Reviews: Rusko, Anenon, Siddhartha

Appeasing ravers, slanging "genius" epithets, and quirky pop cheers. #Black Orchid

Author Chris Lehmann

A review and a dozen questions on "Rich People Things". #Bothering

Reviews: Said The Whale, Yukon Blonde, Caltrop

From North Carolina's stoner-ish rock to AC/DC memoirs. #Black Orchid

White Hills' psychedelic locomotive EP. Start here. Work backwards. #

Reviews: Isidore, Orcas, Jenny Ownen Youngs

From slow-core to singer/songwriters channeling PJ Harvey. #Black Orchid

Dirty Three return from a seven-year hiatus. #

Jonquil are inescapably British, but beyond the constraints of Calypso-pop. #

Wisco-Politricks & 5 Reviews

From Gov. Scott Walker (R) to re-issues from Peru. #Black Orchid

Do we tell Wire to take a vacation or try a 5-hour energy? #

Suzanne Ciani, dare we call her the Bruce Haack of her time? #

A Gathering of Tomes

Three essay collection for the scholarly mind and one for the funny bone. #Black Orchid

Reviews: Cardinal, Casiokids, Loney Dear

A look at legacies and lingerers from yesteryears old and older. #Black Orchid

2011 Wrap Up

Toasting goodbye with four reviews and a top 25 list. #Black Orchid

Drag City collects everything odd and compelling from Royal Trux. #

Reviews: The Portraits, Rags & Ribbons, The Lower 48

This week's CD pile ranges from Grammy nominees to re-issues of 60's Milwaukee bands. #Black Orchid

Review: Richard Grossman's The Animals

A book of poetry written in animal voices. Find out what pandas are thinking. #Black Orchid

Film Review: The God Who Wasn't There

Brian Flemming's fundamentalist turned atheist turned Mel Gibson's bloodlust scholar film. #Black Orchid

Reviews: Yukon Blonde, Touch People, People Get Ready

Greetings from the Recall Elections State with album criticism. #Black Orchid

Reviews: And So I Watch From Afar and 3:33

From the anti-concept album to the secret society record. #Black Orchid

Reviews: Bottle Rockets, Mandolin Orange, Savaging Spires

From North Carolina alt-country to England's freak folk and psyche for good measure. #Black Orchid