Music
|
Ideal Lives
by Rahim
April 4, 2006
This is the debut LP for the New York-based indie-rock trio.
|
|
Karmacode
by Lacuna Coil
April 4, 2006
The Italian goth-metal outfit fronted by Cristina Scabbia attempts to make it big in the U.S. with this fourth album.
|
|
Show Your Bones
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
March 28, 2006
The New York trio's short but highly anticipated sophomore set--which features a mellower, more polished sound--was produced by Squeak E Clean and mixed by Alan Moulder.
|
|
Fishscale
by Ghostface Killah
March 28, 2006
MF Doom, Madlib and Pete Rock lend their production talents to the Wu-Tang member's fifth solo outing, which includes a collaboration with Ne-Yo.
|
|
King
by T.I.
March 28, 2006
Atlanta rapper Tip Harris (who also stars in the current theatrical release "ATL") returns with a fourth album, which finds him joined by Young Jeezy, Jamie Foxx, Pharrell, and Common.
|
|
This New Day
by Embrace
March 27, 2006
This fifth album for the Brit rockers was produced by Youth.
|
|
The Back Room
by Editors
March 21, 2006
The Birmingham, England post-punk quartet is the latest band to have the UK music press in a tizzy, with this debut LP drawing the usual comparisons to Joy Division and Echo & The Bunnymen. (Actually, they just sound like Interpol.)
|
|
My Dark Places
by The Television Personalities
March 21, 2006
This is the first album in 11 years for the English band led by the troubled Dan Treacy.
|
|
Drum's Not Dead
by Liars
March 21, 2006
The third album for the now Berlin-based experimental trio includes a DVD with (count 'em!) three videos for each of the dozen songs on the CD.
|
|
'Sno Angel Like You
by Howe Gelb
March 21, 2006
The Giant Sand leader is backed by an eight-member gospel choir on this 14-track set.
|
|
Both Sides Of The Gun
by Ben Harper
March 21, 2006
Harper's first album in three years is split into a disc of uptempo rockers and a second disc of acoustic ballads.
|
|
Duper Sessions
by Sondre Lerche
March 21, 2006
The Norwegian artist (backed here by The Faces Down Quartet) remakes himself as a cabaret singer, with a disc full of jazz-pop tunes including a cover of the standard "Night and Day."
|
|
Born Again In The USA
by Loose Fur
March 21, 2006
This is the second album from the trio of Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Glenn Kotche and Jim O'Rourke.
|
|
Bring It Back
by Mates of State
March 21, 2006
This is the fourth album for the husband-and-wife team of Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner.
|
|
Dying To Say This To You
by The Sounds
March 21, 2006
This is the second album for the Swedish five-piece.
|
|
Subtitulo
by Josh Rouse
March 21, 2006
The Nebraskan singer-songwriter recorded this seventh album in his new home of Spain.
|
|
When The Going Gets Dark
by Quasi
March 21, 2006
Dave Fridmann produced album number seven for the duo of Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss.
|
|
3121
by Prince
March 21, 2006
This is the purple one's second straight set of mainstream music, following 2004's 'Musicology,' which itself followed a string of more esoteric releases.
|
|
Everything All The Time
by Band of Horses
March 21, 2006
This is the full-length debut for the Seattle band (featuring members of the now defunct Carissa's Wierd) that has drawn comparisons to, among others, Neil Young.
|
|
Murray's Revenge
by Murs
March 21, 2006
The rapper once again collaborates with producer 9th Wonder on this follow-up to 3:16.
|
|
Cannibal Sea
by The Essex Green
March 21, 2006
This is the third album of 60s-influenced tunes from the Brooklyn-based indie-pop band.
|
|
Notes And The Like
by Ms. John Soda
March 21, 2006
This is the second full-length for the German indie-electro-pop duo of Stephanie Bohm (also in Couch) and The Notwist's Micha Acher.
|
|
Beat Konducta Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes
by Madlib
March 21, 2006
The hip-hop producer--unusually recording under his own name--offers a soundtrack to an imaginary movie.
|
|
All At Once
by Young People
March 21, 2006
The avant-garde Los Angeles band's third album is their first without co-founder Jeff Rosenberg.
|
|
Kratitude
by The Seconds
March 21, 2006
This is the second album for the trio of Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Zach Max (Ex Models) and Jeannie Kwon.
|
|
Keys To The World
by Richard Ashcroft
March 21, 2006
This is the third solo album for the former Verve frontman.
|
|
Morph The Cat
by Donald Fagen
March 14, 2006
This is the Steely Dan vocalist's first solo disc in over a dozen years.
