The solo debut from My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James (here under “Yim Yames”) is an EP tribute to everyone’s favorite transcendental Beatle, George Harrison. A portion of proceeds will go to benefit the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Digital and physical versions are available at YimYames.com.

Post-Nothing is the full-length debut from the Canadian duo. The hipster answer to the White Stripes and Black Keys have been climbing up a lot of ‘Best of 2009′ lists with their brand of stripped-down fuzz and crunch.

The fifth release from the indie Seattleites is actually a collection of re-worked outtakes from their previous two albums, Good News for People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Personally, we’re just happy they decided to keep up with the excessively long and head-scratch-worthy album titles.

Eric Johnson had released three excellent albums before The Ruminant Band to little acclaim. He’s gone on to gain a little more attention as an occasional member of both The Shins and Vetiver. The Ruminant Band starts off right where Johnson left off, with shiny melodies, thoughtful lyrics and chamber folk arrangements.

The sophomore effort from Seattle’s Throw Me the Statue is a much broader album than 2007’s Moonbeams — which should be expected since the band has added four members since Scott Reitherman created and released Moonbeams as a one-man act (and even released it on his own label before signing with Secretly Canadian). Now a quintet, TMTS have traded in some of their former electro-pop instrumentation for more traditional instrumentation and the songs sound fuller, more composed and less amateur as a result.