Joshua Klein

The Wedding Present Take Fountain Few do gruff romantic disenchantment like the Wedding Present's David Gedge. And while he offered more or less the same thing in his subsequent band...

Joy Zipper American Whip Vincent Cafiso's and Tabitha Tindale's strummy '60s pop has developed into something a little more ambitious, with slicker but also more substantive songs such as "33x,"...

The Blind Boys of Alabama Atom Bomb Though not nearly as well known as the Man in Black, The Blind Boys of Alabama have been quietly and soulfully doing for...

Doves Some Cities Doves' majestic but amorphous mini-epics have always taken some time to sink in, so the Manchester trio seems to have streamlined its approach slightly on its third...

"Bad Education," Sony, $26.96 WHO'S IN IT: Gael Garcia Bernal, Fele Martinez, Daniel Gimenez Cacho RECAP: If you missed Pedro Almodovar's homoerotic neo-thriller in theaters, it works at home where...

The Decemberists Picaresque The Decemberists' Colin Meloy sure knows his way around the dictionary. His lyrics are filled with plenty of words that would give a spelling bee champion pause....

"Sideways," NewLine, $29.98 WHO'S IN IT: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen RECAP: The best film of last year, "Sideways" works even better on DVD, where one can relish...

Morrissey Live at Earls Court The only person more passionate about Morrissey than Morrissey fans is Morrissey himself. Catching the Manchester legend live is like watching an already pronounced ego...

Beck Guero Pity poor Beck Hansen, torn between making cartoon music for kids and releasing more mature material for grown-ups. Beck's last two stabs at the latter, "Mutations" and "Sea...

"After the Sunset," New Line, $27.95 WHO'S IN IT: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson RECAP: A jewel thief (Brosnan) and his girlfriend (Hayek) retire to the Caribbean, but the...