Kleenex/LiLiPUT, 'Live Recordings, TV-Clips & Roadmovies' (Kill Rock Stars)

Further proof of punk scamps' ingenious jollity.

As an addendum to 2001's double-CD release of these post-punk Swiss misses' remarkable studio catalog, Kill Rock Stars digs even deeper for an appropriately lo-fi 1979 concert and a tighter late-career gig from 1983. Historically obscure?

F--ked Up, 'Couple Tracks: Singles 2002–2009' (Matador)

Playing catch-up with Pink Eye and his pals.

Think of this impressive, 25-song double-CD compilation as Singles Going Screaming -- a testament to a Canadian punk institution. Live, singer Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham stalks the stage like a disturbed, bloody hulk, but on record his throat-shredding shouts are always focused, alongside Mike Haliechuk's relentless guitar and Jonah Falco's ferocious drumming.

Circulatory System, 'Signal Morning' (Cloud Recordings)

Iconic indie voyagers blast off for one more trip.

Retro as it is -- 17 songs split into two “sides” -- this dense, complex document is an impressive display of vitality by the Athens, Georgia–based Elephant 6 collective, as Will Cullen Hart of the late Olivia Tremor Control weds that band’s bizarre breakdowns with Apples in Stereo’s earnest tunefulness.

Fruit Bats, 'The Ruminant Band' (Sub Pop)

Self-aware chooglin’ with their shirts all tucked in.

This folkie indie-pop band doesn’t slam you with hooks on its fourth album -- everything is catchy in a modest, reasonable way.

Micachu & the Shapes, 'Jewellery' (Rough Trade)

Dizzily constructed debut catches a fitful groove.

With micro-house maven Matthew Herbert at the controls, wunderkind composer and hip-hop head Mica Levi leads her trio through this 28-minute cockeyed burst, each song a bizarre little post-punk contraption that sounds like it's ready to fly apart and wreak havoc. Yet her debut is also insanely disorienting fun.

Telekinesis, 'Telekinesis!' (Merge)

Seattle drummer-guitarist finds hooky sweet spot.

Seattle's Michael Benjamin Lerner is a one-man band that doesn't come off like one, mainly because as a drummer who plays guitar (like Dave Grohl) he has a sharper rhythmic sense than guitarists who try to play drums.

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