Omega is a sharp piece of pop-rock, which pretty darn good for a quartet of rock veterans. And best of all, they don't come off cynical or jaded in the least. This disc falls short when these players put down their pop chops momentarily and try to rock out.

Intronaut kick off their massive North American tour with Cynic and Dysrhythmia tonight

To the cynical obsessive fan, this DVD may be too brief, but in time, they'll return to it as the band lowers the sheets and lets us into their bed. The film may not be definitive in its lore of legend, but that's part of the point. Some legends are better left unspoken.

'Avert your cynical eyes,' the singer tells voters

A couple days ago we heard Devendra Banhart inhabit Liars’ excellent “The Overachievers,” reversing the frequency of the opposites attract/urban cynic vs. L.A. hippie love song for the deluxe edition of Sisterworld’s Reinterpretations disc. Various able-minded individuals also helped build the “reinterpr...