Supremely independent for going on three decades, Superchunk’s incisive nervous energy is still one of the purest indie highs you can find.

It’s a perfect time to bring Sound Salvation to a wider audience via the Internet, albeit in a different form.

Is it a cooking show, or the funniest thing on TV?

Inaugural Big Guava festival in Tampa, FL. 3 days of music, midway rides, craft beer, and local food. Phillip Haire breaks out the poncho and dives in!

The inaugural Big Guava Festival opens an exciting new chapter for Central Florida’s music scene!

What Kind of World (Readymade). Review by Sean Slone.

Showroom of Compassion (Upbeat Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Jen Cray discovers that An Evening with Cake, while frought with some forgivable frontman soapboxing, is an evening well spent.

Real Vampires EP (Cake). Review by Aaron Shaul.

The Future That Was (Artemis). Review by Sean Slone.

Steven Drozd, drummer from The Flaming Lips, opens up to Matt Cibula about that damn “Spiderbite Song” (hint: it wasn’t really a spiderbite after all), the success of Yoshimi, and why the real-live Yoshimi might have a reason to be pissed-off about the new record.

EP (self-released). Review by Bettie Lou Vegas.

Every year, Sean Slone makes a mix CD that sums up the year in music. Here’s a look at the 19 tracks that make up this year’s mix.

Saving his own best for last, Ink 19 Editor-In-Chief Julio Diaz offers his list of the best albums 2001 had to offer. And the hits don’t stop ‘til he gets to the top!

The K.G.B. (Dreamworks). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Visitor Jim (Fortune). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Cake, with Drive By Truckers and The Josh Joplin Group at the On The Bricks Concert Series at Centennial Park in Atlanta, GA on July 27, 2001. Concert review by Roi J. Tamkin.

The Ghost of Fashion (spinART). Review by Julio Diaz.

Comfort Eagle (Columbia). Review by Julio Diaz.

Prolonging the Magic (Capricorn). Review by Julio Diaz