Gastr del Sol

A Joyful Noise

Basement Ax

Built to Spill's Doug Martsch is a guitar hero for a generation not interested in 'em

Sonic Youth

Murray Street (Geffen)

Edith Frost

Wonder Wonder woman artfully dodges categorization

Lucky Jim

Versatile indie visionary Jim O'Rourke works on more records than most people get around to buying

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions

New Times music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets

Genre Divide

Chicago's post-progressive-math-punk-rock-jazz quartet Sweep the Leg Johnny is a sonic non sequitur