This week in music listening, featuring patent-pending two-word reviews:

Gaza Strippers: From the Desk of Dr. Freepill - full throttle
Samiam: Whatever’s Got You Down - middle road
Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies - classic Sweet
Sleater Kinney: One Beat - strong chorus’
Redd Kross: Show World - lost treasure
Tindersticks: Curtains - dark richness
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime - heady brilliance
Stereolab: Not Music - catchy kitsch
Soul Aslyum: Hang Time - energetic ‘Mats-lite
Public Image Ltd.: This Is PiL - welcome return
Garbage: Not Your Kind Of People - moderately successful
Hot Snakes: Suicide Invoice - punk gem
Watershed: Twister - midwestern power-pop
Alive: No Token Vol. 3 compilation – strong diversity