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Man Or Astroman?: What Remains Inside A Black Hole

Lucky planet Earth. The super-prolific instrumental guitar aliens in Man Or Astroman? have about a zillion recordings available for purchase, and have been coming out with a new album every season sin
The Glands: The Glands

Imagine a similarly challenging but less eccentric Pavement or a less experimental member of the Elephant 6 collective, and you'll develop a pretty good feel for Athens, Georgia's The Glands. But even
The Folk Implosion: Dare To Be Surprised

By now, The Folk Implosion's story should be familiar to most: It's a duo consisting of Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow and singer/librarian John Davis. Though it's the act responsible for Barlow's only p
Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour/Further Listening 19901991

Recent years have seen the rise of the term "intelligent dance music," a phrase used to describe dance music consumed by those generally ashamed of the genre. It's too bad no one thought it up in time
Ida: Ten Small Paces

Listen to albums by Low, or Red House Painters, or Rex, or Ida, and you'll agree that the quietest bands are often the ones that make the most emotionally resonant records. Why moan and groan and blea
The 6ths: Hyacinths And Thistles

After creating some of the smartest, most resonant music of the '90s, Stephin Merritt finally attained widespread recognition last year with the release of The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs, a sprawl
Neil Young, Friends & Relatives: Road Rock Vol. 1

Neil Young's live sets warrant documentation, but Young's relentless tour schedule and recent habit of releasing a ramshackle live album every few years still seems excessive. Unlike fellow post-folk
Various Artists: The Best Of Broadside: 1962-1988

When people talk about the folk revival of the late '50s and early '60s, chances are they're talking about two styles of music. There's the kind, like the music of The Kingston Trio, that dressed up t
Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You For The Last Time

Jerry Seinfeld recently put on one of the most absurd tours in the history of American comedy: After the conclusion of his billion-dollar sitcom's nine seasons, he announced that he would retire his f
Jas. Mathus And His Knock-Down Society: Play Songs For Rosetta

The concept doesn't sound too promising at first: White hipster Jimbo Mathus (of Squirrel Nut Zippers fame) forms a band to play Delta blues songs in honor of his family's beloved and ailing maid, Ros
Waco Brothers: Do You Think About Me?

The mere existence of Waco Brothers, the country-music arm of the legendary Mekons, has caused some country purists to ask if the British should really be allowed to play country music. (Considering w
Various Artists: Free The West Memphis 3

Sometimes it's easy to forget that not all films end with the closing credits. A harrowing and haunting examination of one specific miscarriage of justice, 1996's Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At R
Dale Hawkins: Wildcat Tamer

Contrary to what the annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies would lead you to believe, the history of rock has been decided as much by its marginal figures as by its giants. If they're l
Bryan Ferry: As Time Goes By

Roxy Music's swan song, 1982's Avalon, broke with nearly everything the band had done up to that point. A slow, lush, mournful, synth-laden collection of make-out music, it served as an ideal setting
Jump, Little Children: Magazine

Jump, Little Children steps out of the gate with a whole bunch of strikes against it. The South Carolina band is a Friend Of Hootie—recording for the group's vanity-label imprint, Breaking Records—at
Various Artists: Subject To Change: A Compilation Of Northwest Artists To Benefit Artists For A Hate-Free America

The last year or so has seen a rash of compilations featuring Pacific Northwesterners trying to stamp out intolerance and injustice: After all, if just one bigot hears that acoustic version of Evercle
Flat Duo Jets: Lucky Eye

An appearance in a documentary with R.E.M. would seem like a dream come true for a struggling young band. Not so for Chapel Hill's top rockabilly twosome, Flat Duo Jets. The group bounced from tiny la
The Minders: Hooray For Tuesday

In a year flooded with releases from the Elephant 6 collective—some incredibly ambitious, some dispiritingly dull—it was easy and unfair for a group like Beulah to get lost in the shuffle. The third a
Nirvana: From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah

When Nirvana's Kurt Cobain committed his high-profile suicide in 1994, his musical legacy consisted of three studio albums, a B-sides compilation and a subdued MTV Unplugged performance that would, fo
Flaming Lips: Zaireeka

The members of the unpredictable Oklahoma band Flaming Lips have never done anything the easy way: Over the course of nine full-length albums and countless EPs, their music has been alternately and si

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