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• Paul and Linda McCartney: Ram -

  A Derided at the time, Ram gets a reissue and another chance at a second chance. 

• Garbage: Not Your Kind Of People -

  C+ A ’90s survivor seeks relevance amid relic-hood.

• El-P: Cancer For Cure -

  A The rapper-producer embraces paranoia. 

• Joey Ramone: …Ya Know? -

  B- The late Ramones leader croons from beyond the grave (again).

• The Cult: Choice Of Weapon -

  C+ The Cult gets back to the business of sounding like The Cult.

• Mount Eerie: Clear Moon  -

  B A nature boy steps tentatively out of his sanctuary.

• JBM: Stray Ashes -

  B Canadian singer-songwriter has a windswept, mystical air.

• Hannibal Buress: Animal Furnace -

  A- The slacker comic embraces stardom.

• Beach House: Bloom -

  A- The dream-pop duo is in full flower with its career-cementing fourth album.  

• Tenacious D: Rize Of The Fenix -

  B+ The comedy-metal duo rises from the ashes. 

• Cornershop: Urban Turban: The Singhles Club -

  B- Reheated exotica retains the flavor, but has a soggy texture. 

• Killer Mike: R.A.P. Music -

  B+ With El-P behind the boards, Killer Mike makes an anti-everything manifesto.

• Hot Water Music: Exister -

  C- When it comes to a hotly anticipated, post-hardcore comeback, simply existing just isn’t enough.

• Sleep: Dopesmoker -

  A A reissue of a beyond-epic 1996 album promises “a true representation of Sleep’s hour-long Weedian chronicle.” 

• Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts -

  C+ Norah Jones and Danger Mouse collaborate on another perfectly fine Norah Jones record. 

• Best Coast: The Only Place -

  B- Sunny indie duo Best Coast grows up on The Only Place.

• Silversun Pickups: Neck Of The Woods -

  B The ’90s nostalgists go dark. 

• Off!: Off! -

  B+ One of punk’s most lovable misanthropes cranks up the crankiness. 

• Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship -

  C Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich guides the Brooklyn band through a neater, tighter third album. 

• PS I Love You: Death Dreams -

  A- The Canadian duo makes big riffs in service of bigger emotions.  

• Future: Pluto -

  C+ The stargazing, syrup-guzzling Atlanta rapper/singer doubles down on the Auto-Tune.

• Aaron Freeman: Marvelous Clouds -

  B Gene Ween goes solo with help from a forgotten cult hero. 

• Damon Albarn: Dr Dee  -

  B+ The frontman of Blur and Gorillaz tries on a new costume.

• Santigold: Master Of My Make-Believe -

  B Four years after her debut, Santigold reclaims her turf. 

• Rufus Wainwright: Out Of The Game -

  B+ The big-voiced troubadour takes it easy. 

• Lower Dens: Nootropics -

  B Jana Hunter’s band hits a sophomore cold snap. 

• B.o.B: Strange Clouds -

  C B.o.B. has issues with fame, too. 

• Father John Misty: Fear Fun -

  B The ex-Fleet Foxes drummer crashes to Earth. 

• Death Grips: The Money Store -

  B+ The Sacramento noise-rap trio pulls no punches on its major-label debut.

• Ty Segall and White Fence: Hair  -

  A- Ty Segall and Tim Presley look back toward the future. 

• Toro Y Moi: June 2009  -

  B+ The chillwave wunderkind vibes with guitars and AM pop in this eclectic reissue. 

• Torche: Harmonicraft  -

  A- Miami’s melodic, metallic behemoth tops itself. 

• The Dandy Warhols: This Machine -

  D Still not as cool as Kim Deal. 

• Waco Brothers & Paul Burch: Great Chicago Fire  -

  B+ Two alt-country stalwarts let their rock flags fly. 

• E-40: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2 & 3 -

  - The veteran Bay Area rapper takes his prolificacy to new extremes.