Music Archive: J

J Dilla

• The Shining (BBE)

J-Kwon

• Hood Hop (So So Def/Arista)

J-Live

• The Hear After (Rykodisc)

J-Majesty

• J-Majesty (Some)

J-Zone

• A Job Ain't Nothin' But Work (Fatbeats)

JJ72

• JJ72 (Columbia/Lakota)

JPLS

• Twilite (M_nus)

JPP

• Artology (NorthSide)
• Feature: East and West: World Music in 2006

JT And The Clouds

• The City’s Hot Yeah The City’s Hot (Dishrag)

The JTG Implosion

• All the People Some of the Time (Not Lame)

Ja Rule

• Pain Is Love (Murder Inc.)

Jabobites

• The Ragged School (Secretly Canadian)

The Jack Mccoys

• All the Weeping Cameras (Ambiguous City)

Jack's Mannequin

• Everything in Transit (Maverick)

Jackdaw4

• Gramophone Logic (369 Music)

Jackie-O Motherfucker

• Flags of the Sacred Harp (All Tomorrow's Parties)
• Fig. 5 / Liberation (All Tomorrow's Parties)
• Liberation (Road Cone)
• Fig.5 (Road Cone)
• Wow! / The Magick Fire Music (All Tomorrow's Parties)

The Jackson 5

• Gold (Motown)
• Anthology (Motown)

Joe Jackson Band

• Afterlife (Rykodisc)
• Volume 4 (Restless/Rykodisc)

Jackson Jackson

• The Fire Is on the Bird (Virgin/EMI)

Jackson United

• Western Ballads (Magnificent)

Alan Jackson

• Like Red On A Rose (Arista Nashville)
• 16 Biggest Hits (Legacy/Arista Nashville)
• Good Time (Arista)

Dewey Jackson featuring Don Ewell

• Live at the Barrel (Delmark)

Frank Jackson

• New York After Dark (Kasis)

Freddie Jackson

• Greatest Hits (Capitol/EMI)

Janet Jackson

• Discipline (Island Def Jam)

Javon Jackson

• Have You Heard (Palmetto)

Jenifer Jackson

• Birds (Parasol)

Joe Jackson

• Summer in the City: Live in New York (Sony Classical)
• Night and Day II (Manticore/Sony Classical)
• The Best of Joe Jackson: the Millennium Collection (Universal/A&M)
• Steppin' Out: the Very Best of Joe Jackson (A&M)
• News: 5 questions for eclectic British singer-songwriter Joe Jackson
• Rain (Rykodisc)

  Featured Article

  

  The eclectic pianist/songwriter delivers a treat -- ten perfectly crafted pop songs that recall his best work or maybe are his best work.

   

Michael Jackson

• Visionary: The Video Singles (Sony)
• Love Songs (Motown)
• Love Songs (Motown)
• The Ultimate Collection (Epic)
• The Best of Michael Jackson: 20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection (Motown)
• Invincible (Epic)
• Thriller 25 (Epic/Legacy)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  This, folks, is where the mere pop stars get separated from the legends.

   
• News: Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller' turns 25

Randy Jackson

• Randy Jackson's Music Club, Volume One (Dream Merchant 21/Concord)

Stonewall Jackson

• The Mighty Stonewall Sings Modern Hits & Originals (Koch)

Wanda Jackson

• Live & Still Kickin' (Digital Club Network)
• Heart Trouble (CMH)

The Jacksons

• The Jacksons Story (Hip-O/UTV)

The Jaco Pastorius Big Band

• The Word Is Out! (Heads Up)

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

• Walking with Giants (Hyena)
• The Sameness of Difference (Hyena)
• Lil Tae Rides Again (Hyena)

Kate Jacobs

• You Call That Dark (Bar-None)

David Jacobs-Strain

• Liar's Day (Self-released)

Nya Jade

• My Denial (Katako)

Jagged Edge

• Jagged Edge (Sony Urban/Columbia)
• J.E. Heartbreak (So So Def)
• Baby Makin' Project (So So Def/Island Def Jam)

Mick Jagger

• The Very Best of Mick Jagger (Rhino)

Jaguar Love

• Jaguar Love (Matador)

Jaheim

• Ghetto Classics (Warner Bros.)
• Ghetto Love (Warner Bros.)
• Still Ghetto (Divine Mills/Warner Bros.)
• Still Ghetto (Divine Mills/Warner Bros.)
• The Makings of a Man (Warner Bros.)

