The third album for Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett animated group features guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, Kano, Mos Def, De La Soul, Gruff Rhys, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, The Fall's Mark E. Smith, Little Dragon, Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, The Clash's Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon.

The fifth album for the trio was recorded in Los Angeles with Tom Biller.

This is the debut album for The Shins James Mercer and producer Brian Burton (aka as Danger Mouse).

The third studio album for the Scottish indie band produced by Peter Katis is its first with new member Gordon Skene.

The Knife, along with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, created a 90-minute opera about Charles Darwin.

The first full-length album on XL Recordings for the rock band from New Jersey was named after a warship that fought during the American Civil War.

Until jj signed with Secretly Canadian to release its second full-length album, the identity of the Swedish duo was unknown to the industry at large.

The 12 unreleased recordings by rock legend Jimi Hendrix include new versions of songs that were under consideration to be included on a follow-up to 1968's "Electric Ladyland."

With new drummer Leah Shapiro (who replaced Nick Jago), the rock band from San Francisco works to mix its rock side with the country/acoustic sound it revealed in 2005's Howl.

The Ted Leo-led rock band moves to Matador Records for its sixth album.

The latest album for the actor/hip-hop artist features guest appearances from Eve, Flo Rida, Lil' Kim, Ne-Yo, Trey Songz, and Trina.

The indie rock quartet led by music producer Jace Lasek and his wife Olga releases its second album on the Jagjaguwar label.

The concept album about a group of Irish US soldiers who deserted to join the Mexican army during the Mexican-American War was an idea by The Chieftains' Paddy Moloney and co-producer Ry Cooder.

With the band reunited and touring in 2010, here comes a 23-tracks greatest-hits compilation chosen by the band members.

The Brooklyn-based quartet who met at Berklee College releases its follow-up to the band's 2007 debut produced by Spoon's Jim Eno.

Gonjasufi, who appeared on the Flying Lotus track "Testament," releases his debut album with producer Gaslamp Killer.

Broken Social Scene's Jason Collett releases his fifth solo album produced by Zues band members Carlin Nicholson and Michael O'Brien.

The debut solo album for the Beulah singer features several guest musicians, including the singer's former bandmates from Beulah.

The rock quartet worked on writing the songs over the Internet before coming together to record the album.

The third album for the duo who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania was co-produced with Just Blaze and Picnic Tyme.

The indie rock trio from Berkeley, California, releases its first album on Rough Trade, which was produced by band member Chris Chu and Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor.

On Casey Deniel and Shawn Creeden's second full-length album, the duo moves away from the jazzy pop of 2008's "Phylactery Factory" with more shades of down-tempo electronica.

The latest album for the Nebraska-born singer-songwriter features a track released on his Valencia EP.

The debut full-length album for the band led by Swedish-born Petter Ericson Stakee and Terry Wolfers was produced by Mike McCarthy.

The band led by Kimya Dawson and Jeffrey Lewis releases its first album, which features songs they wrote for a compilation released in 2002.

This is the second album for the Scottish folk singer, who is also a member of Lau.

This is a 19-track collection of songs from the rock band who were contemporaries from the Athens, Georgia, music scene that also included such artists as R.E.M., The B-52s, and Pylon.

The latest ambient album for Scott Morgan, the Canadian producer, features a spoken word track with Destroyer's Dan Bejar.

The Brooklyn, New York-via-Memphis rock group releases its full-length debut produced by Chris Coady.

The latest album for the German pianist features 11 tracks of piano improvisations.

"Scratch My Back" is Peter Gabriel's first album in eight years--and the first in a series of releases--in which Gabriel covers the works of his favorite artists in exchange for his own collection of covers by those artists in the forthcoming album, "I'll Scratch Yours." The tracklist includes Arcade Fire's "My Body Is a Cage," Bon Iver's "Flume," David Bowie's "Heroes," Lou Reed's "The Power of the Heart," Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble," and Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" to name a few.

The British duo returns with its latest album of electronic music featuring such guest singers as Bryan Ferry, Nick Littlemore, and Will Young.

Formed in Oakland, California by Zach Schwartz, the indie rock band releases its fourth full-length album and its first with Cameron Jasper who replaced Patrick Abernethy (who took over for Evan Farrell when he left the band in 2007) on bass.

The third album for the New Zealand-based indie band led by Ryan McPhun is its first on the Sub Pop label.

This is the first non-instrumental album for the group and features My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden, The National's Matt Berninger, and Sufjan Stevens as guest singers. The songs were written in 2005 while Padma Newsome was working in Italy.

The Florida-born singer-songwriter releases his debut album produced by Carson Chamberlain.

The second EP album for the country singer features a duet with Trace Adkins.

The follow-up to their 2009 debut full-length sees a new lineup, with Mika Miko's Jenna Thornhill and Seth Densham joining, while Darker My Love's Tim Presley also appears on this release.

The debut album for the singer-songwriter was produced with Greg Kurstin and Joe Goddard.

The latest album for the young jazz artist features both original and cover songs including Cole Porter's "Just One of Those Things," Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music," Sweeney Todd's "Not While I'm Around."

The former Delgado singer releases her second solo album and has her former band member Paul Savage producing it.

