Incubus, Colbie Caillat, Blake Shelton New CD releases

Incubus, "If Not Now, When?" (Epic)

It's been five years since "Light Grenades" gave Incubus its first chart-topping album. So what do they do for an encore? Brandon Boyd, who went solo last year on an album called "The Wild Trapeze," told Noisecreep to expect an album unlike anything they've done. "We're going to kind of challenge our fans with this one," he said. "But I'm excited about that. I think that's what needs to happen." Billboard says, "It's a worthwhile reinvention, but a little more noise wouldn't have hurt, either."

Colbie Caillat, "All of You" (Universal Republic)

Michelle Obama's favorite rapper, Common, makes a guest appearance on Caillat's third album, which follows her chart-topping "Breakthrough." The singer told Billboard, "I still incorporate all the styles that I love that were on 'Breakthrough' and 'Coco,' but it's a new chapter. I've experienced more and I've written with new songwriters who are really talented . . . It's like a full-on summer album." She told Artisan News one of her favorites on the album has more of a "doo-wop/reggae kind of feel." Billboard found that it offers "a little more wisdom, balance and musical maturity" that her previous efforts while the Entertainment Weekly awarded the album a B-plus, writing, "The Malibu songbird's sound - full of carefree acoustic strums and beach-ready romance - is built for blandness, so her greatest struggle has always been breaking through all that aggressive pleasantness. Luckily, her third album, 'All of You,' proves there's more to her than a smile and a hair toss."

Blake Shelton, "Red River Blue" (Warner Bros. Nashville)

Shelton's first album since hitting the non-country mainstream as a coach on NBC's "The Voice" has already given him his highest-charting entry yet on Billboard's Hot 100 (No. 13) with a song called "Honey Bee" while extending his streak of consecutive country chart-toppers to four. The album earned a B from Entertainment Weekly, which said, "Newly nesting and fresh from his pop-crossover hit 'Honey Bee,' he's lost some rascal magnetism, but he's winning sweetness points, harmonizing with the missus on the title track, offering to make dip for her 'tater chips,' and insisting, 'Let other fools go paint the town / We'll just hold this sofa down.' "

Alkaline Trio, "Damnesia" (Epitaph/Heart & Skull)

The endearingly titled follow-up to last year's raucous "This Addiction," Alkaline Trio's eighth studio album is said to feature "a selection of beloved fan favourites selected from the group's extensive catalogue and presented in an intimate semi-unplugged format." Those beloved fan favorites include their version of the Violent Femmes' "I Held Her in My Arms," first album highlight "Clavicle" and two brand new Alkaline Trio originals ("Olde English 800" and "I Remember a Rooftop"). You can check out that version of "Clavicle" on YouTube. Alternative Press was unimpressed, weighing in with, "The album's best moment is 'You've Got So Far to Go,' which is straightforward without sacrificing nuance or energy. If only the rest of 'Damnesia' could have been on that same wavelength."