It was a dreary, cloudy evening in Seattle last night (July 22). It was hard to believe it was the middle of summer… that is, until Earlimart took the stage at Chop Suey to share a bit of California sunshine with the city's weary denizens.

Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. Click each album title to read Spin's review:

Alkaline Trio, Agony & Irony: Emo's somber pros open the shade and peer outside.

What? Since the lo-fi eclecticism of 2003's breakthrough effort Everyone Down Here, Los Angeles-based outfit Earlimart have developed a gloriously depressing sound that has become more polished with each successive release.