Modest Mouse has avoided using a higher budget - a perk to being signed to a major label - toindulge in excesses or to muddle their sound. Instead, the band has used this luxury to explore their genre,...

"Hey Afroman!" a student shouted into the rapper/singer's dressing room window after the show, "I got a fat sack of headies for ya. You gonna let us in?" They must've known that Afroman had to ditch his...

Air Pocket Symphony(Astralwerks)Air's music often walks the thin line between sophomoric idiocy and layered classical brilliance. While never approaching the brilliance of previous albums, "Pocket...

King Leonidas of the Spartans (Gerard Butler) and his men kill several Persian messengers by throwing them into a huge stone pit in the center of town. They are killed for "threatening Sparta" and "insulting...

Dr. Dog We All Belong(Park the Van) 4 StarsDr. Dog won't be in the dog pen for this album. The group's third album is just what they needed to take off. Chock full of Beach Boys style harmonies, sweet...

I only have 500 words to start the revolution, so let's get down to it. Crocs. Perhaps more important than the campaign to rocket those who wear socks with their sandals to the moon, is the movement to...

Album ReviewArcade Fire Neon Bible(Merge) 4 StarsLike many people just looking for some good music, I was a listener that stumbled upon experimental rock band The Arcade Fire and their hit album of 2005,...

Album Review B.G. and the Chopper City Boyz We Got This(Koch) 2 StarsOne of the definitive clichés of mainstream hip-hop is the "posse album," in which a successful artist uses his credibility and...

Album Review of High Llamas Can Cladders (Drag City) 3 and 1/2 starsCan we please go for a drive today in your racing-green 1986 Volvo? Can we take the train out to Oxford and read to each other from "Franny...

Ninjas have a reputation for being stealthy and mysterious beings - moving seamlessly through the night and carrying out ninja tasks like assassinations and spinning tornado kicks.But there will be nothing...

Album Review of Eluvium Copia (Temporary Residence) 4 StarsAmbient music tends to conjure images of sleeping, winter and Brian Eno. It can be either beautiful or like watching paint dry, depending on the...

June Barrington, a freshman from Delaware, announced that she "totally" understands the stock market. The momentous announcement, which she made while showering alone, bucked the trend of her complaining...