Do you remember Vanessa Carlton? Most of us know her as the one who introduced us to ”A Thousand Miles,” a peppy, pretty, popular, pop song (say that three times fast), back in 2002. It was a strong single, followed by “Ordinary Day.” I attended her concert in Boston and was thoroughly delighted by the performance, albeit [...]

The true test of an album is: the Car Test. If your album can’t keep me interested while I drive, then I’ll be hugging a tree. I refer to my Ford Focus as the ‘Movable Office’. I listen better at the office.
For my latest ride, Kings of Leon have stepped to the challenge. Their fourth [...]

There can never be complete agreement of music, even among fans of the same artists. Rolling Stone gave Coldplay’s fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, a 3.5 star rating out of five, but on the same page, there were several varying comments ranging from, “A Masterpiece … the work of [...]

Imagine this: shortly after …And Justice For All, Metallica is kidnapped and put in to a cryogenic warehouse. While in the freeze, another band claiming to be Metallica puts out a few albums, and Jason Newstead calls it a day.
Now picture the frozen band thawing out, killing the faux-Metallica, and putting out a crushing new [...]

With the release of Metallica’s new album, Death Magnetic, looming, let us reflect upon their career. Actually, this album seriously is going to make or break them. Once a band hits that peak of creativity and age, there is almost no turning back the hands of time.
For Metallica, The Black Album was the last hurrah [...]

Fans of Tool and the Toadies know what it means to wait. Nothing will test dedication to a band better than waiting 5-7 years between albums to see if a band is still important. With their third album in 14 years, the Toadies return with No Deliverance.
Picking up where Hell Below/Start Above left off in [...]

Yes, we can figure out how to ride a bike with no handlebars.

But can you start a band that not only puts rock, rap, and politics together without making critics use the Rage word and puts rap that isn’t typical “white boy” brand corny in the mix? Not only that, but could [...]

I always knew the Internet would be good for something one of these days. Taking the advice of Rolling Stone, I paid www.Kingsofleon.com a visit –official site of Kings of Leon- and listened to their new single “Crawl”. Holy fuzz, Batman! This song has a great opening riff and when the vocals start up, strap [...]

I’m a Beck fanatic. I’ve known about this album for a while, read interviews, articles, and scraps of napkins, anything. Did it live up to my expectations? Oh, yes.

Following his pattern of rock album, mellow album, Modern Guilt is the rock album follow up to 2006’s The Information. The pattern is the only predictable [...]

We all have urges. Some are good, others can be evil. My Morning Jacket seems to do their best to flesh out those urges to be taken in by your ears.

If you miss the fellows that created the haunted melodies on Tennessee Fire and At Dawn, then flexed a bit on It Still Moves [...]