Personnel Triumph With the addition of a guitar legend, Modest Mouse reaches new heights (07-02-08)

Town Revitalized After hardships, Country's Little Big Town returns at full strength (05-28-08)

Beauty from the Beast Seether turns a rough year into its most adventurous album yet (05-14-08)

No Complaints Stephen Kellogg doesn't get taken seriously, which is just fine with him (04-16-08)

Fantastic Planet Minus The Bear gets epic and continues to tone down the humor on new album (04-09-08)

All the Not-So-Young Punks Punk pioneers Mick Jones and Tony James feel lucky to have careers in a Post Punk world (04-02-08)

The Replacement Guitarist Jimmy Herring has now filled coveted vacant positions in three legendary Jam Bands (04-02-08)

Horror Story For a band with 'nothing planned,' HorrorPops keeps busy with new album release (02-20-08)

Die Job Every Time I Die plays off its growing popularity on new album (01-09-08)

Straying from the Scene Former Taking Back Sunday members work to establish strong, non-Emo identity (12-05-07)

Add It Up Mute Math capitalize on their summer 'buzz band' breakthrough (09-19-07)

Carnavas Maximus Indie quartet Silversun Pickups pick up confidence and esteem with the success of Carnavas (08-08-07)

Against the Odds After a scrape with the infamous 'label mergers,' Rise Against find themselves major-labelly satisfied (07-04-07)

Full Loon Fever After unexpected success with their debut album, Tapes 'N Tapes take their new songs on the road (05-23-07)

Back to Burning Rubber After a tough go on a major label, Saves the Day returns to an indie more confident and wiser (04-25-07)

Tall Stax Soul legends talk about the past and future of Stax Records (04-18-07)

Magnetic Storm Indie Pop cult heroes The Apples In Stereo regroup for new album (02-07-07)

Sounds Like Christmas Need a last-second soundtrack for your holiday festivities? (12-20-06)

Coping with Confusion Singer/songwriter Citizen Cope is bemused by confusion surrounding his eclectic Pop mix (11-01-06)

The Wolves Survive The new album by long-running Roots rockers Los Lobos recalls their finest work (10-11-06)

Sonic "Evil"-lution Avenged Sevenfold scurry from 'Metalcore' scene and hard-partying reputation (09-13-06)

Guitar God, Interrupted After a brief foray into his Blues/Rock roots, John Mayer pops back with Continuum (08-30-06)

Do the Time Warped This year's Warped Tour turns down the heavy and loads up on pioneers (07-26-06)

Disco Fever Breakthrough band Panic! At The Disco take sniping rivals and a band member's departure in stride (07-05-06)

Unholy Smoke Metal gods Slayer gear up for this summer's most brutal road trek, the Unholy Alliance Tour (06-14-06)

Widening the Creek Though still true to Bluegrass, Nickel Creek extends even more on latest CD (06-07-06)

Near-Death Becomes Him With The Boxing Mirror, Alejandro Escovedo shows he's no longer down for the count (06-07-06)

Sad To The Bone Things continue to look up for Alkaline Trio ... perfect time for their darkest record yet! (04-19-06)

Definitely Here The Academy Is ... begin to live the musical life they wrote about on their successful debut album (03-22-06)

Brothers of Reinvention Black Rebel Motorcycle Club switches gears on latest album, Howl (02-01-06)

Merry Discmas Stuck for a last-second gift for the holidays? It's your local record store to the rescue again (12-21-05)

Another Side of the Story St. Louis' Punk Pop champs Story Of The Year tinker with their sound on latest disc (12-14-05)

All for 'Knot Recent album helps seal Slipknot's position as one of the biggest Metal bands on earth (10-12-05)

Brazilian Brew Brazilian Girls' "Melting Pop" has some calling them the best new band of 2005 (09-28-05)

Special "Delivery" Elvis Costello's latest caps one of the most impressive careers in Rock history (07-27-05)

