The English Beat Beat This! (Go Feet) All the best from these prime movers of second-wave ska. Largely from their debut, I Just Can't Stop It!, as well it should be. 9 (RB)

Gary Burton For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal (Concord/Song) A beauty of a tribute CD by the master of the four-mallet technique! 9 (LD)

Silver Bullit Citizen Bird (Nons/Fusion III) Psychedelia shakes hands with '80s bombastica. 8 (JC)

Rayovaq Tendency to Sway (Catch and Release) Lo-fi, local EP graced by depressive female vocals and slow-driving, Velvets-style guitar and drums. With one big rock-out. 7 (LC)

Ether Net The Requisite Chemicals (Requisite Recordings) Cleveland boys present dynamic, vaguely Britrock-inspired sophomore album. Touches of beauty and sleaze, of course. 6.5 (LC)

Fabulous Disaster Put Out or Get Out (Pink and Black/Fat Wreck) More punk-by-numbers by self-proclaimed trashy, bad-girl hags. Some decent tunes, nice harmonizing. And fast. 6 (LC)

Gigantor Back to the Rockets! (Rotten) Gigantor's pop/punk sound make them the happiest bunch o' guys in all of Deutschland--maybe the only happy ones there. 5 (JC)

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