There's absolutely not one damned thing in new music this week that looks like it would be likely worth even a passing listen. The biggest name release is DMX's Year of the Dog Again. This opus apparently breaks artistic ground by exploring the theme of women as bitches, and also the popping of caps into the asses of gang-bangers.
I've seen some good buzz on Kill Hannah's Until There's Nothing Left of Us. If you've just got a fetish for the new, you could try that.
Meantime, there are always the re-issues and compilations. Rhino has a single disc Buck Owens collection that'd be a likely starting place if you don't have any, 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection.
There's also an Elvis Presley r&b collection. Obviously they have to keep finding ways to re-process the Elvis catalogue. If you're going to do that, looking for stylistic themes like this is better than the 200th randomly selected hits collection.
Also, there some groovy-sounding jazz re-issues from Dizzy Gillespie and Billie Holiday, among others.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new releases, courtesy AMG:
DMX Year of the Dog Again Sony Urban Music/Columbia
Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap
Five for Fighting Two Lights Aware/Columbia
Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock
Kill Hannah Until There's Nothing Left of Us Atlantic
Post-Grunge, Post-Hardcore, Neo-Glam, Emo, Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Towers of London Blood Sweat & Towers TVT
Punk-Pop, Hard Rock
Horace Andy Natty Dread a Weh She Want [Bonus Tracks] Trojan
Roots Reggae, Dancehall
Count Basie One O'Clock Jump: The Very Best of Count Basie [Legacy] Columbia/Legacy
Swing, Big Band
Ian Bostridge Wolf: Lieder EMI
Post-Romantic Vocal Music
Eddie Boyd The Sonet Blues Story Verve
Piano Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Chicago Blues
Brecker Brothers Sneakin' Up Behind You: The Very Best of the Brecker Brothers Arista/Legacy
Crossover Jazz, Fusion, Funk
The Divine Comedy Victory for the Comic Muse Parlophone
Chamber Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock
Eileen Farrell Puccini Arias Sony
Post-Romantic Operatic Selections
Zino Francescatti Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Sony
Romantic Music for Violin and Orchestra
G. Love Lemonade Brushfire
Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Rap, Indie Rock, Blues-Rock
Serge Gainsbourg Monsieur Gainsbourg: The Originals Verve Forecast
Baroque Pop, Foreign Language Rock, French Pop, French Rock
Dizzy Gillespie A Night in Tunisia: The Very Best of Dizzy Gillespie RCA/Legacy
Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop
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