CD Releases for April 1:

A.R.E. WEAPONS A.R.E. Weapons (Sanctuary/Rough Trade)

…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD The Secret of Elena’s Tomb (EP) (Interscope)

ANDREW BIRD Weather Systems (Grimsey)

BIRDDOG Songs from Willipa Bay (guests Jason Loewenstein and Paul Oldham) (Karma/HHBTM)

BOY SETS FIRE Tomorrow Come Today (Wind-up)

CHRIS CAGLE Chris Cagle (Capitol)

CELLDWELLER Celldweller (Esion Media/Position)

CHROMATICS Chrome Rats Vs. Basement Ruts (Gold Standard Laboratories)

ESTER DRANG Infinite Keys (Jade Tree)

THE EXPLODING HEARTS Guitar Romantic (Dirtnap)

FLESHIES The Sicilian (Alternative Tentacles)

FORDIRELIFESAKE Breaking in Is Only Half the Function (Forge Again)

GOB Foot in Mouth Disease (Arista)

GRAND DRIVE Grand Drive (Private Music)

LEE GREENWOOD Stronger Than Time (Curb)

HE WHO CORRUPTS Master of Profits (EP) (Forge Again)

RAY WYLIE HUBBARD Growl (guests Buddy Miller, Mary Gauthier and Jon Dee Graham) (Rounder)

CHARLIE HUNTER Right Now Move (Ropeadope)

JOHNNY SOCIETY Life Behind the 21st Century Wall (Messenger)

GEORGE JONES The Gospel Collection (two CDs) (BNA/Bandit)

THE KILLS Keep on Your Mean Side (Sanctuary/Rough Trade)

THE LOVETONES Be What You Want (Committee to Keep Music Evil)

LIAM LYNCH Fake Songs (S-Curve)

M PATH Wanderer (Karuna)

MIDWEST BLUE Remembering to Forget (Post 436)

PETE MISER Radio Free Brooklyn (Ho-Made)

BOB MOULD Body of Song (GM/Red Ink)

MARIA MULDAUR A Woman Alone with the Blues (Telarc)

THE NATIONAL SPLITS Fontana (Recordhead/Whiggs)

NUMBERS Ee-Uh (EP) (Troubleman)

OLD BLIND DOGS The Gab o Mey (Green Linnet)

THE PIECES The Pieces (Benchmark)

PLACEBO Sleeping with Ghosts (Hut/Astralwerks)

STABBING WESTWARD The Essential Stabbing Westward

STEREOMUD Every Given Moment (Columbia)

ROB SWIFT (of X-ecutioners) Under the Influence (Six Degrees)

THE TRIGGERS Shoot Your Mouth Off (Dirtnap)

VENUS HUM Big Beautiful Sky (MCA)

WHITE STRIPES Elephant (Third Man/V2)

CHRIS WHITLEY Hotel Vast Horizon (Messenger)

ROBBIE WILLIAMS Escapology (Virgin)

LUCY WOODWARD While You Can (Atlantic)

RED YOUNG The Organizer (Blues Leaf)

VA Aztec Love Songs (Thump)

VA Bonnaroo II (Sanctuary)

VA Dinner at 8 (Water Music)

VA Freestyle Party (Thump)

VA Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan (first 50,000 pressed in digipak) (Columbia)

VA I’ve Always Been Crazy: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings (w/Brooks & Dunn, Metallica’s James Hetfield and others) (RCA)

VA Instant 80’s Today (w/DJ covers of Duran Duran, Steve Miller Band and others) (Battery/Lightyear)

VA Lil’ Flip and Sucka Free Present: 7-1-3 and the Underground Legend Remixed (Sucka Free/Columbia)

VA New Latin Xpress (Shakti)

VA St. Moritz Vibes (mix by Jacky Jayet) (Milan)

VA Troubleman Sampler 2003 (w/The Walkmen, Wolf Eyes and others) (Troubleman)

VA X 2003 (two CDs w/MxPx, Starflyer 59 and others) (Tooth & Nail)

OCR Everybody’s Gettin’ Into the Act (Fynsworth Alley)

OCR Jesus Christ Superstar (Decca)

OCR Redhead (Fynsworth Alley)

OST Assassination Tango (new Robert Duvall/Kathy Baker film) (RCA Victor)

OST Crossing Jordan (Columbia)

OST Dreamcatcher (score by James Newton Howard) (Varsse Sarabande)

OST House of 1,000 Corpses (new Rob Zombie film) (Geffen)

OST Man Without a Past (new Aki Kaurismaki film) (Milan)

OST What a Girl Wants (new Amanda Bynes/Colin Firth film) (Atlantic)

DVD Wilco I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (two discs) (Plexifilm)

DVD Brian Wilson On Tour (Sanctuary)