The Jai-Alai Savant

• Flight of the Bass Delegate (Gold Standard Laboratories)

Nick Jaina

• Snakes & Umbrellas (self-released)

Nicki Jaine

• Live (self-released)

Jalilah's Raks Sharki 6

• In a Beirut Mood (Piranha)

The Jam

• The Sound of the Jam (Polydor)

Ahmad Jamal

• Olympia 2000 (Dreyfus)
• After Fajr (Dreyfus)
• The Legendary Okeh and Epic Recordings (Epic/Legacy)
• In Search of Momentum (Dreyfus Jazz)
• It's Magic (Dreyfus)
• News: Ahmad Jamal is a practicing, practicing, practicing piano player

Raheem Jamal

• Boombox (Brick/Traffic)

James Figurine

• Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake (Plug Research)

James Gang

• (MCA/Universal)

James Kochalka Superstar

• Spread Your Evil Wings and Fly (Rykodisc)

Ed James

• Poprocket (JAM)

Elana James

• News: Ex-Hot Club of Cowtown member gains experience going solo

Elmore James

• Blues Kingpins (The Right Stuff/EMI)
• The Sky Is Crying (Music Club)
• The Sky is Crying: the History of Elmore James (Rhino)

Etta James

• Heart of a Woman (Private Music)
• Blues to the Bone (RCA Victor)
• Let's Roll (Private Music)
• Tell Mama - the Complete Muscle Shoals Sessions (MCA/Chess)

Georgie James

• Need Your Needs (Laboratory)

Joshua James

• The Sun Is Always Brighter (Northplatte)

Leela James

• A Change Is Gonna Come (Warner Bros.)

Samantha James

• Rise (Om)

Samuel James

• Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy (Northern Blues)

Jamiroquai

• High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (Epic)
• High Times: Singles 1992-2006 (Epic)

  Featured Article

  

  Any listener who recognizes that iconic figure with the horns and out-turned feet can attest to Jamiroquai's intoxicating fusion of grooves for the body and mind. This is a must in the discriminating music listener's collection.

   
• Dynamite (Epic)
• 2001: a Funk Odyssey (Epic)

Jamisonparker

• Sleepwalker (Interscope)

King Jammy

• The Revenge of the Super Power All Stars Volume 3 (Jahmin)

Jan

• Everything Must Go (Guilt Ridden Pop)

The Jan Martens Frustration

• The Jan Martens Frustration (Hidden Agenda)

Jandek

• Khartoum (Corwood Industries)
• Khartoum Variations (Corwood Industries)
• What Else Does the Time Mean (Corwood Industries)
• Glasgow Sunday (Corwood Industries)
• The Ruins of Adventure (Corwood Industries)
• The Myth of Blue Icicles (Corwood Industries)
• Glasgow Friday (Corwood Industries)

Jane

• Berserker (Paw Tracks)

Jane's Addiction

• Strays (Capitol)

Amy Jane

• Wide Open (Pinnacle)

Bill Janovitz & Crown Victoria

• Fireworks on TV! (Q Division)

Bert Jansch

• Feature: Best Folk of 2006

The Januaries

• The Januaries (Foodchain)

Japancakes

• The Sleepy Strange (Kindercore)
• Japancakes: Giving Machines / Loveless
• Feature: The Best Indie-Pop of 2007
• Japancakes: If I Could See Dallas / Down the Elements / The Sleepy Strange

  Featured Article

  

  Worthy re-release of three improvised and instrumental albums that mix symphonic drone pop with a dash of pedal steel.

