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Michael Gira still explores the drones and grinding rhythms that he recorded with legendary art-punk band Swans, but on this fifth album with collective Angels of Light, the singer/songwriter focuses on whiplash juxtapositions of sound and style.

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Well rested but not out of touch, Luscious Jackson singer/guitarist Gabby Glaser fuses garage rock and funk with touches of ethereal pop on her first solo album since the group's breakup in 2000.

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This New York band still use the staccato guitar rhythms that made their debut album, Tree City, such a jagged wrecking machine. But here, that tight, compressed punch is augmented by subtle orchestrations whose airy ambience hints at the chameleon funk of David Bowie and the dance-floor minimalism of early B-52's.

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Once the Atari 2600 of the post-rock scene, D.C.'s Trans Am now allow their metronomic rhythms to loosen up and go disco when the mood suits. Primarily instrumental -- with an occasional chanting vocal -- their eighth album never rests in one spot.

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Mason is a 22-year-old rustic singer/songwriter who's added his Martha's Vineyard musical gang for a second album heavier on texture (hello, cello!) and sweeter on harmonies (courtesy of his mom, Jemimah James).

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Antibalas' Afrobeat sound scatters into so many hyphenated juxtapositions— polyrhythmic-Afro-Cuban- funk-dub-jazz?—that they've practically become their own genre. The bandk's fourth album, recorded with Tortoise's John McEntire, is surprisingly subdued, considering the current events it attempts to address.