Anarchy Club - A Single Drop Of Red

George: Thick, guitar rock with vocals trying to cookie monster. Nothing new - guitar tones are nice.
Rosey: Rob Zombie, cars and Satan stuff . Some Soundgarden/STP . Great production. Rock the cliché.
Elroy: Rammstein, Right Said Fred, White Zombie, Trapt, Staind, Limp Bizkit, et al.
Jane: Please select a rock name. Keith and Jeff don't cut it.

The Armed Forces - Modern Gospel For Modern Men & Women

George: Sweet indie rock with sparkling analog synths and nice low-key guitars. New York rock.
Rosey: Cheap Trick with Smiths. Great energy, singer is off-key, good fun.
Elroy: Hipster rock, very Jet-like-expensive-haircuts.
Jane: The indie-er Strokes, nice hooks and riffs… vocals are crappy. Drums are great.

Aaron English - The Marriage Of The Sun And The Moon

George: Nice singer-songwriter with a touch of worldbeat thrown in. Like Peter Gabriel or Live.
Rosey: Sounds like Fish, not the hippy band but he singer for Marillion. Wants to be Peter Gabriel.
Elroy: Midnight Oil, Bruce Cockburn, Sting. Awful.
Jane: Mostly dark songs with a myriad ethnic flair… Nice production, great songs, nice voice.

Girls Guns And Glory - Inverted Valentine

George: Really great country music with a touch of alt. Excellent guitar work and nice vocals.
Rosey: Dwight Yoakam-y. Predictable lyrics, nice plump sound. Real decent for being about asses.
Elroy: Honky-tonkin', Dave's-a-lyin', sounds like Slim Cessna's Auto Club.
Jane: Sincere. Pure. Great. Dwight Yoakam. Chris Isaak. Swings. Shuffles. Rocks. Heart. America. Awesome.

The Jet Age - What Did You Do During The War, Daddy?

George: Like The Kinks singing lo-fi indie songs by Vampire Weekend… only grittier. Nice drumming.
Rosey: Nice jangly guitar. Great bass. Incredible drummer. Lousy singer. A bit humorless.
Elroy: New Zealand scene? Good mid-fi production, weak voice.
Jane: Lots of scrubby guitars, like mid 90's New Zealand/Paisley rock. The Clean without hooks.

Kassin +2 - Ya Ya Ya

George: The Brazilian Esquivel… some sweet acid bossa nova jazz thing going on. Missing Astrid, though.
Rosey: They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. This is for martinis. And motah.
Elroy: Lounge. Will appeal to recently divorced urban women.
Jane: I like music without English better than music with English. Loungey and sweet. Martini, please!

Kingen - Ride With Me

George: Awesome & classic Cajun influenced blues rock… Little Feat, only Swedish. True rock'n'roll with chops. Spectacular!
Rosey: Cover portrait is actual size. More Leon Russell? Too much boogie for my woogie.
Elroy: The Scandinavian Harry Connick, Jr.
Jane: Like Doctor Teeth and the Medicine Show, mixed with Winehouse Motown and Kravitz grit.

Mechanical Bull - A Million Yesterdays

George: Alt. confusion… like folk-grass at one point, then Skynyrd, then Cowboy Junkies. Good, not great.
Rosey: Lone Justice meets Lone Star. The girl singing Austin City Limits folk is better.
Elroy: Dave said he didn't think there was going to be any alt.country tonight because Dave lies. He can't hep hisself.
Jane: The lullaby qualities are lilting. The organ is invigorating. Avalon sounds like Poe.

Push Puppets - A Living Experiment

George: Super-charged pop… like Glen Phillips on mathy steroids. Awesome production, great songs, excellent interactive musicianship.
Rosey: Sort of like Chris Penn.Nicely done by 1 guy and drummer. But why banjo?
Elroy: Sunny Day Real Estate, Spoon.
Jane: Jangling guitar rock. Nice safe music, but sincere and heartfelt lyrical delivery. Jellyfish without fuzz.

Rustic Overtones - Light At The End

George: Great soulful horns, aggressive Big Wreck guitar with dub stylee. Occasional Sublime-style groove.
Rosey: Nu-reggae Motown. Baroque pop, all over the map, but what a great trip.
Elroy: Bad Brains, Sublime.
Jane: Funky and sexy rock… lots of sounds, all done very well. Nice reunion album!

The Teenage Prayers - Everyone Thinks You're The Best

George: Covering a whole lot of musical ground. Excellent Motown, lounge, glam, mod-rock rolled into one. Sweet.
Rosey: Multi-genre-ational rock road show like Mad Dogs & Englishmen, Joe Cocker & Leon Russell stuff.
Elroy: Good, but dangerously close to hippy horseshit.
Jane: Such amazing production on wide spectrum of sounds. I want them to be my baby.

Jefferson Thomas - Western Front

George: Gritty, Americana-indie-rock… Sometimes touches of great slide guitar and nice writing, but no consistency… sad.
Rosey: Nu-folk, 80's anthems, dumb skits and Van Halen. Schizophrenic much?
Elroy: Good alt.country. Dave's a liar.
Jane: What just happened between these songs? I'm very confused by the changes.

The Trend - Meet… The Trend

George: Nice indie pop, chunky guitars and fabulous melodies. The Rentals, w/ no keyboard - which makes Weezer.
Rosey: Oohee-oo I look just like Buddy Holly.
Elroy: Weezer is, in fact, a trend.
Jane: Weezer. I swear they even do the sweater song.

Vary Lumar - Waiting Room

George: Almost Britty. South, but dirtier… solid guitar rock/pop. Adorable without groove and Pete. Cool.
Rosey: Now that's what I call 80's chick rock! Blue October. The Fixx. 3 Doors Down.
Elroy: Duran Duran, Marcy Playground.
Jane: Pop too good and too interesting to be on the O.C. but kids would still love it.

Victims Of Circumstance - Do It Yourself

George: A poor substitute for the Bosstones… enough ska to be ska, but not enough punk to be punk.
Rosey: '82 punk, deep & fast. Bosstones ska. Silly covers like Goldfinger does. B.
Elroy: Sure.
Jane: I miss punk, too… but I still don't put hot crazy chicks on my album covers.