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

Ceremony: Zoo - average noise
Gaunt: Yeah, Me Too - catchy punk
Gordon: Gordon - lesser Beck
Ruth Ruth: The Little Death - okay punk
King of Kings: King of Kings - annoying prog
The Life And Times: Tragic Boogie - heavy dreaminess
Meat Puppets: No Joke - tired letdown
Silver Jet: Pull Me Up Drag Me Down - boring pop
Gruntruck: Shot EP – raging rockers
Greta: No Biting - little bite
Huffy: No High Five - low five
Jennyanykind: Revelater - mild revelation
Moose: Honey Bee - sugary sweet
Tuff: What Goes Around Comes Around - go away
Ultimate Fakebook: Open Up & Say Awesome - moderately awesome
Eric Metronome: Invisible Friends – friendly pop
Circus Devils: Sgt. Disco - experimental Pollard
Circus Devils: Harold Pig Memorial - dark psychedelia
Jeremy Toback: Perfect Flux Thing - melodically inert
The Promise Ring: Wood/Water - inconsistent emo
Rush: Counterparts - disappointing polish
The Mars Volta: Noctourniquet - less manic
The Desert Sessions: Volume 1 & 2 - mixed bag
The Runarounds: Waiting For The Hurricane – decent riffs
The Posies: Blood/Candy - interestingly different