The Adored - A New Language

Pooh: It's like all the good parts of The Clash, with none of the bad. Hot!
Tigger: Brisk, jangly new-wave punk. Got a real Vapors feel to it. Best disc tonight.
Owl: Nice bright pop punk. Needs better hooks. B
Rabbit: A little "the" band, a little 80's punk, and a hard dash of pop.

Paul Brill - Harpooner

Pooh: Brill turns from Americana to more avant-garde sounds… too much like new Flaming Lips.
Tigger: Lofty, lushly arranged world beat electro indie. I could listen to this if I wasn't already.
Owl: Oriental-flavored never getting out of bed sound first slouched by J. Mascis.
Rabbit: This indie rock boat sailed three years ago.

Brookville - Life In The Shade

Pooh: Low-key electronica-infused folk-rock. Downbeat and beautiful in a narcoleptic way. Brilliantly 60's, but not campy.
Tigger: Trying hard not to offend anyone, they've succeeded in pissing me off. Duran Duran.
Owl: Sensitive guy sulking. Needs a thick finger in his ass.
Rabbit: More indie rock sludge, maybe someone can hear something in this.

Jimmy Buffett - Take The Weather With You

Pooh: Buffett goes more country and plays some great covers. Haggard, Welch, Clark. Not horribly horrible.
Tigger: More country and less tropical, but still the same lousy sitcom lyrics. No soul.
Owl: Nobody will step forward and kill this clown?
Rabbit: More country than one might expect, and some of it is almost good.

Centro-matic - Fort Recovery

Pooh: Feedback-heavy rock, ala Hum. Thick tones, tear-your-guts-out guitars, throttling drums. Johnson's finest record EVER.
Tigger: Slow, prodding, noisy, intelligent. Holds your attention like unexpected nudity.
Owl: Good understanding of how to make a big sound waggle & shake. B+
Rabbit: A heavily thick almost early nineties grunge sound.

Goldenboy - Underneath The Radio

Pooh: Slow-fi pop with 60's tinge. Brilliant melodies and haunting vocals… like Luna… but less fuzzy.
Tigger: Gently jangly British Velvet Underground with 80's overtones. Pretty in a good way.
Owl: Simple Minds, Lemonheads, Eric's Room… like those. Good production. A-
Rabbit: Solid indie rock to impress your girlfriend with your sensitive art side.

Hard-Ons - Most People Are A Waste Of Time

Pooh: Sonically thick melodic punk rock… lots of simple layers. Pure rock goodness… like Mary Chain.
Tigger: Two songs of suck, then the Hard-Ons come on. What would Stiv Bators do? Play louder.
Owl: Rock! Rock! B+
Rabbit: Not the Hard-Ons from yesteryear, but still better than most.

The Hourly Radio - History Will Never Hold Me

Pooh: An indie fusion of Styx and Coheed And Cambria. Poppy, incredible instrumentation, strong vocals, awesome.
Tigger: Mid-range stretched out arena rock with high-end vocals. Styx and Rush.
Owl: Excellent production, good song writing. Getting ready to go out music. No flutes.
Rabbit: Stand up rock that's familiar and comfortable.

IceAge Cobras - IceAge Cobras

Pooh: Great hard rock without bad haircuts and tight pants. Black Sabbath & AC/DC. ROCK!
Tigger: Horny dudes making heavy music for other horny dudes. ROCK'N'FUCKING ROLL! Must be Swedish.
Owl: Big, fun rock. Pulls out all the stops without wanking clap along. Cowbell.
Rabbit: Nearly managing to hit every heavy rock cliché ever!!

The Lovely Sparrows - Pulling Up Floors, Pouring On (New) Paint

Pooh: Slow-down indie pop… lush and beautiful acoustic melodies. Madrigals for the modern age. Essential music.
Tigger: Nicely depressing folk, but I've been averse to flute since H.R. Puffenstuff.
Owl: I cry when I hear flutes. Tonight looks to be dominated by flutes. Weepy.
Rabbit: Earthy low-fi rock that alternately brings tears of joy & sorrow to my eyes.

Landon Pigg - LP

Pooh: Brilliantly Britty pop music - Awesome production, epic orchestrated rock like Spacehog's finest, but no Bowie.
Tigger: All break-up songs, all the time. I like landing pig as much as the next guy.
Owl: Sensitive guy. Needs a ball peen hammer in his butt.
Rabbit: Sensitive rock like Coldplay.

