Stan Getz Getz for Lovers (Verve) The man with the “bedroom” sound on tenor—perfect for Valentine’s Day! 8.5 (LD)

The Last Hard Men self-titled (Spitfire) Sebastian Bach, Kelley Deal, Jimmy Flemion and Jimmy Chamberlain make a weird-ass one-off of hard-rawkers, alterna-poppers, power ballads and other oddities. 6 (LC)

Black Moses Emperor Ned (Lunasound) Somebody’s been listening to Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain and T. Rex’s Slider. Nice try, though. 6 (JC)

Sticky Rice Take Out (Bobby Dazzler) Toronto “Rice Girls” from the Sid Vicious school of punk rock proficiency make an album in a day with elderstatesman of stonerdom Ian Blurton. 4 (LC)

Very Metal Hit and Run (Beer City) Hey fellas, why not replace the word “metal” in your name with “shit,” because that’s what you are. 3 (JC)