Juliana Hatfield is once again in the middle of an unstoppable creative streak, now mixing her needle-sharp pop sensibilities with some truly out-there production.

Coriky is three musicians crumpling up their resumes, throwing them to the floor, and showing you exactly what they can do.

Double Date With Death are loud and Canadian, and they don’t care if you don’t understand their French howling. They have a double date to get to.

Straight outta Staten Island, the Budos Band has enough energy to power a nuclear submarine for seven months, allowing it to circumnavigate the globe three and a half times.

Stories of Our Lives (Foodchain). Review by Stein Haukland.

Benson Meets Sangster (Roam). Review by Kurt Channing.

The Presidents of the United States of America are back (sort of) with a brand new album, Freaked Out and Small. Julio Diaz takes the opportunity to talk to Dave Dederer and Chris Ballew for a lot longer than you can possibly imagine about just about everything under the sun. We dare you to find a more extensive interview than this one!

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Carrots and So On (PopLlama). Review by Ian Koss