|
|
Stars Of CCTV
by Hard-Fi
March 14, 2006
The English indie rockers garnered a lot of attention with this debut album, which combines elements of ska, dance and punk.
|
|
Showtunes
by Stephin Merritt
March 14, 2006
This 26-track set compiles works composed by the Magnetic Fields leader for three separate Chen Shi-Zheng operas.
|
|
Here's My Song You Can Have It... I Don't Want It Anymore/Yours 4-Ever
by Nicolai Dunger
March 14, 2006
The Swedish singer-songwriter and former soccer player is backed by Mercury Rev on his latest release (which originally emerged in 2004 in Europe).
|
|
Kicking The National Habit
by Grand National
March 14, 2006
The London duo of Rupert Lyddon and Lawrence 'La' Rudd make their debut with this '80s-influenced album (reminiscent of everyone from New Order to the Police).
|
|
Love Travels At Illegal Speeds
by Graham Coxon
March 13, 2006
This is the fifth solo disc for the former Blur guitarist.
|
|
Cuts Across The Land
by The Duke Spirit
March 7, 2006
The UK rockers (making their full-length debut with this Flood- and Simon Raymonde-produced disc) are fronted by Liela Moss, who has drawn comparisons to Patti Smith and PJ Harvey.
|
|
Flat-Pack Philosophy
by Buzzcocks
March 7, 2006
This is the fifth album for the reunited version of the punk band (still featuring Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle), now marking over 30 years since their original formation.
|
|
On An Island
by David Gilmour
March 7, 2006
Guests on the Pink Floyd guitarist's first solo album in over 20 years include Jools Holland, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby, and Graham Nash.
|
|
Fear Is On Our Side
by I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
March 7, 2006
Paul Barker (Ministry) produced the Austin band's debut full-length.
|
|
Fab Four Suture
by Stereolab
March 7, 2006
All 12 songs on the band's first album in two years have been released as singles.
|
|
Under A Billion Suns
by Mudhoney
March 7, 2006
The veteran Seattle rockers return with an album produced by Phil Ek, Johnny Sangster, and Tucker Martine.
|
|
Mr. Beast
by Mogwai
March 7, 2006
The fifth studio album for the Scottish five-piece was produced, like its predecessor, by Tony Doogan.
|
|
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
March 7, 2006
Think Nancy Sinatra-Lee Hazlewood, and you won't be too far off the concept of this album-length pairing of former Belle & Sebastian vocalist Campbell and former Screaming Trees leader (and Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator) Lanegan.
|
|
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
by Neko Case
March 7, 2006
Members of Calexico and Giant Sand help provide the music for the singer's first studio album in four years.
|
|
This Old Road
by Kris Kristofferson
March 7, 2006
This is the 70-year-old singer-songwriter's first studio album in nearly a dozen years.
|
|
The Little Willies
by The Little Willies
March 7, 2006
Norah Jones is one of two vocalists (Richard Julian is the other) in New York's Little Willies, who make their debut with this mostly-covers album.
|
|
Pay The Devil
by Van Morrison
March 7, 2006
The singer-songwriter takes a stab at country music with this collection of a dozen covers and three originals.
|
|
Axis Of Evol
by Pink Mountaintops
March 7, 2006
This is the second Pink Mountaintops album for Vancouver, Canada's Stephen McBean.
|
|
Supernature
by Goldfrapp
March 7, 2006
This is the third album for the British electronica duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.
|
|
Hello Young Lovers
by Sparks
March 7, 2006
Brothers Ron and Russell Mael's first album in four years is their 20th LP overall.
|
|
Dead Drunk
by Terrestrial Tones
March 7, 2006
This is album number three for the side project band for Animal Collective's Dave Portner (aka Avey Tare) and Black Dice's Eric Copeland.
|
|
Push The Heart
by Devics
March 7, 2006
The moody Los Angeles-based four-piece returns with a fourth album.
|
|
Etiquette
by Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
March 7, 2006
This fourth disc of lo-fi indie electronica from Portland, Oregon's Owen Ashworth adds guest vocalists and a much wider variety of instrumentation into the mix.
|
|
The Exchange Session Vol. 1
by Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
March 7, 2006
This is the first of two releases from an improvised collaboration between pop and jazz drummer Reid and folktronica artist Hebden (Four Tet, Fridge).
|
|
In A Space Outta Sound
by Nightmares on Wax
March 7, 2006
George Evelyn's latest dubby, trip-hoppy, downtempo NoW disc was co-produced by Robin Taylor-Firth.
|
|
Skeleton
by Figurines
March 7, 2006
'Skeleton' is the U.S. debut for the four-piece indie-rock group from Denmark, who have drawn comparisons to Built To Spill and Modest Mouse.
