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"The Libertines" by The Libertines

"The Libertines" by The Libertines

If you've followed the insane antics of The Libertines for the past year, I'm sure you're as shocked as myself that they actually had any time whatsoever to make a follow-up to 2002's shambling but brilliant debut Up The Bracket. If you weren't previously aware, co-frontman Pete Doherty has had some... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"The Artist and the Ambulance" by Thrice

"The Artist and the Ambulance" by Thrice

WOW! This album is absolutely amazing! For those of you who are looking for a CD with lyrics that tug your emotions and is also great to listen to when you're pissed off, Thrice is the band for you. They might be lumped in a category with all those other emo and pop-punk bands, but trust me, you'... [More]

Written By: Doug Radunich
"Rubber Factory" by Black Keys

"Rubber Factory" by Black Keys

Wow, here's something that doesn't happen every day: within the space of three or four concentrated listens, I've gone from finding the Black Keys new Rubber Factory competent blooze rock revivalism (something that, in its truest form is already rare enough these days) to being almost certain that t... [More]

Written By: Jeff Hubbard
"Leaves Turn Inside You" by Unwound

"Leaves Turn Inside You" by Unwound

Sonic Youth are their own reward. For all of the great bands that have been influenced by those still active greats (Pavement, Yo La Tengo, you name it), Sonic Youth mapped out an identity that is so iconoclastic, so satisfying in its own right, that they don't need acolytes to prove their greatnes... [More]

Written By: Jeff Hubbard
"East Nashville Skyline" by Todd Snider

"East Nashville Skyline" by Todd Snider

Todd Snider, mostly because of his self-destructive tendencies, is perhaps the best songwriter nobody's ever heard of. Considering his monumental struggles with substance abuse (rehabilitation clinics practically leave the light on for him Motel 6 style) it's rather astounding that he's managed to p... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"Everyone Is Here" by The Finn Brothers

"Everyone Is Here" by The Finn Brothers

I'd just moved to California in 1984 and was checking out the local record stores and just out of sheer fate picked a Split Enz LP out of a bargain bin - and though I've since come the realization that Waiita is not among Spit Enz best, it contained a song that absolutely floored me. It was one of t... [More]

Written By: The Boneman
"Medulla" by Bjork

"Medulla" by Bjork

When it was announced last year that Bjork's next project would be an album of nothing but vocals with no sort of instrumentation to accompany them whatsoever, I thought that she'd finally lost her marbles (or what few she had left). But here it is, Medulla, and it couldn't possibly be any more fasc... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"Alive & Amplified" by The Mooney Suzuki

"Alive & Amplified" by The Mooney Suzuki

Wallowing in obscurity can sometimes be a bitch. Especially when you're four guys from New York called The Mooney Suzuki and you want more than anything to be the biggest rock band in the world. Mooney's first two albums, People Get Ready and Electric Sweat, were great slices of garage rock blood, s... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"Winchester Cathedral" by Clinic

"Winchester Cathedral" by Clinic

The first time I heard Clinic's debut album International Wrangler I was completely hooked. How could you not be? That filthy wash of keyboards, pounding guitar riffs, and that haunting melodica that looms over their sound courtesy of lead-singer Ade Blackburn - it was an altogther astounding thing... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One" by Omar A. ...

"A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One" by Omar A. Rodriguez Lopez

For those of you who don't know, Omar A. Rodriguez Lopez is the guitarist and lead creative director with the Mars Volta project. He was also guitarist for El Paso's beloved quintet At the Drive in, I would imagine you wouldn't be reading this if you haven't heard of them. This is O-Rod's solo p... [More]

Written By: Tyson Cantrell
"The Hustle" by G. Love

"The Hustle" by G. Love

Garrett Dutton, that lovable folk rap blues sensation also known to the buying public as G. Love, is back with his new album The Hustle, his first for Jack Johnson's new imprint label Brushfire Records. This is the first time G. Love has made an album without the G. Love & Special Sauce moniker, whi... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"A Letter To Friends" by Clairmel

"A Letter To Friends" by Clairmel

Clairmel is one of the best things to come out of Gainesville, Florida since Gatorade and have about as many electrolytes. Although they actually live a few miles to the east in Tampa and have less of a salty after taste. The four indie nerds that formed Clairmel, Don, Dave, Richie and originally... [More]

Written By: Tyson Cantrell
"Whiskey Tango Ghosts" by Tanya Donelly

"Whiskey Tango Ghosts" by Tanya Donelly

Tanya Donelly is a myth. To me she's right there beside Bigfoot, and Nessy - an unidentified female object that once appeared on the cover of the Rolling Stone as the leader of Belly. This girl has indie cred galore, as an integral part of her half sister's band Throwing Muses and also a founding me... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones
"The Dirty South" by Drive-By Truckers

"The Dirty South" by Drive-By Truckers

"Welcome to The Mythological South. Some of the stories we're telling here happened some time ago. Many are set in the mid-seventies and early-eighties. Don't really matter when or even if it happened. A couple of stories come from folklore of nearly a century ago. Some of it happened last night. Pe... [More]

Written By: Kyle England
"Half Smiles of the Decomposed" by Guided By Voices

"Half Smiles of the Decomposed" by Guided By Voices

Guided By Voices is officially throwing in the towel with Half Smiles of the Decomposed, and in so doing put a laurel upon the head of their class-act of a leader Robert Pollard. This is a bit of a pun as throughout much of his self-styled musical career he has held down a position as a school teach... [More]

Written By: Kevin Jones