_hello world (Hakatak). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Credo (Wall of Sound). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Zodiac (Metropolis Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The Fountain (Ocean Rain). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Love Comes Close (Matador). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Happy Mondays and Psychedelic Furs rock an Orlando audience filled with aging Gen-Xers, and all is well.

Does You Inspire You (Columbia). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Two similar and familiar bands collided as The Faint and Ladytron shared a co-headlining bill that included a pair of sold-out stops in New York City. With more black attire and keyboards than one could count, the two acts offered career-spanning setlists filled with their distinctive synth-pop, post-punk and new-wave sounds. Kiran Aditham witnessed night two of the dark, dancefloor delights for himself.

Fumbling With the Covers (Oglio Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

synth pop,pop,indie,new wave,dark wave,scene,Canada,Metric ,Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?,Everloving,Aaron Shaul

Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (Everloving). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Avenpitch (Omega Point). Review by Ben Varkentine.

We Are Science (Mantra). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Club Nation America Volume Two (Ministry Of Sound). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Eternal Youth (Instinct). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Commencement (Dreamworks). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

F (Morticia). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Power Ballads (Marina). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Christopher R. Weingarten gets a few words with the punk rocker most hated by his own community, the “Atom” half of Atom and His Package, Adam Goren. The Package, alas, remains unavailable for comment.

Secrets (Ark21). Review by Ben Varkentine.