The second album from the Texas-based singer-songwriter was produced by John Congleton.

This is Stereolab's Joe Watson's debut release as Junior Electronics.

This is the debut full-length release for the Nashville, Tennessee-based indie pop duo.

Julie Christmas of Battle of Mice and Made Out of Babies; Andria Degens of Current 93; Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle, Graham Lewis of Wire; Lydia Lunch; and Oxbow's Eugene Robinson contribute vocals to Herve Vincenti and Philippe Petit's latest release of experimental music.

This is the second release from the British chamber pop trio.

The eighth studio album for the Welsh rock band was produced by Chris Sheldon and lead singer Grant Nicholas.

The debut full-length album for the British synth-pop band led by producer Guy Connelly.

Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora contacted Billy Bragg about using some of the songs her father wrote in the 1940s. Bragg in turn, recruited the band Wilco to help complete the project. The Complete Sessions collects the two previously released volumes with a new third volume of songs, and a documentary about the creating the music to go with the folk legend's lyrics.

The debut album for the quartet of Marie Nixon of Kenickie, Jennie Redmond, Cath Stephens, and Liz Corney was co-produced with Peter Brewis.

Felix Martin and Al Doyle of Hot Chip along with Tom Hopkins collaborated on their debut album together as New Build.

The seventh album for the space rock band was produced by frontman Jason Pierce.

Jason Cupp returns to produce the second album for the indie rock quartet from Chicago.

The fifth full-length album for the British metal band is its first with new lead singer Marc Hudson, who replaced ZP Theart.

Dross Glop is a remix of Battles' 2011 album Gloss Drop.

The latest album for the British indie rock trio led by David Tattersall was produced by the band.

The 21st release for the singer-songwriter features songs about growing older, family and death. It includes guest appearances from his children (Rufus, Martha, Lucy Wainwright Roche, and Lexie Kelly-Wainwright), Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Scofield, Suzzy Roche, Chaim Tannenbaum, Chris Smither, and Dame Edna Everage.

This is the debut release for the Swedish duo of Markus Krunegard and Adam Olenius of Shout Out Louds.

The debut full-length album for the Australian garage rock-pop duo of Alex Wall and Jordan Malane was produced by Devonte Hynes (aka Lightspeed Champion or Blood Orange).

Spencer Krug's second album under the name Moonface was recorded with the Finnish band Siinai.

The fourth album from the singer-songwriter was produced by Joe Chiccarelli.

Sun Araw and M. Geddes Gengras who traveled to Jamaica to work with The Congos on the ninth entry in RVNG Intl.’s FRKWYS series.

The second studio album for the rock band from Utah was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen.

The British duo of Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland releases its fourth album together.

The French musician best known for his work on the Amelie soundtrack releases his seventh studio album.

The fourth album for the indie folk band led by Justin Ringle was produced by Skyler Norwood.

The sixth studio album for the Grammy-winning San Francisco rock band was produced by Espionage and Butch Walker.

The debut studio album for the Decatur, Georgia-born rapper features guest appearances from Drake, R. Kelly, Juicy J, T.I., Trae, and Snoop Dogg.

The eighth studio album for the Canadian alternative rock band led by Raine Maida was produced with Jason Lader.

The folk singer-songwriter's ninth studio album produced by Kevin Killen was inspired by Greek mythology.

The debut album for the folk-rock band led by Norwegian singer Peter Liddle was produced by Peter Katis.

The second full-length release for the folk singer-songwriter was produced by Sean Kae.

Robert Fripp appears as a guest guitarist on Grinderman's remix album featuring reworkings by A Place To Bury Strangers, Barry Adamson, Cat's Eyes, Factory Floor, Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Silver Alert, SixToes, UNKLE, Andrew Weatherall, and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

The Afrobeat Academy band appears on the second solo release for the guitarist and songwriter from Ghana.

The soundtrack to the singer-songwriter's comic book of the same name released at SXSW in 2012 features songs by Deer Tick, Eleanor Friedberger, Fruit Bats, Lavender Diamond, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

The latest release from Chicago DJ/producer Cornelius Ferguson includes not only footwork, but influences from soul, funk, jazz, and hip-hop.

The debut album for the San Diego rock quartet was produced by John Reis.

The Pearl Sessions includes not only the original final studio album from the singer-songwriter but also outtakes, demos, and studio banter between Janis, the Full-Tilt Boogie Band and her producer, Paul A. Rothchild.

The latest release from the Philadelphia producer/rapper features guest appearances from Andrew Cedermark of Underwater Peoples, Cities Aviv, Heems of Das Racist, Shad, STS, and Styles P.

This is the second album on Thrill Jockey for the Malian singer-songwriter.

The debut release for the Oklahoma singer-songwriter is influenced by 1950s rock'n'roll, R&B, and rockabilly.

The second solo album for Barn Owl's Jon Parras was recorded at his home.

The fourth album from the duo of M.C. Taylor and Scott Hirsch was recorded in a week.

