Like its namesake, Electric Frankenstein is an implacable juggernaut, conquering the world one lurching step at a time. Vinnie Apicella takes a look at the mind behind the machine in an interview with Sal Canzonieri.

The high-octane fumes swirling from the Rock Powerhouse that is Supagroup are enough to give anyone a dancing fit. Gail Worley investigates the volatiles emanating from this Alaska-via-Louisiana conflagration.

Mitch Easter, Let’s Active, the dBs, Rob Levy, interview

They don’t come more seminal than Mitch Easter, who has influenced music from both sides of the mixing board, with his band Let’s Active and as the producer for acts like REM, Pavement and Marshall Crenshaw. Rob Levy grabs a few moments with the busy man.

Cheeseburger (Aerodrome). Review by Tim Wardyn.

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In Technicolor (Rockular Recordings). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

Stereo Motion (Flicker). Review by Van Sias.

Born A Lion (Simba/Revelation). Review by Stein Haukland.

Ghosts Of The Great Highway (Jetset). Review by Rob Levy.

Put Here To Bleed (In Music We Trust). Review by Stein Haukland.

Suffrajett (In Music We Trust Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Chinatown (Nettwerk America). Review by Sean Slone.

Kiss My Grass. A Hillbilly Tribute to KISS (Dualtone). Review by Stein Haukland.

The Datsuns (V2). Review by Stein Haukland.

All the Colors of Darkness (GoKart). Review by Troy Jewell.

Discontent (Disaster). Review by Vinnie Apicella.

X (Island). Review by Gail Worley.

Random Radio (Devil Doll). Review by Daniel Mitchell.

Pain (SPV). Review by Matthew Moyer.