Blue Man Group / Audio / Virgin The bizarre sounds of such unique instruments as the Tubulum and the impressive looking PVC Instrument emit futuristic and innovative noises to a pair of ears that's been submerged in rock 'n' roll waters. "TV Song" and "Rods and Cones" exemplify the character of the show with their flowing movement and terse structure...more» FEATURED ON THE BOOMBOX!
		Sean Na Na / Dance 'til Your Baby is a Man / Troubleman Unlimited Along with great couplets ("I sipped my coke and watched her writhe/Try not to fuck without me next time") and Yeats rewrites ("If a little leaning tower is what you're after...don't bother"), you really can't listen through the whole record without wishing Sean Tillman wrote stories for a living too. ...more» FEATURED ON THE BOOMBOX!
		Steve Heimbecker / The Enormouslessness of Cloud Machines / Ohm éditions The Enormouslessness of Cloud Machines collects seven multi-channel works by composer and sound artist Steve Heimbecker. Some of them, like "The Forum for the Alienation of Art", are for use in sound installations. In this case, the piece is a three-minute audio tape that combines bird songs with a sort of spoken manifesto...more»
		Japanic / Red Book / Plethorazine Japanic aren't exactly new wave, but the majority of their stylistic cues come from new and no-wave. We're talking droning, stabbing keyboards, strangulated mechanical vocals, choppy, minimalistic guitars and a relative absence of sing-along pop melodies. If you listen closely, you'll hear elements of R&B slinking around in the nether regions of the music...more»
		Knodel / The White Hole / Spongebath Knodel is from France -- a future France, roughly twenty years hence, in which Phil Collins rules all. Clad in their white space suits, they've traveled back in time to present their doctrine, which consists of roughly equal parts Phil Collins-ism and free love...more»
		Plastic Soul / Channel Ninety-Two / B Group Plastic Soul's immersion in Brit pop-rock, both past and present is unmistakably evident. Gerry Love loves writing about chicks and his relation to them. "Mary" and "Record Store" have Love pulling Lennon-esque vocal punches on top of solid melodies and the sort of guitar work that Noel Gallagher would envy...more»
		Quickspace / The Death of Quickspace / Matador Born in the ruins of Th' Faith Healers, Quickspace are no strangers to idiosyncratic pop. Building on a foundation of blissfully feedback-drenched guitar, they add a wealth of detail -- busy, New-Zealandish guitar melodies, elegantly mournful strings, understated stabs of electronic filigree and a wildly divergent vocal approach...more»
		Speed Dial / Keca'm / MotherWest Keca'm (pronounced 'Ketzum') is a Czech word that basically means "talking" or "shooting the breeze". It's also one of the better ways to describe these fifteen very pleasant, unpretentious and extremely catchy songs by Czech-born singer Peter Sabla...more»
		The Trey Gunn Band / The Joy of Molybdenum / Discipline Global Mobile Trey Gunn is undoubtedly a guitar master. Having played with artists as varied as the mythical King Crimson and industrial uber-drummer Bill Rieflin, Gunn's innovative approach can create some astonishing sounds. On this instrumental release, he uses his 8 and 12 string touch guitars to paint stylish fusion portraits...more»
		Zikzak / See You There / Bitter San Francisco duo Zikzak has crafted a pretty great pop album, along the lines of a more upbeat Elvis Costello or a less electronic Erasure. Well, that might be stretching it, but you get the idea. Go ahead and listen to "You Strike Me Down" and see if you can go more than a minute before you start dancing around in your socks, pretending you're Molly Ringwald. I dare you...more»