Sample This Week's New Releases

This is a huge week for new music releases. Of course, any week with a new Madonna album would be huge, but with the '90s' foremost makeout jam purveyors Portishead making their triumphant return and a solid selection of just-bubbling-up acts like Santogold, Jamie Lidell and Estelle dropping potential hits, this is the first week that's gotten me truly excited since Kanye and 50 duked it out last Fall. Sample those albums, plus music from Tom Petty's Mudcrutch and eclectic Latin artists Nortec Collective, as well as new singles from Busta Rhymes/Linkin Park and R. Kelly below:

~Jeff Reguilon

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