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Named for Australian hardbody Olivia Newton-John's '80s Jazzercise jam, Germany's Get Physical label has spent the past five years getting crowds to glisten like disco balls with its effortless meshing of ribald Chicago house and rigorous Berlin techno.

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Common shows his hand early into his seventh studio album. The rapper's first words form a lighthearted old-school announcement: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's the C-O-double-M-O-N." By contrast, he began his previous effort, 2005's solid yet stuffy Be, with a rhyme that referenced his late friend Yusef, Malcolm X, and John Coltrane.

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Precise, brooding MCs like Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep's Prodigy thrive on Alchemist's trademark production -- '70s funk samples and dark sweeping strings. But on this instrumental collection, the absence of words is a thorny issue.

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When the Ronettes walked in the rain, they barely noticed the drops; Nicole Atkins, however, sounds ready to drown. On her debut, the New Jersey singer/songwriter coolly distills the romanticism of '60s girl groups into dark, baleful country pop.

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The latest upstarts from Nashville's burgeoning rock community, the Clutters sport a punky live aesthetic, but their second album doesn't quite capture that brash energy.

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Well rested but not out of touch, Luscious Jackson singer/guitarist Gabby Glaser fuses garage rock and funk with touches of ethereal pop on her first solo album since the group's breakup in 2000.