Rome (4AD). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

In the news today: Osees, Death Cab For Cutie, Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Riot Fest, The Cure, The Mars Volta, The Postal Service, Turnstile, The Sisters of Mercy, Andy Rourke, The Smiths, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, Knower, Patti Smith, Pavement, The Walkmen, The National

Trouble Will Find Me (4AD). Review by Jen Cray.

Get your crazy font on, with Andy Miller’s collection of wall-ready poster art inspired by indie rock music.

Let It Sway (Polyvinyl Record Co.). Review by Jeff Schweers.

The National delivers an amazing, soulful, and rocking show at the House of Blues in Orlando that Jeff Schweers equates to a near religious experience.

High Violet (4AD). Review by Jeff Schweers.

For its fourth year the Pitchfork Music Festival proves to Chris Catania, and about 20,000 fans, that it can deliver the goods as well as the big guys.

Dark Was the Night (Red Hot Organization). Review by Tim Wardyn.

For his first live review, Tim Wardyn brought his wife along to one of the biggest concerts of the year in one of the best venues in the nation. Once the smoke cleared (literally), one band played like it was 1985 and another acquired a new fan.

The Forms (Threespheres). Review by Jen Cray.

English Self Storage (Sink & Stove). Review by Aaron Shaul.