Cephalic Carnage Lucid Interval (Relapse/Koch) Along with Dillinger Escape Plan and Isis, Cephalic Carnage are one the most important bands in metal right now, and demand your ears. 9 (JC)

Lee Wiley Completists’ Ultimate Collection Volumes One and Two (Devil’s Music) Two CDs of air checks from the ’30s by one of the great (unsung) jazz singers. 9 (LD)

Cousin Cockroach “This Ain’t Tom ’n’ Jerry” 12” (Bitasweet) A dirty, rotted sonic assault visiting the dancehall with recharged battery and new shoes, seen? 8 (SC)

Division of Laura Lee Black City (Burning Heart/Epitaph) Ingmar Bergman, ABBA, Björn Borg and Burning Heart punk. More proof that Sweden is a dark place. 8 (LC)

Elf Power Nothing’s Going to Happen (Orange Twin) Covers of Buzzcocks, Gary Numan, the Frogs, Bad Brains, Roky Ericson, Hüsker Dü and more. Whaddaya waitin’ for? 8 (JC)

Maxelle The French Connection (PTR/Goya) Local sound-scientist Don-Ray Simmonds gets his leftfield bruk-beat remixed by T.O.’s Moonstarr and 4Hero’s Mark Mac. 7.5 (SC)

Anna Waronker Anna (Five Foot Two/Oglio/Fusion III) Vanity rules as this accomplished producer and That Dog lady goes totally L.A. rock. 6 (LC)

Badorb.com Bless you (Shanachie) That’s bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good. 3 (RK))

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