Perhaps there was a time that Geffen was pressuring Sonic Youth to make more hit singles, as it looks now, thankfully they have hopefully given up.

Ku-ling Bros. is Stephen Mallinder and Shane Norton.

A lovely recording of the Dots show from 1994 in Amsterdam's Milky Way Club.

The San Francisco-based group pronounced "Room Uh Sock Eeet!" reminds me of one of the best characteristics of some of my favorite bands' early days.

Ryan Moore makes it sound so easy. He's become a natural at the Dub Soundystem project.

What a grand idea. As opposed to the usual, overly done idea of having other bands remix songs, Matt Johnson's clever self has decided to have other bands cover (or "interpret") his songs.

In their own words, this is "a ridiculous display of personal hygiene through over-sampled funk and breathing problems."

The second installment ofthe Dark series has finally been shipped to the first subscribers,after a wait of more than six months in some cases.

Montreal's scratchmasterKid Koala brings this tasty treat of 14 new tracks of groovingmelodies, peculiar samples, breakbeats and scratches.

It's unfortunate that many listeners are unfamiliar with Ventricle, a small Seattle-based label devoted to the female voice.

Perhaps it's one of them'contractual obligations' from the label, but this collection,appropriately titled, gathers bits and pieces from all over SHJ'srepertoire.

Many may recognizeRussell Mills' name from the artwork for NIN's "The Downward Spiral,"others might know his name from the multitude of audio/visual artinstallations that have taken place all over the world.

Did you cry when Slowdive broke up?

Tarwater return to Mute (US) and Kitty Yo (Europe) with this wonderful 11 part songbook.

"The Blue Room" never sat very well with me, though I did love Hotel Y.

Imagine a world where The Yeastie Girls get kidnapped by Pan Sonic and flown to Germany to make a pop record!

Another EasternMassachusetts native, Hrvatski has released this collection of yummystuff from 1996-1998 on his label, Reckankreuzungsklankewerzeuge (yeah,it's pronouncable).

There are a lot of very talented classically-trained musicians appearing on this very pretty gloom-folk CD from World Serpent.

I listen to a lot of electronic music, but for a techno album to grab my attention - that's a feat.

There is so much bad gothmusic coming out these days, it's been tough to motivate myself tolisten to new bands, especially local ones.