   

Japanther

• Skuffed Up My Huffy (CDB)

Jarboe

• Anhedoniac (Atavistic)
• A Mystery of Faith (Atavistic)

Joseph Jarman

• As If It Were the Seasons (Delmark)

Jean Michel Jarre

• The Essential (Dreyfus)
• Sessions 2000 (Dreyfus)

Al Jarreau

• All I Got (GRP/Universal)
• Tomorrow Today (GRP)

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack Dejohnette

• The Out-of-Towners (ECM)
• Inside Out (ECM)

Jarrett / Peacock / Dejohnette

• Up for It: Live in Juan-les-Pins (ECM)

Keith Jarrett

• The Carnegie Hall Concert (ECM)
• Selected Recordings: Rarum I (ECM)
• Whisper Not (ECM)
• Radiance (ECM)
• Setting Standards: New York Sessions (ECM)

Jars of Clay

• Christmas Songs (Nettwerk)

Jarvis Humby

• Assume the Position... It's Jarvis Humby (Hard Soul)

Jase Connection

• Beathedz Vol.01 (Obese)

Jawbreaker

• Dear You (Blackball)
• Unfun (Shredder)

Jay Dee

• Welcome to Detroit (Studio K7/BBE/Beat Generation)

Jay Z

• The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)

Jeremy Jay

• A Place Where We Could Go (K)

Ricky Jay

• Ricky Jay Plays Poker (Octone/Legacy)

Jay-Z

• Kingdom Come (Roc-A-Fella)
• American Gangster (Roc-A-Fella)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  American Gangster may never be seen as Jay-Z's defining moment, but it marks his comeback far more effectively than Kingdom Come ever even tried to.

   
• Feature: The Best Hip-Hop of 2007

Jay-z

• The Black Album (Def Jam)
• Blueprint 2: the Gift and the Curse (Roc-A-Fella)

Courtney Jaye

• Traveling Light (Island)

The Jayhawks

• Smile (Columbia)
• Blue Earth (Restless/Rykodisc)

Jaymay

• Autumn Fallin' (Blue Note)
• 20 Questions: Jaymay

The Jazz June

• The Scars to Prove It (Universal Warning)

The Jazz Mandolin Project

• Xenoblast (Blue Note)

The Jazz O'Maniacs

• Sunset Cafe Stomp (Delmark)

Jazzanova

• Broad Casting (Sonar Kollektiv)
• Blue Note Trip (EMI)
• In Between (Ropeadope)
• Jazzanova Remixed (Compost)

Jazzanova and Dirk Rumpff

• Broadcasting From Offtrack Radio (Sonar Kollektiv)

Jazzyfatnastees

• The Once and Future (MCA)

Je Suis France

• Je Suis France (Pitch-a-Tent)
• Afrikan Majik (Antenna Farm)

The Jealous Sound

• The Jealous Sound EP (Better Looking)

Jean

• On (Norte/Sony BMG)

Wyclef Jean

• Masquerade (Sony/Columbia)
• Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant (Columbia)

Jebediah

• Of Someday Shambles (Big Wheel Recreation)

Jedi Mind Tricks

• Legacy of Blood (BabyGrande)

Jeff Ott

• Will Work for Diapers (Sub City)

Jeff Walker und die Fluffers

• Welcome to Carcass Cuntry (Fractured Transmitter)

Jefferson Airplane

• The Worst of Jefferson Airplane (RCA/Legacy)
• The Essential Jefferson Airplane (RCA/Legacy)
• Sweeping Up the Spotlight – Live at the Fillmore East 1969 (RCA/Legacy)

  Featured Article

  

  The 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love is upon us, and the music gods have seen fit to bless the masses with some great newly released music from the era.

   

Jega

• Geometry (Matador)

Jejune

• R.I.P. (Big Wheel Recreation)

Ben Jelen

• Give It All Away (Maverick)
• Ex-Sensitive (Custard)

Jan Jelinek

• Tierbeobachtungen (Scape-Music)
• Kosmischer Pitch (~scape)

Jem

• It All Starts Here (ATO)

Jennifer Gentle

• Valende (Sub Pop)
• The Midnight Room (Sub Pop)

The Jennifers

• Colors from the Future (Beef Platter)

Beau Jennings

• Holy Tulsa Thunder (Murkville Music)

