Today is quite the day for music fans of all shapes and sizes. The most notable release is Eminem's "Relapse" but I haven't liked the new songs I've heard and am more interested in the latest release from Red and Meth.

If you want a little more estrogen in your music, try out Tori Amos's latest. Lord knows what the hipsters might be listening to but if they aren't emoting with Amos, then they might be listening to the latest EP from Of Montreal.

For fans of poppier music, Coldplay soundalike Mat Kearney might be more up your alley. And if you are a fan of 80'sish music, perhaps you should give a listen to Passion Pit.  And those are just the bigger names out there. There's a lot of other music dropping this week so it's probably a great week for retailers.

The one album that I bought was actually a new compilation of old tracks from Iron & Wine but instead of making that the tryout, I decided to go with the last album, The Shepherd's Dog. While I'm a fan of the mellow Iron & Wine sound, I really love what was done with the latest album and how the sound was expanded. One of my favorite albums of 2008.

Here's a video from the album.

On a side note, I never know how to refer to Iron & Wine because technically it's just one guy (Samuel Bean) but it's not like he does it all alone. It's also refer to Iron & Wine as "he" or "him". These are the things that go through my mind at midnight.