Out yesterday...

Tenacious D's The Pick of Destiny is a soundtrack to accompany their movie, so don't expect it to hold together on its own quite as well as their debut did. But it's got a couple cameos (Dave Grohl, Meatloaf, more...) and should be good for a chuckle or two. Long ago I had a radio interview with Kyle Gass and he insisted that I let him wear my headphones. So I couldn't hear his microphone malfunctioning. That was a really awful interview.

Damien Rice's 9 is out now, too. The first track, "9 Crimes," is really cool, and "Rootless Tree" rocks way harder than I thought I could reasonably expect from Mr. Rice. Not as good as O, but fans will find plenty to like here. Everyone else might be able to get away with just picking up a couple tracks on iTunes.