Indigest Picks (best new releases this week)

Books:
Brian Eno's Another Green World (33 1/3 series) by Geeta Dayal [Continuum]
+ The 33 1/3 series has been churning out the best books on albums since 2003. The series is continues with Brian Eno's Another Green World. It'd have a tough time being better than John Darnielle's guide to Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, written from the perspective of institutionalized teenager, but the series is consistently engaging.

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen & Ben H. Winters [Quirk Books]
+ Quirk Books releases another book in the vein of the surprising hit Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. Pretty much going to be like you expect, if you expect it to be awesome.

Music:
Tyondai Braxton - Central Market [Warp]
+ The Battles frontman's solo effort is fantastic. It's in the vein of his Battles work, but with the addition of an orchestra to his orchestrations it gains an epic quality. Maybe not a cover to cover classic, but when the album hits its stride it's epic and moving and as good as anything Battles has done.

Fennesz/Sparklehorse - In the Fishtank 15 [Konkurrent]
+ The In the Fish Tank series pairs great artists and has them collaborate to create an EP in the studio. The series has had such luminaries in the past as Low, Tortoise, Sonic Youth, Isis, The Ex, Blackheart Procession and others. Even when these discs aren't incredible, they're always interesting and engaging. Sparklehorse is having a renaissance this year with a great collaboration with Danger Mouse kind of came out this spring.

In Theaters:
The Burning Plain (Guillermo Arriaga) [2929 Productions]
+ Much like the films Arriaga had previous written The Burning Plain is structural brilliance. Far more complex than Babel and better paced than 21 Grams. Theron puts in a great performances and Elswit definitely makes a case for winning the Oscar for cinematography two years in a row.

The Informant (Steven% Soderbergh [Warner Bros. Pictures]
The second (or fourth, depending on how you're counting) Steven Soderbergh film this year is a hilarious faux thriller that sees Matt Damon at the best he's been in years. It's been a while since Soderbergh has made a comedy this good.

DVD:
Trumbo(Peter Askin) [Filbert Steps Productions/IDP Distribution]
+ This documentary follows the life of the great screenwriter Donald Trumbo as he was told by the government he was a communist and then he decided to fight back. It's the kind of Bond moment ever writer hopes for but Trumbo is one of the few who takes on management in such a magnificent fashion.

Old Jews Telling Jokes(Sam Hoffman) [First Run Features]
+ Old Jews telling jokes is a serialization of the great website. The concept is, well, pretty self explanatory. And it's just as hilarious as it sounds.