Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs

“Death Cab for Cutie, that poster boy for sensitive indie pop, prove it has some balls behind all that pretty, “OC”-approved music with “Narrow Stairs.” The follow-up to 2005’s “Plans,” the group’s second Atlantic outing, is a welcome growth musically and thematically: The songs here hit with a full-on assault of crunching guitar riffs, distorted, cracked vocals and walls of disorienting feedback, while lyrically, frontman Ben Gibbard visits the moodier and darker corners of his mind. A lumbering bass lingers behind a stalker on the loose on the eight-minute “I Will Possess Your Heart,” the guitars driving “Cath . . . ” venture close to alt-country territory, and “Pity and Fear” grooves with a jungle-like beat. Fundamentally, it’s still the Death Cab you know and love, now just a little rougher around the edges. —Jill Menze”

The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia…

“Dresden Dolls vocalist Amanda Palmer is a showstopper. She can be as a calming as a member of a church choir or as towering as a Broadway lead, and the chaotic, piano-driven cabaret of the Dresden Dolls often requires Palmer to capture both extremes in a single verse. She’ll have a starring role later this year when she releases her first solo effort, but in the meantime, the Dresden Dolls’ “No, Virginia . . . ” serves as a placeholder, a collection of odds and ends to tide fans over. Some cuts, like the cover of “Pretty in Pink,” or the tensionless march of “Mouse and the Model,” didn’t need to be resurrected. But others, like the singalong rolling notes of “Sorry Bunch” or “Night Reconnaissance,” a multipart romp about middle-class vagrants, can stand with the Dolls’ A-sides. —Todd Martens”

Fisher Stevenson - No Tomorrow Here Tonight

I can see this doing well. 7/10

Shinedown - Devour (Night of Champions Theme)

Hard rock at its finest, and i mean hard. 7/10

Puddle of Mudd - We Don’t Have To Look Back Now

Great style, great lyrics and great presentation. Look for this to blow up. 9/10

Carter’s Chord - Different Breed

Not going anywhere, period. 2/10