Akron/Family’s new studio album (their 5th) was released on Tuesday. I downloaded it from Amazon.com yesterday without having heard any of the new songs because I’m a big fan of some of their earlier stuff (their 2005 debut album is my favorite.) I haven’t listened to it enough yet for me to do a proper [...]

First let me define what I mean by “rated” (because without doing that, “underrated” doesn’t mean much.) I’m talking specifically about the “ratings” of people in the US because some of these bands are actually quite highly rated in the UK (The Stone Roses & Oasis being obvious examples.) I’m talking about a combination of [...]

2009 is now more than 1/4th over. So here’s a little look at some of the albums that have already come out this year (or are about to come out but have already been leaked online) that you may want to check out if you haven’t yet. Each of these is among the top 53 [...]