American Alternative CDs

After a career spanning 15 years and 3 different bands, Jack White presents his long awaited solo debut album Blunderbuss. Featuring ‘Love Interruption’ and the new single ’16 Saltines’. Blunderbuss has been described by White as “An album I couldn't have released until now. I've put off making rec...

NME's 'Queen of All Pop 2008', Santigold, returns with the release of her eagerly anticipated sophomore album 'Master of My Make Believe'. Recorded in Los Angeles, Jamaica and New York, the album features collaborations with Major Lazer producer Switch, Q-Tip, TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, Yeah Y...

Fun. release their second full-length album and Fueled By Ramen debut, SOME NIGHTS Fun. has not stopped living up to its name since their 2009 debut, AIM & IGNITE. A year after the debut they were opening for Paramore on their tour and performing at Coachella. Now they’ve teamed up with Janelle ...

"Born to Die" is the second single by American singer Lana Del Rey, to be released on late January / early February , 2012. Wherever it is you fall on the LDR internet-sympathy spectrum — be it “with great cosmetic enhancement comes great responsibility,” or Chris Crocker-styled LEAVE LANA ALONE,...

‘Mo Beauty’ is the debut solo release from celebrated singer / songwriter Alec Ounsworth, who has earned acclaim of late with his band Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah. Ounsworth has crafted a collection of songs that pick up where Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah left off. ‘Mo Beauty’ ...

Battles and Warp Records have been at it again. This time a full remix of remix of the Gloss Drop album from Battles, titled, Dross Glop. Already a candidate for remix album of the year? Probably, this remix collection features every track on the album. When you look at the list of remixers invol...

After two phenomenally successful albums with Savage Garden, three pioneering solo albums and 26 million sales, Secret Codes And Battleships is singer-songwriter Darren Hayes's first proudly mainstream pop album in four years and it might just be the best! "Feels like I've woken up from a coma!" ...

The highly anticipated follow-up to 2010′s gorgeous Teen Dream and the Dream Pop duo’s forth album is called Bloom. 10 new songs of lo-fi airy synths, Alex Scally's swoony electric guitar and the alluring romantic yet dark reverb soaked vocals of Victoria Legrand. Available on both CD and LP.

Given the intensity of the buzz surrounding Alabama Shakes, it's hard to believe that Boys & Girls is the group's full-length debut album. The Alabama four-piece play timeless, R&B-and-soul-infused southern rock. Available on both CD & LP – the LP is a limited edition bonus edition that comes wi...

Given the intensity of the buzz surrounding Alabama Shakes, it's hard to believe that Boys & Girls is the group's full-length debut album. The Alabama four-piece play timeless, R&B-and-soul-infused southern rock. Available on both CD & LP – the LP is a limited edition bonus edition that comes wi...

Sharon Van Etten is an American singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York City. TRAMP is her 3rd album and her first for JAGJAGUWAR

It’s been almost a decade since indie disco-rockers VHS or Beta (Craig Pfunder and Mark Palgy) released their first EP, 2002’s Le Funk. Since then, the duo has continuously evolved over time, expanding their sound with 2004’s Night on Fire and 2007’s Bring on the Comets. Now, after relocating fro...

"...sensational singer Beth Hart and gifted guitarist Joe Bonamassa world's collide to pay homage to some of the greatest artists and most beautiful music ever made... simply breathtaking!" - John Stracey (Blues Connections) Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Beth Hart, known for her raw and po...

Silversun Pickups return with their third album, the follow-up to 2009′s 'Swoon'. Entitled 'Neck of the Woods', the album was produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.) at his home studio in Topanga Canyon, California.

Domino is excited to announce Dirty Projectors’ highly anticipated sixth album, Swing Lo Magellan on July 6th. With Swing Lo Magellan, David Longstreth shows he really doesn't know how to do the same thing twice. This time, beyond the aughts-era duality of retromania and neophilia, and beyond hi...

Shearwater is an American indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1999 by Okkervil River members Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff, although Sheff is no longer with Shearwater. ANIMAL JOY is their 8th studio album and the first for SubPop Records.

Mark Lanegan Band releases Blues Funeral on February 6th 2012, Lanegan’s first album since 2004’s Bubblegum. It was recorded in Hollywood, California with Alain Johannes and features guest appearances from the likes of Josh Homme, Greg Dulli and Jack Irons. Mark Lanegan has sung with Screaming Tr...

Compared to everyone from Leonard Cohen and Tom Petty to Psychic TV and Animal Collective, Kurt Vile creates tender, breezy folk that is coined by his distinctive Philly-accented vocals. Recorded at The Magic Shop by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jnr, The Hold Steady), Vile's fourth record Smo...

The third solo studio release from Bradford Cox’s (of Deerhunter) solo project Atlas Sound. Parallex strikes a pretty even balance between the hazier Atlas Sound material as well as Cox’s later work in Deerhunter. Iridescent electro-acoustic love songs for no one, angelic garage-pop regrets, sci-...

The wonderfully titled second album from the prolific Philly dance rapper will once again shock the ‘middle of the road’ naysayers and put a dirty smile on returning listeners. Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A F___ing Liar is the perfect combination of lyrical witticisms, with the occasiona...

