SCRAPS: (very) old and (almost) new solo guitar pieces. Review by Bob Pomeroy.

The Boule Oui (Saustex Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Tales From The West. Review by Michelle Wilson.

3 (Topshelf Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

S/T (Trapeze Music & Entertainment Ltd. ). Review by James Mann.

My Personal Culloden (Forever Heavenly). Review by James Mann.

Albert Ayler’s Ghosts Live at the Yellow Ghetto (Smog Veil). Review by James Mann.

The Complete Riverside Recordings (Riverside Records). Review by James Mann.

Agitation Systems (42°53’N 74°46’E Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Nanobots (Idlewild). Review by Eric J. Iannelli.

White Teeth, Black Thoughts (Space Age Bachelor Pad Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Toulousology (Lost Grove Arts). Review by James Mann.

Antelope Freeway/Equinox Express Elevator (Impulse! ). Review by James Mann.

Sing In My Meadow (Latent Recordings). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Carl F Gauze reviews 19 movers and shakers we’ll miss in the New Year.

Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart has died of complications from MS at 69 – now that’s some Low Yo Yo stuff. James Mann recalls a genius.

Your Future Our Clutter (Domino). Review by Matthew Moyer.

The Fallen resembles Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon, trying to get at the story of The Fall by letting everyone tell their conflicting versions of the band’s true story. And by everyone, Matthew Moyer means EVERYONE.

Melted (Goner ). Review by Michael Crown.