Various Newport Folk Festival: Blues (Vanguard) Three CDs chock full of live and unreleased John Lee Hooker, Son House, Muddy Waters etc. I am peeing myself as I write this. 9.5 (JC)

Roxy Music Concerto (NMC Music/Fusion III) An impressive live recording from the band's '79 US tour. Choice early material puts disc two on top. 8.5 (LC)

American Steel Jagged Thoughts (Lookout!/Outside) American Steel could singlehandedly save pop-punk from the talentless goofs that are currently clogging it up. 8.5 (JC)

The Strokes The Modern Age EP (XL/Select) Say, for just one night, the Velvets went and banged crank, not smack. Discuss! 8 (RB)

More Plastic A False EP (Modernation) Toronto rawkers present a small, tight dose of choppy yet soulful garage with a Moog-made demo for contrast. 7.5 (LC) At the Datsons All-nighter at Lion d'Or, Sat., June 16

Jane Monheit Come Dream With Me (N-Coded Music/Koch) Nice, but a little too much of the same cloth, tempo-wise. 7.5 (LD) At Club Soda, July 1-2, as part of the Jazz Fest

Various Tomb Raider Soundtrack (Elektra/Warner) What's a video-game movie without Leftfield, Fluke, Moby, Chem. Bros. etc.? Breakbeat bubblegum for the THC 'n' THX set. 5 (RB)

The Cult Beyond Good and Evil (Atlantic/Warner) A mediocre grasp at the past, all fist-in-the-air guitars and lyrics. Put your fist to better use when these cracked-out jerk-bags come back to town. 3 (LC)

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