Danko Jones
Code of the Road (Aquarius)
Get the Trans Am out of hock and toss away those dusty KISS 8-tracks; this Canuck power trio revives the spirit of flat-out ’70s boogie rock with serious aplomb.

Brooke Fraser
C.S. Lewis Song (Columbia)
With Sarah McLachlan a patchouli-scented memory and Fiona Apple’s bony ass glued to her therapist’s couch, Brooke Fraser steps into the piano-pop void. There’s no talk of white rabbits, but she does mention getting naked.

The Wombats
Moving to New York (14th Floor)
Bass-bombed Brit-pop shot through with chunky organs and enough spit and snot to remind you of great the Manic Street Preachers could have been if that twat Richey James Edwards hadn’t gone permanently AWOL.

Gavin Rossdale
Frontline (Interscope)
All right, so it’s no Glycerine, but the chiming guitars and edge-of-midnight organs almost make the case that Gavin Rossdale is good for something other than changing little Kingston’s diapers.

Disturbed
Inside the Fire (Reprise)
The techno-injected metal riffage will have you reaching for the bong, but what really sells Inside the Fire is the kind of guitar pyrotechnics that once helped Eddie Van Halen get Valerie Bertinelli in the sack.

Tricky
Council Estate (Domino)
Over a caffeinated track that sounds like a dub-inflected sonic collage of spirit-of-’76 punk, an energized Adrian Thaws holds forth about growing up poor but refusing to let go of hope. Where has this guy been all decade?

Autolux
Audience No. 2 (Independent)
With its looping feedback and the coolest stuttering beat you’ll hear this week, Autolux’s latest single offers a tantalizing taste of the band’s long-awaited second album.

Air France
Collapsing at Your Doorstep (Sincerely Yours!)
A feel-good-all-over dance track with samples of children at play and a not-quite-disco beat, this one’ll have you reminiscing wistfully about your first summer crush.

Benny Benassi vs. Public Enemy
Bring the Noise (SPG Music)
Remember how the original Bomb Squad–produced version made you want to smash windshields and turn a liquor store into a structure fire? Benny Benassi’s trance mix might inspire you to start a revolution on the dance floor.

Leo Minor
Ashes to Ashes (Rapster)
An oddly uplifting electro-spaz take on what is arguably the most monumentally depressing number in the David Bowie catalogue.

The Submarines
Brightest Hour (Nettwerk)
Tinkertoy, DIY dream-pop in which singer Blake Hazard approaches every line with a charmingly winsome sense of childlike wonder.