Scoring Buffy, hangin’ with ‘Nsync, picking up interstellar babes and new wave girls… all in a day’s work for the men of Nerf Herder. Julio Diaz attempts to run an extensive interview with singer Parry Grip in less than 12 parsecs.

Various Artists (BYO). Review by Rob Walsh.

These Liquid Lungs (Fueled By Ramen). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Leaving Through the Window (Drive Thru / MCA). Review by Kiran Aditham.

Survival is For Cowards (Second Nature). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

What It Is to Burn (Drive-Thru). Review by Margie Libling.

Gail Worley’s got the beat of The Go-Go’s – drummer Gina Schock, that is – in this extensive interview!

Believe It or Not (NDN). Review by James Mann.

…but James Mann offers a review of two books on the subject that should be: Steven Blush’s American Hardcore: A Tribal History and Mark Spitz and Brendan Mullen’s We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk.

Shreds Of Dignity (Spitfire). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

BYO Split Series Volume III (BYO). Review by Julio Diaz.

Volume 3 (R.A.F.R.). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Armchair Martian (My). Review by Margie Libling.

Protection EP (Twenty Stone Blatt). Review by Brian Kruger.

Must’ve Been Live (Mid-Fi). Review by Julio Diaz.

Perseverance (Universal). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

The music world is rocked by news that Britney Spears’ next album will be a track-for-track remake of The Clash’s seminal London Calling. Julio Diaz gets the full story.

Various Artists (Nitro). Review by Margie Libling.

Beat The Bastards (Spitfire). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

The Bell Ringer (Cote 681). Review by Vanessa Bormann.