• Navigating the spicy seas of Thai soup, by Ian Blecher and Darby Saxbe.
• New Rock from the old blue, by Alec Bemis.
• Singing of arms and a paint brush, by Anna Erickson.
• 'Triumph' delights the senses but not the soul, by Larry Switzky.
• Not everyone loves Allen's musical montage, by Chris Schmidt.
• A stylish, apocalyptic 'Optimism' unsettles, by Susanna Chu.

RECORD REVIEWS!!!

• Beauty is the beast on Miss Alans' dull sparkler, by Jessica Winter.
• MacLeod sings of love with simple brilliant style, by Barry Levey.
• Postmod dreams and teen fantasies in Push Kings pop, by I-Huei Go.