First Listen: New Releases for August 26

This was a busy week, but a really disappointing one. A handful of good albums, and a lot of disappointing and/or otherwise non-noteworthy efforts. So don't consider this a habit, but I'm treating this week a little differently. But first, the best of the week: Album of the Week : Artist : Banks and Steelz Album : Anything But Words Quick Description : Side project from Interpol's Paul Banks and Wu Tang's RZA. Why You Should Listen : The mix of collaborators is enough to give it a listen... Overall Thoughts : ...and the quality is enough to keep it around. It, like a lot of collaborations, is certainly imperfect, but this is just a solid listen across the board. The production is interesting, the songs pretty solid, and it's overall just a great listen this week. What's surprising for me in particular for this is that RZA's been around forever and Interpol a fair amount of time as well, but this feels fresh and energetic in a way a lot of co...