Mason Jennings

• Boneclouds (Glacial Pace / Epic / Sony)
• Century Spring (Architect)
• Use Your Voice (Architect/Bar-None)
• In The Ever (Brushfire/Universal)

Shooter Jennings

• Electric Rodeo (Universal South)
• News: Shooter Jennings wants Nashville to listen up

Shooter Jennings and the .357's

• Live at Irving Plaza 4.18.06 (Universal-South)

Waylon Jennings

• Feature: Waylon Jennings, Jukebox Hero
• Ultimate Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• Various Artists: Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings and the Waymore Blues Band

• Never Say Die: The Final Concert Film (Legacy)

Jenny Piccolo

• Jenny Piccolo (Three-One-G )

Jennyanykind

• Peas and Collards (MoRisen)
• I Need You (Yep Roc)

Ingrid Jensen

• Here on Earth (Justin Time)

Geir Jenssen

• Cho Oyu 8201m: Field Recordings from Tibet (Ash International)

Jeremy

• Made in France (Jam Recordings)

Jermiside & Brickbeats

• The Red Giants (Rip.Smash)

Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter

• Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul (Barsuk)

The Jessica Fletchers

• Less Sophistication (Rainbow Quartz)
• What Happened to The? (Rainbow Quartz)

Jessica Six

• All Good Things (Act Your Age)

Jessie & Layla

• Kinetic (Second Shimmy)

Jesu

• Jesu (Hydrahead)
• Conqueror (Hydra Head)
• Feature: Relinquishing This World of Brutal Music: An Interview With Jesu's Justin Broadrick
• Feature: The Best Metal Albums of 2007
• Lifeline (Hydra Head)

Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse

• Jesus H Christ and the Four Hornsmen of the Apocalypse

Jesus Jones

• Doubt (Food)

The Jesus Lizard

• Bang (Touch and Go)

The Jesus and Mary Chain

• Feature: Chasing Honey Bees: The Jesus and Mary Chain and the Post-Masterpiece Struggle

Jet

• News: Rock 'n' roll authenticity is Jet's ticket to ride

The Jet Age

• What Did You Do During the War, Daddy? (Sonic Boomerang)

Jet By Day

• Cascadia (Kindercore)

Jet Set Six

• Life in the Jet Age (Mutiny)

Jethro Tull

• Bursting Out / Stormwatch / A (Chrysalis/Capitol)
• The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull (Capitol)
• This Was: Collector’s Edition (Capitol/EMI)

Jets to Brazil

• Perfecting Loneliness (Jade Tree)

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

• Sinner (Blackheart Records Group)

Jettie

• Kites for Charity (Eyeball/Kasual)

Jewel

• Joy: a Holiday Collection (Atlantic)
• This Way (Atlantic)

Eilen Jewell

• Letters from Sinners and Strangers (Signature Sounds)
• News: Eilen Jewell shining brightly in Americana circles

Jewmongous

• Taller Than Jesus (Chow Fun)

The Jigsaw Seen

• Zenith (EggBERT)
• Songs Mama Used to Sing (Vibro-Phonic)

Jim Jones

• Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product Of My Environment) (Koch)

The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up

• Picks Us Apart (Absolutely Kosher)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

• Live at Monterey (Experience Hendrix)

Jimmy Eat World

• Singles (Big Wheel Recreation)
• Bleed American (DreamWorks)
• Futures (Interscope)
• Chase This Light (Interscope/Polydor)
• Bleed American: Deluxe Edition (Dreamworks/Geffen/Universal)

The Jimmy Nations Combo

• Tarheel Boogie (Rubric)

Tomas Jirku

• Variants (Alien8)

Jive 5

• Collectors Gold Series (Empire Musicwerks)

JoJo

• The High Road (Blackground/Universal)

Joan as Police Woman

• To Survive (Cheap Lullaby)

Joan of Arc

• The Gap (Jade Tree)
• So Much Staying Alive & Lovelessness (Jade Tree)
• Boo! Human (Polyvinyl)
• Feature: The Disappearing Designer: An Interview with Joan of Arc

Joan of Arse

• Distant Hearts, a Little Closer (Flameshovel)

Joanna De Seyne

• Picture This (Essay)

Job For a Cowboy

• Genesis (Metal Blade)

Joe

• Ain't Nothin' Like Me (Jive)

Joe Good

• Hi, May I Help You? (Black Clover)

Billy Joel

• 12 Gardens Live (Columbia)
• 2000 Years: the Millennium Concert (Columbia)
• The Nylon Curtain (Columbia)
• My Lives (Columbia/Legacy)

  Featured Article

  

  This box set isn't simply a look back at Joel's career; it's a document of the artist as a creator and interpreter.

