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On their sixth album, these Irish rockers clearly ache to be anthemic rather than adventurous. The result is a tepid effort that bogs down their previously rugged and introspective rock with power-ballad vibrato, lurid over-orchestration, and petulantly vague lyrics.

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A true DIY sleeper, Dr. Dog's 2005 debut was the sort of seemingly innocuous indie album that becomes more knotty and habit-forming with each listen.

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Over the past five years, drummer Zach Hill and guitarist Spencer Seim have maintained a position as the least compelling twosome on the techy, noise-rock totem poll (see Lightning Bolt, Orthrelm, the USA Is a Monster, etc.). Perhaps sensing stagnation, the Californians drafted three extra players -- a second guitarist, a bassist, and a full-time vocalist.

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The Apples haven't always made it easy to find their songs' sweet, chewy centers, often obscuring pure pop in unnecessarily dense shells.

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On her languid solo debut, Jill Cunniff suggests we "start the century again at a slower pace." The former Luscious Jackson frontwoman is obviously nostalgic for a time -- the mid-'90s, to be exact -- when it was somehow possible for a shambling all-girl funk band from New York to have a gold record.

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Devendra Banhart a little too freaky for you?