The Battle of Thermopylae is revisited with glamour, guts and fancy special effects. Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. Rob Levy screams, “Onward!”

The Burrito Paul is Dead - posted by James Greene, Jr. on March 24, 2007 22:57

Slayer and Unearth bring the heaviness back to thrash and remind Orlando that metal is meant to be dangerous. Jen Cray was in the middle of it all.

There is No Home (Magic Marker). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Lucid Dream (Dualtone). Review by Andrew Ellis.

La Ghriba: La Kahena Remixed (Six Degrees Records). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Somewhere between comic fandom and pop culture research lives this exhaustive (but not exhausting) look at the first superhero club, the Justice Society of America. Matthew Moyer ponders the membership.

Hey, This is a Rock n’ Roll Museum! - posted by James Greene, Jr. on March 22, 2007 15:23

The Vladimirs - posted by Tim Wardyn on March 22, 2007 12:00

Viva La Foxx - posted by Tim Wardyn on March 22, 2007 12:00

Wolfmother (Interscope). Review by Michael Crown.

The Lights Went Up (Scenery). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Friend Opportunity (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Jen Cray.

A 10-hour look at “The Me Decade” circa 1980? This mammoth documentary has James Greene flashing back, not to those halcyon days, but watching this faded filmstrip in a high school classroom.

Cotton Teeth (Equal Vision). Review by Jen Cray.

Snapshots of the Universe (Ruby Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Diamonds in the Rough (Gravitation). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Chris Catania was just one member of a Chicago crowd awed into silence by the beautiful songs of Sleeping at Last and the Smoking Popes’ Josh Caterer.

Modern Love & Death (Polyvinyl). Review by Ben Varkentine.

The Calling (Zoë/Rounder Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.