The second full-length release for the Los Angeles duo of Jesse Kivel and Zinzi Edmundson was produced by Pete Wiggs and Tim Larcombe.

The LA-based band's debut album goes from upbeat, distortion-heavy, new wave sounds, to slow melodies and a melancholic atmosphere, creating a wide range of moods and crossing musical genres.

The Little Willies with Norah Jones on vocals and piano return with their second disc of country covers song by such artists as Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Cal Martin, Scotty Wiseman, Dangerous Curves, and Lefty Frizzell.

The latest release from the Oregon-based psych rockers was recorded in a cabin near Mount Hood.

The first new music from the band in over 20 years reunites Shaun Ryder and Kermit on an album produced by Youth.

The first album to be released by EMI in the US (previously Warner Music had US rights) for the English alt-electronic band.

The latest soundtrack composed by the singer-songwriter is for Greta Gerwig's Oscar-nominated coming-of-age film.

Sigur Ros producer Ken Thomas helped mix iLiKETRAiNS' first studio album.

The 22-track release from country singer-songwriter Luke Combs features a guest appearance by Alison Krauss.

The ninth full-length studio release for the singer-songwriter was co-produced with Jeff Trott and Tchad Blake.

The guitarist best known for working with Booker T & the M.G.'s releases a tribute album to the R&B band The 5 Royales.

This is the first album in over 17 years for the native american singer-songwriter.

The fourth full-length studio release for the British singer-songwriter was produced with The National's Aaron Dessner.

The third full-length release for the California folk duo was recorded live on tour at the venues they would later performed on.

The fourth album for the Bristol, England-based indie pop band led by Frenchman Francois Marry is its first on the Domino label.

Two former member The dB's return to record their first album together in some time. Branford Marsalis, Jon Wurster, Logan Matheny, and Gary Greene appear as guest musicians.

The debut solo album of The Hold Steady's Craig Finn includes elements of country music.

This is the final section of the Eels' concept album trilogy, which began with last year's Hombre Lobo and End Times.

The third full-length solo studio release from One Direction's Louis Tomlinson was produced by Joseph Cross, Nicolas Rebscher and Mathi Wang.

The third full-length release for Berlin-based Jam Rostron (formerly Janine Rostron) includes themes about gender equality and identity.

The CD/DVD set collects some of the performances the singer-songwriter gave during his world tour to promote his debut album, "Grace," from 1994 to 1996.

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.

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 ninth full-length studio release for the Berkley punk band led by Tim Armstrong was produced by Brett Gurewitz.

The country covers release for the multiple Grammy-winning singer was produced by Buddy Cannon.

The third album for the dream pop group is its first without Claudia Deheza and it tells a story about the ghosts that surround a girl named Lafaye.

The latest release for the Northern Irish singer is his first album with all original songs since 1999's Back on Top.

Clipse member Pusha T releases his first solo album with G.O.O.D. Music and features guest appearances by Diddy, Kanye West, Young Jeezy, 50 Cent, Pharrell, and Rick Ross, and Tyler, the Creator.

The fifth full-length studio release for the rock band-turned-solo-act featuring Brendon Urie was produced by Jake Sinclair.

The Las Vegas band returns with its its third studio album produced by Stuart Price.

This is the second release in 2012 for the Canadian electronic artist, Matt Halversen.

This is the debut album for the band, which features Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage.

Self-produced (with some help from Johannes Berglund) by the band, the fourth release for the Swedish indie pop five piece was recorded over a year and half.

This is the first full-length release in nearly 40 years for the British avant-garde artist.

The Brighton-based trio, led by producer and former DJ Fin "Fink" Greenall, release a fourth album of folk-y electro-pop.

The experimental Bay Area sound manipulators combine one of their more entertaining cut-and-paste CDs of recent years with a book examining fair use and copyright issues. Also included is a whoopee cushion.

Jonquil's third album sees the band downsized to a quartet with three members leaving to form the band Trophy Wife.

The full-length debut release for the Brooklyn-based garage rock band led by Mike Brandon and LA Solano was produced by Wayne Gordon.

The third album for the Chicago indie rock band is the first with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelly.

This is the second full-length release for the Swedish psychedelic dream-pop duo of Marleen Nilsson and Anders Hansson.

This is the second full-length album of folk and blues music from Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies.

The sophomore album from the R&B artist features guest appearances by Big Boi, the Game, Lil Wayne, and Kanye West.

The fourth full-length release for the Japanese psychedelic rock band was recorded in Lisbon and was produced by Bruno Pernadas.

The fifth release for the R&B singer features co-written with such artists as Babyface, Gary Clark Jr., Dr. Dre, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Frank Ocean, and Emeli Sandé.

Elements of post-punk and dance pop are heard on the debut full-length release from the Los Angeles band.

The second full-length release for the trio of sisters was co-produced with Ariel Rechtshaid and features contributions from Rostam Batmanglij and Dev Hynes.

Rick Rubin produces the band's major label debut album.

The ninth full-length studio release for the indie rock band was produced by Rich Costey.

The third full-length release for the singer-songwriter was co-produced with her husband, Jesse Newport.

The second full-length release for the Brooklyn punk band was produced by Dave Sitek.

This ten-song effort is a sequel to the singer's 1975 album 'Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy.'

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.

The fifth full-length studio release for the Southern California rapper features guest appearances from 21 Savage, 6LACK, Kid Cudi, Lil Baby, Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign, and YG.

This is the fourth release for the instrumental rock band led by Nathan Burazer.

The debut full-length release for the alt-rock band formed in England by Australian Sasha Carlson was produced by band member Toto Vivian.

The Strokes have abandoned longtime producer Gordon Raphael (well, for all but three tracks) in favor of David Kahne (Sugar Ray) for their third album.

