Cold War Kids go for a tougher, leaner and much harsher approach on their second full-length release, "Loyalty to Loyalty." The melodies and hooks that helped lighten up 2006's "Robbers and Cowards" are for the most part absent. ...more

September 26, 2008

John Mayer probably could slide by on his good looks. They surely would keep him in the tabloids and on the arm of what seems like a different Hollywood star every week. ...more

August 31, 2008

The '60s, the legendarily spasmodic decade that, even now, looms uncommonly large over life in America, wrought plenty for which its survivors are properly rueful. ...more

July 1, 2008

After a decade plus of so-so live albums, uninspired acoustic sets and artistic cul-de-sacs, Neil Young's muse seemed more likely to turn up on a milk carton than by his side in the studio. ...more

November 2, 2007