Imagine a big-time punk-pop trio from the Oakland-area deciding, for fun, to record a cool song that reminded them of '60s garage rock. Imagine the track, "Mother Mary," leaking out and amazingly going top 20 Modern Rock. Now imagine the full-length album that came out of this fun. What you have is "Stop Drop and Roll!!!!" by the Foxboro Hot Tubs (shhh…it's Green Day!)

"Lucky Ones" is Mudhoney's eighth full-length album. Deliberately and aggressively raw, it sounds as lean and as full-on as any modern equivalent one cares to mention. Recorded in a scant three and a half days, written and recorded "from the rhythm up" instead of from the riff and lyrics down.

Scarlett Johansson's debut album "Anywhere I Lay My Head" features her distinctive vocal interpretations of ten songs by legendary singer-songwriter Tom Waits. It also introduces one original track, "Song for Jo," which she co-wrote with David Andrew Sitek. David Bowie adds backing vocals on "Falling Down" and "Fannin Street."

The Flobots debut album "Fight With Tools" is out this week. They are a pair of intelligent, visionary emcees who have joined forces with a battle-hardened, groove-fusing rhythm section, a classically trained violist, and a jazz trumpet player. This fusion results in a sound that explores and expands the frontiers of live avant hip hop.