An accomplished musician and active user to boot, Robert Waddington is stirring up lots of attention on Amie Street. He's just released a new album entitled 65 Darlington Street, a mix of jazz, fusion, and electronica -- and it's about time you checked him out!

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The Phoenix Foundation's 2003 debut, Horsepower, released to critical acclaim in New Zealand, has just hit U.S. shelves this year. The NZ musicians have drawn comparisons to Sigur Rós, Pink Floyd, and even Coldplay's softer tracks (PopMatters), so fans of atmospheric rock will likely find this a nice addition to your "chill" playlists.

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To celebrate the release of a new album from Violet, we'd like to take a moment to look back on the development of an oft-neglected genre: Dark Wave.

An offshoot of the New Wave movement throughout Germany and the UK in the late '70s-'80s, Dark Wave involves macabre, fantastic, sorrowful, and generally "dark" themes, and as such is generally associated with traditional Gothic culture.

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All right, I'm writing about this band because I have a crush on the lead singer. But I think you will too.

Barnicle is fast, fun, and incredibly catchy; they seem like they'd be awesome live and don't lose a bit of energy on the recordings. If bands were people, Barnicle would be Weezer's girlfriend, and you'd totally approve.

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Gin Blossoms fans, listen up: the Brindley Brothers have got a record for you. Amplifier Magazine calls their sophomore release "unabashedly American music, offered straight up without regard to fad or fashion," and its tracks have been used in national campaigns for Coca-Cola, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Polo.

has a familiar, comfortable sound -- music like a glass of wine or a roaring fire, the kind of album you'll want after a long day.

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From Sydney, Australia, Overpass bring a straightforward EP of hard rock that's no less welcome for its tried-and-true formula: an anthemic single, an acoustic ballad, and two more powerful tracks that prove they're not stopping with just that one hit.

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