Eric R. Danton

Gary Allan See If I Care Orange County, Calif., is known for watery punk, not country music. Yet here's O.C. native Gary Allan singing country tunes like a Nashville pro....

O.A.R. In Between Now and Then College-music scenes tend to mirror elected office in that both are up for renewal every four years or so. Following the paths of Hootie...

Matthew Ryan Regret Over the Wires With his sleepy voice and college-rock sound, Matthew Ryan risks inclusion in the cadre of sensitive young male singer- songwriters led by John Mayer....

Widespread Panic Ball With a Southern rock-based sound driven by two guitars, keyboards and the requisite jam-band percussion, Widespread Panic became a jam-crowd favorite in the post-Dead era. That live...

Dan Bern and the IJBC Fleeting Days Dan Bern has demonstrated a keen, sarcastic sense of humor on his previous five albums. Even the name of the band on Bern's...

Gob Foot in Mouth Disease On the surface, Gob has all the accouterments of success: a foul name, a grossly evocative album title and lots of sing-songy vocals. What the...

Authority Zero A Passage in Time As the latest wave of punk grows in popularity, its purveyors are hard-pressed to make music that doesn't sound like every other band's. Authority...

Disco Biscuits Senor Boombox Every jam band claims the influence of a wide range of musical styles, but the Disco Biscuits are one of the few groups whose music actually...

Alice Peacock Alice Peacock Finding the balance between fond, wistful remembrance and outright regret is a rare talent, one that singer-songwriter Alice Peacock shows in abundance on her self-titled major-label...

A Jackknife to a Swan Mighty Mighty Bosstones For nearly 17 years, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones have been trend-proof. When the collection of plaid-suited musicians started out in 1985 in...