Orenda Fink takes a break from her many bandmates with Ask the Night, a folk-filled consideration of the artist’s down-home roots.

Quirky Canadian twins Tegan and Sara are back, this time abandoning the darker sound that penetrated The Con and returning, a bit, to their folk-rock roots.

The Heavy return with the old-school soul of The House That Dirt Built.

The Raveonettes continue to entice with their edgy, fuzzy, Scandinavian pop sound on In and Out of Control.

A girl-punk dream, The Slits’ Trapped Animal brings the genre back to its gritty roots at the hands of punk rock royalty.