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(Saddle Creek)   www.saddle-creek.com   There's something in the water in Omaha.  That's the only explanation I can muster for the incongruity of the city itself and the talent more...

(Atlantic)   www.atlanticrecords.com     O.A.R. has built a reputation on their accessible, fun, frat-rock; but the self-consciously poppy All Sides will definitely jar long-ti more...

(Big Brother/Warner Bros.)     www.warnerbrosrecords.com     It's a shame Oasis dumped their lamest records on an unsuspecting public back when the public was actually pa more...

(Big Brother Recordings/Columbia)   www.columbiarecords.com   In pouring over the contents of the four-disc collection (3 CDs, a DVD), it's hard not to wonder about the purpose (or m more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Rick Froberg's post-Hot Snakes outfit has been a long time in gestation, surfacing last year in shows in Brooklyn and Philadelphia, and immediately setti more...

(Sub Pop)   www.subpop.com   Ever since a now-mythologized bootleg surfaced from their very first show together at Cake Shop in New York City in January 2008, fans have rejoiced in t more...

(ESL)   www.eslmusic.com   Ocote Soul Sounds' prime-movers are Adrian Quesada of the 2010 Grammy Award winning Latin combo Grupo Fantasma (and their spin-off Brownout), and Martin Pe more...

(Anticon)   www.anticon.com Odd Nosdam's nasal voice and Anticon-tainted hip-hop sensibility can be a bitter pill to swallow for some. Sure, it's creative and unique, but sometimes the more...

(Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinylrecords.com   Of Montreal's latest opus is, at times, a tough nut to crack. Kevin Barnes' songwriting remains as surreal, scattered and frenetic as ever, more...

    (Polyvinyl)   www.polyvinyl.com   A decade ago, no one would have predicated that Of Montreal - currently on the cover of issue #9 of BLURT - would not only outlive its more...