By:

Staff

 This week: Boris's first album with a significant vocal presence, Portishead's much-anticipated first album in ten years, and Santogold's much-hyped first album, period. Click the underlined albums for a full preview.

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65daysofstatic: Distant and Mechanized Glow of Eastern European Da (Monotreme)

8Ball: MJG: Pimp Tight (Real Talk Ent.)

9th Wonder & Buckshot: Formula (Duck Down Music)

Awesome Color: Electric Aborigines (Ecstatic Peace)

B.B. King: Playlist Plus (Geffen)

Baby D: A-Town Secret Weapon (Koch)

Blue Sky Black Death: Late Night Cinema (Babygrande)

Bobby & Blumm: Everybody Loves... (Morr Music)

Boris: Smile (Southern Lord)

Chin Chin: Chin Chin (Definitive Jux)

Cloudland Canyon: Lie in Light (Kranky)

Constantines: Kensington Heights (Arts & Crafts)

David Karsten Daniels: Fear of Flying (Fat Cat)

Dizzee Rascal: Maths and English [Bonus Tracks] (Definitive Jux)

Estelle: Shine (Atlantic/WEA)

Forever the Sickest Kids: Underdog Alma Mater (Motown)

From First to Last: From First to Last (Geffen)

Griffin House: Flying Upside Down (Nettwerk)

H.I.M.: Venus Doom Live (Warner Bros.)

Hayden: In Field & Town (Fat Possum (Ryko))

Heloise & The Savoir Faire: Trash, Rats and Microphones (Yep Roc)

Jamie Lidell: Jim (Warp)

Jerome Derradji: American Boogie Down (BBE)

Joy Division: Best of Joy Division (Rhino)

Langhorne Slim: Langhorne Slim (Kemado)

Lyfe Jennings: Lyfe Change (Sony)

Madonna: Hard Candy (WEA/Reprise)

Portishead: Third (Mercury)

Puscifer: V Is for Viagra: The Remixes (Pucifer)

Randam Luck: Conspiracy of Silence (Babygrande)

Ransom: Street Cinema (Babygrande)

Robyn: Robyn (Cherry Tree)

The Roots: Rising Down (Def Jam)

Santogold: Santogold (Downtown/Lizard King)

South: You Are Here (Bluhammock)

Strategy: Music for Lamping (Audio Dregs)

Tickley Feather: Tickley Feather (Paw Tracks)

We Shot the Moon: Fear and Love (Militia)