Former members of Teenage Fanclub Dave McGowan and Brendan O'Hare along with The Pastels' Tom Crossley, and Belle & Sebastian's Bob Kildea contributed to the debut solo album for Teenage Fanclub's Gerard Love as Lightships.

The fourth album from the French electro-pop singer-wongwriter was produced by DJ Mr. Flash.

The third full-length release for the British rock band is its first since adding American Jana Carpenter to the group and winning a Mercury Prize for its 2009 album, Twice Born Men.

This is the debut full-length album for the Detroit indie pop singer-songwriter.

The Brooklyn experimental rock trio releases its sixth studio album.

The seventh album for the R&B singer features guest appearances from Brandy, Mary J. Blige, and Wale.

Produced by Dave Catching, the third album from San Francisco psychedelic rock band is its first since Rachel Fannan left the group.

Nanci Griffith's 20th album was recorded at her Nashville home with co-producers Maura Kennedy, Pete Kennedy, and Pat McInerney.

The sixth album for Minnesota group comprised of former punk and rock band members is full of acoustic guitars and bluegrass sounds.

The debut full-length release for the indie rock band was produced by Bernard Butler.

The first album for the metalcore band with new drummer Mark Castillo was produced by Joey Sturgis.

This is the debut album for the Brooklyn indie pop singer influenced by music from the 1960s.

The four track EP for the instrumental post-metal quartet from Chicago was recorded at four different studios.

The latest MTV Unplugged release is from Florence + the Machine and it includes a cover of Jackson with Josh Homme.

The latest solo release from the British singer is a blend of psych rock and ambient pop.

The first album from the alternative rock band since 2008 and leaving Geffen Records is a covers album featuring songs by Big Star, Bob Dylan, Dawes, Fairport Convention, Gram Parsons, Teenage Fanclub, Travis, Kasey Anderson & the Honkies, and The Faces. It also includes covers from Sordid Humor and Tender Mercies, two band that featured some of the band members before they joined the Counting Crows.

The experimental electronic group headed up by sisters Jessica and Cristi Jo Zambri releases its debut full-length album.

The second album for the Austin-based singer features a guest appearance by Lyle Lovett and was co-produced with Al Schmitt and bassist Danton Boller.

Hush Arbors worked on five songs and Arbouretum had the other three tracks on this psych-folk album.

The eighth solo album for the former guitarist of Blur was produced by Ben Hillier.

Joe Reyes of Buttercup, Richard Martin of Shibboleth, Jason Garner of the Polyphonic Spree, and John Dufilho of the Apples in Stereo on drums were the band for Salim Nourallah's latest solo album produced by Jim Vollentine.

This is the fifth studio album for the trash metal band from Virginia.

This is the latest album from Texan violinist Emily Wells continues her mixture of classical, folk, and electronic music styles.

The debut album for the British singer-songwriter was recorded in his bedroom.

The second album from Black Francis and Violet Clark as Grand Duchy was written by Clark while The Pixies were on tour.

The album mixes recording sessions from New York and Mali featuring such guests as Tunde Adebimpe, Bertrand Cantat, Ebony Bones, Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio, Santigold, Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters, Theophilus London, and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

This is the debut solo release for Simone Felice, singer for The Duke & The King and former member of The Felice Brothers.

M. Ward returns with his solo album featuring such guests as Howe Gelb of Giant Sand, Toby Leaman of Dr. Dog, Tom Hagerman of Devotchka, Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, and She & Him collaborator Zooey Deschanel.

Justin Peroff of Broken Social Scene along with Dave Hamelin and Liam O'Neil of The Stills come together to release their debut electronic music-tinged album as Eight and a Half.

This is the second release on Mack Avenue for jazz saxophonist Kenny Garrett.

The bluegrass band's fifth album (not including albums as the backing band for Steve Martin) is its first on Rounder Records and was produced with Gary Paczosa.

The full-length debut for the Alabama-based Southern soul-rock quartet was produced by the band.

Bonnie Raitt returns after seven years with her first studio album since 2005's Souls Alike.

The second album for the Danish band led by Jannis Noya Makrigiannis includes influences from orchestral pop, krautrock, folk, and avant-garde music.

The British folk band Trembling Bells collaborates with Kentuckian Bonnie "Prince" Billy.

The fifth album for the folk artist reworks both classical folk pieces as well as two modern songs, Anaïs Mitchell's "If It's True" and Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love."

The Italian metal trio's sixth album is part one of a planned two-part epic (Oro: Opus Alter is due in September, 2012).

The debut full-length album for British singer-songwriter Danny Coughlan was produced by Chris Hughes.

The first volume of a planned two album release is the third full-length release for Tim Presley.

This is the debut release for the Denver folk-rock trio.

This is the debut full-length album for the Icelandic folk rock band that won the Músiktilraunir, their homeland's battle of the bands competition, in 2010.

The Chicago-based singer-songwriter's debut album is the first release from Hot Charity, an imprint of XL Recordings.

The two-disc compilation of solo work comes from the former lead singer of the new wave group Japan.