Dear Bands and Music PR People,

We are overloaded with old-ass music. You have sent in so many pieces of good music, yet there’s simply no way to update the catalog with a fair queue now that all of these tunes have been released.

Nobody wants to read a review of a 6-12 month-old album unless there’s some nugget of newsworthiness there.

Do you have an upcoming show in the Minneapolis area? Do you have something new about your band that could merit a mention of one of these delicious albums?

Now is the time to send us a friendly e-mail with your respective nugget, otherwise, your disc goes into the unreviewed stack of which we do not speak. You’ve been warned.

• Small Sins : Mood Swings
• Kyle Andrews : Find Love, Let Go
• John Ralston : Sorry Vampire
• Deborah Harry : Necessary Evil
• Plane : I See Love in the Future
• Saves the Day : Under the Boards
• The A-Sides : Silver Storms
• The Valley Arena
• Hot Springs : Volcano
• Overkill : Immortals
• Annie Lennox : Songs of Mass Destruction
• Nik Sorak & The Dead Wait : Sea of Uncertainty
• Minipop : A New Hope
• Ryan Adams & the Cardinals : Follow the Lights
• Sunday Drivers : Archetypes EP
• Red Monroe : Policia! Policia!
• Kadro : Life of Luxury
• Faber Drive : Seven Second Surgery
• Michelle Shocked : To Heaven URide
• Chris Stills
• Muscles
• Mannequin Men
• The 1900s
• Head Of Femur
• Maritime
• Monster Bobby : Gap
• Jenny Dalton : Carbon Lily Remixes
• Death to Our Enemies:
• Sunday Drivers : Archetypes EP
• HIM : Venus Doom
• Hot Hot Heat : Happiness Ltd
• Information Society : Synthesizer
• The Cruxshadows: Birthday
• Foreign Burn : On the Wing Now
• Nate Nelson and Cortright
• Tangerine Dream : 35th Phaedra Anniversary Concert Live DVD
• Pompey’s 50 Gallon Drum
• Fly Williams : Scenes from the Dolphin
• Red Collar : The Hands Up EP
• Benzos : Branches
• Zambri EP
• Hot Hot Heat : Happiness LTD
• Sunspot : Neanderthal
• The Commonwealth
• The Archibalds: O Camellia
• Animate Objects: Riding in Fast Cars With Your Momma
• Patrik Tanner & the Faraway Men : Full Auto Shut Off
• Serena Ryder : If Your memory serves you well
• Onesidezero
• Satellite City : Cincinnati Modern
• Abra Moore: On the Way
• Funeral for a Friend: Tales Don’t Tell Themselves
• King Wilkie : Low Country Suite
• Jonah Smith
• Mayday Parade : A Lesson in Romantics
• Down to Earth Approach : Come Back to You
• They Might Be Giants : The Else
• The Chemical Bros : We Are the Night
• The Rocket Summer Do You Feel
• Raspberries : Live on Sunset Strip”
• Shivaree : Tainted Love : Mating Calls and Fight Songs

Otherwise, we have a few pre-releases to get through and are finally ready for some new (NEW) tuneage. Just remember, pre-releases get first priority, followed by bands with shows local to the Minneapolis-area, and then local bands.

If your band doesn’t fit into any of those categories, please just give us some nugget of newsworthiness, timeliness or relevance to make your release jump to the forefront of the queue. It’s a simple request.

Adieu -pp