So yeah, while spring's arrival has lifted my spirits a little, Eden Brent's high energy walks through "Close The Door," "Mississippi Flatland Blues," and "Fried Chicken" are making me look ahead to a long, hot summer.

By now, after over 30 years of live albums, you'd think Rush would have perfected the art, but it seems like every time they put one out, something has been not quite right. Limits of vinyl hobbled the early ones, song choices or the mix and sound quality stunted later ones.

So here we are, one more live album on ... did they get it right? They might just have - early reports are very encouraging - sound quality from this set, recorded over two nights in Rotterdam, is said to be excellent, and the full setlist — including all nine songs played off of 2007's Snakes & Arrows, and the "rarities" like "Entre Nous," "Mission," "Circumstances," "Witchhunt," and "Subdivisions" — looks very promising. It's hard as a long-time Rush fan to call some of those early regulars "rarities," but the truth is, many of them haven't been heard in concert in 20 years or more. Even better, the band still has it, playing at the peak of their game like they did ages ago. This might just be as close to perfect as we're going to get.

Here are all of this week's new album releases courtesy of All Music Guide:

Air
Moon Safari [10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
Astralwerks
Indie Pop, Ambient Pop, Electronica, Club/Dance, Trip-Hop

Frank Black
SVN FNGRS
Cooking Vinyl
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

M83
Saturdays=Youth
Mute
Indie Electronic, Ambient Pop

Robyn
Robyn [2007]
Konichiwa
Club/Dance, Euro-Dance, Dance-Pop, Hip-Hop, Urban

Absentstar
Sea Trials
Sony
Alternative Pop/Rock

Alkaline Trio
Remains
Vagrant
Punk Revival, Punk-Pop, Emo

Ellen Allien
Boogybytes, Vol. 4
Bpitch Control
Club/Dance, Experimental Techno

American Princes
Other People
Yep Roc
Indie Rock

Apocalyptica
Worlds Collide
20-20/Jive/Zomba
Heavy Metal, Classical Crossover, Neo-Classical Metal, Progressive Metal

Asia
Phoenix
Frontiers/EMI
Album Rock, Arena Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock

Jon Balke
Book of Velocities
ECM
Structured Improvisation, Process-Generated, Avant-Garde

Christopher Bissonnette
In Between Words
Kranky
Experimental Ambient, Ambient, Electronic

Ketil Bjørnstad/Terje Rypdal
Life in Leipzig
ECM
Folk-Jazz, Avant-Garde, Structured Improvisation, Modern Composition

Braille
The IV Edition
Syntax
Hardcore Rap

The Brian Jonestown Massacre
My Bloody Underground
A
Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Rock, Garage Rock Revival, Shoegaze, Space Rock

Mariah Carey
E=MC2
Island
Club/Dance, Urban, Dance-Pop

Commander Cody
Live in the Ozone: 1973 US Tour
Cleopatra
Western Swing Revival, Country-Rock, Rock & Roll

Does It Offend You, Yeah?
You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
Almost Gold
Indie Electronic, Dance-Rock, Alternative Dance, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock

Dave Douglas
Moonshine
Green Leaf
Post-Bop

Everclear
The Vegas Years
Capitol
Post-Grunge, Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock

The Gossip
Live in Liverpool [CD/DVD]
Red Ink
Indie Rock, Garage Punk

The Hoosiers
The Trick to Life
RCA
Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Britpop

James
Hey Ma
Mercury
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock

Nik Kershaw
You've Got to Laugh
Shorthouse
Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock

Carole King
Tapestry [Legacy Edition]
Sony Legacy
Pop/Rock, Soft Rock

The Kooks
Konk
Astralwerks
Indie Rock

Kottonmouth Kings
The Kottonmouth Xperience, Vol. 2
Suburban Noize
Rap-Metal, Post-Grunge, Alternative Metal, Funk Metal

Marilyn Mazur/Jan Garbarek
Elixir
ECM
Improvisation, Structured Improvisation, Folk-Jazz

James McMurty
Just Us Kids
Lightning Rod
Americana, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Country, Roots Rock

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus
Best of Both Worlds Concert
Disney
Teen Pop, TV Soundtracks

Morgan Heritage
Mission in Progress
VP
Contemporary Reggae, Roots Reggae

Elliott Murphy
Notes from the Underground
Last Call
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Rock & Roll

The Naked Brothers Band
I Don't Want to Go to School [Bonus Tracks]
Sony
Pop/Rock, Teen Pop

Charlemagne Palestine
From Etudes to Cataclysms
Sub Rosa
Contemporary Keyboard Music

John Schneider
Por Gitaro: Lou Harrison
Mode
Contemporary Music for Guitar

Original Soundtrack
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Verve
Alternative Pop/Rock, Soundtracks

Phantom Planet
Raise the Dead
FBR
Indie Rock

Tristan Prettyman
Hello
Virgin
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

Professor Longhair
The London Concert
JSP
New Orleans R&B, New Orleans Blues, Piano Blues

Rush
Snakes & Arrows Live
Atlantic/WEA
Album Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Hard Rock, Arena Rock

Sally Shapiro
Remix Romance, Vol. 1
Paper Bag
Alternative Dance, Euro-Dance, Indie Electronic

Southside Johnny
1978 Live in Boston
Airline
Heartland Rock, Album Rock, Rock & Roll

Tangele
Tangele: The Pulse of Yiddish Tango
Tzadik
Jewish Music, Musical Theater, Jewish Folk, Tango

Various Artists
Easy Beatles: Irresistible In-Sound Interpretations from the 60s and 70s
Bureau B
Vocal Pop, Pop, Folk-Pop

Jacob Young
Sideways
ECM
Modern Creative, Avant-Garde Jazz, Folk-Jazz, Post-Bop

Jordan Zevon
Insides Out
New West
Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock