Joshua Klein

The American Analog Set "Set Free" With Set leader Andrew Kenny finishing a degree in molecular biology and getting married, the band's days may be numbered. It's hard to imagine...

Jimmie Dale Gilmore "Come On Back" In tribute to his late father, cosmic cowboy Gilmore has gathered 13 cover songs--his dad's favorites--for his seventh solo album. While Gilmore's otherworldly voice...

Sonic Youth "Goo: Deluxe Edition" It's clear Sonic Youth recorded "Goo" as a challenge to themselves: Could the once most outre of postpunk bands find a place in the mainstream?...

Iron & Wine + Calexico "In the Reins" Iron & Wine's Sam Beam is a great songwriter, but his skeletal recordings don't always pack as much musical oomph as the...

Pet Shop Boys "Battleship Potemkin" Of all the things the Pet Shop Boys might have done, a live score to Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent film masterpiece "Battleship Potemkin" probably falls...

Echo and the Bunnymen "Siberia" At their best, Echo and the Bunnymen were more than just the sum of its parts. In 2005, the only original parts of the band...

Bjork "Drawing Restraint 9" Bjork once swore she would never act again, nor work with boyfriend Matthew Barney. Well, she broke both by appearing in his recent experimental film and...

Annie Hayden "The Enemy of Love" "The Enemy of Love" continues Hayden's fascination with Fleetwood Mac-styled California pop, with piano as dominant as guitar on songs such as "Hip Hurray,"...

Sexsmith & Kerr "Destination Unknown" Ron Sexsmith has never released a less-than-lovely record, but the Canadian songwriter's recent attempts to broaden his audience haven't rang quite as true as his...

The Dandy Warhols "Odditorium or Warlords of Mars" Until the documentary "Dig!" exhumed them from obscurity, the Dandy Warhols seemed destined to languish in the dustbin of alt-rock history. This...