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   R. Kelly

   Black Panties

   Twelfth studio album from the R&B singer and producer with guest appearances from 2 Chainz and Kelly Rowland

    
2. 

   Childish Gambino

   because the internet

   Second studio album from actor, comedian, scriptwriter and rapper Donald Glover including contributions from Chance the Rapper and Azealia Banks

    
3. 

   Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle

   Perils From The Sea

   A collaboration of chilly electronica from the men behind Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon on one hand and The Album Leaf on the other

    
4. 

   Glen Hansard

   Drive All Night

   Charity EP opening with the eponymous Springsteen cover, featuring Eddie Vedder and a saxophone solo from Jake Clemons, nephew of the legendary Clarence Clemons

    
5. 

   Teengirl Fantasy

   Nun

   This EP, released between their second and third albums, finds the chilled electronica duo taking a more direct dance approach to their music

    
6. 

   Mutual Benefit

   Love’s Crushing Diamond

   Full-length debut from Brooklyn-based indie folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Lee, who operates both solo and as collective leader

    
7. 

   Robert Pollard

   Blazing Gentlemen

   Solo album number twenty, and second of 2013, from the hyper-productive singer-songwriter and frontman of the reformed Guided By Voices

    
8. 

   Cold Crows Dead

   I Fear A New World

   Xcerts frontman Murray McLeod and fellow Brighton-based singer-songwriter and producer Paul Steel combine for a debut album merging retro psychedelia and grunge

    
9. 

   San Fermin

   San Fermin

   Debut of post-rock / chamber-pop from the Brooklyn composer and songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone

    
10. 

    TOY

    Join The Dots

    Second album from the London-based psychedelic krautrock five-piece

     

11. Xiu Xiu

    Nina

    Latest collection of art rock / synth pop from the San Jose, California band led by Jamie Stewart is a collection of Nina Simone songs

     

12. Beachwood Sparks

    Desert Skies

    Fourth album from the alt country / melodic psychedelia LA band consists of unreleased recordings from 1997 when they were a six-piece

     

13. New War

    New War

    Debut album from Melbourne-based post-punk quartet formed from the ashes of Seattle band Shoplifting

     

14. Black Flag

    What The...

    First release of new material since 1985's In My Head from the seminal hardcore punk band led by Greg Ginn

     

15. Albert Hammond Jr

    AHJ

    Third solo release from the indie rock guitarist is a 5-track EP on the label owned by fellow Strokes member Julian Casablancas

     

16. British Sea Power

    From the Sea to the Land Beyond

    The idiosyncratic indie rock sextet's 6th full-length release is the soundtrack to a film about the British coast by Penny Woolcock

     

17. Sumie

    Sumie

    Debut album of minimal alt.folk from the half-Swedish, half-Japanese Sandra Sumie Nagano (sister of Little Dragon vocalist Yukimi)

     

18. Rebecca Ferguson

    Freedom

    Second album of pop, soul and R&B from the Liverpool singer who was the 2010 UK X Factor runner-up

     

19. bEEdEEgEE

    Sum/One

    First solo outing from Brian DeGraw of Gang Gang Dance, dealing in electronica and featuring GGD's Lizzi Bougatsos, CSS' Lovefoxxx and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor

     

20. Brendan Benson

    You Were Right

    Sixth solo album of power pop and alternative rock from the Michigan singer-songwriter and member of The Raconteurs