Concert Previews

Coolest Mann show of the season: Monday's Arcade Fire-Spoon indie double bill. The Britt Daniel-led Texas band that shares a name with a utensil will begin with elegant understatement before the evening turns heroically anthemic in the hands of the Canadian septet fronted by husband and wife Win Butler and Renee Chassagne.

The Suburbs

, the stunning new Arcade Fire album, which comes out Tuesday, is every bit as electrifying as

Neon Bible

- the overhyped and poorly recorded 2007 successor to 2004's

Funeral

- was supposed to be. "Music divides us into tribes," Butler sings on "Suburban Wars." "Choose your side, I'll choose my side." Judging by the sound of

The Suburbs

, the Arcade Fire will be on the side that's winning.

- Dan DeLuca

It's two dance pop divas for the price of one with the teaming of arty Swedish former teen-pop star Robyn and the American R&B singer, and ex-wife of Nas, Kelis. It's a cool combo. Robyn's eight-song

Body Talk, Part 1

- the first of a planned three releases to bear the

Body Talk

moniker (the second one comes out in September) - is full of sharp, synth-driven subversions like "Fembot" that make Lady Gaga seem simpleminded in comparison. Kelis is best-known for titillating novelty smashes like "Milkshake," but she proves to be impressively adept at adopting Euro house music moves on her new

Flesh Tone

.

- D.D.

"I'm always mixing up the saviors with the fakers," Ike Reilly sings on his new album. Make no mistake: When it comes to rock-and-roll, Reilly himself is definitely a savior. He's the most explosively brilliant rocker we've heard in a while, combining swaggering, street-poet charisma with writing that's audaciously and often hilariously original even as the music builds on bent, Dylanesque blues and ferocious, Clash-like rock. And since his 2001 debut, this late-blooming, former hotel bellman from the Chicago area has lost none of his intensity and inspiration. The proof: That new album,

Hard Luck Stories

, is his best.

- Nick Cristiano