Bell X1, Blue Lights on the Runway (Yep Roc)
Boston Spaceships, Planets are Blasted (Guided by Voices)
Neko Case, Middle Cyclone (Anti-)
Justin Townes Earle, Midnight at the Movies (Bloodshot)
Molly Jenson, Maybe Tomorrow (Nettwerk)
The Prodigy, Invaders Must Die (Take Me to the Hospital/Cooking Vinyl)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Communion (Yep Roc)
U2, No Line on the Horizon (Interscope)
The Whip, X Marks Destination (Razor and Tie)
This article appears in Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2009.