Dennis Brown in Dub (Heartbeat). Review by Bill Campbell.

St. Arkansas (spinART). Review by James Mann.

My First Political Dance Album (Bungalow). Review by Bill Campbell.

Controversial anime master Yasuomi Umetsu is back with his latest project, Mezzo Forte. Phil Bailey takes a look at the decidedly adult director’s cut on DVD.

Dead Media (Too Pure / Beggars Banquet). Review by Ian Koss.

Our own resident comix mastermind, Josh Sullivan, offers his take on his “best of the best” in independent comics. Make it ten.

Enough popular culture to choke a horse! Tom “Tearaway” Schulte digs through the rubble of millions of rock and roll dreams.

Face of My Hometown (Sideburn). Review by Sean Slone.

Jews With Horns (Rounder). Review by Matt Cibula.

Protection EP (Twenty Stone Blatt). Review by Brian Kruger.

Black Hawk Down: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Decca). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

10 (Breakbeat Science). Review by Bill Campbell.

Lotofire (OmTown / Higher Octave). Review by Bill Campbell.

Bitterness The Star (Roadrunner). Review by Stein Haukland.

Hello (Island). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Learning About Your Scale (Asthmatic Kitty). Review by Kurt Channing.

Osaka (Fenway). Review by Stein Haukland.

Electronica (Quango). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Must’ve Been Live (Mid-Fi). Review by Julio Diaz.

My Planet (Tank Farm). Review by Stein Haukland.