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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn infuses his windy tales of youthful debauchery with a mixture of detective-fiction luridness and first-club-show romanticism.

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Klee is a trio (vocals, keyboards, and guitar) who write basic, efficient songs and fit them to a workmanlike variety of musical settings: disco rock ("Gold"), low-lit new wave ("As Long as You Live"), and especially jangle pop ("This Is for Everyone"). A few of them are even presented in both English and German.

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Once upon a time, it seemed like Junior Boys were poised to swipe the Postal Service's emotronica demographic -- they brooded harder and had better beats. But for this second album, lead weeper Jeremy Greenspan received no rhythmic contributions from former partner Johnny Dark, and it shows.

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An American-born Londoner and longtime vocalist for experimental house kingpin Matthew Herbert, Siciliano is a pretty sharp producer herself, as the spiky rhythms and alternately soothing and what-was-that?

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On the Rapture's 2003 breakthrough, Echoes, the Brooklyn quartet attempted to juggle raw post-punk and thumping club tracks. But having ditched production wizards the DFA for a more club-oriented trio -- Paul Epworth, Ewan Pearson, and Danger Mouse -- their follow-up finds a better balance, albeit one that teeters toward a straight party groove.

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A poster on the online message board I Love Music once posited that Saint Etienne were England's answer to Beastie Boys. The superficial similarities are there -- both trios are culture junkies with massive record crates and music critics among their ranks.