"In my head is a city at night." After the quiet, yet intriguing keyboard and guitar introduction of "Soldier's Grin," Boeckner passionately utters this phrase, setting the theme and tone of the newest studio recording of Wolf Parade. by Bailey Pennick. Read...

A look at Dylan's 1969 Nashville Skyline, a record which may surprise the casual listen-on-the-radio type of fan. by John Vining. Read...

by David Buker. Read...

Well, this time, at least, it's Tim Fite, a rapper, folkster, and DJ from Brooklyn who has just released Fair ain't Fair on Anti-, following his hip-hop oriented Over the Counterculture. I listened to both those records and then check him out at Los Angeles' Troubadour. by John Vining. Read...

The Black Keys' fifth record, Attack & Release, is a departure from blues rock, and it also happens to be one of the strongest records of the year. by Bailey Pennick. Read...

And crack some douchey alien skulls along the way. by Kevin Jaffe. Read...

by David Outting. Read...

by Israel Lopez. Read...

When you look "prolific" up in the dictionary, Trent Reznor's picture won't be anywhere near the definition. But here we are a little more than a year since the phenomenal Year Zero, and Nine Inch Nails arrives with their third record in thirteen months, The Slip. by Cy Fard. Read...

by Taylor Hofmann. Read...

The Everythingrock staff lets you in on what it's been up to, and its thoughts on an excellent new disc. by Nick Giancola. Read...

If there is one word to describe the new Raconteurs album, Consolers of the Lonely, it is without a doubt "more": more dynamic, more energetic, more cohesive, more upfront, and more importantly…more rock n' roll. by David Buker. Read...

Clinic, a quartet of Liverpool locals, has been in what seems like a battle for self discovery. Forget the critics, forget the fans, they are doing what every band should do, exploring their potential. by Anthony Ferreira. Read...

by Taylor Hofmann. Read...

Expectations! It's all anyone thinks about when the newest Weezer release hits the airwaves. Every album since Pinkerton has carried the hoped "comeback album" hype. Could this be another dick tease for Weezer fans, signaling a return to form both aesthetically and musically to the supposed "glory days"? by Cy Fard. Read...

You've already heard Phantom Planet a million times; their song "California" is the theme of that all-consuming cultural tornado known as The OC. But you might not know that Raise the Dead is the fourth album from the Californian quartet most famous for the unashamedly poppy, ironically optimistic rock of The Guest (2002). Since then, Phantom Planet spent their third record exploring a Strokes-like assault on audio quality that resulted in a gorgeously-textured exploration of their darker side. by Tyler Theofilos. Read...

Danger Mouse and rapper Cee-Lo have joined forces once again to form their latest creation as Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple. Though their debut album St. Elsewhere surged with dynamism and liveliness, this time the soul-experimental project faintly backfired. by Kimberly Haddad. Read...

Dark Meat is a seventeen-person ensemble from Athens, GA; and, fortunately, Dark Meat could serve as an approximate antithesis to the fleeting Polyphonic Spree. But, the band members do live together on a sustainable eco-field where everyone participates in farming duties and bio-diesel conversion. by Taylor Hofmann. Read...

Japanese new wave synth rockers Polysics come back with "Pretty Good," the second single of their upcoming We Ate the Machine. by Cy Fard. Read...

Mariah Carey sciences it as Atmosphere, Elvis Costello and Whitesnake make this month's list of strange album titles. by Brett Bertucio. Read...

Most of the buzz surrounding 2008's Accelerate has been that R.E.M. has finally regained a sense of urgency again. But, considering the lumbering autopilot of Around the Sun and the safe studio pop of the post-Berry period in general, I wasn't exactly quivering in anticipation. by Cy Fard. Read...

When functional, sing-along, danceable music becomes boring there are other places to turn. One of them is Fuck Buttons, whose debut record Street Horrrsing many will find un-listenable, and some will consider an achievement. by RJ Rodriguez-Lewis. Read...

Let's Get Physical – If an elephant man ever says this to you, run. Also the B-52's, Cavalera Conspiracy, and Danity Kane. by Brett Bertucio. Read...

Poughkeepsie is a funny name for a town. Sure, there might be a perfectly good reason to name a town Poughkeepsie, but who would ever care enough to find out what it was? There are actually tons of towns with fun names that no one cares about... by Brett Bertucio. Read...

Portland's 31Knots latest release The Days and Nights of Everything Everywhere speaks with heavy, brooding, and well, knotty intensity. by RJ Rodriguez-Lewis. Read...

With an intuitive sense for structure, young rockers Test Your Reflex are sure to have a fast reaction time. Writing for two years before laying down any tracks is proof of a driven band that refuses to settle-add to the mix a concoction of affable songwriting talent and unbridled enthusiasm. by Taylor Hofmann. Read...

Swedish pop rock musician Kristoffer Ragnstam's Sweet Bills is easily one of the strongest albums of the year. From his humble beginnings as a fifteen-year-old who could barely play the drums, Ragnstam proves that he has finally unleashed his musical talent throughout the album's thirteen songs. by Bailey Pennick. Read...

England's alternative rockers Mystery Jets prove to all music lovers "across the pond" that they have a strong and catchy sound with Zootime. With a driving backbeat and intricate layering of various instruments, Mystery Jets secure their place as a solid rock band; nothing more, nothing less. by Bailey Pennick. Read...

When Silverchair is at their best, they're good, when they're at their worst they're bland. When they get experimental with the instrumentation, they're at their peak. by Catherine Disabato. Read...

Colour Revolt goes beyond the well-defined areas of musical expression into a realm of experimentation grounded in the foundations of their experiences and ideas. by Michael Musty. Read...