Brian Kruger takes a look at the first volume of The Show, an LA-based TV series featuring performances by H2O, No Use For a Name, Kill Your Idols, Flogging Molly, Avail, Less Than Jake, 7 Seconds, Madcap, The Ataris, MXPX, and AFI.

Dark Days, Bright Nights (Beat Club/Interscope). Review by Bill Campbell.

First Base (Mint). Review by Phil Bailey.

Positively Somewhere (Hollywood). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Live (Epic Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Superconnector (Meteor). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Del And the Boys (Ceili). Review by Sean Slone.

Free And Easy (Tee Pee). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

Electric Lucifer Book 2 (Normal). Review by Anton Warner.

Invisible Rain (Shakti ). Review by Kiran Aditham.

FM 99.00 Dub Manifest (Esan Ozenki). Review by Nicholas Vroman.

In this time of terror, James Mann is thankful to be an American.

Various Artists (Initial). Review by Brian Kruger.

I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll (MCA). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Love and Kisses from the Underground (Dirty Martini/RCA). Review by Alice Barkwell.

The true life story of America’s favorite powdered animal cartilage is told in Carolyn Wyman’s Jell-O: A Biography. Ian Koss lets you know whether the book gels.

Bob Pomeroy rolls out the final phase of his massive Access 2 Amsterdam conference blowout! Closure! Schmoozing! Tunes!

Chuck Bantam tells us all about his friend Russell. You shoulda been there. Angus would have been proud.

On Point And Red (endearingrecords). Review by Ryan Scarrow.

Is Your Radio Active? (Mint). Review by Kurt Channing.