   
• The Stranger: 30th Anniversary Edition (Columbia/Legacy)
• News: Pop 'dinosaur' Billy Joel is still in big demand
• News: Billy Joel revisits 'Allentown'
• News: Royal treatment bonded Billy Joel to 'Allentown'
• News: Billy Joel ready for final concerts at Shea Stadium

Joeski and Onionz

• Nu-York Nite: Life (NRK Nite Life)

The Joggers

• Solid Guild (Star Time International)
• With a Cape and a Cane (Star Time)

Johan

• THX JHN (Excelsior)

David Johansen [The New York Dolls]

• News: At long last, it's the night of the living Dolls

Scarlett Johansson

• Anywhere I Lay My Head (Atco/Rhino)

John Benítez Trio

• Descarga in New York (Khaos)

John Brown's Body

• Among Them (Shanachie)
• Pressure Points (Easy Star)

John Doe

• Forever Hasn't Happened Yet (Yep Roc)
• Dim Stars, Bright Sky (iMusic)

• John Hiatt: Same Old Man

John Wesley Harding

• Awake: the New Edition (Appleseed)

John Wilkes Booze

• Five Pillars of Soul (Kill Rock Stars)

Elton John

• The Captain & The Kid (Mercury / Interscope)
• Greatest Hits 1970-2002 (Mercury)
• Peachtree Road (Universal)
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (30th Anniversary Edition) (30th Anniversary Edition)
• Reg Strikes Back (Universal)
• Rocket Man: Number Ones (Island)

Johnny A.

• Sometime Tuesday Morning (Aglaophone/Favored Nations)
• Get Inside (Favored Nations)

Johnny Bronco

• Blind Ambition (mp3.com)

Johnny Society

• Coming to Get You (Messenger)

Johnny and the Moon

• Johnny and the Moon (Kill Devil Hills)

Sarah Johns

• Big Love in a Small Town (Sony BMG Nashville)
• News: Work ethic helps newcomer Sarah Johns find country music success

Big Jack Johnson With Kim Wilson

• The Memphis Barbecue Sessions (M.C.)

Angela Johnson

• Feature: Angela Johnson [New York]

Calvin Johnson

• Before the Dream Faded... (K)
• What Was Me (K)

Calvin Johnson and the Sons of the Soil

• Calvin Johnson and the Sons of the Soil (K)

Greg Johnson

• Here Comes the Caviar (Capitol Music/EMI)

J.J. Johnson

• The Eminent, Volume One (Blue Note)

Jack Johnson

• In Between Dreams (Universal)

Jimmy Johnson

• Pepper's Hangout (Delmark)

Judah Johnson

• Be Where I Be (Flameshovel)

Linton Kwesi Johnson

• Live in Paris (LKJ/Wrasse/BMG)

Lonnie Johnson

• The Unsung Blues Legend (Blues Magnet)

Marc Johnson and Eric Longsworth

• If Trees Could Fly (Intuition Music and Media)
• Shades of Jade (ECM)

Mark Johnson

• Last Night on the Roller Coaster (Radio Ghost)

Mike Johnson

• Gone Out of Your Mind (Up Records)
• What Would You Do (Up)

Robert Johnson

• King of the Delta Blues Singers Volume 2 (Columbia/Legacy)

Syl and Jimmy Johnson

• 2 Johnsons Are Better Than One (Evidence)

Syleena Johnson

• Chapter 1: Love, Pain, & Forgiveness (Jive/Zomba)

