a soundtrack to "an as yet unimagined film."

This is the second half of the Italian psychedelic sludge metal trio's Oro album (the first half, ORO: Opus Primum was released in April).

The fourth release for the Athens, Georgia rock band was produced by John Agnello.

The latest release for the singer-songwriter from Colorado was produced by Andrija Tokic and again features Spanish guitarist Victor Herrero.

The Oakland rapper's debut full-length studio release features such guest artists as 2 Chainz, Diplo, and Kid Cudi.

Karen O, Tinted Windows bandmate Adam Schlesinger, Television guitarist Tom Verlaine, the Cardigans' Nina Persson, Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' guitarist Nick Zinner are some of the gust musicians on the former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist's follow-up to his 1998 solo debut, Let it Come Down.

This is the second full-length release for Dan Frampton and Martin Clark as Dusk + Blackdown.

The debut full-length release for the Los Angeles surf/psych rock band who met while working at Amoeba Records was produced by Nick Waterhouse.

For the indie band's 10th release, Sam Prekop used a synthesizer to develop some songs before the other band members contributed their own ideas.

This is the third full-length psychedelic pop release for Mancunian Alan Roberts as Jim Noir.

The second full-length release for the Pennsylvania emo-punk band was produced by Will Yip.

Rick Rubin produced the first album in nine years for the blues rock trio from Texas.

The second release for the British indie pop band was inspired by club music.

The EP contains six songs from the recording session of Clark's sixth album, Iradelphic, released in April 2012.

This is the first solo album in eight years from the Centro-Matic frontman.

One half of the electronic duo Pan Sonic, Mika Vainio releases his latest solo album recorded in Berlin.

The eleventh studio album for the British electronic duo was produced with Andrew Dawson.

The collaboration between David Byrne and St. Vincent, first planned more than two years ago, was produced with John Congleton.

The third solo studio album for the former Dresden Doll singer is her first with her new band, The Grand Theft Orchestra and was recorded in Australia with producer John Congleton.

The debut full-length techno release from the collaboration between Sam Barker (aka Voltek) and Andreas Baumecker.

This is the second album for the California electronic duo of Simon James (aka Woolfy) and Dan Hastie (aka Projections).

The sixth album for the Danish duo was produced by Richard Gottehrer and singer Sune Rose Wagner.

This is the second release for the Canadian-based duo of Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Goldman.

Rick Rubin returns to produce the seventh studio release for the indie folk-pop band.

The third solo album for the Drive-By Truckers singer was based on a semi-autobiographical novel he never completed.

The seventh studio album for the alternative rock band sees the return of their first producer Steve Lillywhite, who worked on the band's first three studio albums.

The fifth album for the country-pop quartet was produced Jay Joyce.

The latest release for the San Francisco garage rock band led by John Dwyer is not a sequel to an album named Putrifiers (this is the first one).

The third album from the Nashville, Tennessee rock quartet led by Jonas Stein was produced by Jim Eno of Spoon.

Berlin-based Canadian Scott Monteith's eighth techno dub album as Deadbeat features guest appearances from Dandy Jack, Mathew Jonson, and Danuel Tate.

In 2011, DJ Gilles Peterson asked British dubstep producer Mala to come to Cuba to help on his "Havana Cultura: The Search Continues" album. Mala integrated the sounds he heard on his first official solo full-length debut release.

Before the release of this debut solo album, Chris Porterfield was a member of DeYarmond Edison with Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) and Megafaun (Brad Cook, Phil Cook, and Joe Westerlund).

The 12th studio album for the California punk rock band was produced by Bill Stevenson.

Frontman Alex Brown Church wrote, produced, and record the third full-length album for his indie-folk band.

The latest release from the Mississippi folk rocker was recorded with Ben Sollee, Ben Harper, Jason Yates, Sheldon Gomberg, and Michael Jerome.

The third solo album for Mojave 3 singer was produced by Nick Holton and features members of Wallingford’s Band of Hope.

The experimental electronic artist remixes seven singles he released earlier in the year.

The debut full-length release for the grime producer Mark Taylor features guest appearances by Ruby Lee Ryder, MC P Money, Roska, and Terror Danjah.

The latest release from the Los Angeles-based artist is his first on Plug Research.

This is the debut album from the group of doom metal veterans which includes former members Unearthly Trance - Jay Newman, Darren Verni and Ryan Lipynsky – and former Electric Wizard bassist and current Ramesses guitarist, Tim Bagshaw.

The first release in four years for the Australian electro-pop duo of Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes.

This is the first release of new material in over a decade from the dance-rock band formed by Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.

Songs by Madisen Beaty, Ella Fitzgerald, Helen Forrest, and Jo Stafford join music composed by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood on the soundtrack for Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, The Master.

Produced by Jack Frost, the 35th studio album from the singer-songwriter was released in 2012, the 50th anniversary of his debut album.

The latest full-length release for the Arizona alternative rock band led by Joey Burns and John Convertino was recorded in New Orleans with producer Craig Schumacher.

This is the first album in 35 years for the Ohio Afro-jazz group.

The fifth full-length release for the Portland, Oregon indie folk duo was writtened, recorded and produced by The Helio Sequence.

The indie pop group led by Amelia Fletcher introduces new guitarist/vocalist Emily Bennett from Betty and the Werewolves (replacing Allo Darlin' singer Elizabeth Morris) on its fourth full-length release.

The sixth full-length album for the Canadian indie rock band was produced with Graham Lessard and Marcus Paquin.