For the record...

• The Jealous Girlfriends - The Jealous Girlfriends Do you like Beck, The New Pornographers, Blonde Redhead, and Broken Social Scene? Would you like to hear them all at once? So many of these songs sound identical to their influences and the whole ends up feeling a little like a mixed-tape. I like some of it, but I can't tell if that's because I like the bands they sound like or if they're bringing anything new to the mix. Needs more investigation.
• Adrian Belew - Belewprints, The Acoustic Adrian Belew Vol. 2 I bought this at last week's Belew show because I have a signed copy of his first volume of acoustic songs, and thought I'd complete the set. Most of it is good, but 90% of it is on his Salad Days compilation (which also has some songs from the first acoustic volume). I wish I knew it was the same stuff I'd already owned for the last 9 years.
• Boubacar Traoré - Classic Titles Acoustic guitar music from Mali. Can't understand any of the words, but the music, mostly melancholic, is interesting - it shares a common (though distant) root with American blues, but there are strong Arabic and African flavors in this that the blues doesn't have.