Daniel Johnston

• Fear Yourself (Gammon)
• The Early Recordings Volume 1: Songs of Pain 1980-83, and More Songs of Pain (Dualtone)

Jude Johnstone

• On a Good Day (BoJak)

The Jolenes

• Get It to Go (In Music We Trust)

Jolie & the Wanted

• Jolie & the Wanted (Dreamworks)

Jon Oliva's Pain

• Maniacal Renderings (Locomotive)

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

• Plastic Fang (Matador)

Brad Jones's Aka Alias

• Uncivilized Poise (Knitting Factory)

Andras Jones

• A Curmudgeon for All Seasons (Great Big Island)

Etta Jones

• Don't Go to Strangers (Prestige)

George Jones

• Hits I Missed... and One I Didn't (Bandit)
• Love Songs (Epic/Legacy)
• The Definitive Collection: 1955-1962 (Mercury/Chronicles)

Glenn Jones

• Against Which the Sea Continually Beats (Strange Attractors)

Grace Jones

• The Grace Jones Story (Universal/Island)

Norah Jones

• Not Too Late (Blue Note)
• News: Norah Jones takes a homegrown approach on latest CD
• Come Away with Me (Blue Note)
• Feels Like Home (Blue Note)

Quincy Jones

• Ultimate Collection (Hip-O)
• The New Mixes, Volume One (Concord)
• The Reel Quincy Jones (Hip-O)

Rickie Lee Jones

• The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard (New West)
• Feature: The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2007
• The Evening of My Best Day (V2)
• The Duchess of Coolsville: An Anthology (Rhino)

  Featured Article

  

  One of the most idiosyncratic and powerful voices in pop sums it all up.

   
• News: Rickie Lee Jones: following her fitful muse

Rodney Jones

• Soul Manifesto (Blue Note)

Sean Jones

• Roots (Mack Avenue)

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings

• Dap-Dippin' with . . . (Daptone)
• Naturally (Daptone)
• News: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings take vintage soul to the mainstream

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

• Column: Retelling the History of Black Music: Adventures in Retro-ism
• 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone)
• Feature: The Best R&B 2007

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

• News: Roller-coaster year for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

Stone Jack Jones

• Bluefolk (Fictitious)

Tom Jones

• The Best of Tom Jones: the Millennium Collection (Polydor)

The Quincy Jones/Sammy Nestico Orchestra

• Basie & Beyond (Qwest/Warner Bros.)

Janis Joplin

• The Essential Janis Joplin (Columbia/Legacy)
• Pearl [Legacy Edition] (Sony/Legacy)
• (Columbia/Legacy)
• News: Bandmate recalls Janis Joplin's 'big appetite' in TV documentary

Josh Joplin

• Jaywalker (Eleven Thirty)

Jorane

• The You and the Now (Six Degrees)

Frank Jordan

• Milk the Thrills (Wishing Tree/Devil in the Woods)

Stanley Jordan

• State of Nature (Mack Avenue)

Seu Jorge

• Cru (Wrasse)

Margie Joseph

• Feature: Discovering Margie Joseph: The Sound of Sweet, Soulful Vindication
• Feature: Margie Joseph Reclaims Her Soul: The Interview

Josh One

• Narrow Path (Silverline)

Josiah

• No Time (Elektrohasch)

Josie

• Unkunvenshunal Girl (Qwest)

Erol Josué

• Régléman (Mi5)
• Feature: Kids Don't Go and Buy Anything Out of This Section: World Music 2007

Journey

• Arrival (Columbia)

Joy

• Joy (Shrimper)
• Sailing Days (Revolver USA / Shrimper)

Joy Division

• Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures

  Featured Article

  

  Anton Cobijn's movie biopic has triggered the largest revival of interest in Joy Division in nearly a decade.

