The following releases will be in stores Tuesday, Aug. 24:
After Forever, Invisible Circles (The End)
Ambrosia, Greatest Hits (Rhino)
Arkham, Freak Power Candidate (Volcom)
Brian Auger & The Trinity, Definitely What! (Quicksilver)
Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs, Still Smokin' After 20 Years (Triple X)
Brother 2 Brother, Forever (E-Nate Music Group)
Burning Skies, Murder by Means of Existence (Lifeforce)
Robert Calvert, Hype (Songs of Tom Mahler) (United States Dist)
Ceili Rain, Change in Your Pocket (Compendia)
Comas, Conductor (Yep Roc)
Neil Diamond, Reflections (Madacy)
Donovan, Beat Cafe (Appleseed)
Drive-By Truckers, Dirty South (New West)
Engine Down, Engine Down (Lookout)
Final Dawn, Under the Final Bleeding Sky (Candlelight)
Finn Brothers, Everyone Is Here (Nettwerk)
G. Love & Special Sauce, Hustle (Universal)
Glass Tiger, No Turning Back (EMI)
Guided by Voices, Half Smiles of the Decomposed (Matador)
Hemophiliac, 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 6 (Tzadik)
Insomniacs, Switched On (Estrus)
The Jam, Sound Affects (Universal International)
Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain (Polyvinyl)
The Marshall Tucker Band, Heard It in a Love Song (Bcd Usa)
Jason Mraz, Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles (Elektra)
Maria Muldaur, Love Wants to Dance (Telarc)
Nora O'Connor, Til The Dawn (Bloodshot)
Overkill, Unholy (Recall)
Alan Parsons, Valid Path (Artemis)
Henry Rollins, Everything (2.13.61)
Rush, Roll the Bones (Atlantic)
The Sadies, Favourite Colours (Yep Roc)
Saves the Day, Ups and Downs: Early Recordings and B-Sides (Vagrant)
Single Bullet Theory, Behind Eyes of Hatred (Crash Music)
Sister Hazel, Lift (Sixthman)
Stray Cats, Live in Gijon July 24 (Surf Dog)
T. Rex, For the Lion and Unicorn in the Oak Forests of Fau (United States Dist)
With or Without You, 6 Reasons to Drop Out (Martyr Records)
—Leilani Polk
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2004.