Lights Bane (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Happily Ever After (Hungry Eye). Review by Matthew Moyer.

High Places (Thrill Jockey). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Words From The Front (Collectors’ Choice). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Matthew Moyer wonders whether Maybelline or perhaps a more sinister faction is responsible for Gorgoroth’s awesomeness.

Original Soundtrack (Awake Productions). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Matthew Moyer believes that this new Lydia Lunch DVD retrospective provides a fine primer for a life well-lived on the fringes of art and expression.

What You Don’t Know Is Frontier (Southern). Review by Matthew Moyer.

This deluxe anniversary edition of Dave Zimmer’s exhaustive CSN (and Y!) history offers a good many clues as to what exactly killed the hippie dream, thinks Matthew Moyer.

A Christmas Album to Benefit Amnesty International (Animal World Recordings). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Lost Wisdom (PW Elverum and Sun). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Motion To Rejoin (Matador). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Dirt Don’t Hurt (Transdreamer). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Vivian Girls (In The Red). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Hammer Battalion (SPV). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Parasite of Society (Candlelight). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Alight of Night (Slumberland). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Witching Hour (Oglio). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Pacific Ocean Blue (Sony/Capitol/Legacy). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Six (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.