This week’s new music releases include hard rock heavyweights Rush, whom our boss is such a huge fan of that not including them here could likely cost me my job. In fact, even joking about it could get me fi…

Cool chicks:
Tori Amos - American Doll Posse (Epic)
Joan Armatrading - Into the Blues (429)

Old as the hills:
Rush - Snakes & Arrows (Atlantic)

Tough guys:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 (Red Ink)
Doyle Bramhall - Foodland (Yep Roc)
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond (Fat Possum)

Funny band names:
The Dreadful Yawns - Rest (Exit Stencil)
Fort Knox Five - Reminted (Fort Knox)
Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian (Absolutely Kosher)
Girl in a Coma - Both Before I'm Gone (Blackheart)
Skull Time - Skull Time (Latest Flame)

Is it hip or hop?:
Ne-Yo - Because of You (Def Jam)

I wonder if they are related to Cypress?
Protest Hill - The City Echoes Our Hearts (Latest Flame)