In Brief

* * 1/2 Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, “Better Days,” Impact. This horn-laden return to the Southside of Jersey might also be titled “Glory Days,” for the way it’s likely to appeal to blue-collar rock fans who pine for Bruce Springsteen’s more celebratory, premarital sound. Indeed, the return to the Jukes’ old-style R&B;/rock is predictably warming, but the music is so drenched in nostalgia that the album eventually begins to feel uncomfortably like a high-school reunion soundtrack.