New Releases: K-Fed, Lady Sov, Gorillaz, Ice-T, Pitbull, Isis & More

Also due Tuesday: Deftones, Kellie Pickler, Ron Artest, Flavor Flav, Sunn0))) & Boris, Lyrics Born, Who.

This week's crop of new releases aren't all that scary, per se — unless you've been fearing those K-Fed and Kellie Pickler debuts and think that tough lass Lady Sovereign could kick your butt. But it does give us an opportunity to put a musical twist on trick or treating. And, for the "hell" of it, we've provided 31 entries to make this 31st extra special.

Kevin Federline's Playing With Fire

  • Trick: Uh ... yeah.

  • Treat: Britney Spears makes an appearance on "Crazy," and there's a hidden track called "Middle Finger" — wait, is that part of the trick?

Lady Sovereign's Public Warning

  • Trick: Speaking of middle fingers, the temperamental Lady Sov is more than happy to show hers.

  • Treat: Missy Elliott turns up on an album-capping remix of Sov's white-hot single, "Love Me or Hate Me."

Gorillaz's "Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades" DVD

  • Trick: The amount of money you have to pony up to collect all the components of the comprehensive Demon Days "multimedia experience," of which this is a part.

  • Treat: Forty selections, 3-D features, a bonus CD-ROM with 16 games, — that's bananas!

Ice-T's Gangsta Rap

  • Trick: A mouthful of appearances by a "Who's that?" of rap, including Marc Live, Kryst and Smoothe Da Hustler.

  • Treat: It's his first straight-up rap album since 1999. And did you know that the T stands for "treat"?

Deftones' Saturday Night Wrist

  • Trick: C'mon, dudes, throw in the towel already.

  • Treat: Really cool cover art and a song called "U, U, D, D, L, R, L, R, A, B, Select, Start."

Pitbull's El Mariel

  • Trick: A guest spot by Trick Daddy (on "Born N Raised").

  • Treat: Assorted contributions from Lil Jon, Fat Joe, Pharrell, Rick Ross, Wyclef Jean, DJ Khaled, Mr. Coolipark and the Neptunes — good God, that's impressive.

Isis' In the Absence of Truth

  • Trick: The band's recently released DVD, "Clearing the Eye," easily could have been appended to this disc.

  • Treat: Some of the best sludge/dirge/doom/melodic/cheese-free metal you'll hear all year.

Kellie Pickler's Small Town Girl

  • Trick: "I have no idea what I'm doing," which she let slip before an "American Idol" performance, pretty much says it all.

  • Treat: A jewel case comes with the CD!

Ron Artest's My World

  • Trick: Historically, basketball-player-turned rappers haven't fared too well. Yeah, we're looking at you, Shaq.

  • Treat: Mike Jones makes an assist, and DJ Kay Slay spins some beats.

Flavor Flav's Flavor Flav

  • Trick: Just watch this.

  • Treat: Knowing that a rapper who once spat against the establishment can also write a song called "Unga Bunga Bunga."

Coheed and Cambria's "The Last Supper: Live at the Hammerstein Ballroom" DVD

  • Trick: Frontman Claudio Sanchez is putting out an LP by his side project, the Prize Fighter Inferno, the same day — ha.

  • Treat: On top of Coheed's May performance at the New York venue, they've chalked up a fan's perspective of the show, plus three videos and behind-the-scenes footage.

Prize Fighter Inferno's My Brother's Blood Machine

  • Trick: This is a side project from Coheed and Cambria, who are putting out a DVD the same day — ha.

  • Treat: This gives Coheed fans a chance to see the band's ongoing narrative through the eyes of a different character, who is alternately known as Jesse and the Prize Fighter Inferno.

Sunn0))) & Boris' Altar

  • Trick: Kurt Cobain amigo and Earth guru Dylan Carlson plays on "Her Lips Were Wet With Venom" — a song that only appears on the vinyl version of this collaborative affair.

  • Treat: Soundgarden's Kim Thayil comes out of the cave to provide a few licks on "Blood Swamp" and pen the liner notes.

Lyrics Born's Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live!

  • Trick: The San Francisco underground hip-hop hero is taking stock of his career with a live album recorded in ... Australia.

  • Treat: An hour's worth of live material, three new slices and smart lyrics that'll make you feel born again.

The Who's Endless Wire

  • Trick: No Keith Moon. No John Entwistle.

  • Treat: The band's first new LP in almost 25 years gives fans their due: Nineteen tracks, plus a bonus DVD with limited editions.

