Feature: New Indie CDs

Jon Sobel's reviews of music releases from independent artists and labels, collected and published about twice a month.

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• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for Aug 10 2006 - Reischel, Weary Boys, Vladeck

  Sure, he's talented and good-lookng - but how many Myspace friends does he have?

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Aug 11, 2006

• CD Review: Karling Abbeygate - Karling Abbeygate

  Abbeygate may have just enough sly punkitude to popularize this anachronistic sound.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Aug 02, 2006

• Interview/Concert Review: Controlling the Famous

  The amps and drums rock crazily like a skyline swaying in an earthquake so that everything seems to be threatening to collapse in a heap.

  Interview by Jon Sobel — on Jul 21, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for July 13 2006 - Umbrellas, Alec Gross, The Mains

  Terms like rock and pop, like lines of longitude, are just artificial constructs, while music itself is all-natural.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jul 14, 2006

• Concert Review: Mofro

  A Mofro show is something like a second coming of the Doors.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jul 10, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for June 29 2006 - Adamson, Vecchione, Next Wave Compilation

  Laura Vecchione's playful side, combined with the high quality of her songs, makes this soul-splashed country-rock CD a winner.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 30, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for June 15 2006 - Chapin, Splitsense, Graffin, Apollo 13

  Jen Chapin's slithery delivery, pop-inspired melodies and cutting lyrics turn even the homiest sentiment into art.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 15, 2006

• CD/DVD Review: The Clarks, Still Live

  Personally, I've had it with edgy. Give me a good song over an intriguing attitude any day.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 12, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for June 1 2006 - Cass, McKean, Stigers

  This CD is a whole lot of fun, and isn't that the main point of rock anyway?

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jun 01, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for May 18 2006 - Zach Hexum, The Animators, Josh Sason

  "Buy Buy" suggests something Pete Townshend might have written after accidentally wandering into a Wal-Mart.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on May 18, 2006

• CD Review and Interview: Hillstomp, The Woman That Ended the World

  "For us, blues is all about grit and dirt. It's not about notes, or technicality or any of that crap."

  Interview by Jon Sobel — on May 17, 2006

• Indie Round-Up for 4-20-06: Brandston, Wendt, Mulligan, Martin

  More hooks per square foot than a velcro dance floor.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Apr 21, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up For April 6 2006: Ann Klein, Controlling the Famous, Joe Rohan, Kevin So

  Four good Kevin So songs are worth more than an hour of music from most artists.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Apr 07, 2006

• CD Review: Various Artists, Alligator Records: 35X35

  It's remarkable when any independent label survives this long, no matter what its mission.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Apr 04, 2006

• CD Reviews: Indie Round-Up for Mar 23 2006 - Retrospectro, Waldron, Chevrette

  Get there early - the more you've drunk, the better we sound!

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Mar 24, 2006

• Indie Round-Up for March 9, 2006 - Golay, Rivkin, Rentler

  Quirky, contemplative, authentic entries are highlighted.

  News by Jon Sobel — on Mar 09, 2006

• Indie Round-Up for Feb 23 2006: Beautiful Girls, Gordone, Kurdian

  End result: subtle, 21st-century eclectic-pop gold.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 24, 2006

• Indie Round-Up for Feb 9 2006: Indiegrrl-apalooza

  "Yea" is a headbanger's delight that Beavis and Butthead would surely have labeled cool.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Feb 09, 2006

• Indie Round-Up for Jan 26 2006: Lee Rocker, Sarah Woolf

  A plain old rockin' good time is had by all.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jan 26, 2006

• Indie Round-Up for Jan 12 2006: Fern Jones, Bradley Leighton

  Wherever Sister Fern is now, she's got absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.

  Review by Jon Sobel — on Jan 12, 2006