Joshua Klein

Erin McKeown "We Will Become Like Birds" She's put in the hours, now she's ready for the payoff. The enormously talented McKeown's fourth album picks up where her quirky but...

The Fall "The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004" It's rare that a release aimed at collectors should also be the best place for a neophyte to start. But that's exactly the...

In 1993, the Pixies disbanded acrimoniously just as the alt-rock revolution they helped jumpstart blew up in a big way. Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis and Lou Barlow feuded notoriously until...

Brian Eno "Another Day on Earth" Lately, Eno's become so well known as an intellectual that it's easy to forget he was a musician first. "Earth" is his first album...

Engineers "Engineers" Engineers dip into the '80s mysterious music of the Cocteau Twins or Brian Eno, the vocals stacked into something majestic and the instrumentation hazy to the point of...

Missy Elliott "The Cookbook" Missy Elliott has always been a leader and never a follower. But "The Cookbook," her sixth album, seems like an overt attempt to fit herself back...

Fountains of Wayne "Out-Of-State Plates" Masters of goofy, witty power-pop, FOW hit it big just when many fans began to give up on them. "Out-Of-State Plates"--with two discs of b-sides,...

Ying Yang Twins U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) The Ying Yang Twins claim "Wait (The Whisper Song)" came about after hearing too much criticism that the duo was capable of...

Sinead O'Connor "Collaborations" O'Connor's been called everything, but a voice as gorgeous as hers doesn't fit into any one box. "Collaborations" is an impressive collection of pairings that include Massive...

Pernice Brothers "Discover a Lovelier You" Over the course of three albums, Joe Pernice has perfected his melancholy power-pop, with each disc more ambitious and heavily orchestrated than the last....