Album Sweep: September 22, 2012 - Part Two...

It's time for the second half of this week's "album sweep", sampling the latest records making their debut on Billboard magazine's Top 200 Albums chart. You can check out part one by clicking here, and on each of these albums, I've included links to buy them at Amazon if you're so inclined.

Canadian punk-metal band Propagandhi are from the central province of Manitoba, and their sixth album Failed States arrives at #107. They've been a champion of progressive causes like anti-homophobia, anti-imperialism, women's rights and racial equality.

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 Gospel artist Deon Kipping is at #127 with I Just Want To Hear You...

California swing revival outfit Big Bad Voodoo Daddy were red hot during the mid-90s, and they are still going strong, as their sixth non-seasonal album, Rattle Them Bones, jumps jives and wails its way to #129...

Swedish indie-pop musician Jens Lekman gets his second and highest charting album with I Know What Love Isn't at #137, and he sure sounds like the Nordic Morrissey...

Former Mott The Hoople frontman Ian Hunter and The Rant Band arrive at #151 with his latest optimistic album When I'm President....

Detroit psychedelic folk musician Rodriguez pops in at #163 with the soundtrack to Searching For Sugar Man. The movie documents two South African fans searching to see if the artist was still alive, and he blew Letterman away last month...

Australian retro-soul band Clairy Browne & The Banging Rackettes owe their #153 debut of Baby Caught The Bus on the American charts on the Heineken beer ads featuring they're Winehouse-y song "Love Letter". Right now it's only available on iTunes...

San Franciscan lo-fi duo Two Gallants are the final entry at #183 with their latest, The Bloom And The Blight.

Just like in the first half, there's a lot of great music coming out this week, but to pick just three of this lot, I'd go with the Clairy Browne, Rodriguez, and Jens Lekman sets.

Stay tuned, later on tonight I'll bring you this week's "Robbed Hit". Cheers!