'Flowers Off the Wall Rebel, Sweetheart has reinvigorated the up-and-down career of The Wallflowers (07-06-05)

New Found Land Pop Punk superstars New Found Glory reclaim familiar territory on new club tour (04-06-05)

Chemical Brothers My Chemical Romance grows more expansive and conceptual with new album (11-10-04)

Everything at Wants Back-to-back releases from Rufus Wainwright reflect his recent emotional outburst (06-16-04)

Morning's Glory Despite lineup changes, My Morning Jacket still rides the wave of glowing critical acclaim (06-09-04)

Lucky in Love After years of 'wallowing,' things are looking up for Melissa Etheridge (06-09-04)

'Room' to Grow Despite a short career most would die for, The Strokes feel like they're still earning their identity (04-28-04)

Bouncing Higher Punk band Bouncing Souls raise the bar themselves on recent release, Anchors Aweigh (04-21-04)

The Importance of B-ing Flat Danish duo The Raveonettes fight the over-complication of music by staying in the same key (04-21-04)

BRMC Me, ASAP Already a hit in the U.K., Black Rebel Motorcycle Club look for some stateside love (and continued Brit success) with new disc (04-14-04)

What Would Geddy Do? It's four letters, but Coheed & Cambria says "Prog" shouldn't be a dirty word (04-07-04)

Don't Stay in School! California's Trapt eschewed college studies in favor of pursuing their Rock & Roll dreams (03-10-04)

Yearly Beloved Right place, right time: That's the story of Story of the Year (01-07-04)

Ekoostik Alchemy Columbus Jam band works its magic for over 12 years of DIY success (12-31-03)

Better Than Underwear! (12-17-03)

Newfound Glory Something Corporate matures and looks to leave the "Pop/Punk" label behind (12-10-03)

Pressure Drop Acclaimed singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams adapts to high anticipation with each album (10-15-03)

24-Hour Party Person? Andrew W.K. gets introspective on new CD; well, just a little ... (09-03-03)

Mac Daddy Fans can thank drummer Mick Fleetwood for Fleetwood Mac's winding 'reunion' trek (08-13-03)

'Hard' Knock Life Counting Crows' Adam Duritz loves the money of Rock stardom but not idiot fan annoyances (08-06-03)

Modern Stone Age Family A timeless album and secured membership, Queens of the Stone Age are satisfied (07-16-03)

Keep It Moving From homelessness to R&B sensation, Musiq finds his ace in the Soul (06-11-03)

Osborne Free Joan Osborne reflects on post-9/11 with album of soul-stroking cover songs (06-04-03)

Can't Fight the Seether Despite obstacles, South African trio makes waves in the Rock world (05-28-03)

Power of One It's just emotion that's taking over Cat Power (aka Chan Marshall) (04-16-03)

Too Many O.A.R.s in the Water? Why a profitable independent band hooked up with a corporate label (03-12-03)

Punks Taste Metallic Canadian Punk/Pop band Sum 41 are metalheads at heart (02-12-03)

The New Queens of Noise Indie-sensations-turned-TRL-darlings, The Donnas, have exceeded everyone's expectations -- except their own (02-05-03)

Wolf Blitzers Legends Los Lobos push forward artistically and remain a vital force (01-29-03)

Deep Throat Punk legend's 'talking shows' start to outdraw his own Rock concerts (01-22-03)

When Country Wasn't Cool Junior Brown stuck by his guns to become a popular touring and recording artist (12-12-02)

Uninvisible Men Acclaimed instrumental trio Medeski Martin & Wood thrive on spontaneity and groove (12-05-02)

Box Me In Music boxed sets invade the market just in time for the holidays (12-05-02)

Breaking the Chains With Alice In Chains gone, guitarist/songwriter Jerry Cantrell focuses on solo work (08-22-02)

Good to Be King B.B. King is humble about his legendary status in music history (08-14-02)

Crystal Method Third Eye Blind put legal hassles behind them to finish anticipated new album (08-08-02)