|
|
Witch
by Witch
March 7, 2006
This is the debut for the new band led by Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis (here on drums), joined by members of psych-rockers Feathers.
|
|
Mobile
by Glenn Kotche
March 7, 2006
The third solo recording for the drummer for Wilco and Loose Fur is an all-percussion affair, featuring eight original compositions.
|
|
The Maginot Line
by Raising The Fawn
March 7, 2006
This is the third album for the Toronto band led by John Crossingham, also of Broken Social Scene.
|
|
The Invisible Deck
by The Rogers Sisters
March 7, 2006
Compared to a no-wave B-52's, the garage-rock trio Rogers Sisters return with a second LP, produced by Tim Barnes.
|
|
You See Colours
by Delays
March 6, 2006
Graham Sutton produced this sophomore set for the English band fronted by Greg Gilbert.
|
|
Making Dens
by Mystery Jets
March 6, 2006
'Dens' is the debut LP for England's Mystery Jets, who are led by vocalist Blaine Harrison and whose guitarist is Blaine's 55-year-old father, Henry.
|
|
Everything Is
by Nine Black Alps
February 28, 2006
This is the debut album for the neo-grunge outfit based in Manchester, England.
|
|
The Believer
by Rhett Miller
February 28, 2006
The second solo disc from the Old 97s frontman includes contributions from Rachael Yamagata and Jon Brion.
|
|
Soft Money
by Jel
February 28, 2006
A member of Subtle, Themselves and 13 & God, Jel (aka Jeffery James Logan) makes his true solo LP deubt with this 12-track effort. Ms John Soda's Stefanie Bohm, Fog's Andrew Broder, and cLOUDDEAD's Odd Nosdam are among the guests.
|
|
If Only You Were Lonely
by Hawthorne Heights
February 28, 2006
The big-selling indie emo band from Dayton, Ohio returns with a second album.
|
|
In My Own Words
by Ne-Yo
February 28, 2006
The 22-year-old writer of songs for the likes of Mary J. Blige steps into the spotlight with his debut as an R&B artist.
|
|
Precious Memories
by Alan Jackson
February 28, 2006
The country star covers 15 classic gospel hyms with this acoustic collection.
|
|
Breaking Up
by The Research
February 27, 2006
'Breaking Up' is the English trio's debut album.
|
|
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
by Arctic Monkeys
February 21, 2006
Not only the most-hyped band of early 2006, Sheffield, England's Arctic Monkeys (led by 19-year-old Alex Turner) managed to accomplish what the likes of Franz Ferdinand and The Libertines couldn't do before them: set the UK record for fastest-selling debut album of all time.
|
|
Hello Waveforms
by William Orbit
February 21, 2006
This is the artist/producer's first solo album in six years. Finley Quaye and the Sugababes guest.
|
|
The Last Romance
by Arab Strap
February 21, 2006
The Scottish duo of Aidan Moffett and Malcolm Middleton return with a sixth studio album.
|
|
Sound Mirrors
by Coldcut
February 21, 2006
This is the first album in eight years for the duo of Jon Moore and Matt Black. Roots Manuva, Mike Ladd, Jon Spencer and Andrew Broder (Fog) are among the eclectic guests.
|
|
Other People's Lives
by Ray Davies
February 21, 2006
This is the first album of any kind in eight years (and the first true solo singer-songwriter album period) for the former leader of the Kinks.
|
|
Destroyer's Rubies
by Destroyer
February 21, 2006
Dan Bejar's seventh Destroyer record is as lyrically dense as ever, but marks a shift to a full-band, guitar-oriented sound after 2004's more eclectic 'Your Blues.'
|
|
20/20
by Dilated Peoples
February 21, 2006
This is the fourth LP for the underground rap trio of Evidence, Rakaa and DJ Babu.
|
|
Everything Wrong Is Imaginary
by Lilys
February 21, 2006
Kurt Heasley's eighth Lilys album finds him working with hip-hop producer Michael Musmanno.
|
|
Six Demon Bag
by Man Man
February 21, 2006
The newly reconfigured Philadelphia band, known mainly for their carnivalesque, acquired-taste sound and well-received live shows, return with a second LP.
|
|
What The Toll Tells
by Two Gallants
February 21, 2006
This is the second album (and Saddle Creek debut) for the San Francisco duo of Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel.
|
|
Congotronics 2: Buzz'N'Rumble From The Urb'N'Jungle
by Various Artists
February 21, 2006
Following on the heels of one of 2005's best-reviewed world music discs is this second installment in the Congotronics series of electronica-esque African music, this time featuring the work of Konono No. 1 plus six additional (but similar) artists from Kinshasa.
