Youth Group : Casino Twilight Dogs

Aussies go canine on second album.

Busdriver : RoadKillOvercoat

Enter the grassroots, off-kilter rap intelligentsia.

Ghost : In Stormy Nights

Still haunting after all these years.

The Stooges : The Weirdness

Not as weird as it sounds.

High Llamas : Can Cladders

More lively pastoral pop from woolen troubadours.

Jatun : Jatun

An ambient playground.

RJD2 : The Third Hand

Philly DJ goes the singer/songwriter route.

Amon Tobin : Foley Room

The long-awaited return of electronica’s most gifted.

The Early Years : The Early Years

Promising UK band wins us over.

Albert Hammond, Jr. : Yours To Keep

Or how Terry and Al got their grooves back.

Call Me Lightning : Soft Skeletons

Lightning strikes (not once but twice).

The Arcade Fire : Neon Bible

The awesome follow-up to the decade’s best debut.