Macy Gray's first covers album includes versions of Radiohead's "Creep," Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters," Eurythmics's "Here Comes the Rain Again," and Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps."

This is the debut full-length release for the Los Angeles indie rock band led by Wade Ryff.

The 11th studio album for the singer includes guest appearances from Noel Gallagher and Blur's Graham Coxon.

Skylar Wilson helped coproduce Justin Townes Earle's Memphis soul-influenced fifth album.

Alasdair Roberts and Mairi Morrison collaborated on the album of traditional Gaelic songs for Ceol’s Craic, a Gaelic arts center in Glasgow.

Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. guest on Madonna's 12th studio album that includes production from Martin Solveig, Benny Benassi, and William Orbit, who also worked on 1998's Ray of Light.

After much delay due to their other projects, Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, and Tony Allen's super group formed in 2008 finally releases its debut album featuring guest appearances by Erykah Badu, Fatoumata Diawara, M.anifest, M3nsa, and Cheick Tidiane Seck.

Guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and Israeli keyboard player Idan Raichel team up for this improvised session with Israeli bassist Yossi Fine and Malian percussionist Souleymane Kane on calabash.

The fourth album for the alternative rock band from Oklahoma was produced by Greg Wells.

Already number one in her home country, the fifth release from the Norwegian singer-songwriter was produced by Lars Horntvedt.

This is the second album from the Canadian indie rock band led by Broken Social Scene singer-songwriter Jason Collett.

The Seattle heavy metal band's second album was produced by Kurt Ballou.

The Texan singer-songwriter's latest release was co-produced with George Reiff.

The Occupy movement inspired band leader Al Jourgensen to resurrect the band after it had ended in 2008.

The fifth studio album for the Utah rock band was produced by John Feldmann.

Portishead's Geoff Barrow (under the name Fuzzface), 7-Stu-7 (Portishead's studio engineer, Stuart Matthews), and Katalyst produced the hip-hop album featuring 35 rappers contributing rhymes to the 41-track release.

Released on the same day (and also as a three-disc set), The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2, or 3 are E-40's 15th, 16th, and 17th albums. The first volume features guest appeances from such artists as 2 Chainz, B-Legit, Juicy J, Richie Rich, Raheem DeVaughn, and E-40's son, Droop-E.

For the first time, Georgia Anne Muldrow hands over the producing reins to someone else, in this case to rapper/producer Madlib.

Released on the same day (and also as a three-disc set), The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2, or 3 are E-40's 15th, 16th, and 17th albums. The second volume features guest appearances from such artists as Celly Cel, JT the Bigga Figga, Spice 1, Suga-T, T-Pain, Tech N9ne, and Twista,.

Released on the same day (and also as a three-disc set), The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2, or 3 are E-40's 15th, 16th, and 17th albums. The third and final volume features guest appearances from such artist as Hieroglyphics, Daz, Raheem DeVaughn, Kurupt, Kokane, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, comedian Katt Williams, and E-40's son, Droop-E.

The third album on the Thrill Jockey label for the space rock band was produced by Martin Bisi.

Political themes continue to influence the latest album from the punk rock band from Pennsylvania.

The second album for Atlanta's Gentleman Jesse was written after a series of bad incidents and tragedies that occurred to Jesse, his friends, and even Atlanta itself.

The debut full-length release for the British punk band was produced by Brian McTernan.

The first studio release with the new jazz trio line-up of Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Jeff Ballard is an album of tributes to both real and fictional people.

The debut solo EP for the Department of Eagles and Grizzly Bear band member Daniel Rossen is composed of songs originally intended for Grizzly Bear's follow-up to its 2009 album, Veckatimest.

The two-disc release is the second electronic album with Ultravox founding member John Foxx and producer Benge.

This is the debut album for the punk band led by Jussi Lehtisalo of Circle includes Aaron Turner of Isis, Jukka Kroger, and Samae Koskinen.

The death of lead singer Ari Picker's mother in 2009 was the catalyst for the second full-length release from the North Carolina chamber folk group.

The eighth album from the metal band sees a new lineup including Borknagar drummer David Kinkade and Prong and Ministry bassist Tony Campos.

The second album for the R&B/soul Canadian singer features guest appearances by J. Cole, B.o.B, John Legend, and T-Pain.

Jon Congleton produced the fourth album for the indie pop group led by Richard Edwards.

This is the debut full-length release from the The Starting Line's singer/bassist Kenny Vasoli.

The techno DJ/producer's sixth album features guest appearances by Arty, Fieldwork, Fisher, Sarah Howells, Plumb, and Adam Young.

The latest album from the Los Angeles hip-hop collective led by Tyler, The Creator includes all 11 members.

The Hunger Games soundtrack produced by T-Bone Burnett includes songs by Arcade Fire, Birdy, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Neko Case, The Civil Wars, The Decemberists, Jayme Dee, Glen Hansard, Kid Cudi, Miranda Lambert, The Low Anthem, Maroon 5, Punch Brothers, The Secret Sisters, and Taylor Swift.

