Music

Elvis Costello
Pay attention: He made a rock record this time.
by Steven Hyden
 
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Random Rules: Jimmy Eat World
Philip Glass meets Nickelback, at last.
by Noel Murray
 

From The Archives

 
The Gossip live
Gossip
Soulful punk band keeps buzz going with live album.
by Kyle Ryan
 
Awesome Color electric
Awesome Color
Don’t call this trio the Three Stooges.
by Jason Heller
 
Kooks konk
The Kooks
If this band name is accurate, weirdness is dead in Britain.
by Vadim Rizov
 
Animal Collective
Animal Collective
Restless art-rock gods finds a newly weird and accessible voice on an EP worth scrounging.
by Andy Battaglia
 
No Age nouns
No Age
Buzzing duo doesn’t quite muster its live energy on record.
by Aaron Burgess
 
leppard
Def Leppard
No "Mutt" = no fun.
by Aaron Burgess
 
Firewater golden
Firewater
Anti-Bush anthems with a world beat.
by Vadim Rizov
 
Russian Circles station
Russian Circles
Chicago instrumental outfit gets stealthier with the rock
by Kyle Ryan
 
9th Wonder ormula
9th Wonder And Buckshot
Good production is dragged down by insufficient rhyming.
by Nathan Rabin
 
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Madonna
Madonna steps out with Timbaland and Pharrell… and sounds strange.
by Andy Battaglia
 
roots
The Roots
The Roots raise a middle finger to crossover success.
by Nathan Rabin
 
Portishead third
Portishead
Don’t call it a comeback. No, wait—do.
by Michaelangelo Matos
 
Atmosphere when
Atmosphere
The Minneapolis indie-rap duo opens up its approach on a great new disc.
by Christopher Bahn
 
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Constantines
Some Canadian arena-punks put it all together perfectly.
by Steven Hyden
 
Santogold
Santogold
A buzzed-about newcomer rides in on a wave of M.I.A. comparisons.
by Genevieve Koski
 
Jamie Lidell jim
Jamie Lidell
A British R&B revivalist loses the drum machines and gains some soul.
by Joshua Alston
 
Neil Hamburger sings
Neil Hamburger
The anti-comedian goes country.
by David Wolinsky