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Whenever life knocks you down, the Drive-by Truckers are there to remind you that things could always be shittier. On the 10th album from this remarkably consistent Georgia band, a sexually abused ... Lees meer

On their second full-length album, this Welsh six-piece still sound like a shambling, sexually frustrated version of the Arcade Fire: Over scratched guitars and slashed violins, Gareth Campesinos! ... Lees meer

Missouri kid Christofer Drew, 19, is a bona fide teen-pop phenomenon: His first album, What Is Love?, is light acoustic pop on which he shows melodic skills. But Drew took some bad lessons from emo... Lees meer

Just past midnight on January 1st, with confetti cannons exploding, the Flaming Lips launched into a raucous cover of Pink Floyd's 1973 bedroom-spliff warhorse, The Dark Side of the Moon. Sounds li... Lees meer

"Rebirth" sounds like the first album that didn't come easily for Lil Wayne: He started working on it two years ago — an eternity for a guy who tosses off tracks in his hotel room between sho... Lees meer

Rebirth sounds like the first album that didn't come easily for Lil Wayne: He started working on it two years ago — an eternity for a guy who tosses off tracks in his hotel room between shows... Lees meer

Eels mastermind Mark Everett split with his wife in 2005, but he's just gotten around to releasing his divorce album. He's a horribly strung-out love junkie on End Times, pining for his ex, talking... Lees meer

At 69, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is as doggedly good-natured as ever. His 16th studio album, Y Not— recorded with a cast of all-stars including Paul McCartney and Joss Stone — is full... Lees meer

How long can you rhyme about selling cocaine before it gets old? Perhaps forever, judging from this Virginia duo's brilliant run of two lean, hard-hittin' albums (2002's Lord Willin' and 2006's Hel... Lees meer

At this late date in history, listening to R. Kelly document his busy sex life is like listening to an old jazzman run through standards — it's exactly what you expect, but when he's inspired... Lees meer