
New (sorta) from
Belle & Sebastian: 2-disc set
The BBC Sessions. The first disc is a compilation of unreleased tracks from 1996-2001 and the second is a live album recorded in Belfast, Ireland in 2001.
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid are at it again: their fourth album together,
NYC is out tomorrow. Don't miss these two live: 12/12 in NYC and 12/14 in Philly.

Irish DJ
David Holmes releases his 10th studio album
The Holy Pictures. (You've probably heard his music in the
Ocean's Eleven series-he did some scoring for it.)
Day by Day by Afrobeat genius
Femi Kuti.

Another live album from
Phish:
At the Roxy (Atlanta '93)
Post-rock duo
El Ten Eleven's 3rd LP,
These Promises Are Being Videotaped.
Cypress Hill percussionist
Eric Bobo is releasing his debut solo album,
Meeting of the Minds, on Nacional Records.

Also from Nacional this week:
Around the World by
Senor Coconut, a German DJ based in Santiago, Chile.

San Francisco's
French Miami debut with a
self-titled record. Listen:
"Goddamn Best" mp3,
"Science Fiction" mp3.

Also worth noting:
CYNE's
Pretty Dark Things, which hit stores as CD and digital
on 10/7, is out tomorrow on two LP's.

Oh, and let's not forget
Beyonce's latest:
I Am... Sasha Fierce. Apparently Sasha is the badass alter-ego Beyonce takes on when she steps on stage.