Joshua Klein

Kraftwerk "Minimum-Maximum" With its mechanized rhythms and reliance on sequences, Kraftwerk doesn't seem the best candidate for a live album. One of the legendary German group's biggest attractions on stage...

Smog "A River Ain't Too Much to Love" You generally know what you're getting with each Smog release. Bill Callahan rarely deviates from his droll delivery, and even at its...

Four Tet "Everything Ecstatic" As one of the more celebrated faces of the laptop scene, Kieran Hebden specializes in defying expectations, in this case the expectation that even such an...

Bjork "Army of Me: Remixes and Covers" Given her infatuation with electronic music and song deconstruction, it's no surprise Bjork is such a remix aficionado. "Army of Me," on the...

"A Dirty Shame" New Line, $27.95 WHO'S IN IT: Tracey Ullman, Johnny Knoxville, Selma Blair RECAP: Baltimore's king of trash John Waters returns (slightly) to his roots with a fitfully...

Stephen Malkmus is too young to be an elder statesman of anything, but his tenure as the primary creative force in the late, great Pavement earns him a certain cachet...

The Black Eyed Peas "Monkey Business" Not since Moby's "Play" has an act sold an album into pop culture as the Black Eyed Peas' "Elephunk." Not that the Peas haven't...

Nikka Costa "can'tneverdidnothin' " No one should confuse Nikka Costa's faux soul with the real thing, but all the same--few fake the funk as well as she does. "can'tneverdidnothin'" is...

Sleater-Kinney "The Woods" Give credit where credit is due: Sleater-Kinney could have kept releasing the same album over and over, but instead they've decided to reinvent themselves. With a new...

"Rebel Without a Cause: Special Edition" Warner Bros., $26.99 WHO'S IN IT: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo. RECAP: The styles have changed, but in many ways, "Rebel Without a...