New Music

White Magic, ‘Dat Rosa Mel Apibus’ (Drag City)

The Kingdom, ‘K1’ (Arena Rock)

Ron Artest, ‘My World’ (Tru Warier/Lightyear)

The Whigs, ‘Give ‘Em All a Big Fat Lip’ (ATO)

Swan Island, ‘The Centre Will Hold’ (16/Holocene)

Subtle, ‘For Hero: For Fool’ (Lex/Astralwerks)

Let’s Hear it for the Junior Boys!

Mute Math, ‘Mute Math’ (Teleprompt/Warner Bros.)

Gypsy Punk and Electric Funk

The Prize Fighter Inferno, ‘My Brother’s Blood Machine’ (Equal Vision)

Isis, ‘In the Absence of Truth’ (Ipecac)

The Dears Come Alive

Alela Diane, ‘The Pirate’s Gospel’ (Holocene Music)

The Who, ‘Endless Wire’ (Universal Republic)

Chin Up Chin Up, ‘This Harness Can’t Ride Anything’ (Suicide Squeeze)