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Créatures (Rhyme and Reason). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Critters. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Far from being overly-serious and wonkish, Matthew Moyer finds Taraka and Nimai Larson (Prince Rama) to be funny, sarcastic, and in possession of minds that race from one idea to the next.

Shadow Temple (Captured Tracks). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Inklings (El deth). Review by Jeff Schweers.

Apparitions (Carpark Records). Review by Jeff Schweers.

Persevere (Soft Abuse). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Causers of This (Carpark Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Campfire Songs (Paw Tracks). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Killer Lake (Infintesmal). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Miike Snow treats Chicago fans, including our own Chris Catania , to an early Halloween show.

Animal Collective put the hip-pie in hip-ster, so why was the Orlando audience so ornery? S D Green ponders the lack of love at the concluding date of the band’s recent tour with Black Dice.

Six (Crucial Blast). Review by Matthew Moyer.

In an era of technological power in the hands of the masses, Lucky Dragons stands as a vivid testament to the power of people. Penny Duff asks Dragon Luke Fischbeck how?

Quo (Soft Abuse). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Last Night My Head Tried to Explode and I Wrote Everything Down (Novoton). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Cold Colors (Polyvinyl). Review by Nora Richardson.

Ecstatic Eyes Glow Glossy (Sickroom). Review by Aaron Shaul.

Person Pitch (Paw Tracks). Review by Aaron Shaul.