The response to our recent Chillin' with the Rip column, our guide to some of the best music to tune out the noise, was so overwhelming that we just had to get right back at it and bring you volume II. Now, the goal of this column is to give all you waveriders a glimpse into some of the mellower tun...

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...