The following releases will be in stores Tues., May 31:
Abbacadabra, Mama Mia (Almighty)
Amen Corner, Hello Suzie (Pazzazz)
Animal Collective, Prospect Hummer (Fat Cat)
Bang Bang, Electric Sex (Morphius)
Better Than Ezra, Before the Robots (Artemis)
Bottom Line, Eloquence (Nice Guy)
Dan Brodie, Beautiful Crimes (EMI)
Melanie C., Next Big Superstar (Big)
Frank Carillo & The Bandoleros, Bad Out There (Jezebel Records)
Keith Christmas, Brighter Day (United States Dist)
Culture Club, River Sessions (River UK)
Defleshed, Reclaim the Beat (Candlelight)
Daz Dillinger, Gangsta Crunk (Gangsta Advisory)
The Dirtbombs, If You Don't Already Have a Look (In The Red)
Fishbone, Fishbone Live in Amsterdam (High Times)
Grand Theft Bus, Files in the No Fly (Belowmemusic Canada)
GWAR, Live from Mt. Fuji (DRT Entertainment)
Hong Kong Six, Hong Kong Six (Ares Records)
Imperial, This Grave Is My Poem (Pluto)
Jana, Flash of the Firefly (Radikal)
Kottonmouth Kings, Kottonmouth Kings (Suburban Noize)
Thomas Kovacs, Wisdom from the Spirit (MacHine)
The Levellers, Truth and Lies (Eagle)
Love Experts, Cuba Street (Undertow)
Manic Hispanic, Grupo Sexo (Better Youth Organization)
Melvins, Mangled Demos from 1983 (Ipecac)
Van Morrison, Madame George (Pazzazz)
Mott the Hoople, Concert Anthology (Cleopatra)
Palaxy Tracks, Twelve Rooms (Peek-A-Boo)
Pine*am, Pull the Rabbit Ears (Eenie Meenie)
Porcupine Tree, Up the Downstair (Madfish)
Cliff Richard, From a Distance: The Event (EMI)
Rise, Reclamation Process (Suburban Home)
Kathryn Rose, Kathryn Rose (Corner)
The Jason Sinay Band, Jason Sinay Band (Tomato Music)
Slackjaw, Tourist in the Land of the Living (Post 436)
Soul Sirkus, World Play (Frontiers)
Temmora, Any Other Girl (33rd Street)
Thrones, Day Late, Dollar Short (Southern Lord)
Vacuum, Your Whole Life Leading to This (Big)
-Leilani Polk
This article appears in May 25-31, 2005.