The October Also-rans ¤

WHO? WHAT? WHY?
¤ The Envy Corps sounds like MGMT meets Radiohead.
¤ Norwegian veterans Pogo Pops still play the kind of music their name suggests.
¤ The Enemy's latest single sounds (perhaps not surprisingly) a bit like The Jam.
¤ Foo Fighters go all Tom Petty on their "obligatory new song on compilation".
¤ One-man-band Maps are not so much gazing at shoes as reaching for the sky.