Australia’s Paisley Underground pioneers The Church brought their Starfish 30th Anniversary Tour to Orlando. Michelle Wilson was there and loved every minute of it.

Train (Semafore Music). Review by Stacey Zering.

Further/Deeper (Unorthodox). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Eight (Merge). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Upon the Dull Earth (Dead Sea Captain Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.

Death To God (Noise On Noise). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Infinite Light (JagJaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.

On The Sleeve (New Granada). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Starflyer 59 - Ghosts From the Past

Calenture (Domino). Review by Sean Slone.

Something Quite Peculiar (Science). Review by Jen Cray.

Tatterdemalion (Stonegarden Records). Review by Sean Slone.

Forget Yourself (SpinART/Cooking Vinyl). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Forget Yourself (SpinART/Cooking Vinyl). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Twice (Rough Trade). Review by Sean Slone.

Won’t Reach the Fifth (Absolute Marketing). Review by Vinnie Apicella.

Tom “Tearaway” Schulte presents his picks for the year’s best in music, along with a slew of recent faves, including Electric Frankenstein, Sigur Ros, and Deltahead McDonald.

Parallel Universe (Thirsty Ear). Review by Sean Slone.

In Violet Light (Zoë). Review by Stein Haukland.

Tom “Tearaway” Schulte keeps the good times rolling with reports on Disaster Records, blues reissues, the Melvins and enough cd reviews to make your head explode a la Scanners.