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Full of sticky themes and thick power chords, the stoner band’s fourth outing is a mixed bag, as Josh Homme and his boys dabble in punk, rockabilly, waltz, funk, blues and country. From the primal beats of “Burn the Witch” and the Black Flag guitar of “Medication” to the angular “Someone’s in the Wolf,” the album is surprisingly experimental. The Queens may have been searching for another “No One Knows,” their 2002 radio hit, but ultimately they stumbled on something fresher and more appealing. Mar. 22

This installment in the Classic Albums DVD series features Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic looking back on Nirvana’s breakthrough record that Grohl proudly admits has a “purity and honesty you don’t hear very often.” Producer Butch Vig dissects the album like a scientist with a petrie dish, isolating tracks on “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Polly” and others to demonstrate the mellifluous quality of Kurt Cobain’s voice and to analyze the alchemy behind the “very dark, very beautiful” album that defined a generation. Mar. 22

Moby = multi-tasker. The man born Richard Melville Hall (distant relative of Moby Dick author Herman Melville) has made a career as a DJ, remixer, producer and recording artist who plays every instrument. He’s also an imaginative entrepreneur who runs a restaurant in New York’s lower East Village. The sample-free Hotel is like a boutique residence with diverse sounds on every floor: disco (“Very”), ballads (“Forever”) and rousing sing-alongs (“Lift Me Up”). A second ambient disc serves as a relaxing sauna. Mar. 22