(One Little Indian, 2006) Just who in the hell does Greg Dulli think he is? Do we believe his evil, drug addled screams, or his lush sweet croonings? His tales of loss and yearning? His rants of agony? The truth is, in the end, it doesn’t matter. With his newest […]

(Columbia, 2006) The songs on Persephone’s Bees’ debut album, Notes From The Underworld, were all written and sung by Angelina Moysov, who grew up in Southern Russia, where she both attended music school and got a much less formal music education from Russian pop culture. The combination of musical sources from Moysov’s upbringing shines […]

Thank you so much to everyone who signed up and commented for the Wolfmother contest! Like I attempt to tell all of you, we really appreciate the effort, and love that the community is growing (even if it is slowly).
The lucky winner of the Wolfmother prizepack, including a vinyl seven-inch, Wolfmother t-shirt, and […]

(Red Ink, 2005) “Have you heard the one about the Jesus and Mary Motorcycle Club?” B.R.M.C. sure have. The constant comparisons between early period Jesus and Mary Chain and the first two albums from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club had left the band pigeoholed. The slow, meandering, completely fuzzed out sound had kind […]

(Estatic Peace/Universal, 2006) Much has been written lately about young punk quartet Be Your Own Pet. There’s the fact that Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore thinks they’re great, that none of the members have yet reached their twenties, and that lead singer Jemina Pearl sounds like she could be Karen O’s younger sister, among other […]

(Columbia/Red Ink, 2006) The Zookeeper’s Boy is an EP from Danish progressive pop group Mew, intended to introduce the band to American audiences before the domestic release of their latest album, And The Glass Handed Kites, this summer. If the EP is any indication, the album will be one of the year’s best. […]