The Who's "Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970"

  • Trick: A lesser-quality version of this thing — minus the remastered surround sound by Pete Townshend, the 40-minute Townshend interview and two songs — came out just over two years ago.

  • Treat: Keith Moon. John Entwistle.

Every Time I Die's "Sh-- Happens: The Life. The Stage. The Road. The DVD."

  • Trick: Bonus home videos that will bring out your inner smartass.

  • Treat: Two hours' worth of metal madness, including footage from a Christmas concert and the Warped Tour, plus a behind-the-scenes/don't-try-this-at-home treat for the tricksters out there: Bandmembers actually setting their hair on fire.

Various artists' "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" soundtrack

  • Trick: Borat.

  • Treat: Three videos, a sing-along clip, audio snippets from the movie and excerpts from the score by Sacha Baron Cohen's real-life (seriously) brother Erran.

Battle of Mice's A Day of Nights

  • Trick: A project drummed up by two lovers, the band/relationship went so swimmingly that Josh Graham (Red Sparowes) and Julie Christmas (Made Out of Babies) wound up having to record some of this LP in separate rooms.

  • Treat: You want raw? You got it. "The sonic philosophy of the band reflects a huge, primal range of emotion: love, lust, jealousy, whiskey and blind rage," Christmas said in a press release.

Aiden's Rain in Hell EP

  • Trick: Have you seen these guys? They dress up for Halloween every day of the year.

  • Treat: Covers of Billy Idol's "White Wedding" and the Misfits' "Die, Die My Darling," plus a lengthy DVD to boot.

Bad Religion's "The Riot: December 29, 1990 at the El Portal Theater in Lovely North Hollywood, CA" DVD

  • Trick: Yeah, if Bad Religion come to your door, make sure to take them up on that treat.

  • Treat: This special-edition set immortalizes the band's chaotic show, plus some footage of the make-up gig they staged about a month later for the fans who were turned away by police.

Willie Nelson's Songbird

  • Trick: Rabble-rouser Ryan Adams is all over this sucker, producing and performing on every track, including renditions of songs by Leonard Cohen, Gram Parsons, Jerry Garcia and the Red-Headed Stranger himself.

  • Treat: Dude, it's Willie Nelson.

Tupac's "The Complete Live Performances: Live at House of Blues Los Angeles & Club 662 Las Vegas" DVDs

  • Trick: Were these really the only two concerts 'Pac ever performed?

  • Treat: Finally, a Tupac DVD that isn't a documentary. Plus, guest spots by Snoop, Tha Dogg Pound, Outlawz and K-Ci & JoJo.

Icy Demons' Tears of a Clone

  • Trick: Can a clone really cry?

  • Treat: Woodwinds, rich percussion and kraut-inspired electronics — a treat indeed.

My Morning Jacket's "Okonokos: The Concert" DVD

  • Trick: A double-CD live album last month, and now this, a separately sold third disc to go along with it? Come on, get real.

  • Treat: These guys dressed up in Victorian outfits, decorated the stage like a forest, tapped one of Pink Floyd's lighting guys and covered Duke Ellington for this show. Now that's far out.

Anders Parker's Anders Parker

  • Trick: This guy's put out a pile of albums under his own name as well as Varnaline, and released LPs with Space Needle and Gob Iron. Get it straight, man.

  • Treat: He borrows lyrics from Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Paul Westerberg — all in one song ("Winter Coat") — and roped in members of Wilco, the Mekons and Gigolo Aunts to help out.

Gob Iron's Death Songs for the Living

  • Trick: What, more Anders Parker? Sheesh.

  • Treat: He's got Son Volt's Jay Farrar as a partner on this project, and they revitalize a spate of folk classics, mixing in some fresh instrumentals along the way.

Cross Canadian Ragweed's Back to Tulsa: Live & Loud at Cain's Ballroom

  • Trick: The DVD is sold separately — what, is this becoming a trend?

  • Treat: With no overdubs or vocal tweaking, this is the Oklahoma alt-country act at its most honest.

My Latest Novel's Wolves

  • Trick: Yet another band from Glasgow, Scotland.

  • Treat: This album was named, in part, after graphic-novel master Neil Gaiman's "The Wolves in the Walls." Plus it's got a song called "The Job Mr Kurtz Done."

Mixel Pixel's Music for Plants

  • Trick: Wait a second, plants can't hear!

  • Treat: If you like the Moog, you are in for a treat indeed.

Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose

  • Trick: Ha, Meat Loaf.

  • Treat: There is no treat.