Grandpa Was A Punk Rocker Paul Westerberg rediscovers some of the spark and grit of his early days (08-01-02)

Stories Retold David Wilcox puts an intimate, creative spin on the live-album concept (07-11-02)

Nasty as They Want to Be Like the best Hard Rock bands, Nashville Pussy forges a distinct, unchanging sound (06-13-02)

Blues Brothers The North Mississippi Allstars expand on their new album, but still keep it real (06-13-02)

Days of Yorn Pete Yorn merges his love of Roots Rock and '80s Brit Pop on his successful debut (05-30-02)

Returning the Soul Pop/R&B superstar Usher has shown more staying power than your usual teen sensation (05-30-02)

The Drugs Don't Work Despite the Stoner Rock tag, Dave Wyndorf does it sober (05-23-02)

Atomic Pop Modern Rock hitmakers Lit play to their strengths on new release (04-25-02)

Urge Overkill Rob Zombie keeps it over-the-top with his new album, The Sinister Urge (03-28-02)

Universal Sounds Karl Denson's eclectic take on Jazz helps him build a whole new audience (03-14-02)

Busta Move Hip-Hop workaholic Busta Rhymes is back with a new CD and record label (02-28-02)

Superhero Worship Brian McKnight's latest CD takes on new significance in light of terrorist attacks (01-10-02)

Under the Radar One writer's view on the 13 best overlooked CDs of 2001 (01-03-02)

Holiday Gift Guide 2001 Still stumped for a good, last-minute holiday gift? Box sets are nice ... (12-20-01)

Slayed In Full Pioneering extreme Metal band Slayer hope to ride the new wave of heaviness (11-15-01)

Sum Kind of Wonderful Canadian group, Sum 41, mix pranks, Punk and Pop (10-18-01)

O'Punk's Not Dead Celtic Punks Dropkick Murphys accidentally fell into their oddly fitting music hybrid (10-11-01)

Conceptual Continuity Concept albums and technology help Fear Factory step out from the new Metal fray (09-20-01)

Life After Love Modern Soul crooner Gerald Levert moves on and starts singing to the ladies again (07-19-01)

Do The Pony The Deftones broke through writer's block to create the Nü Metal masterpiece White Pony (05-24-01)

Great Scott! Poet-turned-musician Jill Scott helps put the Soul back in Soul music (05-10-01)

Soul Searching After a slight downturn, Collective Soul look to bounce back with Blender (05-10-01)

Give the People What They Want Vertical Horizon's "punchy" sound grew from what everybody else was listening to (05-03-01)

If At Furs You Do Succeed ... How The Psychedelic Furs survived a hit-making '80s (and a nostalgia tour) to take on the '00s (04-26-01)

Pure Metal Racket Nu-Metal pioneers stay true to their roots with raw, Rap-free Hard Rock (03-01-01)

Forever Your Earle Roots Rock hero Steve Earle is back to peak form (02-15-01)

Folked Up Hip Hop folkie Everlast continues down a newfound path (01-25-01)

Best Overlooked CDs of 2000 Think we're done with year-end lists? Think again, smart guy (01-04-01)

Good Grammar Rapper Nelly used music to get off the streets and landed on the top of the charts (12-14-00)

The 'Breach' Boys Jakob Dylan moves beyond the shadow of legacy and comes into his own (12-07-00)

Ani, Get Your Gun A disarming talk with unconventional folkie Ani DiFranco about her life, career and socially conscious new album (11-09-00)

Same Old Song and Dance AC/DC still sound like AC/DC and that's the way they like it (08-24-00)

Radio-Active Stroke 9 succeed with the catchy "Little Black Backpack" and massive radio airplay (07-20-00)

Yes Indeed Original members of '70s Prog legends Yes return with a new album and tour (07-12-00)

I Don't Wanna Grow Up Blink 182 are the Peter Pans of Punk Rock (06-08-00)

Hot Concert: Do It Again Any major dude will tell you that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's rare upcoming tour could be the show of the summer (06-01-00)

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