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When it comes to bluesy guitars-and-drums duos, there are generally two camps: the fuzzy fury of the White Stripes and Black Keys or the bar-stool-bound mopiness of Two Gallants.

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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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These dance-punks exude At the Drive-In's blistering intensity, ¡Forward, Russia!'s wiry delivery, and Bloc Party's rhythmic pulse ("Cutback" could even serve as a comedown from the last's "Little Thoughts").

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The debut album by this Raleigh, North Carolina collective sprawls with confidence, combining sunny layers of strings, classical piano, stomp-rock riffs, entrancing space noises, and triumphant shouts.

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That we don't live in Shangri-La should come at no surprise. Still, Calexico won't let you forget it. With Garden Ruin, this Tuscon-based twosome celebrate their decade-long partnership by penning portraits of despondent wastelands that, as the album title suggests, hint at a lost idyll. Singer Joey Burns' landscapes are suggestive of once lush vistas from whose grace we fell.

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Maritime, stocked with two former Promise Ringers and the bassist from now-defunct Dismemberment Plan, are a testament to emo's longevity: for every two emo outfits that disband, at least another one forms. You'd never know it from singer Davey von Bohlen's honeyed croon on his band's delicately poppy sophomore album, but this Milwaukee-based trio seem to think odds aren't in their favor.