As you may suspect, Peter Bjorn and John hail from Sweden, and as you may expect, they do Anglophonic indie pop better than the Anglophones.

It takes some serious skills to make moody, indie rock sound new and fresh, but Low Vs. Diamond does just that. Jen Cray was wooed by their swagger and elegance at a recent Orlando date.

Absolutes (Curb Appeal Records). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Music From Vanilla Sky (Reprise). Review by Ian Koss.

Always a master of doing-it-later, Ian Koss highlights his procrastination prowess with this roundup of records that didn’t quite get reviewed in their proper time frame.

Take The Town (Intellectos). Review by Kurt Channing.

drums EP (pulCec/Darla). Review by Carl Glaser.

Out of the Loop (Kindercore). Review by Ian Koss.

Forever (Archenemy). Review by Julio Diaz.

Volume 17 (Darla). Review by Ian Koss.

Barcelona is a foursome that sings about UNIX, phone phreaking, and the intri…

What do you do after working 14-hour days and weekends at a hot Internet startup? Start a band! Ian Koss speaks with the band that puts the bomp in CompSci.

Last year, Barcelona’s

Simon Basic (March). Review by Anton Wagner