By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorSince 2008, we've used our eMusic Selects program to spotlight our favorite unsigned bands, releasing their albums exclusively to eMusic members and giving you a first look at bands whose music and vision inspires us.… more »

By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefIn our experiment, Frankie Rose went undercover to talk to real-life space travelers about their experiences beyond the stars, and to ask them about the similarities between her album and the cosmos that inspired it.… more »

By Matthew Fritch, eMusic ContributorFrankie Rose spent the early part of her musical career as a member of a ragtag coven of Brooklyn retro-garage bands, including Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts and Dum Dum Girls. Interstellar, her second solo album… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorIt was a year full of surprising breakouts and breathtaking discoveries, with reliable favorites from familiar faces and strong entries from new voices. These are our Top 100 Records of 2011. more »

By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief We're getting ready to close the gate on another year and, as such, the New Arrivals onslaught is slowing to a trickle. However! We've still got a smattering of new albums from trusted favorites --… more »

By Ian Cohen, eMusic ContributorOn their previous LPs, Brooklyn's Crystal Stilts came off like a band of good ol' fashioned record nerds that spent years of apprenticeship studying what made their favorites click — the caustic reverberations of early… more »

By Leonard Pierce, eMusic ContributorGetting bogged down in the specifics of the familiar-yet-particular sound made by Brooklyn's Crystal Stilts often leaves critics describing the trunk and tail of an elephant and concluding that it's a whale. You can hear… more »

By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorPart of me wants to call this Crystal Stilts' pop move and the rest is giggling its ass off at the very idea. The Brooklyn quintet's second full album doesn't cover much territory that their… more »

By Alex Naidus, eMusic ContributorBrooklyn's Crystal Stilts, graduates of our very own eMusic Selects program, have created their own irresistible universe of dark, shrouded pop. Their best songs manage to sound crystalline and crisp amidst the grain silo reverb… more »

By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorAfter the first-ever Crystal Stilts show in December 2003, Hamish Kilgour of New Zealand band the Clean approached them and said: "You guys were fantastic, the most interesting of the night — it reminded me… more »

By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorA mere ten years or so after its invention, rock & roll was bored of itself. The Velvet Underground sighed through rock's paces like childhood chores, their sensibilities too refined for robust exclamations of joy,… more »

By Alex Naidus, eMusic ContributorAfter moving to New York from south Florida, JB Townsend (guitar) and Brad Hargett (vocals) formed Crystal Stilts with friend, bassist and fellow record store clerk Andy Adler. Recently adding Frankie Rose on drums, the… more »