Posted Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:16am PDT
Jessie's rival has given his powerpop more power lately; here, he swipes a Stone Temple Pilots riff, incorporates old cartoon crosstalk, and aims a rambunctious melody at either political correctness or his personal computer: "A brand new way of sayi
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Posted Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:16am PDT
In 1983, an ad copywriter and studio engineer pumped up the volume vaudeville-style with snippets of the Supremes, Indeep, Bohannon, Culture Club, dance instruction records, and all manner of electro-rap. ...
Posted Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:16am PDT
Swedish chanteuse shows off her munchkin pipes over a chilled-out pop groove. Watch out, Feist!Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
Posted Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:16am PDT
This snappy emo strut finds these Chicago suburbanites sounding like the Decemberists minus the English-major affectations. ...
Posted Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:16am PDT
T-Pain unplugged? On this stupendously swank new slow-jam, the king of Robo'n'B actually sounds like a human, making sparing use of Auto-Tune. ...
Posted Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:16am PDT
Modern R&B's sweetest voice has never been the most exciting. So this bumping panty-dropper is a welcome flip. Over fat drum kicks and digital hand claps, Legend croons, "Do I have a girlfriend? Technically, no. ...
Posted Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:15am PDT
With Arcade Fire-style strings, Vampire Weekend's pop sense and lyrics from E. E. Cummings, it's every indie-rock kid's dream combo.
Posted Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:16am PDT
Joe Jonas croons his pain in a ballad that begins as an acoustic ode to first kisses, then erupts into a full-blown rocker.Jonas Brothers - Love Bug
Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:22am PDT
From a gang led by a tough guy who once left the Dropkick Murphys to fight fires in Boston, a brutish Irish Catholic hooligan-rock funeral wake even more off-key than the Murphys themselves — yet rousing enough to raise glasses high to regardless.
Posted Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:36am PDT
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