Music: Oasis' 'Dig Out Your Soul'

(Reprise Records)

Since its mid-'90s heyday, Oasis' albums have been comfortable, even pedestrian affairs, usually rescued by a couple of uncomplicated singalong stadium anthems. "Dig Out Your Soul," however, is the sound of a band rediscovering its snarl. Lead single "The Shock of the Lightning" sets the template: It may not have a chorus as such, but boy, does it make a fantastic racket in search of one. Much of the album sounds similarly wired, with such songs as "Bag It Up," "Waiting for the Rapture" and "The Turning" relocating the air of menace Noel Gallagher's songwriting seemed to mislay after "Definitely Maybe." DOWNLOAD: "The Turning"

-- Billboard