6/21/2011
We know what you're thinking: what's James Iha - a guitar hero best known for his riff-raking role in Smashing Pumpkins - doing tossing a steady drum beat and shimmering synths at Ladytron? Indulging h …
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6/21/2011
Amy Grant is by no means the first artist south of the Mason-Dixon Line to plant one foot in the gospel world and another in pop - both Tennessee Ernie Ford and a guy named Elvis leap to mind - but she …
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6/21/2011
On her 2002 album, Legacy . . . Hymns & Faith, Amy Grant treats "Holy, Holy, Holy" more like a love song than a hymn, with its elegant string section and graceful mandolin arrangement cradling h …
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6/21/2011
Pitbull is the rare rapper who has managed to balance hip-hop cred with chart-topping pop success. The bilingual MC from Miami first broke onto the scene in 2004 with "C**o," an homage to ladies' backs …
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6/21/2011
Ozomatli's groove-heavy "Saturday Night" is a staple for any weekend party - the song even made its way into an iPod commercial! "Cut Chemist Suite" features plenty of swinging horns, stellar rhymes fr …
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6/21/2011
You know that song ("Just Like Honey") that scored the final moments of that movie (Lost in Translation) about loneliness, traumatizing time zones, and the hunger pangs of love? We …
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6/21/2011
With his skyscraper-scaling tenor and God-given gift for pop tragedy, Roy Orbison created the original rock operas when Pete Townshend was still learning skiffle riffs. But the lonely figure with the b …
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6/21/2011
Like a lot of first-generation rock 'n' rollers, Roy Orbison fell below the radar after the British Invasion exploded in the mid-'60s, despite helping to ignite its flame in the first place. But he was …
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6/21/2011
Quirky, humor-driven alt-rockers from the Great White North, the Barenaked Ladies splashed onto the Canadian scene with the first-ever indie release to reach platinum. Their success translated across t …
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