Straylight Run The Needles The Space (Universal Republic) The boys in Straylight Run get all growed up and once-and-for-all shake off any emo-core blow-back leftover from their days in Taking Back Sunday. It’s clear now on their second full-length that ex-TBSers John Nolan and Shaun Cooper, along with Michelle DaRosa and Will Noon, have traded up for triumphant piano builds, layered multi-sex choruses and intelligent vocals. Instead of staying in the realm of what is......

Stay warm and prepare yourself for the shopping season by treating yourself to some new records. Here's what's new on the shelves at Waterloo and End of an Ear today: Gwen Stefani The Sweet Escape (Interscope) Somewhere in between her modern day interpretation of Elvira Hancock and her shoulder-groping self-adoration is Gwen Stefani's music, though it might rightly be as glossy and desirable as it is because of co-writers (Neptunes, Rice-Oxley of Keane). Commercial......