Joshua Klein

Squarepusher Ultravisor Tom Jenkinson's particular brand of drum and bass is almost an anomaly in the world of dance music: dance music that you can't dance to. But to be...

Trans Am Liberation These retro-rockers decided to go political with their seventh album, but given the group is primarily instrumental, they're somewhat limited in their would-be protest. The most overt...

The Bigger Lovers This Affair Never Happened ... and Here are Eleven Songs About It Most power-pop bands lack that certain oomph. Thankfully, Philadelphia's Bigger Lovers pack some muscle along...

Lambchop Aw C'Mon/No, You C'Mon Lambchop leader Kurt Wagner claims "Aw C'Mon" and "No, You C'Mon" are meant to be stand-alone albums. But since the two discs were written and...

Grant-Lee Phillips Virginia Creeper Since the dissolution of Grant Lee Buffalo and his subsequent solo career, singer Grant-Lee Phillips has never quite realized his potential as a songwriter. The generally...

David Byrne Grown Backwards For the aptly titled and absolutely lovely "Grown Backwards," Byrne started the songs from melodies he hummed into a tape recorder, then subsequently built the tracks...

Mary Lou Lord Baby Blue Mary Lou Lord has never really made music as good as her backstory: tales of life busking around Boston and living in fear as Courtney...

Luomo The Present Lover "Microhouse" sounds more like a brew of beer than a type of music, but the term makes sense after a few listens to Vladislav Delay, a.k.a....

Destroyer Your Blues Dan Bejar earned the odd credit "secret member" on the last New Pornographers disc, but his three excellent contributions were hardly a secret. Bejar doesn't hide at...

Paul Kelly Ways & Means One of Australia's greatest exports, Paul Kelly can write great songs in his sleep. Unfortunately, since disbanding his great group the Messengers, many of Kelly's...