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On Vespertine, Björk built a perfect song ("Aurora") around the sound of feet crunching through snow.

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Liz Phair may never make another smart-sexy classic like Exile in Guyville. But two years ago, when the former indie vixen took a shot at teen pop, lots of old-time devotees, especially those of the graying male variety, were apoplectic about her new direction.

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If expectations are just disappointments waiting to happen, DangerDoom is a white-hot flame of anticipation fated to sizzle your rap-lovin' heart to a bitter char. MF Doom is the underground's masked mic surrealist; Danger Mouse is the creator of the illicit Jay-Z/Beatles mastersplice, The Grey Album.

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Being a Canadian supergroup has to be tough these days. U.S. passport checks for a dozen-plus band members? Bring a sleeping bag. Kool-Aid jokes implying that your music commune is a cult? Demoralizing. Labatt Blue runs for guest artists, roadies, girlfriends, and merch flacks while on tour? More expensive than you'd think.

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It's fun to imagine that My Morning Jacket's Jim James composes his songs by wailing into an abandoned railroad tunnel, his beard moist with sweat, his corduroy sport coat flapping rakishly in the updraft. Sadly, it's more likely that he and his band just sit around with a guitar and a tape recorder. But a group with such an epic sound begs for a myth of its own.