24th Street Blues (Bohemian Neglect Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

In the news today: The Dillinger Escape Plan, R.E.M., Breaking Benjamin, Jasen Rauch, Janelle Monáe, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandaddy, Nikki Sixx. Mötley Crüe, Ghost, Vinyl, Rammstein, Eurovision, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Four Tet, Kieran Hebden, William Tyler, Willie Nelson, Imagine Dragons, The Hives, Gorilla Biscuits, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks

At The Carousel Ballroom April 24, 1968 (Renew Records). Review by James Mann.

You Don’t Know Me (Southpaw Musical Productions). Review by Christopher Long.

Annals of My Glass House (Blue Gentian Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic (Legacy Recordings). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Poseidon and the Bitter Bug (IG Recordings/Vanguard Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

Rock That Babe (Signature Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.

“Melodic with a touch of groove and an anemic, very white approach to the vocals, but still soulful.” Gail Worley talks to Johnny Marr, currently of The Healers and formerly of the Smiths, and manages to keep it together. Mostly.