The following releases will be in stores Tues., May 23:
Angels & Airwaves, We Don't Need to Whisper (Geffen)
Anjani, Blue Alert (Sony)
Astronautalis, Mighty Ocean and Nine Dark Theaters (Fighting)
Attitude, We All Go Down Together (1917)
The Blakhiv, Any Way She Wants It (Lucid)
Blue Sky Black Death, Heap of Broken Images (Mush)
Michael Bolton, Bolton Swings Sinatra (Concord)
Miller Carr, Miller Carr (Isota)
Current 93, Black Ships Ate the Sky (Durtro/Jnana)
Da Muzicianz, Da Muzicianz (TVT)
Def Leppard, Yeah! (Mercury/Universal)
Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way (Sony)
Danny Douma, Night Eyes (Wounded Bird)
Dub Trio, New Heavy (ROIR)
Earth, Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions (Sub Pop)
Evermore, Dreams (Velour)
Halifax, Inevitability of a Strange World (Drive Thru)
Howlin Rain, Howlin Rain (Birdman)
Korpiklaani, Tales Along This Road (Napalm)
Less Than Jake, In with the Out Crowd (Sire/London/Rhino)
Liquid Soul, One-Two Punch (Telarc)
The Matadors, Muse of Senor Ray (Devil Doll)
Mission of Burma, Obliterati (Matador)
Murder by Death, In Bocca al Lupo (Tent Show)
One Ring Zero, As Smart as We Are (Barbes)
Paatos, Silence of Another Kind (Inside Out Music)
Pet Shop Boys, Fundamental/Fundamentalism (EMI Int'l)
Phoenix, It's Never Been Like That (Astralwerks)
The Red Krayola, Hurricane Fighter Plane (Atom)
Tommy Roe, Jam Up Jelly Tight (Brook)
Carina Round, Slow Motion Addict (Interscope)
The Runnamucks, Inferno (Six Weeks)
Sebadoh, III (Domino)
Serena Maneesh, Serena Maneesh (Play Louder)
Snitches Get Stitches, Even a Butchered Carcass Can Shine (Empty)
Sierra Swan, Ladyland (Interscope)
Tilly and the Wall, Bottoms of Barrels (Team Love)
The Traceelords, Ali of Rock (Locomotive Music)
VCR, Power Destiny (Side One Dummy)
The Walkmen, Hundred Miles Off (Record Collection)
Leslie West, Blue Me (Blues Bureau Int'l)
This article appears in May 17-23, 2006.