Song Title of the Week:

"Your Tearz Are My Ice Cream" from Experimental Dental School's 2 1/2 Creatures

New Releases:

  • 40 Below Summer - Last Dance (Crash)

  • The Accursed - Seasons of the Scythe (Screaming Ferret)

  • Aiden - Rain in Hell (EP with DVD; Victory)

  • Ron Artest - My World (Lightyear); Read: "Ron Artest Battles In Basketball/Boxing Game, Funds His Own Rap LP"

  • Bang Tango - From the Hip (Perris)

  • The Bangkok Five - Who's Gonna Take Us Alive? (Execution Style/ Universal)

  • Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights (Neurot)

  • Birdman & Lil Wayne - Like Father, Like Son (Cash Money)

  • Blenders - Songs From the Soul (Oarfin)

  • The Blue Van - Dear Independence (TVT)

  • T. Graham Brown - The Present (Aspirion)

  • Burden Brothers - Mercy (Kirtland)

  • Tracy Byrd - Different Things (Rocket Science)

  • Jeremy Camp - Beyond Measure (BEC)

  • The Catz in the Hatz - Resilience (Rhombus)

  • D Christopher - A Moment of Your Time (Universal)

  • Coko - Grateful (Compendia)

  • Bootsy Collins - Christmas Is 4 Ever (Shout! Factory)

  • Colour Revolt - Colour Revolt (EP; Tiny Evil)

  • Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat (Militia Group)

  • Cross Canadian Ragweed - Back to Tulsa: Live & Loud at Cain's Ballroom (live; with DVD; Universal South)

  • Brian Culbertson - A Soulful Christmas (GRP)

  • David & the Citizens - Until the Sadness Is Gone (Friendly Fire)

  • Dead Poetic - Vices (Tooth & Nail)

  • Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist (Maverick); Read: "Deftones Plan Tour With Deadsy Before LP Drops On Halloween"

  • The End of the World - You're Making It Come Alive (Flameshovel)

  • Endwell - Homeland Insecurity (Victory)

  • Experimental Dental School - 2 1/2 Creatures (Cochon)

  • Feathers - Synchromy (Hometapes)

  • Kevin Federline - Playing With Fire (Reincarnate); Read: "Federline Moving Songs From The Lab To Clubs For Testing"

  • Figgs - Follow Jean Through the Sea (Gern Blandstein)

  • Flavor Flav - Flavor Flav (Draytown)

  • Four Letter Lie - Let Your Body Take Over (Victory)

  • Gob Iron - Death Songs for the Living (Transmit Sound/ Legacy)

  • The Honeydogs - Amygdala (CC)

  • Ice-T - Gangsta Rap (Melee)

  • Icy Demons - Tears of a Clone (Eastern Developments)

  • Isis - In the Absence of Truth (Ipecac)

  • Phil Keaggy - Roundabout (Tag)

  • Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth (Prosthetic)

  • Lady Sovereign - Public Warning (Def Jam)

  • Laibach - Volk (Mute)

  • Michael Landau Group - Live (two CDs; Tone/Unconscious)

  • Phil Lesh and Friends - Live at the Warfield, San Francisco, CA (Image)

  • Low Frequency in Stereo - The Last Temptation of ... the Low Frequency in Stereo (Gigantic)

  • Lyrics Born - Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live! (Quannum)

  • Mad Tea Party - Big Top, Soda Pop (Whose That)

  • Barry Manilow - The Greatest Songs of the Sixties (Arista)

  • Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (Virgin)

  • Nellie McKay - Pretty Little Head (Black Dove)

  • Mixel Pixel - Music for Plants (Kanine)

  • Craig Morgan - Little Bit of Life (Broken Bow)

  • Moros Eros - I Saw the Devil Last Night and Now the Sun Shines Bright (Victory)

  • My Dying Bride - A Line of Deathless Kings (Peaceville/Snapper)

  • My Latest Novel - Wolves (Bella Union)

  • Willie Nelson - Songbird (Lost Highway)

  • Newsboys - Go (enhanced; Inpop)

  • Niobe - White Hats (Tomlab)

  • Anders Parker - Anders Parker (Baryon)

  • Kellie Pickler - Small Town Girl (19/ BNA)

  • Pitbull - El Mariel (TVT); Read: "Pitbull Barks About Parties, Politics On October's El Mariel"

  • The Prize Fighter Inferno - My Brother's Blood Machine (Equal Vision); Read: "Coheed And Cambria Singer Steps Into The Ring With Prize Fighter"

