Love The Game (Shanachie). Review by Roi Tamkin.

Burning The Shroud (Hammerheart). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Suspension & Displacement (Cuneiform). Review by Mitchell Foy.

Day Of Reckoning (Now Or Never). Review by Nathan T. Birk.

Chocolate & Strawberries EP (Foodchain). Review by Julio Diaz.

Innocence From Hell (Baphomet/Necropolis). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

Wide Awake Bored (BMG Music). Review by David A. Clark.

This career day, learn how to be a rock star from the likes of Papa Roach, Eve 6, and Zebrahead, thanks to the instructional career video, Backstage Pass Volume 2. What? This isn’t a career video? Coulda fooled Steve Schwadron.

In an extremely rare occurrence, not only did Stormtroopers Of Death (S.O.D.) actually put out an album last year, they even went on tour to support it! Now Kill Yourself + The Movie is out as a document of the momentous occasion, and David Lee Beowulf cranks it up to 11.

Buying The Lie (Sidecho). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

Straight Down Rain (Eminent). Review by David Whited.

Progressive Mix Session 1.0 (Moonshine). Review by Troy Mayhew.

Venerable character actor Jeff Daniels makes his directoral and screenwriting debut with Escanaba in Da Moonlight, a gentle tale of aliens and deer hunting in the Upper Peninsula. Carl F. Gauze gives the film a shot, but will he score a bullseye, or is he just putting the poor thing out of its misery?

The seamy underbelly of Brooklyn is exposed in Tim McLoughlin’s debut novel, Heart of the Old Country. But what’s tougher: a Brooklyn goombah, or a review from Carl F. Gauze?

Elizabeth Elmore, with Sharks and Minnows at .357 Warehouse in Athens, GA on March 12, 2001. Concert review and photos by Phil Bailey.

Coney Island High Reunion, featuring The Dickies, Murphy’s Law, Bellvue, and The Kowalskis at Don Hill’s, New York City, NY on April 13, 2001. Concert review by David Lee Beowulf.

“For me there was the Incredible Hulk, then Raiders of the Lost Ark, then pro-wrestling, then fishing, then her, then music, then her, then her, then pot, then her, and now there is writing. I am merely a more thoughtful and elegant version of mom.”

Beautiful My Child (Six Degrees). Review by drew West.

Live From Mars (Virgin). Review by Troy Mayhew.

Dear Life (Burnt Toast Vinyl). Review by Randall J. Stephens.