AUGUST REVIEWS: BETHANY SHADY

ANDREW EMIL - FOUR PLAY MUSIC (EsNtion Silver Records)
Andrew has an ear for funk. Four Play Music is a refreshing mix of house/dance music that\'s unlike the same old redundant shit that\'s out there. Download it to my iPod?

MOTHSPYEROS - SUENO ROJO (Lunatic Works)
Creepy, female scratchy vocals, almost religious, chanting, Mexican voodoo, this album will cast a spell on you and you\'ll start to do things uncontrollably. Slow, melodic. Funeral procession. Download it to my iPod?

BOBBY BARE JR - THE LONGEST MEOW (Bloodshot Records)
A cornucopia of country, rock, tootin\' horns, clinking glasses, and Sesame Street sounds; Bobby Bare throws a rootin\' tootin\' good time.

THE THEATER FIRE - EVERYBODY HAS A DARK SIDE (Undeniable Records)
Sit on the porch, munch on some cornbread and butterbeans and watch as Tom Waits conducts a mariachi band. Download it to my iPod?

BLACK FICTION - GHOST RIDE (Howells Transmitter Records)
A voodoo recipe of early Beck and \'60s psychedelic rock gives this SF Bay Area band a sweet spot in everyone\'s ears. Download it to my iPod?

BRUNNEN - THE BEEKEEPER’S DREAM (Beta-lactam Ring Records)
Like a mother sitting on your bed, Brunnen whispers you a melodic bedtime story filled with the sounds of children playing against instrumental backgrounds. Download it to my iPod?

DARKER MY LOVE - DARKER MY LOVE (Dangerbird Records)
H.G. Wells transports you back to the psychedelic \'60s where rock \'n\' roll meets trippy sounds and lyrics. Download it to my iPod?

SUGARCULT - LIGHTS OUT (V2 Records)
Roll the credits and flash those pics of Zach, Slater, and Screech, cause Sugarcult has created an album full of songs that all sound like they were bred from the same beast who wrote the Saved By The Bell theme song. Download it to my iPod?

TALLY HALL - MARVIN’S MARVELOUS MECHANICAL MUSEUM (Quack! Media Records)
I thought that this band couldn\'t get any gayer when I heard their glamrock pop-sound, but then I read that two songs from the album were used on The OC and MTV\'s The Real World. What is the world coming to? Download it to my iPod?

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SOUND OF SUPERMAN (Rhino Records)
This exactly the type of music that I associate with comic loving white boys. Not necessarily my cup of tea, but great for them. It\'s a bird, it\'s a plane, it\'s a boring cd! Download it to my iPod?