It’s the first day of winter, four days before Christmas and the last New Release Tuesday before Santa comes to town. The list is more of a “quality-not-quantity” deal this week, but who’s complaining about two new Family Guy DVDs, four Tom Waits vinyl reissues and a new Ghostface album? We aren’t.

Here’s a quick look at today’s new releases:

CD

Avant – Letter
David Banner – Death of a Pop Star
Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider
Jamie Foxx – Best Night of My Life
Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids
Keri Hilson – No Boys Allowed
Monster Magnet – Mastermind
One of Us – Blow Your Speakers Out
Scala and Kolacny Brothers – Dawn

VINYL

Boston – Boston
Electric Wizard – Black Masses
Loreena McKennitt – The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Ride – Nowhere
Thou – Summit
Tom Waits -Closing Time
Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner
Tom Waits – Small Change
XTC – Skylarking

DVD/BLU-RAY

Andy Griffith Show 50th Anniversary
Depeche Mode: Tour of the Universe
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Family Guy: It’s a Trap
Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy
Futurama Vol. 5 (DVD and Blu-ray available)
Salt
Devil
Easy A

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