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    • Unexpected

      Michelle Williams

      Unexpected

      Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:31:17

      Michelle Williams is so hot she can stoke the coals of Hell and she knows it. The songstress fuses edgy, pop-influenced melodies with soulful, R&B ...more

    • A Love Extreme

      Benji Hughes

      A Love Extreme

      Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:28:45

      Benji Hughes is a former house painter from Charlotte, NC who looks like Jesus and Jim James and draws sonic comparisons to Beck, MGMT and The Flaming ...more

    • Save Me from Myself

      Brian Welch

      Save Me from Myself

      Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:54:11

      After being in a band as monolithically important as Korn is, going it alone isn't easy. However, former KoRn axeman, Brian "Head" Welch proves that ...more

    • Colby O

      Colby O'Donis

      Colby O

      Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:09:15

      Colby O'Donis has known he can sing since he was about three years-old, and the world at large has known it since he was ten, when he became the ...more

    • Murs for President

      Murs

      Murs for President

      Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:09:26

      Now that seasoned, underground hip-hop fixture, MURS, has broken into mainstream territory by signing with Warner Bros. Records, he fancies himself a ...more

    • Motorizer

      Motörhead

      Motorizer

      Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:04:37

      Over thirty years in and you still can't get Motorhead to be anything but the loud, booze-fueled and dirty rock n' roll bastards they've been since ...more

    • Back by Blockular Demand

      Slim Thug

      Back by Blockular Demand

      Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:58:41

      Free of his commitments with Interscope Records, rapper Slim Thug turned his attention back to his South Texas crew, Boss Hogg Outlawz for the follow ...more

    • Slime & Reason

      Roots Manuva

      Slime & Reason

      Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:19:11

      Esteemed British rapper Roots Manuva's latest hip-hop/dancehall experiment is party and come-down in one, with enough of a gray area in between to ...more

    • Keep Coming Back

      Marc Broussard

      Keep Coming Back

      Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:40:39

      Marc Broussard is a soul man at heart. His latest album, Keep Coming Back, blends a big bayou groove with a funky swagger. The man knows how to get ...more

    • Hell Hath No Fury

      Civet

      Hell Hath No Fury

      Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:14:04

      Punk rock with an emphasis on the rock, Civet's Hell Hath No Fury is an album fueled by no holds barred rock n' roll, snotty attitude, hooky ...more

    • Fabriclive.41

      Simian Mobile Disco

      Fabriclive.41

      Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:02:54

      This is a mix that hooks you from the opening chord, taking you on a mischievous journey of synthy electro with a sprinkling of techno and twang of ...more

    • Back Breaker

      The Showdown

      Back Breaker

      Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:55:46

      If there is any band out there today that worships wholeheartedly at the First Church of the Southern Rock Riff, it's certainly The Showdown. These ...more

    • Doll Domination (Bonus Tracks)

      Pussycat Dolls

      Doll Domination (Bonus Tracks)

      Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:32:56

      Sex sells. No one understands that cold, hard (ahem) fact better than the ladies that comprise the Pussycat Dolls troupe, which is part burlesque ...more

    • Dear Science

      TV on the Radio

      Dear Science

      Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:29:15

      Perhaps no band is better positioned for backlash than TV on the Radio, who for the last several years have been showered with so much critical love ...more

    • Hummingbird, Go!

      Theresa Andersson

      Hummingbird, Go!

      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:06:53

      In the days of YouTube, there's no shortage of homemade singers and albums, and Swedish-born songstress Theresa Andersson is no exception with her new ...more

    • Year of the Gentleman

      Ne-Yo

      Year of the Gentleman

      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:51:29

      On Year of the Gentleman, Ne-Yo has got swagger to spare. The R&B crooner has refined his soulful sound just as much as he's honed his image. On the ...more

    • Acid Tongue

      Jenny Lewis

      Acid Tongue

      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:12:42

      There's something foreboding about Acid Tongue, the latest solo effort from Rilo Kiley's femme fatale songstress, Jenny Lewis. It's as if she twists ...more

    • One Block Radius

      One Block Radius

      One Block Radius

      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:11:59

      The West Coast rises again on One Block Radius's self-titled debut. The Los Angeles trio blends Sublime's poppy ska-infused reggae with Cypress Hill's ...more

    • Who Killed Amanda Palmer

      Amanda Palmer

      Who Killed Amanda Palmer

      Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:11:14

      Who Killed Amanda Palmer?, Amanda Palmer's first solo effort, could've easily been called Girl, Interrupted. It's a musical nuthouse of kinetic, ...more

    • Not 4 Sale

      Kardinal Offishall

      Not 4 Sale

      Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:06:40

      Scarborough, Ontario's Kardinal Offishall might finally be cracking his way into the American mainstream, but he certainly hasn't forgotten his roots. ...more



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