The third studio album for the heralded British band features 13 new self-produced tracks.

Since leaving the Bad Seeds (Nick Cave's backing band) in the late 1980s, Barry Adamson has embarked on a prolific career providing soundtrack music to films both real ('Gas Food Lodging,' 'The Beach') and imagined (numerous cinematic-sounding solo albums, including 'Moss Side Story'). This latest release falls into the latter category, and incorporates pop, rock, jazz, funk, and countless other styles in its ten tracks.

The first release in three years from the Brazilian heavy metal band, which is fronted for the second time out by new vocalist Derrick Green.

The debut full-length release for the side project of The Strokes' guitarist Nick Valensi was produced by Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme.

The 18th full-length studio release for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rock band was produced by Julian Raymond.

Robert Smith declared 'Bloodflowers' to be the final release from The Cure. It wasn't, of course, but it does in theory complete a trilogy that began with 'Pornography' and 'Disintegration.'

The veteran duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray continue with their well-established sound on this ninth studio album.

The British band released You Cross My Path as a free download by way of the radio station XFM's Web site.

The English indie rock band's third album was produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth.

The eight-track album for the singer-songwriter features the nine and half minute long "The Drunken Boat."

Toby Pazner was inspired by dreams he had during the a trip to Greece and recruited members from such musicians as The Arcs, Charles Bradley, Budos Band, The Dap-Kings, El Michels Affair, Lee Fields, and Menahan Street Band for this instrumental soul album.

The fourth album for the Las Vegas-based artist only runs 25 minutes long.

The fourth full-length release from the New York indie pop band was produced by Rostam Batmanglij.

The debut full-length release for the side project of Tunng's Mike Lindsay and Sam Genders features contributions from mum's Sigurlaug Gísladóttir and Amiina.

Kimbra guests on the single "Somebody That I Used To Know" from the first album in five years from the Belgian-Australian Wally De Backer as Gotye.

Black Moth Super Rainbow's Tom Fec releases a second solo album as Tobacco, which features Beck as a guest vocalist on two tracks.

The punk-pop band returns with its sixth studio album and its first release since it split up in 2005.

The third full-length studio release for the rap trio features guest appearances from 2 Chainz, 21 Savage, Big Sean, Cardi B, Drake, Gucci Mane, Nicki Minaj, Post Malone, Travis Scott, and Ty Dolla Sign.

The Canadian metal outfit's third album is a mix of progressive, thrash and alternative rock, creating a dynamic sound.

The debut full-length release for Australian indie pop artist Sophie Payten was co-produced with Tim Anderson, Ben McCarthy, Ali Chant, and Alex Somers (with two track produced solely by Payten).

Songwriter Ryan Bingham has grown tremendously on this third full-length. Barely 30 years old, his previous work showed promise but carried the excess expected of a novice. Bingham won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for "The Weary Kind," the theme song from the film Crazy Heart. The song was produced by T-Bone Burnett, creating a partnership extended on Junky Star. Bingham and his Dead Horses--drummer Matthew Smith, bassist Elijah Ford, and guitarist Corby Schaub, prove the song was no fluke. The sound is pure Americana; these 12 lyrically sophisticated yet direct songs, reflect a host of tense, lost, desperate, individuals dreaming the same dark dream, one that suggests that we are all growing tenser with the times. Bingham has trimmed his songwriting to the bone, while learing to use metaphor and metonomy like a veteran. A former rodeo rider, he wears his influences proudly: Guthrie, Dylan, Van Zandt, Ely, Earle, Clark, and Hubbard. He begins with a sandblasted vision of America in "the Poet." Amid acoustic guitars, a lonesome harmonica ,restrained electric and bass drum, Bingham's whiskey-smoked vocal offers a lyric theme the entire album turns on: "As I keep walking, people keep talking/About things they've never seen or done/Homeless sleep in the park, lovers kiss in the dark/Me, I keep moving on through time." Time is suspended as Bingham's protagonists tell stories from the road (some of them bone-chilling), from America's past and present, physically and psychologically. Rootlessness as peace of mind is portrayed via country rock in "The Wandering," but the feeling in "Strange Feeling In The Air," the title track, a deeply moving acoustic murder ballad (they are strewn throughout the album), and the angry uptempo "Depression," reflect a contradiction: constant movement is the key to survival, not necessarily peace. "Hallelujah" is another murder ballad with a disturbing twist. "Lay My Head On The Rail," is pure folk poetry illustrated by a lone acoustic guitar. The blues in "Hard Worn Trail," are rooted in poverty worry, strained, broken relationships resulting in the search for comfort. It doesn't come anywehre on Junky Star. "All Choked Up Again," set to Waylon Jennings' brand of outlaw country closes it out by mining the existential darkness deeper. Bingham is unflinching, but his songs hold out for a glimmer of something else. The only real consolation Junky Star offers is that no one need feel alone in her or his desperation-this is a true accomplishment. Bingham has delivered a set of songs that mirrors our uncertain times in a musical language that doesn't unduly distort or romanticise them. ~ Thom Jurek

The Canadian indie pop outfit return with a melodic and mood-driven new album, their fifth release of eclectic, dreamy rock.

The third full-length release for the London-based collective features guest appearances from Cherise, Soweto Kinch, K.O.G., Ego Ella May, Ria Moran, Nick Richards, and Pat Thomas.

The fourth full-length release for the Athens, Georgia indie rock band includes a cover of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without a Face."

Bryce Avary wrote, recorded, and produced his fifth album.

The debut album for the British band with The Automatic's Paul Mullen and Bloc Party's Gordon Moakes was produced by Richard Jackson.

The sixth studio album for the vocal pop singer was produced by Rob Cavallo and includes guest appearances from trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and Italian singer Laura Pausini.