Notable Releases
2012's Most Anticipated Debut Albums
January 19, 2012
It's a good time to be new. Meet 17 acts whose time is now and whose debut albums will win your ears in 2012, from Willow Smith and Azealia Banks to Brent Anderson...
2012 Album Preview: This Year's Best Bets
January 17, 2012
Dozens of previews of the 2012 albums to watch for in the year ahead, including Madonna, Tim McGraw, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and more.
Snow Patrol Track-By-Track Video: 'Fallen Empires'
January 10, 2012
Watch Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody break down each of the 14 songs on "Fallen Empires."
Young Jeezy's 'TM103': Track-By-Track Review
December 20, 2011
Which songs on Young Jeezy's "Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition" are among his best work? Here's our Twitter-length track-by-track review.
DVD Reviews: The Rolling Stones, Mott the Hoople
December 14, 2011
As years go by there are fewer and fewer stones unturned from the archives of rock history, but these two engrossing specimens of 1970s rock are stellar exceptions
Critics' Picks: 10 Best Albums of 2011
December 13, 2011
From weirdo R&B; to epic hardcore to a certain heartbroken British singer-songwriter, 2011 offered a diverse array of quality full-lengths that we kept replaying in...
The Black Keys' 'El Camino': Track-by-Track Review
December 6, 2011
The 11 tracks on "El Camino" are as catchy -- but perhaps more importantly, TV/film-synch ready -- as anything climbing up the Rock Songs or ...
Album Review: Gym Class Heroes, 'The Papercut Chronicles II'
December 1, 2011
Much of the curiously aggressive "Chronicles" sounds designed to notify fair-weather McCoy fans of the MC's roots on the Vans Warped tour.
Album Review: Hot Chelle Rae, 'Whatever'
November 29, 2011
Put it this way: The guys of Hot Chelle Rae probably aren't lacking for people willing to tell them to hurry up and get to the chorus.
Michael Jackson's 'Immortal' Soundtrack: 5 Best Remixes
November 21, 2011
Just as The Beatles' "Love" and the "Viva Elvis" Cirque du Soleil soundtracks transformed classic material into a new listening experience for fans, Michael...