Another Mercury music section to casually flip through while this creepy photo of Alex Rodriguez haunts your dreams. He looks like the Patrick Bateman of baseball players.

Thanks to the kind words of a homeless street musician, we now have Old Time Relijun and their fantastic new album, Catharsis In Crisis. No word on if he was also responsible for their matching blue outfits.
MP3: Old Time Relijun - The Tightest Cage

Pseudosix believe that less is more, and their restrained inide/country tunes are proof that their philosophy is working.
MP3: Pseudosix - Enclave

Remember when Billy Corgan first shaved his head and then David Spade called him Powder on SNL, and then I got all pissed and hated Spade for like 5 years because of that? I can now admit that the joke was sort of funny. Know what else is a joke? Zeitgeist, the new album from The Smashing Pumpkins.
MP3: The Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonnaise

Besnard Lakes are the dark horses of the peppy Canadian pop music scene. I like horses. Lakes, too.
MP3: Besnard Lakes - And You Lied to Me

Is Against Me! the new Clash? The new Big Audio Dynamite? None of the above?
MP3: Against Me! - White People For Peace