This week’s New Music Report focuses on T.I. and his new album Paper Trail. The record, recorded mostly while the rapper was under house arrest, is more contemplative than his past work, but does this new perspective suit him? Click above to get the full scoop from Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Christian Hoard.

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This week’s New Music Report focuses on TV on the Radio’s third album Dear Science, the follow-up to their excellent 2006 album Return to Cookie Mountain. Click above to see if RollingStone.com’s Kyle Anderson thinks the scaled-back production and sexier, funkier approach is a step in the right direction for the Brooklyn art rockers.

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This week’s featured releases are at opposite ends of the sonic spectrum: Metallica’s speedy, brutal Death Magnetic and Ne-Yo’s lush, soulful Year of the Gentleman. But which does Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard prefer? Is Death Magnetic the return to form that fans have been clamoring for, and does Ne-Yo have the R&B chops to take his game up a notch? Click above to find out.

• Album Review: Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman (4 stars)

• Album Review: Metallica, Death Magnetic (4 stars)

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In this week’s New Music Report, RollingStone.com’s Caryn Ganz addresses Jessica Simpson’s country crossover album Do You Know. Is Simpson just pandering to a new audience or does she have a genuine knack for Nashville twang? Click above for the full video.

• Album Review: Jessica Simpson, Do You Know (3 stars)

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B.B. King is in the spotlight in this week’s New Music Report. The 82-year-old bluesman’s One Kind Favor was produced by T-Bone Burnett and contains mostly blues classics, but how does it stack up to the legend’s finest work? Click above for Rolling Stone Associate Editor Brian Hiatt’s take on One Kind Favor.

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Chicago band the Academy Is … make pop punk with an emo feel and on their new album Fast Times at Barrington High, their lyrics were inspired by actual high school events. Have they found a way to write about young love that Rolling Stone’s Christan Hoard doesn’t find irritating? Click above for his full review.

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In a very special New Music Report, Deputy Editor Jason Gay hosts a panel of three of the Jonas Brothers‘ biggest fans to discuss their new album A Little Bit Longer. Click above to find out what the Jonas’ core audience thinks of the latest record from the nation’s hottest group.

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In this week’s New Music Report, RollingStone.com’s Kyle Anderson reviews the first album Conor Oberst has released under his own name in a decade. Does the record, titled simply, Conor Oberst benefit from being less orchestrated than Bright Eyes‘ last effort? Click above for the full take.

• Review: Conor Oberst’s Conor Oberst

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In this week’s New Music Report, RollingStone.com’s Kyle Anderson reviews the new album from Candlebox, the newly re-formed band from the grunge era who have returned with Into the Sun. Are they trapped in a reality where it’s permanently 1993 or are they exploring new rock territories? Click above for the full take on the album.

• Review: Candlebox’s Into the Sun

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This week’s New Music Report features the latest albums from CSS and Dr. Dog. What does Contributing Editor Christian Hoard think of the South American electro-poppers’ Donkey and the psychedlic retro-rockers’ Fate? Click above for the lowdown on both of these hot indie releases.

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In this week’s New Music Report, RollingStone.com’s Kyle Anderson gives his thoughts on the Hold Steady’s new album Stay Positive. The new album builds upon the greatness of the group’s previous record Boys and Girls in America, but does it eclipse it? Click above for all the details about one of the finest albums of the year so far.

• Review: The Hold Steady’s Stay Positive (4 stars)

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This week’s New Music Report stars Beck and his spooky, psychedelic, Danger Mouse-produced album Modern Guilt. The record channels classic 60s bands like the Zombies and recalls Danger Mouse’s work with Gnarls Barkley. How does it hold up against other Beck classics? Click above for Senior Editor Melissa Maerz’s complete take on Modern Guilt.

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In this week’s New Music Report, Rolling Stone’s Nicole Frehsee takes a look at Katy Perry’s hit debut One of the Boys. Is there more to Perry than the high-powered sugar rush of her single “I Kissed a Girl”? Click above for Frehsee’s full take.

• Review: Katy Perry’s One of the Boys

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Mötley Crüe and Girl Talk are at the center of this week’s New Music Report. Click above for Contributing Editor Christian Hoard’s complete take on the ’80s glam band’s 21st century revival Saints of Los Angeles and one man sample machine Greg Gillis’ Feed the Animals.

• Review: Mötley Crüe’s Saints of Los Angeles (3 stars)

• Review: Girl Talk’s Feed The Animals (4 stars)

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This week’s New Music Report features Rolling Stone cover boy Chris Martin and his band Coldplay’s new album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends. Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Christian Hoard says the group has expanded their sound, but is it enough? Click above for his complete thoughts on one of the year’s most high-profile records.

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