Generators - Generators: Atlanta hip-hop duo poised to do bigger and better things.

Desaparecidos - Payola: Excellent follow-up, tremendous live show. Hope they stick around.

Cave-In - White Silence: Much better album than Perfect Pitch Black.

Cave-In - Perfect Pitch Black: Not my favorite release.

Against Me! - 23 Live Sex Acts: Overproduced, but listenable.

454 Big Block - Save Me From Myself: Much improved.

454 Big Block - Your Jesus: The mid-90s hardcore scene was an interesting place.

Neil Young - Storytone: The busier versions are surprisingly light and more compelling.

Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain: Good, but not essential, folk/rock from the '60s.

You Blew It! - Keep Doing What You're Doing: Yes, please do.

Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes: Hope get got that out of his system.