Michael Powers - Prodigal Son

Pooh: Heavily Hendrix-inspired southern blues-rock with funky flair. Gritty, but crisp and well played.
Tigger: Dude does a love song! Fantastic arrangements, vocals, and fine, depressing electric blues.
Owl: Super talented cover artist. Appeals to women who recognize motorcycle seats as furniture.
Rabbit: Progressive blues rock that is soulfully driven.

The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Big Damn Nation

Pooh: Fucking amazing finger-style blues guitar player who never learned to take marbles out the mouth.
Tigger: A fine facsimile of Delta blues, slide guitar… performed by Boomhower.
Owl: Very Tarbox Ramblers-esque, which means exactly dick to all but 30 people on this earth.
Rabbit: The music is amazing, but the vocals almost make the whole thing a joke.

Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Colorblind

Pooh: Great soulful set from RR… beautiful ballads to all-out rockers. Great playing, tight rhythm section.
Tigger: Full deal soul. Should be the Family Stone. Big, heavy, and rocking.
Owl: Beans don't burn on the grill.
Rabbit: Lenny Kravitz and The Family Stone.

Second Story Man - Red Glows Brighter

Pooh: Densely dynamic sonic pop - reminds at times of early Lush, only more jangly & indie.
Tigger: "I was the catalyst for your reconciliation." If that sounds like rock to you, then feel free.
Owl: Riff-heavy 90's alternative female vocal stuff.
Rabbit: A lot of noise that never really goes anywhere.

Sisters Euclid - Run Neil Run

Pooh: An ambitious project… prog-rock instrumental versions of Neil Young songs. Some cool sounds, but weird.
Tigger: This can only mean the Broadway musical is next. Well done… but why?
Owl: Ambitious Neal Young covers. No flutes.
Rabbit: If Buckethead played Neil, this would be what it sounds like.

Skidmore Foundation - E.P.

Pooh: Deliberate post-post punk rock with wildly avant pieces. Some cool rhythms and sounds. Cool.
Tigger: Alanis Morissette got a sex change, and now I have to get a name change.
Owl: Comfortable with fingers in butt. European - use whole fist.
Rabbit: Had the 80's had shoegaze…

Sneaky Thieves - Accident(s)

Pooh: Low-beat indie folk like the Oldhams like to do. Droning & bloody brilliant. Red House Painters.
Tigger: Singer seeking band. Must like sulking, brooding, lethargy. Enthusiastic confident persons need not apply.
Owl: Needs a pepper mill lubed with Tabasco in the ass.
Rabbit: Pretty wispy music for pretty wispy boys.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom

Pooh: Groovy indie pop excellence… singers who can't sing, but great guitars and pianos. Pretty cool.
Tigger: Currently working on a deal for Saturday morning cartoon show. Like the Bugaloos or Jellyfish.
Owl: Stripped down Built To Spill.
Rabbit: The band is about as cute as their name.

The Tanks - Summon Creature

Pooh: How can you play rock without guitar? This is how! Faith The Fall No More.
Tigger: The Melvins meet The Fall. Simple, heavy, cool. Buy this at any cost.
Owl: Bass & drums ala No Means No with a heavy Wesley Willis element.
Rabbit: Kind of heavy Dead Milkmen minus all guitar.

Villebillies - Villebillies

Pooh: The whitest group of Outkasts throwin' down fresh grooves and mean raps. Rhythmically tight & cool.
Tigger: Decent rapping, a little Everlast, Kid Rock, blah blah. You can't be cool and like Will Farrel.
Owl: Very talented white rappers with no credibility.
Rabbit: White Kentucky rappers that make Atmosphere seem less white.

Andy Werth - Back To The Sun

Pooh: Great Ben Folds-style piano pop. I'm sure it's about New York. Catchy, lispy, keen.
Tigger: Reminithent of Oliver'th "Good Morning Thtarthine". Theveral thadeth of thuck.
Owl: Captain and Tenille, minuth Tenille, add a nithe big lithp.
Rabbit: Randy Newman go home!!!

Yonder Mountain String Band - Yonder Mountain String Band

Pooh: Colorado's best bluegrass-ish band finally strives for a purer sound. Great non-grass songs, awesome playing.
Tigger: Light bluegrass with yucky pop vocal harmonies. Mother Fleckers.
Owl: Making 15,000 rhythm-less white people spin in circles for $100 a pop.
Rabbit: Give They Might Be Giants a banjo and this is what you get.