Automotive (Six Degrees). Review by Bill Campbell.

Writers receiving review copies of two soon-to-be-released albums – Tori Amos’s “Scarlet’s Walk” and Pearl Jam’s “Riot Act” – are finding the CD’s already inside Sony Walkman players that have been glued shut. Headphones are also glued into the players, to prevent connecting the Walkman to a recording device.

Espace (Real World). Review by Kiran Aditham.

A Rush of Blood to the Head (Capitol). Review by Stein Haukland.

Songs For the Deaf (Interscope). Review by James Mann.

Funk On Fire: The Mercury Anthology (Mercury). Review by Bill Campbell.

Mind Elevation (Warp). Review by Rob Walsh.

A quick rundown of the amenities: “Oh, man, what does it NOT have? It’s gonna be like 1,000,000 sq. ft., 19 stories, all together”

1978-1981 (Acute). Review by Bryan Slipperfield.

The Forgotten E.P. (Go Kart). Review by Stein Haukland.

Subway Series (Om). Review by Bill Campbell.

Cobblestone Runway (Nettwerk America). Review by Sean Slone.

I am Not Homer (Oglio). Review by Anton Warner.

Where Happiness Lives EP (Ultimate Dilemma). Review by Stein Haukland.

Time and Tide Wait for No Man (Levitt). Review by Phil Bailey.

Taming of the Demons (Southern Lord). Review by Stein Haukland.

The Theory of Harmonial Value (Smallman). Review by Stein Haukland.

Bob Pomeroy has stayed mum on the Great Garage Rock Debate long enough! He weighs in with enthusiastic appraisals of Sahara Hotnights, Flaming Sideburns, and Devil Doll Records.

Attention (Moonshine). Review by Matt Cibula.

Universary (Analysand). Review by Connor Vermouth.