Sufjan Stevens, rapper Serengeti, and Son Lux collaborated on this four-track EP.

Producer Barry Lynn, who is better known under his Boxcutter alias, releases his first album under the Host name.

This is the debut rock release from the collaboration between Ed Schrader and Devlin Rice.

The third full-length album for the Canadian indie rock band was produced by Colin Stewart.

James Mercer's label Aural Apothecary releases The Shins' first studio album in five years.

The London-based trio continues to mix different electronic music styles on its second album.

The Sonic Youth guitarist's latest solo album produced by John Agnello features fellow Sonic Youth member Steve Shelly, Bob Bert, Jim O'Rouke, Nels Cline of Wilco, Irwin Menkin, Alan Licht, and John Medesk.

The compilation of EBM, industrial, post-punk electronic music was collected together by producer/DJ Trevor Jackson.

This is the full-length debut release for the Brooklyn-based duo of Eric Emm and Jesse Cohen.

Robert Pollard follows his Guided By Voices' album with his latest solo album produced by Todd Tobias.

The second album from the Canadian group was inspired by end of the romantic relationship between band members Daniel Lee and April Aliermo.

The first album in four years for the rock band led by David Gedge was produced by Andrew Scheps.

The fourth release for the 2011 Grammy-winning Best New Artist is described as a more upbeat album with two cover songs.

The second album for the singer-songwriter was written in Brooklyn and recorded in Nashville.

The debut album from Leon "Scratcha DVA" Smart features guest appearances by Natalie Maddix, Muhsinah, A.L. Zaki Ibrahim, Vikter Duplaix, Fatima, and Cornelia.

The latest album from Sierra Leone native Janka Nabay continues the modern take of his native country's bubu music.

The second album from Austrian singer Anja Plaschg includes a song about her father's sudden death.

The third album from pianist Vijay Iyer with bassist Stephen Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore includes several original compositions as well as cover songs from jazz, disco, R&B, and electronic music.

Holly Golightly gives some of her older solo songs a country twist on this album recorded with the Brokeoffs.

This is the debut album for the British pop band that was a contestant on the 2010 British edition of The X Factor.

The 12th album for rock singer/actor Meat Loaf was produced by Paul Crook and features guest appearances by Chuck D, Lil John, Mark McGrath, John Rich, and Patti Russo.

The first album on the ATO label for the rock band from Memphis, Tennessee, was produced by Ted Hutt.

This is the debut album for the hardcore band from Louisville, Kentucky, influenced by such bands as Saetia and You and I.

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.

This is the ninth album from the black metal band from the Ukraine.

This is the debut album for the side project of Liz Harris of Grouper and Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers.

The debut album for the British rock quartet from Camden shows influences from The Pixies, Britpop, and '90s alternative rock.

The darker eighth recording for Robert Henke is the second release in a planned trilogy of albums that began with 2009's Silence.

The debut release for the Canadian rock sextet led by Felix Fung recall the sounds of the 1960s and 70s.

The album collects the four-part vinyl EPs released last year into one set.

The debut full-length release from the Brooklyn, New York metal band was produced by Dean Baltulonis.

The two-disc live album collects 20 live songs from the band's tour for its 2011 album, The King Is Dead.

Ssss is the debut electronic release from Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke and Martin Gore. They last worked together on 1981's Speak & Spell, after which Clarke left to form Yazoo (Yaz in the US).

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood collaborated on a collection of classical compositions inspired by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki's Threnody For the Victims of Hiroshima and Polymorphia.

The third full-length album for the rock band from San Diego was produced by Chris Coady and recorded in a converted church in Woodstock, New York.

The fifth album for the band led by Max Bemis is said to be its first true punk rock record.

The second album for the British duo was written on tour and recorded in Spain and Germany.

The eleventh album for the upstate New York death metal band was produced by Erik Rutan.

The latest album for the soul singer was produced by Jeff Silverman and Leon Michels.

The second album from South African artist Spoek Mathambo includes hip-hop, R&B, native African, electronic, and rock elements on the debut with the Sub Pop label.

This is a live recording from a 2004 concert at Carnegie Hall featuring Caetano Veloso and David Byrne.

The second release from the Californian indie singer-songwriter has more of a pop feel than her 2011 debut, Tragedy.

Sub Pop collects the four full-length albums recorded by the 1980s Australian post punk rock trio feedtime together in a four disc box set.

The 34 track mixtape is his second for the year.

This is the eighth album for the experimental pop band led by Jamie Stewart.

The third album for the Brooklyn indie rock band goes for a more electronic sound.

Howard Redekopp produced the second album for the indie rock trio based in Minneapolis.

The fourth album for the Norwegian experimentalist features Erik Vister as a guest performer.

The third album for dubstep DJ Paul Rose aka Scuba mixes dubstep, techno, and bass.