The Best Music, Still to Come!

FALL ALBUM RELEASES

Album release dates are a slippery thing, and in the age of downloading, they tend to change more often than ever. But the following list at least provides a rough idea of some of the artists who can be expected to deliver new product to record stores this fall.

September

The Black Keys, John Cale, Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, Kurupt, Christine McVie, Medeski, Martin & Wood and Silkk the Shocker (Sept. 7); the Datsuns, Helmet, Papa Roach, Nelly, Willie Nelson, Tears for Fears, the Thrills, Paul Weller and Lucinda Williams (Sept. 14); Mark Chestnutt, Elvis Costello, Green Day and Brian McKnight (Sept. 21), and Johnny Cash, Hilary Duff, Interpol, Mark Knopfler, Nancy Sinatra, Joss Stone, the Used and Brian Wilson (Sept. 28).

October

Cake, Minnie Driver, Fatboy Slim, Good Charlotte, the O'Jays, R.E.M., Raphael Saadiq, George Strait, Toby Mac and Tom Waits (Oct. 5); American Music Club, Lou Barlow, Camper Van Beethoven, Duran Duran, Mos Def, Olivia Newton-John and Ruben Studdard (Oct. 12); Vanessa Carlton, Jimmy Eat World, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Le Tigre, the Music, the Neville Brothers, LeAnn Rimes, Linda Ronstadt, Elliott Smith and Rod Stewart (Oct. 19), and Nick Cave, the Donnas, Hall & Oates, Michael McDonald and Michael W. Smith (Oct. 26).

November

Clay Aiken, the Black Swans, Rammstein and Darryl Worley (Nov. 2); Tony Bennett, Black Eyed Peas and Neko Case (Nov. 9); Eminem, Destiny's Child and Snoop Dogg (Nov. 16); Mars Volta, Jessica Simpson and U2 (Nov. 23).

Jim DeRogatis