There is no shortage of consuming urgency to the sound of this UK trio called simply Shopping.

Katie Crutchfield, performing as Waxahatchee, has been slowly and steadily building her repertoire and now her talent is overflowing her banks.

They call it Hotlanta for a good reason, but I’m sure The Black Lips have enough bad attitude to have way more colorful names for their hometown.

M. Ward could get by on his smoky velvet voice alone, but he also happens to be a supreme connoisseur of what alert musicians call songcraft.

ALS has claimed the life of The Muff’s co-founder. Laura Potillo recalls the influential rocker.

The Muffs (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Laura Pontillo.

This Atlanta garage rock band returns to old Florida stomping grounds in preperation for a month in Europe. Frontwoman Buffi Aguero talks to Bob Pomeroy about the new CD, The Kind of Goodnight, the group’s origin and the prospects of good Polish food.

Get Real (Tooth & Nail). Review by Stein Haukland.