Get Well Soon (Gold Standard). Review by Stein Haukland.

X (Island). Review by Gail Worley.

Tonight It’s Now or Never (DCN). Review by Sean Slone.

Trouble Bound (Hightone). Review by James Mann.

Curse of the Selby Tigers (Hopeless). Review by Matt Cibula.

…but James Mann offers a review of two books on the subject that should be: Steven Blush’s American Hardcore: A Tribal History and Mark Spitz and Brendan Mullen’s We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk.

Can DVD capture the grandeur one of the greatest punk bands of all, The Clash? Director and longtime cohort Don Letts gives it a try with Westway to the World. James Mann will let you know-oh, should it stay or should it go.

Hard Hitting Songs for Hard Hit People (RAFR). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

Decline Of Day (Fortune). Review by Terry Eagan.

Though they get compared to bands as disparate as Devo, the Dillinger Four, X, and Bikini Kill, the St. Paul-based punk rock band the Selby Tigers actually have a sound all their own. Sean Carswell cornered the band while they were stranded in Cocoa Beach on their recent tour, and spoke with Arzu, Dave, and Nathan about their music, third party politics, and movies with dwarves.

Eleni Mandell isn’t your average, run-of-the-mill female singer/songwriter. Turning her back on computer-aided recording and “perfection,” she opts for a warts-and-all sound that’s as influenced by the music of the thirties and forties as it is by modern day rock n’ roll. Phil Bailey learned more from this fiercely independent artist.

Event Review by David Lucas