Like last October�s New Moon collection, Eclipse operates as a sort of alt-party primer: original songs from the genre�s current varsity squad, with a smattering of JV newbies. Pomp-rockers Muse, practically the movies� musical mascots by now, provide the requisite dose of Queen-meets-Rush grandiosity on �Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever),� while Jack White side project the Dead Weather revel in swampy blooze-ooze on �Rolling in on a Burning Tire.� Vampire Weekend, stripped of their habitual Afro-pop swaddling, work the harpsichord-tinged twee of �Jonathan Low� into a pleasingly woolly tangle, though Australian chanteuse Sia�s �My Love� does more with much less — her fragile ballad is so ethereal and otherworldly, it should be sung in Elvish. U.K. indie-pop outfit Fanfarlo�s rickety �Atlas� sounds like Talking Heads on a dirt-road detour; Beck and British songstress Bat for Lashes trade haunting echo-chamber
vocals on the percussion-heavy duet �Let�s Get Lost�; and on the heady �Heavy in Your Arms,� Florence + the Machine make like Siouxsie Sioux leading a tribal marching band into battle. L.A. unknowns Eastern Conference Champions co-opt Radiohead�s dense existential dread, Band of Horses conjure up another beardy folk ramble, and this summer�s palest citizens get a pretty solid ready-made mixtape. B+
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