The Rhode Island-based artist who began as a slam poet releases his latest hip hop album produced by Alias.

This is the debut album for the singer-songwriter who wrote songs for a variety of artists, such as Cassie, Danita Kane, Lil Mama, and Sean Kingston.

The 16-track album features original songs inspired by Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland from such artists as Avril Lavigne, The All-American Rejects, Franz Ferdinand, the Cure's Robert Smith, Blink 182's Mark Hoppus, and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy.

Tim Simenon returned after nearly 15 years to his Bomb The Bass name in 2008 and for his second album, works with Gui Boratto and features vocals from Depeche Mode's Martin Gore.

This the final album for Pete Swanson and Gabriel Mindel Saloman. The experimental music duo from Portland, Oregon broke up in 2008.

The second album produced by John Goodmanson for Jaguar Love finds the band now just a duo comporised of ex-Blood Brothers/Pretty Girls Make Graves band members Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato after J. Clark left the band in 2009.

The fourth album for the British indie rock band was produced by Tom Rothrock.

The seven-track EP featuring songs from the "Ashes Grammer" session includes three new songs, plus three remixes of the title track.

The singer-songwriter releases his latest album of roots rock recorded at his home studio.

The British rock band uses a vast variety of musical instruments and styles for its second album.

The second album produced by Mike Crossey for Brighton's Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell was recorded on analogue tape but still retains its punk influences.

The Danish group returns with its second album on new label Polydor.

The second album for the Scottish quartet was produced by the band with some assistance from Steven Ward.

The Norwegian group led by Lars Horntveth continues its jazz fusion of music styles on its latest album.

The electro-rock group from Quebec, with the help of producers Radwan Moumneh and Hadji Bakara, releases its fourth album.

Heavily influenced by neoclassical icons like Erik Satie and Philip Glass, the experimental musician Eluvium (aka Matthew Cooper) is set to release Similes. It's an eight-song album featuring three key musical elements: percussion, a verse-chorus song structure, and singing.

Produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Black Mountain, Polyphonic Spree, Explosions in the Sky), Golden Archipelago is Shearwater's third album released on Matador Records.

Better remembered for his vocal contributions on Mark Ronson's "Here Comes the Fuzz," as well as his mash-up for the single "Stop Me" as heard on Ronson's album, the Australian R&B vocalist will release his debut album entitled, Love & War.

The third album for the Danish band was produced by Gareth Jones and recorded with a live band.

The 11th album for the Anton Newcombe-led rock band features the return of bassist/guitarist Matt Hollywood, who left the group in 1999.

The last recordings of the country/rock legend features songs from 2006's "American V: A Hundred Highways" recording sessions and was again produced by Rick Rubin.

Dear God, I Hate Myself is the art-rock band's first release featuring new band member Angela Seo (keys). The album also features contributions from producer/Deerhoof member Greg Saunier.

Produced and recorded by the band along with the helping hand of producer Matt Allison, the Chicago punk-rock natives' seventh studio album, This Addiction, is the band's first release on their label Heart & Skull and their first with Epitaph Records.

The three-disc follow-up to 2006's "Ys" was a mystery as advance copies were not sent until a few weeks before the release date to circumvent any leaks of the songs.

The third album for the Swedish indie rock quintet was produced by Phil Ek.

The producer-singer-songwriter returns with his first album to be credited with his new backing band, The Black Widows.

The indie band formed in Portland, Oregon, releases its first album with new official member, bassist Joanna Bolme.

The fifth studio album for the metal band from Oakland, California, was produced by Greg Fidelman.

Encouraged by the reception the band received from touring the much delayed "Hungry Bird," the alt-country trio returns with its latest release, which features Tony Crow, Roy Agee, and Carole Rabinowitz as guest musicians.

The final album for the Pelt member, who passed away in December 2009, contains 10 instrumental tracks.

A member of the band Jealous Girlfriends, the singer returns with a debut full-length solo album produced by TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek.

The latest album for the New York-based indie rock band was recorded in three days at Oneida's studio and Oneida's Kid Millions provided the drumming for the recording.

The debut full-length album for the rock band featuring members of Seattle's The Blood Brothers was produced by Steve Fisk

This is the fourth album for the hardcore rock band from Long Island.

The first album released by Jagjaguwar for the London-based band features recordings made between 2005 and 2007.

The Swedish pop band named after the Serge Gainsbourg's song releases its third album.

Liz Hysen's Toronto-based band which also includes cellists, releases its fourth full-length album.

The funk band's compilation includes songs featuring Kim Bassinger, Ozzy Osbourne, Mel Torme, and Leonard Cohen.

Recorded in 2005, this is the second album from Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate, who won a Grammy for their previous effort together. Ali Farka Toure passed away from cancer in 2006.

The Austin group added four members since its 2008 album for the band's fourth album.

The follow-up to the band's gold album "St. Jude" was produced by Ed Buller.

Produced by Markus Dravs, the debut album for the folk rock quartet went platinum in the UK.

Heavily influenced by the likes of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Adam Green (the alternative-folk singer/songwriter better known for his stint with the lo-fi indie group Moldy Peaches) returns with his sixth studio album.

The sixth album for the Canadian group is the first credited under the shortened name of Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra.