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

Boy do I hate droppingthe names of Tortoise, Isotope and Chicago Underground in a review, butfans should most definitely take a spin with the latest project fromJune of 44/Rachel's drummer Doug Scharin's new Him record.

Belle and Sebastian are arguably the best Brit-pop band to come out of the UK since The Smiths.

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.

The press releases states that Fontanelle consists of four members, two of which were members of the now-defunct Jessamine.

I'm sure by now you've heard the hype surrounding this growing legend. He was picked up by David Tibet of Current 93 to be on the Durtro label after Tibet listened to this album. Antony's lyrics and vocals are some of the most soul-clenching and amazingly powerful sounds around today by far. His piano work is splendid. The Johnsons band consists of drums, harp, bass, two violins, cello, flute, two clarinets, sax, and "guitar effects."

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.

Vladislav Delay is a 23 year old sound artist from Helsinki, Finland.

Did you cry when Slowdive broke up?

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