|
|
The Humbucking Coil
by B. Fleischmann
February 21, 2006
Bernhard Fleischmann's latest work utilizes amplified guitar and other "conventional" instruments in an electronic context.
|
|
Future Women
by The M's
February 21, 2006
This is the second disc for the Chicago four-piece fronted by Josh Chicoine.
|
|
With Strings Live At Town Hall
by Eels
February 21, 2006
This 22-song live recording (taped at a New York City show in June, 2005) finds Mark Oliver Everett backed by a variety of instrumentalists and, yes, a string quartet.
|
|
Bitter Honey
by Eef Barzelay
February 21, 2006
This stripped-down, all-acoustic set marks the solo debut for the Clem Snide frontman.
|
|
Leaders Of The Free World
by Elbow
February 21, 2006
This is the self-produced third album for the Manchester, England band.
|
|
Now Is The Time!
by Polysics
February 21, 2006
This is the fourth quirky release for the exclamation-point-loving, Devo-esque, Tokyo-based band.
|
|
OK Cowboy
by Vitalic
February 21, 2006
This is the full-length debut for French techno artist and DJ Pascal Arbez-Nicolas, best known for his 2001 single "La Rock 01" (which is included here).
|
|
Sing-Sing And I
by Sing-Sing
February 14, 2006
This is the second album for the duo of Emma Anderson (Lush) and Lisa O'Neill. Mark Van Hoen returns as producer.
|
|
Young For Eternity
by The Subways
February 14, 2006
Ian Broudie (Lightning Seeds) produced this debut LP for the co-ed English trio of teenagers.
|
|
Timeless
by Sergio Mendes
February 14, 2006
The legendary Brazilian artist makes a Santana-style comeback for his first album in eight years, teaming with the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am and a variety of pop, hip-hop and R&B stars, including Erykah Badu, Justin Timberlake, Jill Scott, Black Though, John Legend and more.
|
|
The Secret Life Of The Veronicas
by The Veronicas
February 14, 2006
Australian identical twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso make their teen-pop debut as The Veronicas with this 12-track set, produced by Max Martin (Britney Spears), Clif Magness (Avril Lavigne), and others.
|
|
Ghetto Classics
by Jaheim
February 14, 2006
Jadakiss guests on the R&B vocalists third disc.
|
|
Voices
by Matchbook Romance
February 14, 2006
This is the expansive second album for the New York state emo outfit.
|
|
The Tourniquet
by Magnet
February 14, 2006
This is the second album for Norwegian singer-songwriter Even Johansen, who records under the name Magnet.
|
|
9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
by Shawn Mullins
February 14, 2006
Recorded in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina, this diverse set finds the singer-songwriter dabbling in everything from gospel to country, and folk to blues-rock.
|
|
Down In Albion
by Babyshambles
February 14, 2006
The Clash's Mick Jones produced this debut LP for the new band from The Libertines' Pete Doherty.
|
|
Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution In Sound
by Various Artists
February 13, 2006
This 19-song compiliation from the esteemed Soul Jazz label includes tracks by Os Mutantes, Tom Ze and Caetano Veloso.
|
|
The Life Pursuit
by Belle and Sebastian
February 7, 2006
Tony Hoffer produced this seventh studio LP for the veteran Scottish indie-pop band.
|
|
Senor Smoke
by Electric Six
February 7, 2006
The Detroit band returns with a second album.
|
|
Comfort Of Strangers
by Beth Orton
February 7, 2006
Jim O'Rourke produced the singer-songwriter's fourth LP.
|
|
Eye To The Telescope
by KT Tunstall
February 7, 2006
The 20-something Scottish singer-songwriter makes her debut with this Steve Osborne-produced disc.
|
|
The Minus 5 [The Gun Album]
by The Minus 5
February 7, 2006
Scott McCaughey's seventh Minus 5 album includes contributions from members of Wilco, R.E.M., The Decemberists, Ministry, The Posies and more.
|
|
Destroy Rock & Roll
by Mylo
February 7, 2006
This debut LP for Scotland cut-and-paste artist Myles MacInnes was released in the UK in 2004 and finally hit American shores in early 2006.
|
Essential Links
July 2026 Releases
-
Week of Jul 19, 2026



































































































![The Minus 5 [The Gun Album]](https://static.metacritic.com/images/products/music/1/2f1336a84ac3ef453d2cf7b732c36f53-98.jpg)
