Stay tuned this week for a review of the new What Made Milwaukee Famous release, What Doesn't Kill Us. Backtrack to read our review of Stephen Malkmus' Real Emotional Trash here. Otherwise, apologies for the abbreviated NRT this week - we're gearing up for SXSW and it's taking a toll on our listening habits! -Ed.

Austin's Weird Weeds spent seven months in the studio working on their latest full-length, I Miss This, and by their own admission, the effort asserted towards this record is by far the most intense in their history. One listen demonstrates their devout attention to detail in regards to both production and songwriting amply. "Red" oozes thick guitar dirges, sweetly tempered percussion and odes to Indian sitar harmonies (and carefully executed dissonance) with equal precision. The entire work is a little reminiscent of Home's Elf: Gulf Bore Waltz, only not lo-fi and a little sleepier. Though Sandy Ewen's vocals remain a bit challenging, it's fair to say that on a good day she's akin to Karen Dalton in her throaty, bluesy sort of delivery. Tracks like "A Goose" demonstrate this likeness most clearly. We find ourselves taking much more pleasure in the pieces that don't include vocals at all, and would love to hear an entirely acoustic Weird Weeds record. All told, this is a solid release from a band dedicated to experimentation, and a marked improvement from previous efforts. Don't miss out the split 7" with Shapes & Sizes free when you purchase the full-length at End of an Ear.

Also recommended this week: We can't vouch for the particulars of the new This Year's Model remastering (Elvis Costello), but it's worth a listen just for the bonus tracks. Norway's Hanne Hukkelberg has two releases this week worth checking out (and will be here for SXSW in a week), and of course there's some kind of Van Morrison greatest hits thing.

Autechre: Quaristice
Bauhaus: Go Away White
Baumer: Were It Not for You
Bing Ji Ling: June Degrees In December
Bodeans: Still
Born Ruffians: Red Yellow & Blue
The Black Crowes: Warpaint
Blue Floyd: Begins
Cadence Weapon: Afterparty Babies
Carlene Carter: Stronger
Chatham County Line: IV
Colin Stetson: New History Warfare: Volume 1
Dawn Landes: Fireproof
Doors: Live in Pittsburgh 1970
Elvis Costello: This Year's Model (remastered with bonus tracks)
Envy: A Dead Sinking Story
Eric Matthews: The Imagination Stage
The Felice Brothers: The Felice Brothers
Foxhole: We the Wintering Tree
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army: Replicas Redux
Hanne Hukkelberg: Little Things
Hanne Hukkelberg: Rykestrasse 1968
Hysterics: Hysterics
Jim Bianco: Sing
John Cage: John Cage Two (2)
Judy Garland: Garland at the Grove (reissue)
Kathleen Edwards: Asking for Flowers
Flogging Molly: Float
Gutter Twins: Saturnalia
Howlin Rain: Magnificent Fiend
Jim White: Transnormal Skiperoo
Kelley Polar: I Need You to Hold On While the Sky Is Falling
Kills: Cheap & Cheerful (import single)
Ladyhawk: Shots
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors (remastered with bonus tracks)
Mark Pickerel and his praying Hands: Cody's Dream
MGMT: Time to Pretend (import single)
M.I.A.: Paper Planes: Homeland Security Remixes
Mia Doi Todd: GEA
Mike Seed: All That Exists Is Not Manifest
Miss Kittin: Batbox
Murder By Death: Red of Tooth and Claw
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: Dig, Lazarus, Dig! (import)
No Doctors: Origin & Tectonics
The OaKs: Songs For Waiting
Pretendo: ][
The Promise Ring: Electric Pink EP (import)
Ringo Starr: Ringo 5.1
The Ruby Suns: Sea Lion
Saint Bernadette: I Wanna Tell You Something EP
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: Real Emotional Trash
Sun City Girls: You're Never Alone With a Cigarette (Singles Volume 1)
The Tangent: Not As Good As The Book
These United States: A Picture of the Three of Us at the Gate to the Garden of Eden
Ting Tings: Great DJ
Van Morrison: Still on Top: The Greatest Hits (box set) (remastered)
Various Artists: Guitar Tribute to Radiohead
Various Artists: Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby Renditions of AC/DC
Vincent Black Shadow: More Deeper
Von Bondies: We Are Kamikazes Aiming Straight for Your Heart (import EP)
Waco Brothers: Waco Express: Live and Kickin' at Schuba's
The Waifs: Sundirtwater
A Weather: Cove
Weinland: La Lamentor
The Weird Weeds: I Miss This
What Made Milwaukee Famous: What Doesn't Kill Us
Whiskeytown: Strangers Almanac (remastered with bonus tracks)
White Hinterland: Phylactery Factory