This Week In Music...

Laura Cantrell – Humming by the Flowered Vine
More pop oriented effort from this country singer-songwriter that delivers an album full of quality (heartbreaking) songs.

Billy Corgan – The Future Embrace
It’s been a couple of years since Corgan’s disaster known as Zwan disgraced his musical pedigree. But he somehow managed to pick himself up and deliver..well no this isn’t top shelf quality Pumpkins work by any means but it will satisfy those Pumpkin fans who were let down with the direction Mr. Corgan was headed. Plus, it seems like Billy wants to get the band back together again. (We are secretly happy to hear this.)

Dredg – Catch Without Arms
Straddling the dangerous territory between indie rock and alterna-metal, this second release produced by Terry Date (Deftones) shows why this band does not fit a cookie-cutter mold.

Engineers – Engineers
For fans of Elbow and star/shoegazing, solid and dreamy debut from these Manchester lads.

Ol’ Dirty Bastard – The Definitive Ol’ Dirty Bastard Story
“Baby I’ve got you’re money. Don’t you worry.”

Michelle Shocked – Threesome
It takes balls guts to release 3 albums on the same day. But I guess that sort of ties into the crazy career Michelle has paved for herself. This Limited Edition box set collects the three very different releases – Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, Mexican Standoff, and Got No Strings.

The White Ghost Shivers - Hokum If You've Got Em
Reissue of this local vaudvillian meets ragtime jazz ensemble's debut.

Don't forget to buy your Architecture in Helsinki and Spoon tickets kiddos.