Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood [PS3 / Xbox 360]
By Joshua Ostroff

The original pull of the Wild West was the promise of (mostly) empty lands. Nowadays, Wild West videogames inhabit a similarly under-populated genre. So ditch the space marines and allied soldiers and settle into a less familiar first-person shooter, Call of Juarez. This Polish-made prequel beautifully captures the dusty frontier atmosphere and gritty moral relativism of the best cowboy flicks. Set at the end of the classic western era, it begins with the Civil War in full swing as the McCall boys (you can alternate between them) desert the Confederate army to futilely protect their Georgia plantation from Sherman's scorched earth March to the Sea. From there the brothers leave a blood-soaked trail across the war-torn South and down Mexico way, battling bandits and geenrals, marshals, outlaws, cowboys and Indians. With all the greed, gold, vulgarity and, of course, gunslinging, westerns are such a neat fit for gaming that one wonders why more developers haven't hopped a wagon train towards the setting sun. (Techland/Ubisoft)
Prototype [PS3 / Xbox 360]
Subjected to an illicit military-industrial experiment in your memory-clouded past, you awaken as the titular Prototype, a living, breathing biological weapon in a hipster hoodie. Your quarantined city's not much better off — you're not the only mutants wandering New York City's ravaged streets. Luc ...Read More
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Commercial potential? The Avetts have it in spades, so don't be surprised if this disc blows up big. After building a grassroots following independently, the North Carolina trio signed to Rick Rubin's American label, and the man himself produced this, their fifth album. It's ready for primetime, as ... Full Review
Little Girls Didn't See It Coming
Sitting in a Toronto coffee shop the week before the release of Little Girls' debut album, 20-year-old Josh McIntyre is a little worried. After an opening slot for crazed Israeli rockers Monotonix the previous night, the band's guitarist had his guitar amp repossessed. "He had it for a little longer than he was supposed to have it," he says dryly. A replacement needs to be wrangled before the band set out for their gig in Hamilton tonight.... Read More
Capade - Dno’t Say It Mihgt Maen Somehitng
Aside from deliberately misspelling their entire lyric book, there's nothing I dislike about Capade's Dno't Say It Mihgt Maen Somehitng. This record is everything a sophomore album should be; it's a much more developed effort stylistically and construction-wise than their debut, Wake Me Up... Full Review
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