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In the eight years since the Strokes instigated savior-speak with the gutter-glam classic Is This It, Manhattan has been nanny-stated into bland fashionability, the quintet's hipster status has gradually declined, and its rhythm guitarist, drummer, and bassist have all beaten singer Julian Casablancas to recording solo albums. "Last Nite" was a long time ago.

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After listening to Weezer's seventh release, you may want to describe frontman Rivers Cuomo with one word: demented.

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"I want us thinking outside the box," Shakira tells a lover on her third English-language studio disc.

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Robbie Williams insists in "Bodies" that "All we've ever wanted is to look good naked," which is a very Robbie Williams thing to insist. Truth be told, though, this A-list Englishman desires more -- namely, the American breakthrough that's eluded him since "Angels" threatened to build a following here in 1999.

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Once dubbed "the anti-Kylie," Norway's Annie ignited the blogosphere back in 2004, releasing a slew of flawless electro-pop singles. With the snappy, lip-smacking "Chewing Gum," the sublimely cresting "Heartbeat," and the rest of her debut album Anniemal, she was the amiably cool blonde chanteuse that you could safely swoon over.

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Their horrific onslaught has been passed on the extreme left by myriad black-death grind upstarts, and these thrash originators mostly spin their mosh-pitstuck wheels on this tenth studio album -- anticipating Armageddon, reveling in torture, protesting oil war.