This week kicks off with a soaring wail, a devilish shriek and a fistful of phunk:

-Coldplay stick with their tried-and-true formula of piano-driven, ascending atmospheric ballads, on their latest release, X&Y.

With the devil — not to mention a new flame-haired, eyebrowless model wife — behind him, Jack White and the White Stripes release Get Behind Me Satan. A few things to know:

  • The album title refers to the biblical phrase "get thee behind me Satan."
  • The White Stripes made much ado about the use of the marimba on this album, which makes its debut on track two: "The Nurse."
  • Drummer Meg White steps up to the mic to sing on the ephemeral "Passive Manipulation."

    And the Black Eyed Peas are literally all over the place on Monkey Business.

  • The album was recorded in bits and pieces over two years, across the globe (see our Peas feature "Black Eyed Peas: 'Mad All Over The Place' ").
  • The Peas got by with a little help from friends like Justin Timberlake, jazz icon Branford Marsalis, James Brown, Sting, John Legend and Jack Johnson.

Those are the biggies this week.

Out Tuesday, June 7:

  • Paul Anka - Rock Swings (Verve)
  • Annie - Anniemal (Big Beat)
  • The Aquabats - Charge!! (Nitro)
    Buy Now: Charge!! (Nitro)
  • Between Home and Serenity - Power Weapons in the Complex (Fontana/Rust)
  • Frances Black - How High the Moon (Koch)
  • Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business (A&M/ Interscope)
    Read: "Black Eyed Peas Team Up Again With Timberlake For New LP"
    Buy Now: Monkey Business (A&M/ Interscope)
  • Terence Blanchard - Flow (Blue Note)
  • Sarah Blasko - The Overture and the Underscore (Low Altitude)
  • Blue Highway - Marbletown (Rounder)
  • Bullet Train to Vegas - We Put Scissors Where Our Mouths Are (Nitro)
  • Beth Nielsen Chapman - Look (Compass)
    Buy Now: Look (Compass)
  • Clumsy Lovers - Smart Kid (Nettwerk)
  • Danny Cohen - We're All Gunna Die (Epitaph)
  • Coldplay - X&Y (Capitol)
    Read: "Coldplay Album Preview: X&Y A Complex Stadium-Rocker"
    Buy Now: X&Y (Capitol)
  • Cubik and Origami - Cubik and Origami (Wide Hive)
  • Death by Stereo - Death for Life (Epitaph)
    Buy Now: Death for Life (Epitaph)
  • Disciple - Disciple (Epic)
  • Dream Theater - Octavarium (Atlantic)
    Buy Now: Octavarium (Atlantic)
  • Tinsley Ellis - Live - Highwayman (Alligator)
  • Europe - Start From the Dark (Friday Music)
  • Teri Falini - Sun Under Me (National Recorder)
  • Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine (Geffen)
    Buy Now: Say Hello to Sunshine (Geffen)
  • Michael Galasso - High Lines (ECM)
  • Billy Gibson Band - The Billy Gibson Band (Inside Sounds)
  • Gomez - Out West (ATO)
    Buy Now: Out West (ATO)
  • Goon Moon - I Got a Brand New Egg Layin' Machine (Touch and Go)
  • Corey Harris - Daily Bread (Rounder)
  • Missy Higgins - The Sound of White (Reprise)
    Buy Now: The Sound of White (Reprise)
  • Ahmad Jamal - After Fajr (Dreyfus)
  • Courtney Jaye - Traveling Light (Def Jam)
  • Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum (Astralwerks)
    Buy Now: Minimum Maximum (Astralwerks)
  • LAPUSH - Someplace Closer to Here (456 Enterprises)
  • Ute Lemper - Blood & Feathers - Live at Cafe Carlyle (Koch)
  • Life in Your Way - Ignite and Rebuild (Indianola)
  • Madagascar - Forced March (Western Vinyl)
  • The Mae Shi - Heartbeeps EP (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Stephen Marley - Got Music? (Universal Motown)
  • Veronica Martell - The Art of Intimacy (Kindred Rhythm)
  • Raul Midon - State of Mind (Manhattan)
  • Minmae - I'd Be Scared, Were You Still Burning (Greyday Productions)
  • Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory (Epitaph)
    Buy Now Commit This to Memory (Epitaph)
  • Need New Body - Where Is Black Ben? (Kill Rock Stars)
  • No Wait Wait - No Wait Wait (Chairkickers Music)
  • Odawas - The Aether Eater (Jagjaguwar)
  • Kelly Osbourne - Sleeping in the Nothing (Sanctuary)
    Read: "Kelly Osbourne, Sophomore LP On The Way, Is Ready To Earn Her Fame"
    Buy Now: Sleeping in the Nothing (Sanctuary)
  • Graham Parker - Songs of No Consequence (Bloodshot)
  • Phosphorescent - Aw Come Aw Wry (Secretly Canadian)
  • The Planet The - You Absorb My Vision (Kill Rock Stars)
  • Lee Ritenour - OverTime (Concord)
  • Xavier Rudd - Solace (Universal)
  • Say Hi to Your Mom - Ferocious Mopes (Euphobia)
  • John Scofield - That's What I Say: Plays the Music of Ray Charles (Verve)
  • Seal - Live in Paris (Warner Bros.)
    Buy Now: Live in Paris (Warner Bros.)
  • Shakira - Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 (Epic)
    Read:
    Buy Now: Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 (Epic)
  • Slow Dazzle - The View From the Floor (Misra Records)
  • The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done (Bar/None)
  • Ringo Starr - Choose Love (Koch)
    Buy Now: Choose Love (Koch)
  • Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made (Merge)
    Buy Now: Man-Made (Merge)
  • Turin Brakes - JackInABox (Astralwerks)
    Buy Now: JackInABox (Astralwerks)
  • Frances-Marie Uitti/ Paul Griffiths - There Is Still Time (ECM)
  • Christian Wallumrod Ensemble - A Year From Easter (ECM)
  • White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
    Read: "White Stripes Album Preview: Confounding Satan Both Loud And Subtle"
    Buy Now: Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
  • Robert F. Williams - Self Defense, Self Respect and Self Determination (Alternative Tentacles)
  • Buckwheat Zydeco - Jackpot! (Tomorrow)
  • Various artists - Adrenaline (Water Music)
  • Various artists - Beatles ReGrooved (Koch)
  • Various artists - Estrus Kamikaze Ass Chomp N' Stomp (Touch and Go)
  • Various artists - Hi Power Book 5 (Thump)
  • Various artists - Neo Tango (Sunswept)
  • Various artists - Punk-O-Rama X (Epitaph)
  • Various artists - Telluride Bluegrass Festival: Thirty Years(Rounder)
  • Various artists - The Art of the Motorcycle - Songs of the Open Road (Inside Sounds)
  • Various artists - "Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus" soundtrack (V2)
  • DVD: "Disco: Spinning the Story" (Passport/Koch)
  • DVD: Lou Reed - "Spanish Fly: Live in Spain" (Sanctuary)

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June 21:

June 28:

  • Fountains of Wayne - Out of State Plates (Virgin)
  • Longwave - There's a Fire (Red Ink)