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With more than a dozen solo albums -- not to mention the entire Guided by Voices oeuvre and assorted side projects (Circus Devils, Acid Ranch, Keene Brothers, et al.) -- Robert Pollard has had serious quality-control issues. But the 33 tracks on this pair of discs are uniformly excellent.

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These pop-resistant punk-metal fusionists left Island Records in June over creative differences, but their post-major-label output finds them soaring.

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Nonchalance is the rule on the third full-length by this British band, but don't be fooled by Sam Genders' languid vocals or the delicate riffs of Mike Lindsay, who contributes synths, acoustic and electric guitars, and even dulcimer. Although Good Arrows could probably calm a cranky baby, uneasy thoughts lurk within the soothing notes.

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This orchestral art-pop sextet from the Toronto suburbs up the triumphant racket on their second album, sounding as if labelmates Broken Social Scene recruited Polyphonic Spree's Tim DeLaughter and his giddy cohorts to sing and shout along.

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On their second collection of remix work, Sören Bodner and Gabor Schablitzki may subtitle tracks with Scrabble-busting names like "Fukkeldibobb Remake" or "Herbstmoosmutzel Remix," but the music itself reveals minimal house at its most acute.

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Maybe Enon get more credit for weirdness than they deserve, or maybe the world has just gotten stranger since the Philly band's spastic beginnings, but their fourth album of electro-inflected jitter rock sounds surprisingly familiar.