Hear Me Out: Patty Griffin, Amy Grant
Patty Griffin, 'American Kid' Ever since her rootsy 1996 debut "Living with Ghosts," Patty Griffin has found inspiration in the deep, dark corners of life. [...]
Hear Me Out: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gin Wigmore
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Mosquito' Karen O and Co., the New York alt-rock trio widely known as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, went neon for "It's Blitz!," a staggering [...]
Hear Me Out: Jessie Ware, Ashley Monroe
Jessie Ware, 'Devotion' If you've heard British breakthrough singer Jessie Ware's "Wildest Moments" (and if you haven't, what are you waiting for?), you know [...]
Hear Me Out: Justin Timberlake, Kacey Musgraves
Justin Timberlake, 'The 20/20 Experience' Sexy's back, but not like you remember it: After seven long, hard, long years without Justin Timberlake at the [...]
Big Love For Lianne La Havas
Remember Alicia Keys before she became a big enough name to revive the BlackBerry brand and hold her own in a Jay-Z collaboration? Back in 2001, when she [...]
Hear Me Out: Drake Jensen Is Country Weak
Drake Jensen, 'OUTlaw' Is the world ready for its first openly gay male country-music star? We might not know for sure with Drake Jensen's "OUTlaw" – and not [...]
Hear Me Out: Tim McGraw, Jewel
Tim McGraw, 'Two Lanes of Freedom' "Two Lanes of Freedom" is a significant departure for the country-music stud who's so brand new, his wardrobe now includes [...]
Hear Me Out: Lisa Loeb, Justin Bieber
Lisa Loeb, 'No Fairy Tale' Lisa Loeb will forever be defined as an artist of a bygone decade. (Boy, reality does bite.) But it's not like she doesn't [...]
Hear Me Out: Tegan and Sara Embrace Retro Pop
Tegan and Sara, 'Heartthrob' Let the loyalists who like their Tegan and Sara all emo-rocky make a big fuss about the girls' complete shift into super pop, [...]
Hear Me Out: 'Girls' Soundtrack Impresses With 'Quarter-Life Crisis' Music
'Girls Soundtrack, Volume 1' Robyn's sad-but-liberating "Dancing on My Own" already made life infinitely better, but then HBO's groundbreaking series "Girls" [...]
Hear Me Out: Best of 2012
10. Cat Power, 'Sun' Clocking in at just under 11 minutes, "Nothin' But Time" starts simple enough, with just piano and fuzzy static – then there's some man [...]
Hear Me Out: Ke$ha Demonstrates Staying Power On 'Warrior'
Ke$ha, 'Warrior' She's tweetedpic of her dildo "boyfriend" and written songs about getting drunk, stripping naked and getting hit on by old dudes. But [...]
