10-in-10 CD reviews

Each Friday, we bring you 10-word reviews of 10 recently-released CDs:

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Up From Below — Rotating cast of musicians creates hippy-happy vibes on debut.

Various Artists 500 Days Soundtrack — Regina Spektor, Wolfmother, The Smiths, Feist and a handful more.

New Roman Times On the Sleeve — Combination of indie rock with splash of ’80s thrown in.

Children Collide The Long Now — Australian band offers its own brand of guitar-driven rock.

Ballyhoo Cheers! — Latest from Baltimore rockers was mixed by 311’s Chad Sexton.

Ghostbird Ghostbird — Seven songs from indie duo have plenty of pop sensibility.

Roy Jay Lucky Guy — Entrepreneur’s debut album sounds like a poor man’s Jimmy Buffett.

Nuke the Soup Make Waves Not War — Indie veteran Mark Davison’s latest project has political, simple lyrics.

Pterodactyl Worldwild — Art rockers consist of an interesting conglomerate of sonic layers. (At Snug Harbor on 7/29)

Chocolate Thunder Ear Candy — Greenville, S.C., native Linda Rodney releases sophomore r&b disc.

This article appears in Jul 14-21, 2009.