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Apologies for the delay, but here are the music releases for the week of August 9 – 13. They are seperated by genre: blues, country, folk, indie/electronica/underground, jazz, latin, rap, rock/pop/r&b and world. Culled from Billboard Magazine, Pitchfork, Brainwashed and Delusions of Adequacy.

Compiled and sorted by Alex Slawson

Releases for the week of August 09 – August 13 by Genre
Artist- Album Name [Label]

Blues

Muddy Waters- The Essential Muddy Waters [Epic/Legacy]
B.B. King- Easy Listening Blues [Ace]
Dmitri Resnik- Bootleg Liquor [Rusty Nail]
Peter Malick Group/Norah Jones- New York City: The Remix Album [Koch]
Trudy Lynn- Trudy’s Blues [Isabel]

Country

B.J. Thomas- Scepter Hits and More 1964-73 [Ace]
Jimmy Dean- Complete Columbia Hits and More [Collectors’ Choice Music]
Malibu Storm- Malibu Storm [Rounder]
Pete Anderson- Daredevil [Little Dog]
Rachel Proctor- Days Like This [BNA]

Folk

Jeffrey Foucault- Stripping Cane [Signature]
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.- Bigger Piece of Sky [Koch]
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.- No Kinda Dancer [Koch]
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.- No. 2 Live Dinner [Koch]
The Incredible String Band- Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending/Liquid Acrobat [Beat Goes On]

Indie/Electronica/Underground

!!! – Hello? Is This Thing On? 12″/CDEP [Warp]
A Girl Called Boy- A Girl Called Boy [Anti]
Aberfeldy- TBA [Rough Trade]
Air – Alpha Beta Gaga 12″/CDEP [Source/Virgin]
Alter Bridge- One Day Remains [Wind-Up]
Apostle of the Hustle- Folkloric Feel [Arts & Crafts]
Badly Drawn Boy- Year of the Rat [Rough Trade]
Keef Baker – The Widnes Years CD [n5MD]
Breaking Pangaea- Take Apart the Words [Victory]
Champion- Promises Kept [Bridge Nine]
Copeland- Know Nothing Stays the Same [Militia]
Damiak – Pesero 7″ [n5MD]
Das Ich – Lava CD [Metropolis]
The Datsuns- Outta Sight/Outta Mind [V2]
Electric Eel Shock- Go Europe [Bitzcore]
Endicott- Words in Ink Don’t Lie [Equal Vision]
Esqarial- Inheritance [Crash Music]
For the Worse- Chaos Continues [Bridge Nine]
Julia Fordham- That’s Life [Vanguard]
Four Foot Fingers- Cause for Concern [Go Kart]
Goatsnake- Trampled Under Hoof [Southern Lord]
Mats Gustafsson/Sonic Youth – Hidros 3 CD/LP [Smalltown Supersound, Norway]
Hal- TBA [Rough Trade]
Mark Lanegan Band- Bubblegum [Beggars Banquet]
Mendoza Line- Fortune [Bar/None]
Moby – Play- The B Sides CD [Mute]
Monochrome – Collapse and Sever CD [Metropolis]
Neotropic – White Rabbits CD/LP [Mush]
The Mooney Suzuki- Alive & Amplified [Columbia]
Peter Pan Speedrock- Loud, Mean, Fast and Dirty [Bitzcore]
Pistol Grip- Tear it all Down [BYO]
Rockin’ Horse- Yes It Is [Rev-ola]
Shindig- This Beginning is Your End [Undecided]
Songs From a Random House- Glisten [Bar/None]
Spinal Cord- Remedy [Crash Music]
Ulrich Schnauss – A Strangely Isolated Place 2xCD [Domino]
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club- The Bloudy Tenent, Truth & Peace [Alternative Tentacles]
Spark – My Feminist Laundry/Missed Opportunities 7″ [n5MD]
Super Furry Animals- Phantom Phorce [Beggars Banquet]
The Banned- Little Girl [Cherry Red]
The Break- Handbook for the Hopeless [Ferret]
The Constantines- Constantines [Sub Pop]
The Good Life- Album of the Year [Saddle Creek]
The Gris Gris- Gris Gris [Birdman]
The Hunches- Hobo Sunrise [In The Red]
The Minor Times- Making Enemies [Level Plane]
The Thanes- Evolver [Rev-ola]
Treephort- Enchanted Forest [Springman]
Unbunny- Snow Tires [Hidden Agenda]
Various Artists- Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 [Fat Wreck Chords]
Various Artists- Street Punk, Vol. 2 [Suburban Home]
Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer- Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer [Suburban Home]

Jazz

Marcus Johnson- Just Doing What I Do [Three Keys Music]
Tin Hat Trio- Book of Silk [Artemis]
Various Artists- Groove Boutique: The New Edge in Cool Jazz [Tommy Boy]
Various Artists- Undercover [Hip Bop Essence]

Latin

Joe Arroyo- Echao Pa’lante [Discos Fuentes]
La Sonora Dinamita- India Meliyara Sus Exitos Con la Sonora Matance [Discos Fuentes]

Rap

213- Hard Way [TVT]
2Pac- Live [Death Row]
AZ- Final Call [Koch]
Brand Nubian- Fire in the Hole [Babygrande]
Kool Keith/Kutmasta Kurt- Diesel Truckers [Dmaft]
Kutt Calhoun- B.L.E.V.E. [MSC Music Ent.]
Mobb Deep- Amerikaz Nightmare [Jive]
Paradime- 11 Steps Down [Beats at Will]
Rasco- Presents: Minority Report [Pockets Linted]
Various Artists- Crunkin’ G Style [Dmaft]
Various Artists- Lyrics of Fury, Vol. 3 [Battle Axe]

