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The Adjusters Before the Revolution (Moon/Stomp) As much mod, soul, Latin and funk as it is ska. This lunar expedition's a success! 8 (RB) Murder City Devils Empty Bottles, Broken Hearts (Sub Pop/Warner) Sub Pop apologizes for sucking so much over the past couple of years by signing this great blues-punk band. It's about friggin' time. 7 (JC) Keith Sweat Still in the Game (Warner) Sweat begs and moans his way through yet another set, with help from Snoop, Too Short and Erick Sermon. 6.5 (GD) Rialto Rialto (China/Warner) Britpop falls out of the '60s, into the '70s, and off the radar. Ex-Suede head Bernard Butler does this shit best. 6 (CY) Arnold Hillside (Creation/Columbia) Didn't Blur write a song called "Ernold Same"? Same difference--and same as above. 6 (CY) Jocelyn Montgomery & David Lynch Lux Vivens (Mammoth/Universal) The sublime brilliance of dead nun Hildegard von Bingen, reduced to crappy vampire-movie music. 3 (RB)
Chicago Underground Duo 12° of Freedom (Thrill Jockey) And underground is exactly where the free-jazz tip of Chicago's post-rock scene should stay. 2 (CY)
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