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"Hurley," the veteran alt-rock band's speedy follow-up to last year's "Raditude," should mollify old-school Weezer fans horrified by that album's oddball forays into shiny top 40 territory. Instead... Lees meer

!!! (pronounced chk-chk-chk) makes music for the body. The California dance-punk outfit's slick basslines, pounding polyrhythms and uncomplicated lyrics make it easy to shut off your brain and lose... Lees meer

Although Jimmy Eat World is widely recognized as one of the modern emo scene's trailblazers, the Arizona quartet has more recently ascribed to a modern-rock doctrine, one that's bigger on hearty ri... Lees meer

Don't be fooled by the first two singles and the candy-covered "California Gurls" video: Katy Perry's second album, "Teenage Dream," is not all sugar and rainbows. Two years after "One of the Boys,... Lees meer

Syracuse, N.Y.-based rock act Ra Ra Riot has been tiptoeing around the cusp of major fame since the release of its 2008 debut, "The Rhumb Line." The quintet's follow-up, "The Orchard," is a polishe... Lees meer

On new single "Breaking Point," from her upcoming sophomore album, "No Boys Allowed,"Keri Hilson sings of being mistreated and unappreciated by men, offering a release for female fans who are in si... Lees meer

Los Angeles-based psychedelic rock band Darker My Love trades distorted haze for a mellow, tighter arrangement that recalls '60s folk-rock on its latest album, "Alive As You Are." Byrds-reminiscent... Lees meer

With the dust having settled around Zakk Wylde's unexpected departure from Ozzy Osbourne's band, better attention can be paid to "Order of the Black," the new album from Wylde's Black Label Society... Lees meer

Esperanza Spalding is certainly not shy of ambition. The singer, bassist and composer lit up the jazz world with 2008's "Esperanza," and where she could have offered more of the same this time out ... Lees meer

This first single from Kenny Chesney's new album, "Hemingway's Whiskey," is rocketing up the charts like a touchdown pass thrown by Brett Favre. Penned by Casey Beathard and Dave Turnbull, the well... Lees meer