Let Alone Sea (pOprOck Records). Review by Al Pergande.

McCartney and McCartney II (Reissued) (MPL communications). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Songs for Other People (Holidays for Quince). Review by James Mann.

Many have called them the first punk band. Others insist they were the first “grunge” act. Regardless of their place in rock’s family tree, The Sonics’ influence has reached as far as Nirvana and The White Stripes. Recently reunited after 40 years apart, New Year’s Eve found The Sonics playing a homecoming show. Steve Stav was there to capture all their furious glory.

How do you attract a comedian’s attention? For singer/songwriter Terry Carleton, you write a song about him. In this case, the celebrity is Pee-wee Herman, who Carleton has been trying to court with the Fab Five-fueled single, “Good Morning, Mr. Breakfast.” Will Herman ever hear the track, or will The Playhouse Gang give it a thumbs down? Carleton speaks to Robert Sutton about his own “Big Adventure.”

The Grand Theatre, Vol. 1 (New West). Review by Sean Slone.

Cashing in on the current classic albums craze, Styx returned to Melbourne, Florida to recreate two best-selling records in one hit-filled evening that had Chris Long enthralled.

Elianne Halbersberg has an insightful conversation with Taddy Porter’s quite punctual Kevin Jones.

Relayted (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Connected (Larkio Music). Review by Matt Parish.

Together (Matador). Review by Sean Slone.

The Complete Columbia Singles (Collectors’ Choice). Review by Steve Stav.

Shame, Shame (Anti-). Review by Sean Slone.

Is and Always Was (High Wire Music). Review by James Mann.

Does that sound like the Beatles to you? Author Kristofer Engelhardt delivers an updated version of his exhaustive 1998 guide, detailing the individual Beatles’ musical contributions to other artists’ recordings.

Against Me! test drives both a new drummer and a new set of songs on a mini-Florida tour that finds them squeezing into the packed confines of The Social in Orlando.

Tragically, The Knack’s career has come to a close with the passing of frontman/ songwriter/ guitarist Doug Fieger on Valentine’s Day 2010. Steve Stav remembers the man, resurrecting this interview conducted for Ink 19 a few days after Fieger’s 53rd birthday in 2005.

Hitting the road with Ani DiFranco as a follow-up to her national touring debut with no less a superstar than Tracy Chapman , Gaby Moreno will have to follow-up her debut album, Still the Unknown with a title more befitting her potential breakout. She’s already got some surprises up her sleeve for the second act.

25 O’clock/ Psonic Psunspot (Ape UK). Review by James Mann.