Jon Young

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Review: "The Rushing Dark," by Laura Gibson
Mon Jan. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Review: "Curse," by Stew & the Negro Problem
Fri Jan. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Review: "Neptune," by Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes
Mon Jan. 16, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Review: "Det Haster!" by Casiokids
Mon Dec. 5, 2011 3:00 AM PST

Review: "Soul Feeling," by Frankie Pighee & the Soulettes
Mon Oct. 24, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

Review: "There Always Was," by Peggy Sue
Fri Oct. 21, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

Review: "Woebegone," by Shelby Lynne
Mon Oct. 17, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

Review: "How's Never," by Ivy
Mon Sep. 12, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: "Surgeon," by St. Vincent
Mon Sep. 12, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: "Black Smoke Rise," by Wooden Shjips
Mon Sep. 5, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: "1000 Dollar Car," by Bottle Rockets
Mon Aug. 15, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: Ximena Sariñana
Mon Aug. 1, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: "The Goo Goo Muck," by Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads
Mon Jul. 25, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: Eilen Jewell's "Queen of the Minor Key"
Mon Jul. 25, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Review: Arctic Monkeys' Suck It and See
Mon Jul. 25, 2011 2:30 AM PDT

Four Must-Listen Tracks
Mon Jul. 5, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Songs You Should Listen To Right Now
Mon Jun. 7, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Music: The Way of the World (Mose Allison)
Thu Apr. 1, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Music: The Big To-Do (Drive-By Truckers)
Fri Mar. 19, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Music: San Patricio (The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder)
Tue Mar. 9, 2010 1:00 AM PST

Music: The Winter of Mixed Drinks (Frightened Rabbit)
Tue Mar. 9, 2010 1:00 AM PST

Music: Heart of My Own (Basia Bulat)
Tue Dec. 29, 2009 4:30 PM PST

Music: Staggering (Boy Genius)
Tue Dec. 29, 2009 4:13 PM PST

Music: End Times (Eels)
Tue Dec. 29, 2009 3:52 PM PST

Music: The Amazing Oscar Micheaux (Stace England and the Salt Kings)
Mon Dec. 28, 2009 12:51 PM PST

The Top 10 Records of 2011

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Mon Dec. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PST

Music: Poly Styrene, Daniel Knox, and More

What I'm listening to this month.

May/June 2011 Issue

Critic's Picks: La Sera, Black Joe Louis, Wye Oak, and Julianna Barwick

What I'm listening to: 4 hot new tracks.

March/April 2011 Issue

Hot New Tracks From Charles Bradley, Fujiya & Miyagi, and More

Mother Jones critic Jon Young dissects four albums by the song.

January/February 2011 Issue

Music Reviews: Stereolab, Old 97's, Cloud Nothings

4 new albums you'll love this month, including which specific tracks to listen to.

November/December 2010 Issue

Music Reviews: Chocolate Genius Inc., The Vaselines, and Bobby Bare Jr.

4 new albums you'll love this fall, including which specific tracks to listen to.

September/October 2010 Issue

Music: Lights Out Zoltar!

British oddball Gemma Ray is mesmerizing on her sophomore album.

November/December 2009 Issue

Music: Little Moon

Grant-Lee Phillips' newest album is charmingly optimistic.

November/December 2009 Issue

Music: Nasty Gal; Is It Love or Desire

The reissue of two albums by funky '70s siren Betty Davis.

November/December 2009 Issue

Music: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

Sean Lennon composes a head-spinning film score.

November/December 2009 Issue

Alison Sudol, the Next Kate Bush?

A review of the singer's latest CD, Bomb in a Birdcage.

September/October 2009 Issue

Music Monday: Review: The Waitiki 7, Adventures in Paradise

This new band has a great old sound: tiki torches meets jazz meets 1950s exotica.

September/October 2009 Issue

Music Monday: Review: Wheedle's Groove, Kearney Barton

This album brings the Seattle funk scene to great absurdist life.

September/October 2009 Issue

Music Monday: Review: Vivian Girls, Everything Goes Wrong

Brooklyn's girl group brings new edginess to old boy-trouble tales.

September/October 2009 Issue

Music Monday: Review: Adrian Quesada's Coconut Rock

Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada combine rock-steady beats and Brazilian ballads.

July/August 2009 Issue

Music Monday: Gone

Finally freed, 24-Carat Black's follow-up to <span style="font-style:normal;">Ghetto</span> is just as good as the 1973 cult fave.

July/August 2009 Issue

Music Monday: Best Crisis Ever

Like Beck? You'll love ApSci's second album.

July/August 2009 Issue

Music: Those Darlins

Not a country music fan? This Nashville trio may change your mind.

July/August 2009 Issue

Marcio Local's Adventures in Samba Soul

It's not cerebral music, but these Brazilian love songs soothe the soul.

May/June 2009 Issue

Music: Headstunts

The Datsuns.

May/June 2009

Music: Songs in the Night

This debut album from Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers is perfect on a Sunday morning.

May/June 2009

Music: Country Club

John Doe and The Sadies handle these classic-country covers with style and grace.

May/June 2009

Music: Welcome to Mali

Amadou & Mariam

March/April 2009

Music Review: Goodnight Oslo

Robyn Hitchcock's second album with the Venus 3 riffs on Dylan, R&B, and the Byrds.

March/April 2009

Music Review: It's Not Me, It's You

Lily Allen's latest album skewers bigots and substance abusers. But in a fun way.

March/April 2009

Music: Habeas Corpus

Poli-rock band Living Things offers up a soundtrack for the coming apocalypse.

March/April 2009

Music: Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future

The Bird and the Bee

Fri Jan. 23, 2009 12:00 AM PST

Music: Noble Beast

Andrew Bird's latest album handily displays his post-Squirrel Nut Zippers transformation.

January/February 2009 Issue

Music: Alligator Purse

BeauSoleil's Cajun swamp-guitar sound lets the good times roll.

January/February 2009 Issue

Music Review: Heart On

More odes to self-gratification from the Eagles of Death Metal.

November/December 2008 Issue

Music Review: Does You Inspire You

Caroline Polachek, Chairlift's deadpan singer, elevates cool intensity to a fine art in this spellbinding debut.

November/December 2008 Issue

Music Review: Make the Road by Walking

Menahan Street Band's tangy instrumentals make this the perfect after-midnight record.

November/December 2008 Issue

Music Review: Dirt Don't Hurt

Britain's Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs spew weird roots music with woozy gusto.

November/December 2008 Issue

Music Review: Here With Me

The characters in Jennifer O'Connor's folky fourth album struggle to cope, though you'd never know it from her dry delivery.

September/October 2008 Issue

Music Review: Cold Fact

First released in 1970, this album should spark a rediscovery of Detroit native Sixto Diaz Rodriguez.

September/October 2008 Issue