New Music

Firewater, ‘Songs We Should Have Written’ (Jet Set) V/A, ‘Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before…” (Rough Trade)

Franz Ferdinand, ‘Darts of Pleasure’ (Domino)

Guster, ‘Guster On Ice: Live From Portland Maine’ (Warner Bros.)

Northern State, ‘Dying in Stereo’ (Startime)

Boards of Canada, ‘Twoism’ (Warp)

Keane, ‘Hopes and Fears’ (Interscope)

Sondre Lerche, ‘Two Way Monologue’ (Astralwerks)

Lali Puna, ‘Faking the Books’ (Morr Music)

The Cure, ‘The Cure’ (I Am/Geffen)

Velvet Revolver, ‘Contraband’ (RCA)

Sonic Youth, ‘Sonic Nurse’ (Geffen)

Sparta, ‘Porcelain’ (Geffen)

Wilco, ‘A Ghost Is Born’ (Nonesuch)

The Chinese Stars, ‘A Rare Sensation’ (Three-One-G)

French Kicks, ‘Trial of the Century’ (Startime)