2 (K). Review by Julio Diaz.

Everyone Down Here (Palm Pictures). Review by Aaron Shaul.

WACMusic (Badman Recording Co.). Review by Aaron Shaul.

All Eyes Open (Stick Figure). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Doug Kabourek was once part of the band that eventually became The Faint, but with Golden Sand and the Grandstand, he’s moved on to his own lo-fi indie pop gems as Fizzle Like a Flood. Stein Haukland gets the scoop on Kabourek’s music and that unusual name.

Lesson Number One on how to have a great interview: Know your subject. Following that rule, Gail Worley plies the tongue of Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard with a six of Miller Lite, and lets the tape roll. We guarantee that the result is a GBV interview the likes of which you won’t find anywhere else!

The Mathlete theorem states that 2 guys + a 4 track recorder = lo-fi indie pop masterpieces. Andrew Chadwick learns the new math from professors Michael Downey and Dan Marsden.