Lucky for us and Cherry Red Books, Dave Thompson is a HUGE Sparks fan. Matthew Moyer calls Sparks: No. 1 Songs in Heaven his strongest piece of writing yet.

Courtney Love has resurrected Hole, in a way, and set out on a tour that has quickly become the must-see beautiful disaster of the summer. Jen Cray caught the uneven Orlando show.

After 30 years in the music industry, producer, songwriter and musician Larry Dvoskin has released a set of his own music. Gail Worley finds out why it took so long.

Reimaginator. Review by Joe Frietze.

The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic (Legacy Recordings). Review by Tim Wardyn.

For Your Entertainment (RCA Music Group). Review by Christopher Long.

The Sounds bring an ear-pleasing mix of alt-pop gems and a hefty dose of star power to Orlando’s House of Blues.

Gail Worley gets the definitive interview out of Secret Machines’ feisty drummer Josh Garza. She calls them a grunge Be Bop Deluxe, but in a good way.

Calling the World (Geffen). Review by Sean Slone.

My Ion Truss (Jagjaguwar). Review by Aaron Shaul.

One With Everything (New Door Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

After a decade of bad feelings, Max Cavalera and his brother Igor reunited onstage and performed some Sepultura classics, thus whetting death metal fans’ already-rabid appetite worldwide for the reunion they said would never happen. Jen Cray spoke with Max in the midst of a tour with his current project, Soulfly to inquire about such possibilities.

Modern Love & Death (Polyvinyl). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Topaz Rarities (Self-Released). Review by Kyrby Raine.

20 Years of Psychobilly starring The Quakes , 7 Shot Screamers and Twisted In Graves has drawn out an impressive number for a Thursday night, including Jen Cray.

A Top 19 list from Tom Schulte , a music journalist that dropped his pen to grab the fader.

Tom Schulte delivers a healthy megadose of news and reviews in this month’s Outsight.

Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Unbreakable (Sanctuary). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Eruption (Fuel 2000). Review by Carl F Gauze.