Tuesdays are big in entertainmentville: not only do all the new DVD releases hit Netflix, but new music also pours into stores. So I take a spin through each week's music releases and pick out some albums and tracks worthy of a download. First, a heads-up that Amazon.com editors have picked out 50 albums that you can download for $5 each! The list includes many of my recent download selections, Read more

Remember Meat Puppets? Personally, the band is filed away in my brain for the song "Backwater," which I recall singing (probably off-key) while riding around in my friends' cars in high school. It was probably nestled on mixes amid songs like Beck's "Loser" and Pearl Jam's "Daughter." The band has released several albums since 1994's Too High to Die, and this month they'll release their twelfth Read more