Dear music lovers,
Meant to post this sooner in case anyone might be interested. I review 2-3 records a month for a library publication (online), the CD Hotlist: New Releases for Libraries. Many libraries don't have a music specialist. The Hotlist is especially for such people, but I often find my colleagues choices there to be interesting and off the beaten path. The site is a bit primitive so you have to scroll down the the Pop/Rock section to read it. I'll put the text of it below, in case you don't want to go to the site.
All best,
Thomas Bell
[url=http://cdhotlist.btol.com/cddetail.cfm?yy=2009&mm=6]
"In case you haven’t heard, not only are Throwing Muses still thriving, but in 2003, band leader and acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh started another project, mathy power-punk-surf outfit, 50 Foot Wave (FFW). If the Muses are the sound of intricately controlled chaos, this is barely controlled mayhem, on the scale of a freight train at full tilt gone off the tracks, only it keeps lumbering, overwhelming and unstoppable. Power + Light is “more beast than man,” an epic, relentless monster in seven movements, one continuous track. This addictive, menacing music begs to be heard live. It is an achingly beautiful and disarmingly visceral assault that gets better with every listen, the best thing yet from this frighteningly talented trio."