Can Chairy Girl survive a broadside of obsessive melodramatics? Stay tuned.

VoizNoiz 2 – Urban Sound Scapes (Tone Casualties). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Hunkpapa (Shoeless). Review by Ryan Scarrow.

Volume Four (Parasol ). Review by James Mann.

Goddess in the Doorway (Virgin). Review by James Mann.

Speak It Not Aloud (My Pal God). Review by Matt Cibula.

Me Is He (Sonic Unyon). Review by Anton Warner.

Ah, the pressures of being an in-demand writer. Matt Cibula had many Web sites beating down hs door for his year-end picks, but only Ink 19 was willing to go the extra mile to get the next 19 records on his list…

Insignificance (Drag City). Review by David Sussex.

Soul Sista (MCA). Review by Bill Campbell.

Alive 1997 (Virgin). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Gail Worley sold her soul to Satan to bring you an interview with the legendary Alice Cooper. What a bargain!

Los Musicos (Moondo/Discipline Global). Review by Matt Cibula.

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.

There is No Future (Trojan). Review by Brian Kruger.

Para Siempre (Small Stone). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Death Is Infinite (Revelation). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Night Sessions (Columbia). Review by Sean Slone.

The Songs of The Kinks (Sub Pop). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Déjà Vu (Beat). Review by Vanessa Bormann.