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Manowar: Louder Than Hell

The "death of heavy metal," as reported a few years ago, was a hoax. Consider the evidence: Lollapalooza '96 features Metallica and an all-testosterone supporting line-up. BMG signs a deal to distribu
Eels: Electro-Shock Blues

For a society that doesn't often like to think about death or address its own mortality, Americans sure love songs about dead people. Few songwriting formulas are more commercial those that transform
Spacehog: The Chinese Album

Everybody loves Radiohead's OK Computer, last year's most acclaimed album, but few have stopped to consider one of the possible consequences of its success: the return of the concept album. Though the
The Monkees: Justus

There's no real harm in yet another Monkees reunion; it's not like anyone will be disillusioned by the band members (including Mike Nesmith this time) deciding to cash in on eternal name recognition f
The Gentle Waves: The Green Fields Of Foreverland

You can't fault the members of Scotland's Belle And Sebastian for not being prolific enough. In addition to the albums—two official releases since 1997, with another due later this year—and numerous E
Mighty Blue Kings: Come One, Come All

The seven-piece Chicago band Mighty Blue Kings is often lumped in with Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and other horn-fueled, old-school jazz/swing bands that are currently purported to be sw
Los Zafiros: Bossa Cubana

Musical trend-watching has become more expensive than usual in the past few months: Not only have Brazil's tropicalistas resurfaced en masse, but the resurgence of Cuban music continues unabated. In t
Smog: Red Apple Falls

For those who haven't heard of Smog, it's a prolific, essentially one-man band featuring brooding singer/multi-instrumentalist Bill Callahan. Over time, Smog's many releases have evolved from scratchy
Caetano Veloso: Livro

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
2 Live Crew: The Real One

Few musical genres are as constricting as Miami bass, and few bands are as unambitious or as seemingly disposable as 2 Live Crew. Yet nearly a decade and a half after the artist formerly known as Luke
New Bomb Turks: At Rope's End

Columbus, Ohio's New Bomb Turks once had something wild, channeling the energies of Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard and spewing forth a wild, liberating rock 'n' roll revue. At some point, though,
Bill Laswell: Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974, Reconstruction & Mix Translation By Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell is widely respected as a producer (for musicians as varied as Motörhead and Sonny Sharrock), a musician (in Material and dozens of other projects), and an all-around catalyst known for br
Eyedea And Abilities: First Born

A member of the enormously promising Rhymesayers collective, Eyedea attracted considerable media attention when he won the 2000 Blaze Battle on HBO. While the Midwestern rapper's charisma, good looks,
Lotion: The Telephone Album

It's been a few years since Lotion lured reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon out of his apartment to write the liner notes for its 1996 album, Nobody's Cool; Pynchon had been only sporadically productiv
NoMeansNo: Dance Of The Headless Bourgeoisie

Take one listen to Dance Of The Headless Bourgeoisie, and one question will stand out in your mind: Has NoMeansNo become the Rush of punk? Here's a handy checklist to help you answer that question. Is
Tenderloin: Tenderloin

Anyone who's ever had the good luck to see Tenderloin play one of its amazing bar shows has been treated to the sight of Ernie Locke, the sexiest fat man in America and the best Southern-rock vocalist
Charlie Feathers: Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69)

Everybody who's paid attention to American roots-rock knows that Charlie Feathers is an important figure, but it's difficult to get two people to agree why. He did co-write "I Forgot To Remember To Fo
Francis Dunnery: Let's Go Do What Happens

Francis Dunnery may be the underappreciated pop genius his supporters claim he is, but Let's Go Do What Happens doesn't do much to back up that theory. Dunnery is best remembered—or, more likely, not
The Seymores: 1,000 lb. Grr'lla

The Pixies' long shadow has only recently begun to recede from the specter of '90s rock; the soft/loud dynamics of the band's jagged punk-pop could be heard in every song Kurt Cobain ever wrote, and s
Various Artists: We Came From Beyond

Given the perpetually sad state of commercial radio, it's reassuring to find DJs intent on being more than slack-jawed conduits for the dictates of their playlists. For proof of their existence, look

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