Can it be ten years since Warren G and Nate Dogg proclaimed the G-funk era? That adds up to so much drama in the LBC! But it's still hard being Snoop D-O-G-G, and no doubt it's even harder being Warren G or Nate Dogg, so all three stars team up for the excellent G-funk-era-revival supergroup 213. That's right -- gangstizzle nostalgizzle! It's cool how Snoop comes on as one of the guys, even if he's the one making moves with Shaquille in his Snoop de Ville. There's the...

Armed with three chords and the truth, certain bands have the ability to reinvent rock music, invigorating tired riffs and rhythms with freshness of spirit. Velvet Crush would like to be such an outfit, bringing modern listeners the sweet sounds of the '60s guitar pop that fueled the band's youthful daydreams.

In actuality, the inspiration for Velvet Crush's second album, Teenage Symphonies to...