New Releases Tuesday (10/4)

The first Tuesday of "Rocktober" kicks off the month with a bang...a couple of great releases from Chicago's Kranky, and long-awaited new albums from some old school favorites... Local Label Releases: The Dead Texan - s/t (Kranky) Keith Fullerton Whitman - Schöner Flußengel (Kranky) Other Essentials: Tom Waits - Real Gone (Anti) R.E.M. - Around the Sun (Warner Bros.) Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked (Yep Roc)