  • Qwel & Meaty Ogre - Freezerburner (Galapagos)

  • Residents - The Residents Present Tweedles! (Mute)

  • Ben Riley's Legendary Monk Septet - Memories of T (Concord)

  • Kate Russell - Powerful Stuff (Aspirion)

  • Joe Satriani - Satriani Live! (two CDs; Red Ink)

  • Scars of Tomorrow - The Failure in Drowning (Victory)

  • Spider Rockets - Ever After (self-release)

  • SunnO))) & Boris - Altar (Southern Lord)

  • Sunny Sweeney - Heartbreaker's Hall of Fame (Independent)

  • Tea Leaf Green - Rock 'N' Roll Band (Sci Fidelity)

  • Terra Diablo - Terra Diablo (Nocturnal)

  • This Moment in Black History - It Takes a Nation of A--holes (Cold Sweat)

  • To Live and Shave in L.A. - Noon & Eternity (Menlo Park)

  • Claude VonStroke - Beware of the Bird (Dirtybird)

  • We Are the Fury - Venus (One Big Spark/ East/West)

  • The Who - Endless Wire (Republic; limited-edition version with DVD also available)

  • Women & Children - Paralyzed Dance, Tonight (Narnack)

  • Your Black Star - Sound From the Ground (Reignition)

  • Various artists - Anjunabeats Volume Four: Mixed by Above & Beyond (Anjuna Beats)

  • Various artists - Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin (Baby Rock)

  • Various artists - Trustkill Takeover Volume II (Trustkill)

  • Various artists - The Voices and Faces Project, Vol. 1 (Voices & Faces)

  • Various artists - "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" soundtrack (Atlantic)

  • Various artists - "Flushed Away" soundtrack (Astralwerks)

  • Various artists - "Happy Feet" soundtrack (Atlantic)

Notable Reissues and Archival Material:

  • Animal Collective - Hollinndagain (Paw Tracks)

  • Randy Bachman - Anthology (Friday)

  • Bad Brains - Live at CBGB 1982: The Audio Recordings (MVD Audio)

  • Clint Black - Killin' Time/ Put Yourself in My Shoes (Hux)

  • Blackbeard - I Wah Dub and Strictly Dub Wize (Caroline)

  • Collage - Moonshine (enhanced; Metal Mind)

  • Sonny Curtis - Beatle Hits Flamenco Guitar Style (El)

  • Desmond Dekker - ... In Memoriam 1941-2006 (MVD Audio/ Secret)

  • Sheena Easton - The Lover in Me (Cherry Pop)

  • The Exploding Hearts - Shattered (Dirtnap)

  • Flotsam and Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver (with two bonus discs; Metal Blade)

  • John Fogerty - The Long Road Home: In Concert (Fantasy)

  • Buddy Guy - Can't Quit the Blues (box set with three CDs and one DVD; Silvertone/Legacy)

  • John Lee Hooker - Hooker (four-CD box set; Shout! Factory)

  • Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later ("O.G." limited-edition version with DVD; Lench Mob)

  • Millie Jackson - It Hurts So Good (Southbound)

  • Louis Jordan - The Aladdin "X" & Vik Recordings 1953-55 (Rev-Ola Bandstand)

  • Joy of Cooking - The Complete Joy of Cooking (two CDs; Acadia)

  • Kinks - Arista Years and RCA Years (seven- and six-CD limited-edition box sets; Velvel)

  • The Knife - Deep Cuts (enhanced) and The Knife (Mute)

  • Jerry Lee Lewis - Killer Rock 'N' Roll (Varèse Sarabande)

  • Lil' Romeo - Greatest Hits (Koch)

  • Arthur Lyman - Mele Kalikimaka (Empire Musicwerks)

  • Johnny Mathis - Gold: A 50th Anniversary Christmas Celebration (Columbia/Legacy)

  • Mobb Deep - Life of the Infamous: The Best of Mobb Deep (Loud/Legacy)

  • Opeth - Ghost Reveries (special-edition digipak with DVD; Roadrunner)

  • The Paris Sisters - The Complete Phil Spector Sessions (Varèse Sarabande)

  • Sandi Patty - The Voice of Christmas (Word)

  • Relient K - The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek (Gotee)

  • Peggy Scott - She's Got It All: Rare 70's Soul (Shout! Factory)

  • Nina Simone - The Nina Simone Collection (three CDs; Metro) and Remixed & Reimagined (RCA/Legacy)

  • Chris Thompson - If You Remember Me: The Very Best of Chris Thompson (Renaissance)

