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When everyone's favorite sk8er grrrl was last heard from, she'd not only delivered a surprisingly mature second album, 2004's Under My Skin, but had noticeably refined her public image. The striped ties and Dickies shorts?

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Ah, the career makeover. It's always a risky move, especially when you're onto something that doesn't really need improving. Unfortunately, the follow up to this beloved emo troop's outstanding 2005 debut ditches the band's instantly memorable hooks and embraces a new group of apparent idols.

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Few bands play punk-influenced modern rock as proficiently as these amiable Christian dudes, and on their fifth album, the piano-driven anthems that catapulted Relient K from the main stage at Cornerstone to the studios of TRL remain intact.

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Now two records in, this lo-fi duo -- led by former Fugazi and Minor Threat screamer Ian MacKaye -- continue to make charming albums while simply shrugging at their own limitations.

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You know, the Shins never seemed like the kind of guys who could actually change your life. Even now, when you watch Natalie Portman hand her oversize headphones to Zach Braff and attest to the band's transformative powers (in that infamous scene from Garden State), it feels like a mistake.

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When these Long Island thinkers released their second album, Deja Entendu, in the summer of 2003, it stood as one of the most promising artistic statements of the mainstreamo boom. With their bravely ambitious songs and Smiths-obsessed singer/guitarist Jesse Lacey, the band formed a deep connection with LiveJournal-authoring teens. And then...well, nothing.