Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles do more than just channel the past. True, Diamonds in the Dark is full of imagery of days gone by, but the package is fresh.

New Maps of Hell is direct, short, catchy and attacking – what more can you ask for in a good punk album?

Calexico manages to place their patented romantic gypsy artistry throughout most of this 6 song EP, featuring 3 distinct covers. With their hints towards jazz, world, experimental and rock, Calexico continues to earn their well due cult praises.

After a couple of less than stellar solo albums (hear: Shine, Bar 17), some rather underwhelming tours and one Photoshop destined mug shot, Trey Anastasio has been cementing his legacy with more head shaking than nodding. With The Horseshoe Curve, the former Phish frontman tries on a familiar concept – the instrumental big band, courtesy of his Trey Anastasio Band that toured between 2002 and 2004. Revisiting the works of that highly regarded dectet, it comes to no surprise that now is the perfect time for Anastasio to play it safe.

Billy Martin continues to explore the art of percussion, avant-garde and beyond with his eclectic Amulet Records label with illy B Eats Volume 2, This recording features a series of Martin made break beats and percussion samples intended for DJ use – appearing on both vinyl and disc.

Set in the heart of autumn in beautiful upstate New York, this year’s eight annual Woodstock Film Festival impressed with a blend of small town charm, prestigious films, and great music. There was a little bit of something for everyone, even those who aren’t your average film fest attendees.

it’s only fitting that with 2007 welcoming the 50th Anniversary of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, that Christopher McCandless’ journey to a destination unknown made it to the big screen. McCandless’ two year adventure was documented in the 1996 best seller Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer, and has since served as modern-day thesis for self-discovery.

Overlooking the nitpicky points about graphics and the production, JamCam’s Jam in Jamaica is a great escape.

Tarantino

Based on the best selling book of the same name,Touching The Void recreates a 1985 mountaineering expedition that explores a man

Lester Bangs truly lived every day as if it was his last. Unfortunately, but not coincidentally, his last day came at the young age of thirty-three. In Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America

This fascinating novel evokes New York City in it

David N. Meyer has such colorful characters to work with in his eloquent exhaustive biography of Gram Parsons, Twenty Thousand Roads becomes an uncanny reflection of his subject.

On stage, Ron Wood and Keith Richards often appear inseparable.  While Sir Mick and The Human Riff may be responsible for creating the bulk of the Stones' massive catalog of songs, Ronnie has served as Keith's guitar  foil while giving those tunes life in concert longer than either Brain Jones or Mick Taylor ever did.

Jerry Garcia would chuckle to think of a multi-day event hosted by a major American university designed to dissect Grateful Dead culture and history. No doubt too as the weekend long series of events progressed, he would become more than bemused by the proceedings.