  • Vader - Reborn in Chaos (Metal Mind)

  • Michelle Williams - Heart to Yours/ Do You Know: Master Series (two CDs; Music World)

  • Various artists - Big Blues Box 2 (three-CD box set; Fuel)

  • Various artists - Death Row's 15th Anniversary (Koch)

  • Various artists - The Hi Records Story (Hi)

  • Various artists - Hip Hop Forever III - Mixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff (enhanced; Rapster)

  • Various artists - Ultimate Jazz Christmas (Blue Note)

Music DVDs:

  • AC/DC - "A Classic Album Under Review: Back in Black" and "Thunder Rock: Interviews" (MVD Visual)

  • Bad Religion - "The Riot: December 29, 1990 at the El Portal Theater in Lovely North Hollywood, CA" (MVD Visual/ L.A. Access)

  • Beatles - "She Loves You" (MVD Visual)

  • Black Crowes - "Freak 'N' Roll Into the Fog - The Black Crowes All Join Hands" (Blu Ray)

  • Johnny Cash - "Johnny Cash in Ireland" (Mercury/Universal)

  • Coheed and Cambria - "The Last Supper: Live at the Hammerstein Ballroom" (Columbia/ Equal Vision)

  • Alice Cooper - "Live at Montreux 2005" (Blu Ray)

  • Cross Canadian Ragweed - "Back to Tulsa: Live & Loud at Cain's Ballroom" (Universal South)

  • Cutting Crew - "Live at Full House Rock Show" (MVD Visual/ Inakustik)

  • Bob Dylan - "1966 World Tour (The Home Movies)" (MVD Visual) and "Ralph J. Gleason Presents: Dylan Speaks - The Legendary 11965 Press Conference in San Francisco" (Eagle Vision)

  • John Entwistle - "Thunderfingers: A Tribute to the Legendary John Entwistle of the Who" (MVD Visual)

  • Every Time I Die - "Sh-- Happens: The Life. The Stage. The Road. The DVD." (Ferret)

  • The Farm - "Back Together Now! Live" (MVD Visual)

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford - "A Ford Show Family Christmas" (Kultur)

  • Gorillaz - "Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades" (with bonus CD-ROM; EMI)

  • Joy Division - "Under Review" (MVD Visual)

  • Kiss - "Kissology: The Ultimate Kiss Collection - Vol. One 1974-1977" (two DVDs; VH1 Classic)

  • Ronnie Lane - "The Passing Show: The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane" (Eagle Vision)

  • Phil Lesh and Friends - "Live at the Warfield, San Francisco, CA" (two DVDs; Image)

  • Little Steven - "Live at Full House Rock Show" (MVD Visual/ Inakustik)

  • Barry Manilow - "First & Farewell" (two DVDs; Rhino)

  • Freddie Mercury - "Lover of Life, Singer of Songs" (EMI)

  • Van Morrison - "Live at Montreux 1980 and 1974" (Eagle Vision)

  • My Morning Jacket - "Okonokos: The Concert" (ATO/RCA)

  • Omarion - "Invitation Only" (MVD Visual)

  • Roy Orbison - "In Dreams" (Orbison/Legacy)

  • Pendragon - "And Now Everybody to the Stage" (MVD Visual)

  • Pink Floyd - "Shine On: Interviews" (MVD Visual)

  • Joe Satriani - "Satriani Live!" (Red Ink)

  • The Style Council - "Live at Full House Rock Show" (MVD Visual/ Inakustik)

  • Tea Leaf Green - "Rock 'N' Roll Band" (Sci Fidelity)

  • Trick Daddy - "The Real Entourage" (Body Head)

  • Tupac - "The Complete Live Performances: Live at House of Blues Los Angeles & Club 662 Las Vegas" (two DVDs; Eagle Vision)

  • The Who - "Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970" (Eagle Vision)

  • Young Jeezy - "Thug Motivation" (MVD Visual)

  • Various artists - "Stop the War Coalition Benefit Concert" (MVD Visual)

Coming Attractions:

November 7:

  • James Blunt - Back to Bedlam (limited-edition version with bonus CD; Atlantic)

  • Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones (RCA)

  • Jim Jones - Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) (Koch); Read: "NFL Players Shooting Jump Shots During Games? Blame Jim Jones"

  • Dave Matthews Band - The Best of What's Around, Vol. 1 (two CDs; RCA)

  • Ol' Dirty Bastard - A Son Unique (Def Jam)

November 14:

November 21: