Everything old is new again with this week's batch of new releases.
Both Red Hot Chili Peppers and Counting Crows return after three-year
absences, with By the Way and Hard Candy, respectively.
On the harder side, Long Island melodic hardcore outfit Glassjaw release
Worship and Tribute as the follow-up to their 2000 release, Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence. Mighty Mighty Bosstones aim
for a strong comeback with A Jackknife to a Swan.
The LOX's tough-talking lyrical enforcer Styles drops his long-awaited solo LP, A Gangster and a Gentleman. While the self-proclaimed "hardest rapper out" has been enjoying heavy radio play the past few months with "Good Times," produced by Swizz Beatz, as well as the Pharoahe Monch-featured "The Life," he still dishes out underground chunks of funk like "I'm a Ruff Ryder."
Out Tuesday, July 9:
- Aden - Topsiders (TeenBeat)
- Verden Allen - 20 Year Holiday (Griffin)
- Aphrodite - Aftershock (Gee Street)
- Babalu - Lo-Tech Hi-Fi Spaceblues (Kindercore/EWB)
- Bobby Bare, Jr. - Young Criminals' Starvation League (Bloodshot)
- Bis - Plastique Nouveau (spinART)
- Bonnie Bramlett - I'm Still the Same (Audium)
- Cass - Spundae Presents (Spundae/Mute)
- Jen Chapin - Open Wide (Purple Chair)
- The Cherry Valence - Riffin' (Estrus)
- Popa Chubby - The Good, the Bad, and the Chubby (Blind Pig)
- Counting Crows - Hard Candy (Geffen)
- Cousteau - Sirena (Palm Pictures)
- DJ Spooky - Optometry (Thirsty Ear)
- Death by Chocolate - Zap the World (Jetset)
- Joey DeFrancesco - Ballads and Blues (Concord Jazz)
- Echocast - Where the Future Ends (XS)
- Roger Espinoza - Cafe Fuego (New World Music)
- Mary Gauthier - Filth & Fire (Signature Sounds)
- Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute (Warner Bros.)
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- Ian Gomm - Rock 'N' Roll Heart (Gommsongs)
- Kieran Kane - The Blue Chair (Dead Reckoning/Compendia)
- Sharon Katz & the Peace Train - Imbizo (Appleseed Recordings)
- Koop - Waltz for Koop (Palm Pictures/Quango/JCR)
- Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - Heads Up! (Alligator)
- Jason Loewenstein - At Sixes and Sevens (Sub Pop)
- Lycia - Tripping Back Into the Broken Days (Projekt)
- Magic Slim & the Teardrops - Blue Magic (Blind Pig)
- Roots Manuva - Dub Come Save Me (Big Dada)
- Meat Katie - Presents... Beyond the Darkness (4 Foot 11)
- Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Jackknife to a Swan (Side One Dummy)
Read about it ... Bosstones Look Back For Their Future On Jackknife
- Lynn Miles - Unravel (Okra-Tone)
- Bill Miller - Spirit Rain (Paras Recordings)
- Abra Moore - No Fear (J)
- Orbital - Back to Mine (DMC)
- Dolly Parton - Halos & Horns (Sugar Hill)
- Phillips, Grier & Flinner - Looking Back (Compass)
- The Prom - Under the Same Stars (Barsuk)
- Quixotic - Mortal Mirror (Kill Rock Stars)
- Hugh Ragin - Feel the Sunshine (Justin Time)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (Warner Bros.)
Read about it ... Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Secret Sauce
- Kevin Russell's Junker - Buttermilk & Rifles (Sugar Hill)
- Six by Seven - The Way I Feel Today (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)
- Sixer - Beautiful Trash (BYO)
- The Slip - Angels Come on Time (Rykodisc)
- Smilez & Southstar - Crash the Party (ArtistDirect)
- Gary Stroutsos - Oru: The Natural Order (Paras Recordings)
- Styles - A Gangster and a Gentleman (Interscope)
- Styx - At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis (Sanctuary/CMC Int'l)
- Sun Palace - Into Heaven (Drake)
- Superdrag - Last Call for Vitriol (Arena Rock)
- Swan Dive - June (Compass)
- Tabla Beat Science - Live in San Francisco (Palm Pictures)
- Trustcompany - The Lonely Position of Neutral (Geffen)
- Twinemen - Twinemen (Hi-N-Dry)
- Butch Walker - Left of Self-Centered (Arista)
- Bennie Wallace - In Berlin (Enja)
- Kevin Welch - Millionaire (Dead Reckoning/Compendia)
- Dhafer Youssef - Electric Sufi (Enja/Koch)
July 16:
- Joe Cocker - Respect Yourself (Eagle/Red Ink)
- Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Reprise)
- Wayne Kramer - Adult World (MuscleTone)
- Lady May - May Day (Arista)
Read about it ... Lady May: Savage Hip-Hop Straight From the Suburbs
- Lil' Romeo - Game Time (Universal/No Limit)
Read about it ... Lil' Romeo Battles His Evil Twin On B-Ball Court
- Mad at Gravity - Resonance (ArtistDirect)
- Marah - Float Away with the Friday Night Gods (E-Squared/Artemis)
- Mary Mary - Incredible (Columbia)
Read about it ... Mary Mary Are Incredible On New LP
- Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff (RCA)
Read about it ... Dave Matthews Band's 'Lillywhite Sessions' To Be Busted In July
- Jerzee Monet - Love & War (DreamWorks)
Read about it ... Jerzee Monet: Workin' For Her Big Break
- Robert Plant - Dreamland (Universal)
- Pulse Ultra - Headspace (Velvet Hammer/Atlantic)
Read about it ... Ozzfest Act Pulse Ultra Lead New Nu-Metal Crusade
- Riddlin' Kids - Hurry Up and Wait (Aware/Columbia)
- Slum Village - Trinity (Priority/Capitol)
- Space Monkeyz Vs. Gorillaz - Laika Come Home (Astralwerks)
- Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It (Drive-Thru/MCA)
- Swizz Beatz - Presents G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (DreamWorks)
Read about it ... Metallica/Ja Rule, DMX, Eve, Nas Shake Up Swizz Beatz LP
- The Vines - Highly Evolved (Capitol)
Read about it ... The Vines: Climbing Their Way To Nirvana
- Various artists - "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (Maverick)
Read about it ... Dr. Evil, Dr. Dre Both Lend Remixes To 'Goldmember' Album
- Various artists - "Halloween Resurrection" (Varese Sarabande)
- Various artists - "Me Without You" (Epic/Sony Soundtrax/Legacy)
- Various artists - "Reign of Fire" (Varese Sarabande)
July 23:
- Mario - Mario (J)
Read about it ... The Next Alicia Keys Might Be A Boy Named Mario
- Public Enemy - Revolverlution (Slam Jamz) Read about it ... Public
Enemy Leading A Revolverlution With Interactive LP
July 30:
- Filter - The Amalgamut (Reprise)
- Lamya - Learning From Falling (J) Read about it ... Lamya: Kenyan Raised In Oman Drawing Comparisons To Björk And Kate Bush
- Linkin Park - Reanimation (Warner Bros.)
Read about it ... Linkin
Park Master Reanimation But Kant Spell
- Beth Orton - Daybreaker (Astralwerks) Read about it ... Beth Orton
Tours, Breaks Day With Ryan Adams, Chemical Brothers
- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - The Rising (Columbia) Read
about it ... Springsteen, E Street Band On The Rise After 18 Years
- Various artists - "Topdog/Underdog" soundtrack (MCA) Read about it ...
August 6:
- Eve - Eve-olution (Ruff Ryders/ Interscope)
Read about it ... Eve, Alicia Keys Team Up For Some 'Gangsta Love'
- Trick Daddy - Thug Holiday (Slip-N-Slide/ Atlantic)
Read about it ... Trick Daddy Celebrating Thug Holiday In August
August 27:
- Erykah Badu - TBD (EP, Motown)
- BBMak - Into Your Head (Hollywood)
- The Black Crowes - The Black Crowes Live (V2)
- Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (Nettwerk/ Capitol)
- The Dillinger Escape Plan - Irony Is a Dead Scene (EP, Epitaph)
- Dixie Chicks - Home (Open Wide/ Monument/ Columbia)
- Gus Gus - Attention (Moonshine)
- Aimee Mann - Lost in Space (Superego)
- Ms. Jade - Girl Interrupted (Beat Club/ Interscope)
Read about it ... Ms. Jade's 'Big Head' Is Meant To Move Your Big Butt
- O-Town - O2 (J)
Read about it ... New O-Town Album To Include Track From Nelly
- Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (Interscope)
Read about it ... Queens Of The Stone Age Flex Their Star Power
- Silverchair - Diorama (Atlantic)
Read about it ... Silverchair Craft U.S. Diorama, Plan New York Dates
- Trina - Diamond Princess (Slip-N-Slide/ Atlantic)
Read about it ... Diamond Princess Trina Recruits Tweet For 'No Panties' Single