20th Century Fox 92 min., dir. by Tim Story, with Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, and Michael Chiklis Well, it could have been worse. But then [...]

Tim Barry’s Rivanna Junction is an amazing document of personal reflection, self-deprecating storytelling, and peaceful resolution. This 10-song album is a testament of the amazing [...]

This CD might properly be termed “epic.” Three discs. Four hours of Jello Biafra’s political rants. If JB was a left-wing Energizer bunny, this would [...]

Bloc Party seemed to have their sound perfected with their first album, Silent Alarm, but apparently that wasn’t quite good enough. The band is back [...]

Busdriver spits internal rhymes and metaphors at machine-gun rates with great ease. I have no doubt he ties his shoelaces, dresses himself, and drives to [...]

A release that lives up to its title. Chesterfield play generic bar rock with a punk slant. It’s a cheap, demo-quality recording highlighting the fact [...]

Calamity is the fourth album from Chris Cohen, formerly of Deerhoof. Cohen seems to have a hard time deciding what band he’s going to be [...]

You can tell a Christian rock band is full of itself by calling their debut album Saints. And, according to their record label, Destroy the [...]

A live album by someone I never heard of always strikes me as odd, because I always thought you had to become big first and [...]

Bands these days tend to get categorized as “indie” when they feature a stripped down, simplified sound. Usually it’s for some artistic reason or another. [...]

This is one of the coolest CDs I’ve ever seen. I’m referring to the actual CD. They used the hole in the middle of the [...]

It sure is. I should’ve known this wasn’t going to be high-end when I got the press sheet out and it’s a torn up, scrap [...]

If the name of this band doesn’t make you cry, then they are definitely worth a shot. No reinventing the wheel here, but you can [...]

It’s a rare EP that makes me want to give myself alcohol poisoning on a Monday night. Kaddisfly has somehow pulled that off with the [...]

This four-song sampler sounds like The Smiths with less production value and more synths and drum machines. Don’t worry, the same level of touchy-feely wistful [...]