For a mix of songs made at different times, Real Estate's self-titled 2009 debut was impressively consistent. Given how well the New Jersey band fused disparate moments, you had to figure they could reach even greater heights were they to craft their next set all at once. They did just that last win...

'Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin' compiles all the hit songs that have taken Breaking Benjamin to the upper echelon of today's modern rock bands. Including the breakthrough smash "So Cold" and continuing up to the band's latest success with "Give Me A Sign", this compilation album repr...

'Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin' compiles all the hit songs that have taken Breaking Benjamin to the upper echelon of today's modern rock bands. Including the breakthrough smash "So Cold" and continuing up to the band's latest success with "Give Me A Sign", this compilation album repr...

Austin-based garage rock ‘n’ roll band The Strange Boys clean up their act a little on their third album, Live Music. The record features cleaner production and popier tracks, though the ramshackle piano and singer Ryan Sambol's vocals keep The Strange Boys on the drunk and unkempt side of pop. ...

The Cars: Ric Ocasek (vocals, guitar); Benjamin Orr (vocals, bass); Elliot Easton (guitar, background vocals); Gregg Hawkes (keyboards, saxophone, percussion, background vocals); David Robinson (drums, percussion, background vocals).Recorded at AIR Studios, London, England in Feburary, 1978.All trac...

This specially packaged limited edition of 'Happy To You' includes a second disc, featuring seven extra tracks. Miike Snow is a trio made up of Swedish superproducers, Bloodshy & Avant (aka: Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg) and American Andrew Wyatt. 'Happy To You' is their second album, t...

Following the sell-out release of the limited, de-luxe version of Throwing Muses' Anthology compilation, 4AD have released a standard, single disc version. Compiled by the band, the 21 track selection eschews most of the singles in favour of personal favourites, and enjoys a non-chronological seq...

This Machine is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band The Dandy Warhols. The band shifted to a more rock- and experimental-orientated album than their previous three albums. Allmusic describes the genre of the album as "alternative, pop/rock, alternative/indie rock", giving th...

The year 2010 saw Soundgarden - Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron reuniting after a 13 year absence, to a thunderous roar.. This Limited Edition LP features rare soundcheck performances from Soundgarden's 1996 tour, available for the first time on a numbered 10" coloured vi...

Having written some of the most critically-acclaimed songs of the last several years as part of Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Daniel Rossen is sharing a brand new collection of wholly personal songs on his debut solo release Silent Hour/Golden Mile. It i...

Limited edition vinyl issue. NME's 'Queen of All Pop 2008', Santigold, returns with the release of her eagerly anticipated sophomore album 'Master of My Make Believe'. Recorded in Los Angeles, Jamaica and New York, the album features collaborations with Major Lazer producer Switch, Q-Tip, TV o...

Howler is the brainchild of the band’s 19-year-old frontman, Jordan Gatesmith. Joining him in the group are Ian Nygaard (guitar), France Camp (bass), Max Petrek (keyboards) and Brent Mayes (drums) – all members barely 20 years old! Signed by Rough Trade Records America Give Up is the four-piece M...

Howler is the brainchild of the band’s 19-year-old frontman, Jordan Gatesmith. Joining him in the group are Ian Nygaard (guitar), France Camp (bass), Max Petrek (keyboards) and Brent Mayes (drums) – all members barely 20 years old! Signed by Rough Trade Records America Give Up is the four-piece M...

Tony Sly continues to illustrate his songwriting prowess with the release of his second full-length solo album, ‘Sad Bear’. Tony’s somewhat recent foray into recording as a solo artist has proven to be every bit as fruitful as his 20+ years fronting the legendary punk band No Use For A Name. Taki...

The Stepkids are a three-piece from Bridgeport, Connecticut with an impressive musical résumé-- their members have shared stages and performed in the touring bands of Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, and 50 Cent. With the release of their eponymous debut record on Stones Throw, they step into center stage....

The Stepkids are a three-piece from Bridgeport, Connecticut with an impressive musical résumé-- their members have shared stages and performed in the touring bands of Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, and 50 Cent. With the release of their eponymous debut record on Stones Throw, they step into center stage....

Warpaint weave intricate guitar lines, hypnotic vocals and driving post punk rhythms into gorgeous, sprawling songs that skirt the line between psychedelia and intimacy. Rough Trade released their long-awaited debut full-length album The Fool in October 2010 and to celebrate the one year anniver...

Prolific songwriter Ty Segall and Californian rock/art collective White Fence release the 30minute collaborative LP. Boasting gloriously fat drums, snaky guitars, beach-party basslines, sock-hop keyboards, and lots of carefree muckingaround. It is loose, jammy, sloppy, possibly intoxicated and...

“I want babies created to our new album'”- Bethany Cosentino Three years ago, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast was just a 23-year-old California girl with a cat named Snacks and a record collection full of teenage kicks. In 2010 the L.A. duo - consisting of Bethany and multi-instrumentalist Bob...

Here We Go Magic is an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. Formerly the moniker of folk singer Luke Temple. Temple signed to Western Vinyl in 2008, followed in 2009 by the five-piece group's signing to Secretly Canadian. Here We Go Magic's sophomore album, Pigeons, had only been...