   
• The Best of Joy Division (Rhino/Warner)

Joy Electric

• Unelectric (BEC Recordings)

Joy Zipper

• American Whip (Danger Bird)

Joykiller

• Ready Sexed Go! (Epitaph)

Simon Joyner

• Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks, 1994-1999 (Jagjaguwar)

Jpp

• String Tease (Northside)

The Juan Maclean

• Less Than Human (Astralwerks)

Juanes

• News: Juanes' `Life' reflects pain

Juba Collective

• Juba Collective (Premonition)

Juba Dance

• Orange (Audio 8)

Jucifer

• If Thine Enemy Hunger (Relapse)
• I Name You Destroyer (Velocette)

Judas Priest

• The Essential Judas Priest (Columbia/Legacy)
• Angel of Retribution (Sony)
• Screaming for Vengeance (Sony/Legacy)
• Defenders of the FaithPoint of Entry (Sony/Legacy)
• Metalogy (Columbia/Legacy)
• Ram It DownPainkiller (Sony/Legacy)
• TurboPriest . . . Live! (Sony/Legacy)
• British Steel (Sony/Legacy)
• Nostradamus (Epic)

Wynonna Judd

• News: Wynonna Judd finds freedom in talking candidly about a life filled with controversy and adversity

Jude

• King of Yesterday (Maverick)

Judithstar*

• fossils (self-released)

The Juggaknots

• Use Your Confusion (Amalgam)

Jukebox Junkies

• Choose Your Fix (self-released)

Jukeboxer

• In the Food Chain (Absolutely Kosher)

Gary Jules

• Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets (Universal)

Richard Julian

• Sunday Morning in Saturday’s Shoes (Manhattan)
• News: A new morning may be on the horizon for Richard Julian

The Juliana Theory

• Love (Epic)

Julie Ocean

• Long Gone and Nearly There (Transit of Venus)

Julius Airwave

• The City the Forest (Sickroom)

Jump

• Between the Dim & the Dark (Brash Music)

Jump, Little Children

• Vertigo (EZ Chief)

Jumprope

• Suitcase and Umbrella (Planting Seeds)

Jungle Brothers

• V.I.P. (Gee Street/V2)

Junior Boys

• So This is Goodbye (Domino)
• Last Exit (Domino)

Junior Brown

• Live at the Continental Club: the Austin Experience (Telarc)

Junior Jack

• Trust It (Nettwerk America)

Junior Senior

• D-d-don't Don't Stop the Beat (Crunchy Frog/Atlantic)
• Hey Hey My My Yo Yo (Rykodisc/Crunchy Frog)

Junior Varsity

• Bam Bam Bam! (Peek-A-Boo)

Junk Male

• Temp (Blue Nova)

Junk Science

• Gran'dad's Nerve Tonic (Definitive Jux)

Kepa Junkera

• Bilbao 00:00 h (Alula)

  Featured Article

  

  Kepa Junkera is a prodigious and prolific accordionist from the Basque region of Spain.

   

Junkie XL

• Music from SSX Blur (Nettwerk)

Juno Reactor

• Gods and Monsters (Metropolis)

Jupiter Rising

• Go! Remix (Chime Entertainment)
• Electropop (Chime Entertainment)

Damien Jurado

• And Now That I'm in Your Shadow (Secretly Canadian)
• Ghost of David (Sub Pop)
• Where Shall You Take Me? (Secretly Canadian)
• On My Way to Absence (Secretly Canadian)

Jurassic 5

• Feedback (Interscope)
• Power in Numbers (Interscope)

Vic Juris

• Blue Horizon (Zoho)

Just Jack

• The Outer Marker (TVT)

Justice

• Waters Of Nazareth (Vice Recordings)
• Cross (Vice/Because)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  As all our favorite '90s dance heroes release albums that are more arty than funky, Justice releases an album that not only is guarunteed party-starter, but also a signal of the back-to-basics dance revolution that's nearing.

   
• Feature: The Best Electronica of 2007
• News: Second MySpace tour metes out Justice

Justice of the Unicorns

• Angels with Uzis (Little Lamb)

Jute

• A Violent Narcotic (Jute/Catalyst Sounds)

Juvenile

• Reality Check (Atlantic)
• The Greatest Hits (Cash Money/Universal)
• Tha G-Code (Cash Money)
• Juve the Great: Screwed and Chopped (Cash Money/Universal)

Jypsi

• Jypsi (Arista Nashville)

jdwalker

• them get you... them got you (bluecyde)