Rock/Pop/R&B

Air Conditioning- Weakness [Level Plane]
All Else Failed- This Never Happened [Abacus]
Amazing Blondel- Evensong/Fantasia Lindum[Beat Goes On]
Asmodeus- Diabolique Royale [Tombstones (Hep400)]
Ataxia- Automatic Writing [Record Collection]
Billy Squier- Tale of the Tape/Don’t Say No [Beat Goes On]
Bone Crusher- Fight Music [Arista]
Borknagar- Epic [Century Media]
Brewer & Shipley- Weeds/Tarkio [Collectors’ Choice Music]
Bruce Hornsby- Halcyon Days [Sony]
Carnal Forge- Aren’t You Dead Yet? [Century Media]
Cockney Rejects- Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 [Captain Oi!]
Das Ich- Lava [Metropolis]
Deville- Step from Forever [Lonely Tree]
DJ Escape- Bangin’, Vol. 3 [Tommy Boy]
Einherjer- Blot [Candlelight]
Enslaved- Vikingligr Veldi/Hordanes Land [Candlelight]
Fatback Band- Hustle! The Ultimate Fatback 1969-84 [Southbound]
G.B.H.- Cruel and Unusual [Idol]
Gary Hoey- Best of Gary Hoey [Surf Dog (Ada)]
Gosling- Gosling EP [Control Group / TCG]
HellBillys- Blood Trilogy, Vol. 2 [Split Seven]
Hittar Cuesta- Language of the Spirits [Progressive Arts]
Hurricane Party- Get This EP [Sanctuary]
Ill Ease- Exorcist [Beggars Banquet]
Incognito- Adventures of Black Sunshine [Narada]
Insision- Revealed and Worshipped [Wicked World]
Jimmy Castle & The Knights- Complete [Tombstones (Hep400)]
Keaton Simons- Exes and Whys [Maverick]
Lisa Loeb- Way It Really Is [Zoe]
Lone Star- Lone Star/Firing on All Six [Beat Goes On]
Michael d’Abo- Handbags & Gladrags [President]
Mike Curb Congregation- Best Of [Curb]
Mischief!- No. 1 [Tombstones (Hep400)]
O.A.R.- 34th and 8th [Everfine]
R. Kelly- Happy People/U Saved Me [Jive]
Rolling Blackouts- Black Is Beautiful [Record Collection]
Satelliters- Hashish [Dionysus]
Shikari- 1999-2003 [Level Plane]
Space Opera- Space Opera [Collectors’ Choice Music]
Stavely Makepeace- Scrap Iron Rhythm Revue [RPM]
Steve Took’s Horns- Blow It!!! [Cherry Red]
Stig Rossen- Love Changes Everything [DPTV Media]
Teedra Moses- Complex Simplicity [TVT]
The Diplomats- Greatest Recordings [Kent]
The Knight Brothers- Temptation [RPM]
The Muffs- Really Really Happy [Oglio]
The Ramones- Adios Amigos [Captain Oi!]
The Ramones- Mondo Bizarro [Captain Oi!]
The Shakes- Gigantes del Pop [Teenacide]
The Speedcocks- Full Speed [Tombstones (Hep400)]
The Symbols- Best Part of the President Recordings 1966-68 [President]
The Vibrators- V2 [Captain Oi!]
Tommy Roe- Sheila and Other Songs/Everybody Likes Tommy Roe [Beat Goes On]
Various Artists- ABC/Id the Psychobilly Singles Collection [Anag Psych]
Various Artists- AMP Magazine Presents: Street Punk, Vol. 2 [Suburban Home]
Various Artists- Aria [Koch]
Various Artists- Bakersfield Rebels [Big Beat UK]
Various Artists- Classic Hits of the 50’s [San Fran]
Various Artists- Classic Hits of the 60’s [San Fran]
Various Artists- Classic Instrumental Hits [San Fran]
Various Artists- Classic Love Songs of the 60’s [San Fran]
Various Artists- Fort Worth Teen Scene, Vol. 1 [Norton]
Various Artists- Fort Worth Teen Scene, Vol. 2 [Norton]
Various Artists- Fort Worth Teen Scene, Vol. 3 [Norton]
Various Artists- Greatest Tribute to the Offspring Ever [Anagram]
Various Artists- Leiber and Stoller Story, Vol. 1 – Hard Times: [Ace]
Various Artists- Memphis Rockabillies, Vol. 4: Hillbillies and Honk [Stompertime]
Various Artists- Ol’ Virginia Soul Part 1 – Jump Up and Down [Arcania Int’l]
Various Artists- Renfro Soul Story: Priceless Los Angeles Northern [Kent]
Various Artists- Spaghetti, Vol. 3: See Ya in Hell! [One Million Dollar]
Various Artists- Step It Up and Go! Tearing Up the Roots of Rock ‘N [President]
Various Artists- Toxic: A Tribute to Poison [Progressive Arts]
Various Artists- Tribute to Darkness [Anagram]
Velvet Crush- Stereo Blues [Action Musik]
Wailin’ Jennys- 40 Days [Red House]
Yankee Noodles- Question Is…Who Cares? [One Million Dollar]
Yellow Swans- Bring the Neon War Home [Narnack]

World

Bimbo “El Oso Manoso”- Mas Suelto Que Nunca [Discos Fuentes]
Marlene Dorcena- Mesy [Contre Jour]
Various Artists- Aria, Vol. 2: New Horizon [Koch]
Various Artists- Salsa Pa’ Castigar el Piso [Discos Fuentes]
Various Artists- Stars of Hard Salsa: Estrellas de la Salsa Dura [Discos Fuentes]

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