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From the Beatles at their campiest to Scissor Sisters at their catchiest, this Lebanon-born Londoner comes on like an agreeably eager compendium of every gay and gay-ish pop act of the past 40 years.

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With their second album, these Los Angeles malcontents come on with a dark dance-rock allure but never generate any big heat. Lion the Girl cycles through dirgelike, hallucinogenic guitar breaks and New Age synth-pep, forever constructing an eerie tension that never resolves.

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It's been ten years since Dinosaur Jr.'s last album, and 18 since founders J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph recorded together; but with Beyond, the once-tumultuous trio's proto-grunge energy surge feels like 1989 all over again.

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Fourth albums usually aren't peaks for bands, but these former next-big-thing drone rockers have never sounded more self-assured.

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Considering her past exploits as a Broken Social Scenester and sidekick to electroclash queen Peaches (under the tasty pseudonym Bitch Lap Lap), Leslie Feist probably didn't expect to seduce the Starbucks set with 2004's Let It Die, her second solo album.

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Give Bill Callahan credit for knowing when to bury the Smog name: Though still anchored by his peculiar mind and baritone, Whaleheart is galaxies away from the downcast, claustrophobic songs that have defined the nomadic singer/songwriter for more than 15 years.