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Summer CD Releases

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June 6

Boards of Canada—Trans Canada Highway (Warp Records)

Camera Obscura—Let’s Get Out of This Country (Merge Records)

Ice Cube—Laugh Now, Cry Later (Independent LP featuring L’il John & Snoop Dogg)

Mojave 3—Puzzles Like You (4AD)

Juana Molina—Son (Domino)

Paul Oakenfold—A Lively Mind (Maverick)

Portastatic—Who Loves the Sun OST (Merge)

Psapp—The Only Thing I Ever Wanted (Domino)

Cracker—Greenland (Cooking Vinyl)

Every Move a Picture—Heart = Weapon (V2 Music)

June 13

The Futureheads—News and Tributes (Vagrant/Startimr International)

Hot Chip—The Warning (EMI)

Live—Songs From Black Mountain (Sony)

Mr. Lif—Mo’ Mega (Definitive Jux)

Busta Rhymes—The Big Bang (Aftermath)

Six Organs of Admittance—The Sun Awakens (Drag City)

Sonic Youth—Rather Ripped (Geffen)

Regina Spektor—Begin To Hope (Sire/Rhino)

The Replacements—Bastards of Young: The Best of the Replacements (Image)

June 20

Frank Black—Fastman/Raiderman (Back Porch)

Nelly Furtado—Loose (Universal)

Guster—Ganging Up on the Sun

Keane—Under the Iron Sea (Island)

Obie Trice—Second Round’s On Me

June 27

Dr. Octagon—The Return of Dr. Octagon

Pet Shop Boys—Fundamental (Parlophone)

July 4

Johnny Cash—American V: A Hundred Highways (Lost Highway)

Polyphonic Spree—The Fragile Army (Good Records)

July 11

Ani DiFranco—Reprieve (Righteous Babe)

Muse—Black Holes And Revelations (Atlantic)

Oneida—Happy New Year (JAG 100)

Peaches—Impeach My Bush (XL)

Soul Asylum—The Silver Lining

Sufjan Stevens—The Avalanche: Outtakes And Extras From the Illinois Album (Asthmatic Kitty Records)

Thom Yorke—The Eraser (XL)

July 18

French Kicks—Two Thousand (Vagrant/Startime International)

Golden Smog—Another Fine Day (Lost Highway)

Psalm One—The Death of Frequent Flyer (Rhymesayers)

July 25

Alien Ant Farm—Up in the Attic (New Door/UME)

New York Dolls—One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (Roadrunner Records)

Tom Petty—Highway Companion

The Long Winters—Putting the Days to Bed (Barsuk records)

August 1

DMX – Year of the Dog, Again (Advance)

DJ Shadow—The Outsider (Island)

TV On The Radio—Return to Cookie Mountain (Interscope)

August 8

Matthew Friedberger—Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School (859 Recordings)

French Kicks—Two Thousand (Vagrant)

Grizzly Bear—Yellow House

August 15

Christina Aguilera—Back to Basics (RCA)

August 22

Cursive—Happy Hollow (Saddle Creek)

OutKast—Idlewild (LaFace)

The Thermals—The Body, the Blood, the Machine (Sub Pop)

The Zutons—Tired of Hanging Around (Deltasonic)

August 29

Ludacris—Release Therapy (Def Jam)

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