Rob's doing '30 second' reviews. Oh yeah? Well, I'm going to do 15 second reviews. So there.

Here's a bunch of things I've recently picked up:

• The Sword - Age Of Winters. Black Sabbath + Metallica + Beowulf
• Boris - Pink. Crazy Japanese garage metal, so loud you can't tell what language the guy's singing in.
• Sonic Youth - The Destroyed Room. A B-Side collection that's better than a few of their recent official releases.
• Yo La Tengo - I'm Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass. Yummy old-school YLT is the delicious hard-candy shell surrounding a bunch of gooey new YLT that makes me wince.
• Earlimart - Treble and Tremble. The ghost of Elliot Smith told me he wants you guys to find a different sound for your next record.
• Elf Power - The Winter Is Coming. That yummy Elephant 6 vibe, in a sweet little psychedelapop package.
• Adrian Belew - Side Two. Guitar experimentalism with techno drum loops.
• Robert Fripp & Andy Summers - I Advance Masked. Just what you'd expect : Frippy noodling over Summersy guit-synth wash.
• Green Day - Warning. Not as immediately catchy as Dookie, nor as ambitious as American Idiot.
• Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique. There's one bit in Eggman that makes me go "aw yeaaaah!" every time I hear it.
• Beck - The Information. Sounds like Beck.