New Music

The Cure, ‘The Cure’ (I Am/Geffen)

Rachael Yamagata, ‘Happenstance’ (RCA)

Camera Obscura, ‘Underachievers Please Try Harder’ (Merge)

The Monolith, ‘Here Comes the Monolith’ (Fortune)

Oneida, ‘Secret Wars’ (Jagjaguwar)

Citizens Here and Abroad, ‘Ghosts of Tables And Chairs’ (Omnibus)

Blink-182, ‘Blink-182’ (Geffen)

Kylie Minogue, ‘Body Language’ (EMI)

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.)

Wilco, ‘A Ghost Is Born’ (Nonesuch)

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

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

Velvet Revolver, ‘Contraband’ (RCA)