Feist, Open Season: Remixes and Collabs (Cherrytree/Interscope):  Acclaimed indie beatmasters outfit remixed version (plus rarities, etc.) of eccentric chanteuse’s debut with nice bits and too many somnambulant, chilled-out grooves

Los Lonely Boys, Sacred (Or Music/Epic): On Pretty good second album, tres hombres make more warm, sometimes charming pop-rock Santana could poach and your mama could get down with

Alien Ant Farm, Up in the Attic (New Door/UME): SoCal quartet get way too angsty while sticking fairly close to, what was it?, nu-metal

XTC, Apple Box Set (TVT): Gratuitous collection of so-so late stuff from great psych-pop band

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Thom Yorke, The Eraser (XL): Strong solo debut finds one lonely superstar mixing snatches of heartrending beauty with agitated, shapeshifting melodies, getting great stuff from his laptop, and asking big questions: Where did you go? What’s that noise? Isn’t “How to Disappear Completely” a fabulous song?

The Adored, A New Language (V2): L.A. punks pop like it’s 1999, with enough ’77 and ’82 to keep things interesting

Muse, Black Holes and Revelations (Warner): Pretty good fourth album finds English gloomsters adding some electro and something like love songs to over-the-top cinema-rock, and, more importantly, crafting the cinema-rock better than before 

Peaches, Impeach My Bush (XL/Beggars Banquet): Porn-rapper’s just-a’ight third album, with a big load of chic bump-and-grind and bon mots like “I pissed in your pimp cup / So drink up”

JR Writer, History in the Making (Diplomat/Koch): Dipset’s hottest boy fends off his crew’s boilerplate and his own overstuffed brain on B+ debut.

Cut Chemist, The Audience’s Listening (Warner): Former Jurassic 5 DJ cuts wavery path through Brazil, some skeezy lounge and the ‘hood.

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Dashboard Confessional, Dusk and Summer (Vagrant/Interscope): Emo’s best singer-songwriter + Joshua Tree production = gorgeous pop-rock no one should call you a pussy for loving.

Tha Dogg Pound, Cali Iz Active (Doggy Style/Koch): Snoop and friends throw a party that’s merely a’ight; Diddy wears the lampshade.

Dr. Octagon, The Return of Dr. Octagon (OCD): Madman gynecologist MC comes back with electro-happy German production team.

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