Joshua Klein

"High Tension" Lions Gate, $27.98 WHO'S IN IT: Cecile De France, Maiwenn Le Besco, Philippe Nahon. RECAP: Released in the U.S. shortened and dubbed, this French throwback to '70s American...

Richard Hawley "Coles Corner" Hawley's third solo album marks something of a leap forward. A concept album of sorts, tinged with a palpable nostalgia, the disc presents stories of love...

The Rosebuds "Birds Make Good Neighbors" "Make Out," the first album from the Rosebuds, showed more promise than anything else. On "Birds Make Good Neighbors," the husband and wife team...

North Mississippi AllStars "Electric Blue Watermelon" Few would have thought Luther and Cody Dickinson, children of producer Jim, would end up musicians this talented. The diverse "Watermelon" brings Delta blues...

Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine" Many fans believed that the first version of Apple's new album was being suppressed by her label, but it turns she simply rerecorded it not with...

OK Go "Oh No" Once Chicago's great white hope, OK Go never went much further than next-big-thing status with its self-titled 2002 debut. That status feels undiminished with the slick...

Franz Ferdinand "You Could Have It So Much Better with Franz Ferdinand" Franz Ferdinand wasted no time following up its smash self-titled debut, and, on its face, this sophomore effort...

Sinead O'Connor "Throw Down Your Arms" One might fear O'Connor's first full foray into reggae, but she approaches these dozen covers with the sincerity of a convert--and with reggae legends...

Atmosphere "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having" As leader of underground rap's new school, the Minneapolis MC Slug doesn't seem interested in pushing the form very far with...

"Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection" Universal, $119.98 WHO'S IN IT: James Stewart, Anthony Perkins, Grace Kelly. RECAP: Even the less-than-stellar Hitchcock films are worth checking out, especially in the context of...