The 6/6/6 release date is here, and though it's not a metal- or goth-heavy release date it's an improvement over previous weeks.

AFI, already with solid M2 support, is going to be hard to beat with decemberunderground. The group's last album was released over three years ago and has sold just over one million copies. With the band on tour pretty much all summer, expect sales to be strong and steady. Here's a hint as to how anticipated this album is: the new song "Miss Murder" has been streamed over 2.1 million times at the band's MySpace page.

Ice Cube is releasing his latest, Laugh Now, Cry Later, though his own Lench Mob imprint. Before you think it's some kind of rinky dink operation, check out that the title's advertised on sale at the mass merchants for less than $10. Clear Channel's website has been offering a stream of the new album since last week. One more thing: Cube did a Cornerstone mixtape, which is a pretty hip promotional tool for an old (not that he's old, but in rap years) guy like that.

Zero 7 is back with a new album, The Garden, and it's sure to be aided by the fact that rising underground star Jose Gonzalez guests on a couple of tracks.

Look for a couple of comedy albums to be the dark horse releases of the week. Sarah Silverman's Jesus Is Magic is being released by powerhouse Interscope. It's the soundtrack to a movie adaption of Silverman's stage routine. Also out is the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road, which has Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy. People were caught off guard with the success of Larry the Cable Guy's release last year. Moral of the story: Rednecks sell.

• AFI: decemberunderground (Interscope)
• Amps for Christ: Every Eleven Seconds (5 Rue Christine)
• Bardo Pond: Ticket Crystals (ATP)
• Be Your Own Pet: Be Your Own Pet (Ecstatic Peace) MySpace
• Joe Bonamassa: You & Me (Premier)
• Bouncing Souls: The Gold Report (Epitaph)
• Cars: Soundtrack (Disney)
• Chapterhouse: Whirlpool (Cherry Red) Reissue with additional bonus tracks.
• Cheap Trick: Rockford (Big3)
• Barbara Cook: Barbara Cook at the Met (DRG)
• Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint: The River In Reverse (Verve Forecast)
• Decyfer Down: End of Grey (Sony)
• DJ Khaled: Listennn...The Album (Koch)
• Donavon Frankenreiter: Move By Yourself (Lost Highway)
• Genghis Tron: Dead Mountain Mouth (Crucial Blast)
• The Grates: Gravity Won't Get You High (Interscope) MySpace
• Head Automatica: Popaganda (Warner Bros)
• (hed) pe: The Best of (hed) pe (Jive)
• Ice Cube: Laugh Now, Cry Later (Lench Mob)
• Bob James: Heads (Koch)
• Kottonmouth Kings: Koast II Koast (Suburban Noize)

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