Cursive Mama I'm Swollen CD (Saddle Creek) "While history repeats, the present won't repent" sings Tim Kasher on "In The Now," the opening track off Cursive's seventh full-length Mama I'm Swollen. So true. Here is history repeating itself with Kasher's cringe-worthy, emotive, confused, written-on-th...

Lots of talk about Bishop Allen, Cursive, The Number Twelve Looks Like You and the new Punk Goes Pop collection. Hate to say it, but I’m not really looking forward to any of them much. A few that might get overlooked: Mirah’s new release is awesome. Portland’s repping pretty strong...

By Adrian de la Touche [ Editor's Note: This is one of several Watchmen reviews/articles by House contributors. Check throughout the week for more.] When I hear "American Girl," I am reminded, immediately, of Buffalo Bill, and his bumptious endorsement of skin lotion. A few bars from "Don’t Stop B...

From a February 20th homily (made available on ZENIT) by Fr. Benedict Groeschel, C.F.R., given at a Mass concelebrated at the formation center of the Legionaries of Christ in Thornwood:And I encourage you... my little book is about this. That's Christ on the cover with tears running down his face......

Neko Case Middle Cyclone CD (Anti-) Headline: Sword-wielding Redhead Disrupts Traffic, Idle Drivers Everywhere Fall in Love Harmonic 313 When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence CD/LP (WARP) Headline: Record Industry Alarmed By Results That Robots Could Make Better Music Than Humans The Monks Early Y...

Here's some stoner rock for chicks, which is certainly a novel concept. The Heartless Bastards are best enjoyed while thoroughly besotted, which sounds like a swell idea right about now... Heartless BastardsAlbum: The Mountain (Fat Possum)In stores: NowWhy we care:......

U2’s twelfth studio album, and their first in five years, No Line On The Horizon, is being released on March 3, 2009. Thanks to the full album being streamed on the group’s MySpace page, I’ve been able to review it early, although thanks to a mistake by the record company, I could ...

Despite the bullshit you see around the web from comments in various blogs and message boards, the new God Forbid album is great. I really didn’t get in to this band until I bought God Forbi IV: The Constitution OF Treason and after hearing War Of Attrition from Earthsblood, I knew I had to ha...

This week is one hand-packed snowball to the chest compared to the avalanche of releases that plowed us over last week. Black Lips - 200 Million Thousand CD (Vice) These Atlanta psychedelic garage punks have played their guitars with their dicks, pissed in each others mouths, and puked on Kelly O. R...

The Alternate Routes -- Sucker's Dream (Vanguard) JJ Cale -- Roll On (Rounder) Chris Isaak -- Mr. Lucky (Reprise/WEA) various artists -- Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Righteous Babe) various artists -- Putumayo Presents: India (Putumayo) And, lest you missed a trip to t...