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Trans Am: Surrender To The Night

Markedly less static than its predecessor, 1995's Trans Am, Surrender To The Night opens with a coldly malevolent mechanical hum that evolves into "Motr," a straight-ahead rocker lacking only vocals t
Cex: Oops, I Did It Again!

An angry mother chews out her hot-and-bothered daughter, taking inventory of blown couch springs and curiously sticky stains on the kitchen table, before finally screaming, "Who is that naked man cook
Indigo Girls: Shaming Of The Sun

Rumors of an Indigo Girls breakup have circulated in recent months, due in large part to the several years it took for the duo to record a follow-up to the well-received Swamp Ophelia. (The release of
Cool For August: Grand World

Cool For August has been the recipient of plentiful advance hype and promotional attention, but it's hard to imagine anyone getting too excited about the L.A. band's derivative, predictably emotive de
Freakwater: End Time

Whether you're a fan of Nashville's superstars or some of country's more left-of-the-dial favorites, it's never been a better time to follow twang. The nation is in the midst of a major country renais
Speech: Hoopla

With Arrested Development, Speech released a debut album that was regarded by the icon-hungry critics of the time as the second coming of Sly & The Family Stone and a second album, Zingalamaduni, that
Veruca Salt: Eight Arms To Hold You

The first 22 raw, feedback-drenched seconds of Veruca Salt's new Eight Arms To Hold You send a clear message: The band is ready to rock. Unfortunately, the remaining 50 minutes and 41 seconds retreat
Love Spirals Downwards: Ever

In the past 10 years, countless shoegazing dream-pop bands have come and gone, leaving behind a large but largely forgotten body of lush, languorous work. If that ethereal little subgenre is dead, Lov
Tuatara: Trading With The Enemy

When a band has a pedigree like Tuatara's, there are bound to be high expectations. The group's debut, Breaking The Ethers, united members of R.E.M., Screaming Trees, Luna, and Los Lobos with some les
Stevie Nicks: Trouble In Shangri-La

Detractors tend to dismiss Fleetwood Mac out of envy as much as enmity, as the legendary band made more money than it did bad records. People also often overlook the fact that Fleetwood Mac existed we
Devo: Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology

Devo's message of human devolution is more important than ever. For evidence, look no further than the pop charts: Twenty-two years ago, one of the band's best jokes was its cover of The Rolling Stone
Various Artists: Woodstock '99

Disappointed because you missed the bad vibes, hollow commercialism, lumbering metal monotony, and rampant sexual assault of 1999's incarnation of Woodstock? Well, you can feel like you've experienced
Snuff: Tweet Tweet My Lovely

Early burnout is far too common in decent punk bands: Most of the good ones have two, maybe three solid albums in them before they start releasing the tired retreads, the half-hearted attempts at musi
R. Kelly: Double Up

When Ma$e first entered the spotlight as Puff Daddy's perpetually smiling, shiny-suited sidekick, few could have predicted what an enigmatic figure he'd become in only a few years. But fame can do str
New Bomb Turks: Scared Straight

The sum total of New Bomb Turks' body of work comes to about three variations on one song. But the band has performed with such shamelessly raw intensity—accompanied by guttural shouts and revival-ten
Robbie Fulks: 13 Hillbilly Giants

One of many figures whose influence outstrips their fame, Doug Sahm fused Texas blues with rock 'n' roll while Stevie Ray Vaughan was still in short pants. Solo and with The Sir Douglas Quintet, Sahm
Various Artists: Wu-Chronicles

Hits packages and tribute compilations have always served an interesting dual purpose: On one hand, they serve as a way for record companies to squeeze every last dollar out of bands that are either d
Various Artists: Show & Tell: A Stormy Remembrance Of TV Theme Songs

Here's a high concept: Punk bands cover TV theme songs. From earnest, reverent renditions (The Dickies' "Secret Agent Man") to violent punk-rock deconstructions (The Pink Lincolns' defecation upon the
Texas Chainsaw Orchestra: Texas Chainsaw Orchestra

In case the name isn't descriptive enough, Texas Chainsaw Orchestra uses chainsaws and other tools as musical instruments. The band is also originally from Texas. Beyond that, your imagination can pre
Tom Zé: Postmodern Platos

Though the resurgence of the Brazilian tropicalia movement comes suspiciously close to the conveniently timed millennial cusp, the music now being released and reissued could not be better suited for

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