Birdsongs of the American West. Review by Judy Craddock.

Blood (American Laundromat). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.

Artificial Heart (Jonathan Coulton). Review by Carl F Gauze.

A boy called Girl Talk. A bio-engineering DJ. Rick Astley and Metallica? Gregg Gillis wholly embraces the philosophy of the “mash-up.” Reyan Ali wonders if what Girl Talk does is legal, good for the industry, or can even be considered music. So, he asked Gillis about it, point blank.

Heart Comma Heart (Self-Released). Review by Ben Varkentine.

A Thousand Days (Kontext). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Polaroids: A Greatest Hits Collection (Columbia). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Finding Myself Again (). Review by Kyrby Raine.

Eastmountainsouth (Dreamworks). Review by Sean Slone.

The Golden State (Columbia). Review by Bettie Lou Vegas.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP (Shifty / Touch And Go). Review by Kurt Channing.

American (Boxcar). Review by Julio Diaz.

Steve Stav finds himself tongue-tied when he engages his favorite chanteuse-next-door in a revealing Q&A.

Sometimes A Circle (Dreamworks). Review by Vanessa Bormann.

Cake And Pie (A&M). Review by Sean Slone.

Tom “Tearaway” Schulte rounds up a shitload of new compact discs and other media, ripe for the pickings in this holiday season. Come on, Cold Meat Industry product in the X-Mas stocking is enough to make any little girl or boy dance for joy.

Songs in Red and Gray (A&M). Review by Julio Diaz.

I Never Learned to Swim: 1990-2000 (Beyond). Review by Julio Diaz.