Call it Fiction
Something I've Never Felt

Call It Fiction's six-song EP races along at an enjoyably breakneck pace with all the requisite breakdowns and shout-along choruses you'd expect from a pop punk quintet. And while it's predictable, it's also an overall enjoyable affair. We dare you not to get sucked into the longing-for-last-summer angst of "Seasons." myspace.com/thisiscallitfiction

Jessica Lea Mayfield
Tell Me
(Nonesuch Records)

Produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Jessica Lea Mayfield's second release is polished and confident. This time out, there's fuller instrumentation and poppy surprises such as "Blue Skies Again" and "Nervous Lonely Night," which provide new places for the Kent singer-songwriter's soulful voice to go. jessicaleamayfield.com

Cellar Door Records
Volume III
(Cellar Door Records)

Musician Justin Markert parlayed his now-defunct, music-focused coffee shop into a Lake County-based record label in 2007. High points on his third artist sampler include the power-charged folk of the Lighthouse and the Whaler's "Under Mountain, Under Ground" and the Modern Electric's "Mistakes." cellardoorrecords.com