Joshua Klein

Nas Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Platinum Edition Great hip-hop debuts are a dime a dozen. Great hip-hop careers are another thing. Nas is still trying to live up to 1994's landmark...

Allison Moorer. The Duel Allison Moorer never seemed comfortable with the country tag, often complaining that her Alabama accent trapped her in a stylistic corner. So it's no surprise that,...

Dilated Peoples Neighborhood Watch L.A.'s Dilated Peoples have been around for a while as underground rap staples, but with their third album, they really sound like they're trying to kick...

Ben Kweller On My Way Several years ago, the barely teenaged Ben Kweller and his band Radish were more or less proclaimed to be the second coming of rock. Fortunately,...

Blonde Redhead Misery is a Butterfly Blonde Redhead has never quite escaped from the indie-rock ghetto, which shows that the novelty of having a pair of identical twins in the...

Hepcat Out of Nowhere To call Hepcat's unceremonious 2000 break-up disappointing would be an understatement. But, at least for a while, Hepcat seems to be back in action and is...

Tortoise It's All Around You As inadvertent progenitors of post-rock, Tortoise has thankfully kept the influence on the "post" part of the equation, subtly shifting its sound with each record....

Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days Sam Beam's got the sad sack thing down pat, but who can fault the guy for his tonal preferences? The music Beam makes...

Jem Finally Woken Singer-songwriters working with electronic beats are nothing new, but few integrate the two disparate genres as well as the Welsh singer Jem. More or less discovered by...

Jon Rauhouse Jon Rauhouse's Steel Guitar Rodeo The first thing you hear on Jon Rauhouse's latest record is Tim Tuten of the Hideout, whose enthusiastic intro shows how much Rauhouse...