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Tom Waits, 'Bad As Me'
"With my coat and my hat/I say goodbye to all that," snarls Tom Waits on "Chicago," hopping a train rhythm of horns, harmonica, banjo and electric guitars. The opener... | More »October 25, 3:46 PM ET| Will Hermes -
Florence and the Machine, 'Shake It Out'
Florence Welch continues her superhero morph from arty rocker to pop diva with this mighty single. "All of the ghouls come out to play/And every demon wants his poun... | More »October 24, 10:57 AM ET| Will Hermes -
Rick Ross, 'I Love My Bitches'
Bitches aren't the only things that Rick Ross loves. For one thing, there's alliteration: "Bottles, Beamers, brand-new Benzes/Barbies, ballerinas and Britn... | More »October 18, 1:19 PM ET| Jody Rosen -
R.E.M., 'We All Go Back to Where We Belong'
Click to listen to R.E.M.'s 'We All Go Back To Where We Belong' The last R.E.M. song (for now?), from the band's upcoming greatest-hits LP, sounds... | More »October 18, 1:15 PM ET| Jon Dolan -
Wavves, 'Life Sux'
Low-fi brat Nathan Williams' new EP hinges on the chipper single "I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl," a typically concise blast of thick surf-pop guitars, laconically dis... | More »October 11, 4:47 PM ET| Stacey Anderson -
Deer Tick, 'Divine Providence'
Click to listen to Deer Tick's 'Main Street' If Deer Tick's first couple of albums got the Rhode Island band branded as an alt-country act, their... | More »October 11, 4:46 PM ET| Will Hermes -
Bjork, 'Biophilia'
Bjork sings it like a sorceress sharing a recipe: "Nuance makes heat." That line in "Mutual Core" neatly captures the effect of the eerie details that suffuse her ei... | More »October 11, 4:43 PM ET| David Fricke -
Olivia Tremor Control, 'The Game You Play Is in Your Head, Parts 1, 2 & 3'
The reunited Georgia psych-pop crew's first single since the Nineties is a candy-colored daydream in three acts, totaling five minutes of exhilarating melodies ... | More »September 27, 4:59 PM ET| Simon Vozick-Levinson -
MGMT, 'All We Ever Wanted Was Everything'
For their version of this aching, uncharacteristically folksy ballad by post-punk goths Bauhaus, MGMT stir in enough dubby echo and effects to give it their own wooz... | More »September 27, 4:56 PM ET| Will Hermes -
Girls, 'Father, Son, Holy Ghost'
A girl can do funny things to a boy: like make him write a love- wracked space-rock epic called "Vomit" that sounds like My Morning Jacket with a gun in their mouth. T... | More »September 27, 4:54 PM ET| Jon Dolan -
Mastodon, 'The Hunter'
Over their first four albums, these Georgia sludgethrashers grew increasingly conceptual, centering lyrics around classical elements (fire, water, earth) while expan... | More »September 27, 4:51 PM ET| Chuck Eddy -
Wilco, 'The Whole Love'
Wilco often specialize in uncomfortable comfort music: Seventies-style melodies submerged in dark, abstract sounds and cloudy emotions. But their eighth disc manages... | More »September 27, 4:49 PM ET| Jon Dolan -
The Horrible Crowes, 'Elsie'
Click to listen to The Horrible Crowes' album 'Elsie' On this side project, Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon trades his main band's Springste... | More »September 13, 1:26 PM ET| J. Edward Keyes -
Sleeper Agent, 'Celebrasion'
Click to listen to Sleeper Agent's 'Get It Daddy' "We gonna have a ball/But we ain't got no need for chains," Sleeper Agent shout on their debut.... | More »September 13, 1:24 PM ET| Jon Dolan
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