Please Sennd Help (Projekt). Review by Dave Aftandilian.

The Zone (Velour). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Soleil de Minuit (Tinder Records). Review by Bill Campbell.

Songs from the Hit TV Series (Kid Rhino). Review by Edie Nguyen.

Forward Rewinding (Diffusion). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Holidayland (Restless). Review by Julio Diaz.

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, here’s a 19,000 word essay from staff photographer Jen Lato, summing up 2001 both professionally and personally.

Distance and Clime (Idol). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Bowed Metal Music (American Composers Forum). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

Exios Mex-tremos: Mextremist/Greatest Hits (Kool Arrow). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

The Soundtrack to the Film… (spinART). Review by Jason Plender.

Various Artists (Lava/Atlantic). Review by Julio Diaz.

Visitor Jim (Fortune). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Athens, GA has always had a fertile music scene, but 2001 was a particularly good year. Our man in Athens, Jeff Montgomery, runs down the 19 best albums the city had to offer this year.

Miss Roboto (Manic Music). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

Carpe Diem (Revelation). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Alejandro Escovedo with Kelly Hogan at the Star Bar in Atlanta, GA on December 1, 2001. Concert review by James Mann.

Alive to Every Smile (Sub Pop). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

John P. Kelly (Universal). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

As Gail Worley herself might say, “It’s all about hangin’ out with rock stars.” Gail hung out with plenty of rock stars this year, and here presents the 19 most memorable things they said to her.