Sunshine State The Willowz are Michel Gondry-tested, Kirsten Dunst-approved. /music/ By Gwynne Watkins.
Catch 'Em If You Can Female power-group Electrelane is all kinds of intense. /music/ By Catrinel Bartolomeu.
Captain Hook The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman on Nietzsche, nerds and sex after marriage. /music/ By David Callicott.
Like a Midnight Cowboy Okkervil River's Will Sheff runs deep and dark. /music/ By Sarah Hepola.
Sunny Side Up Frankel's California sound defrosts cold hearts. /music/ By Gwynne Watkins.
Wordplay Chris Urbanowicz of Editors wants to know, where's our Debbie Harry? /music/ By Lauren Gitlin.
29 Thoughts on the New White Stripes Album 16. Sometimes, I really like the Arcade Fire, and sometimes I think they could have been a skit on The Muppet Show. /music/ By Adam Boyle.
Mistaken Identity Don't call Patrick Wolf sexually ambiguous. /music/ By Annsley Chapman.
Countrywide The National breaks big. /music/ By Akiva Gottlieb.
Hot Fuzz The Shins' James Mercer wants to oblique you all over. /music/ By Sarah Hepola.
Hair to the Throne Kings of Leon return, fully bearded and ready to rule. By Sarah Hepola.
Mister Mastery Elliott Smith's longtime producer commemorates the doomed craftsman with a final collection. /music/ By Peter Smith.
Sister Act The Pierces skewer hipsterism with "Boring." /music/ By Michaelangelo Matos.
Dance Dance Revolution Klaxons' original synth stirs hearts and loins. /music/ By Catrinel Bartolomeu.
Murphy's Romance The OCD LCD Soundsystem frontman on his marriage and love for disorder. /music/ By Catrinel Bartolomeu.