The Music Issue

...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
Caterwauling parallel between Mayan corn-god sacraments and ancient Babylonian texts.

BLACK METAL
Nordic genre, sure, but Californians Xasthur and Leviathan shred, dude.

KHANATE
Capture and Release
I accidentally spilled the haunted-house dust onto my stereo.

MY iPOD TODAY
The Album Leaf played as I sat in the park.

WILL OLDHAM
That warble. That beard. And he's covered R. Kelly's "Ignition."

ROLLING STONE
People for aging rockers who appreciate Bono. My stepfather subscribes.

SHAKIRA
Shimmies hips. Quotes Freud. New song sounds like the Cranberries.

UKULELE ("LANIKAI")
So much pleasure from wood, nylon, air. Warm islands beckon.

WEEZER
Muddled anger posing as the art of loving the loveless.

WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS
Part Shins, part Cursive, part Knack—it's all good, bro.