Anthony Mark Happel

Plus Lydia Loveless, Bad History Month, Dust from a 1000 Yrs, and Spanish post-punk.

Spanning New Zealand comebacks, instrumental post-rock, and oud music.

Artfully covering Nina Simone, Stonehenge album re-issues, and Brooklyn noise rock.

12 questions and a review of Coyne's new record, Take It As It Comes.

Digging into the desk's pile of promos for some bullet reviews.

Outliers with post-rock, jazz rock, and dreamy psych-pop stamina.

Dancier than usual our correspondent in Wisconsin explores Spitzer, Ishi and Caveman.

The auteur's "novel" from '98 is the ravings of a lunatic visionary.

From art pop inspired by serial killers to Dutch rappers on Texas labels.

30 years and durable, TMBG is like that vintage day-glo Volkswagen van still cruising.

Lapland craft lush psych-pop with hints of Prefab Sprout and plenty of integrity.

Hipshaking obscure R&B comps, mockeries of "Best Of…" comps, and messy EPs.

Our correspondent in Wisconsin returns with a dedication to his wife, a cancer survivor.

A brief history of Milwaukee leading up to its finest indie rock export.

Pere Ubu celebrates its 35th anniversary of pioneering experimental rock.

Winners in Grape Soda and Lilly Hiat. Concerns for maybeshewill maybereconsideringthename.

Former Flying Nuns turned New Yorkers, Texas honkey tonk, and dud that fails hard.

A journo's desk in Wisconsin gets less cluttered.

But first, our man in Wisconsin airs out his grievances with VP candidate Paul Ryan.