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Q&A: Sara Bareilles | ARTICLE

For Issue 1049, Caryn Ganz spoke to Sara Bareilles about breaking big with an inescapable hit single and her long journey to the Top Ten (it involved an audition for The Mickey Mouse Club). Click above to...
August 28, 2012 3:06 PM ET
"Strange Clouds" | SONG REVIEW

On the kickoff to his second LP, the Atlanta rapper slings references to Nancy Kerrigan, Inception and Top Chef over a blippy dubstep beat from Dr. Luke. Wayne drops a wink-nudge verse about getting blitzed, but it’s B.o.B who lights...
October 12, 2011 3:35 PM ET
Clear As Day | ALBUM REVIEW

Eighteen-year-old Scotty McCreery won the 10th season of American Idol with a surprisingly deep voice and a more formidable smirk. His debut – a ho-hum jaunt through an America full of dog-eared Bibles, rugged pickup trucks and...
October 4, 2011 12:05 AM ET
"In The Dark" | SONG REVIEW

This California electrohop diva is known for her slithering monotone on Far East Movement's "Like a G6." Here, Dev speak-sings about her sex drive over a Nineties Latin house beat like a top-shelf version of Ke$ha –...
September 26, 2011 9:00 AM ET
"25/8" | SONG REVIEW

Congratulations appear to be in order for Mr. Blige, who, according to Queen Mary's new single, receives not just round-the-clock loving but bonus time too – 25 hours a day, eight days a week. It's goopy...
September 13, 2011 12:00 AM ET
Within and Without | ALBUM REVIEW

Before he even released a full-length album, 28-year-old Georgia native Ernest Greene had become America’s ambassador for zonked-out electro-pop - a.k.a. "chillwave." His gorgeous debut proves why he’s the dude for the job: Within and Without's nine...
September 12, 2011 12:00 AM ET
Night Shades | ALBUM REVIEW

In the two years since Cobra Starship put out Hot Mess, their genre (emo pop) and patron saint (Pete Wentz) have faded like MySpace. So for Night Shades, Gabe Saporta spun the radio dial, whipping up facsimiles...
August 30, 2011 12:05 AM ET
LP1 | ALBUM REVIEW

Allow Joss Stone to reintroduce herself: On LP1, her first disc for her own label, the 24-year-old Brit takes a blowtorch to her increasingly smooth soul-pop sound, unloading 10 tracks of lowdown blues. The producer here...
August 2, 2011 12:00 AM ET
Ida Maria, 'KATLA' | BLOG ENTRY

In the two years since her boozy, confessional debut, Ida Maria Sivertsen has grown from an excitable and neurotic newcomer into something like Jack White's dream girl - a clever badass who wails bluesy...
June 22, 2011 5:40 PM ET
Dirty Work | ALBUM REVIEW

On their fourth album, All Time Low get stranded between bratty snot-rock and witty power pop. Dirty Work — already a Top 10 hit — shows off the band's ability to weld slick harmonies to jackhammer chords,...
June 21, 2011 11:55 AM ET
Sorry For Party Rocking | ALBUM REVIEW

This Los Angeles party-hop duo can’t decide if they want to rhyme like the Beastie Boys or booty-croon like Taio Cruz. So on their second...
June 21, 2011 12:05 AM ET
KATLA | ALBUM REVIEW

In the two years since her boozy, confessional debut, Ida Maria Sivertsen has grown from an excitable and neurotic newcomer into something like Jack White's dream girl - a clever badass who wails bluesy ball-busters like...
June 21, 2011 12:00 AM ET
Eclipse | ALBUM REVIEW

It takes 17 minutes and 39 seconds to hit the first satisfyingly Journey-sounding moment on Eclipse, the band's 14th album: a soaring six-minute-plus power ballad, "Tantra." For a legacy act whose biggest new audience is...
June 7, 2011 12:00 AM ET
As If! | ALBUM REVIEW

Barely legal singer/actress/model Sky Ferreira's full-length debut isn't due until this summer, but the 18-year-old Cali hottie has a ton of buzz: Both she and her song "Sex Rules" have appeared in a Calvin Klein ad...
April 25, 2011 11:45 AM ET
"Sex Rules" | SONG REVIEW

Teen dream Ferreira isn't bugged by being "not a girl, not yet a woman." Her latest synth-pop confection bounces like a Stacey Q jam — and big-ups both nooky and the Almighty: "I pity the fools who...
March 25, 2011 12:00 AM ET
"Get Some (Remix by Beck)" | SONG REVIEW

Beck hacks the groovy tribal single (by on-the-rise Swedish singer Lykke Li) into a spazzy collage with a shuffling beat, chunky power chords and vocals that head toward Bollywood. Gallery: Random Notes, Rock's Hottest Photos
January 12, 2011 9:15 AM ET
Strip Me | ALBUM REVIEW

While fellow pop stars like Lady Gaga and Ke$ha squabble over who's the boldest freak, Natasha Bedingfield has found a niche repping for the wide-eyed average gal. "Strip Me" is a deceptively saucy name for the lighter-waver...
December 7, 2010 12:10 AM ET
"T.O.R.N.A.D.O." | SONG REVIEW

This U.K. band, known for head-snapping sound collages, returns with a mix of schoolyard chants, turntable scratches and horn blasts. It's deafening and funky — like a drill team strutting into a funnel cloud. Video:...
November 10, 2010 6:39 PM ET
Merry Christmas II You | ALBUM REVIEW

Sixteen years have passed since Mariah Carey released her first blockbuster holiday album, but she hasn't lost her desire to dress up in a Santa suit or the silky flexibility of her voice. Her take on a...
November 1, 2010 12:00 AM ET
The Postelles | ALBUM REVIEW

Like the Strokes, the members of the Postelles met at a Manhattan high school and operate under a distinctly retro MO. But where Julian Casablancas and company reference the taut Seventies guitar rock of Television, the Postelles...
October 12, 2010 4:32 PM ET