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»Album Reviews For Release Date: 11.24.09
by Joshua Krage

It happened earlier than usual this year: all the indie record labels have evidently packed it up for the holidays and scampered out of the way of the onslaught of major-label cash-grab stocking stuffer fare. An American Idol icon, a Disney soundtrack, a group of well-marketed priests, and Susan Boyle are but short stops on the tour of Top 40 monotone–erm, I mean mainstream music out this week. Sadly, none of this music interests me, so I didn’t review any of it — but we’ve got something tasty brewing to tide you over until Christmas, so stay tuned. For now, your list:

Beyonce – live
Birdman
Black Crowes DVD
Andre Bocelli Christmas CD/DVD
Susan Boyle
Boys II Men
Brian Jonestown Massacre – One EP
Bill Cosby
Fever Ray – deluxe ed.
Glasses Malone
Buddy Holly (box set)
Lady Gaga
Adam Lambert – no amount of incentives on Earth exist to get me to review this thing… though I am kinda curious how that Rivers Cuomo/Lady Gaga collab with him turned out…
LL Cool J
Medeski Martin & Wood – Radiolarians box set
Moby – Wait For Me deluxe ed.
NOFX – Cokie the Clown EP
NewSong
OST – The Frog Princess (score by Randy Newman!)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – live 4-CD anthology
Madeleine Peyroux DVD
Regis Philbin
The Priests
Rihanna
Shakira
Sting – A Winter’s Night 2 DVD
Angie Stone
Tahiti 80
Hayley Westenra

If there were some great new music I missed that came out this week, do tell. I couldn’t find it. Hopefully we’ll find something worth writing about before the new release season comes to a close at year’s end. Until then…

P.S. if you should wish to hear some of the high points of this week’s list, tune into my MySpace Page for a playlist. Enjoy!

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