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 [...]
Hear Me Out ... For the Holidays
Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, 'This Christmas' Friends since summer lovin' brought them together over 30 years ago, Olivia Newton-John and John [...]
Hear Me Out: Christina Aguilera Finds Her Voice Again
Christina Aguilera, 'Lotus' Christina Aguilera opens her seventh album by calling this a "rebirth" despite her "broken pieces" – or, in other words, a really [...]
Madonna's Controversial, Queer Return To Detroit
Photo: Andrew Potter Madonna did what she does best last week at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit: she used her splashy two-hour show for serious things like [...]
Hear Me Out: Taylor Swift's (Almost) Red-Hot Pop Album
Taylor Swift, 'Red' Boys give Taylor Swift a lot of grief, but they're also sort of responsible for this little career she's got going – and for the world's [...]
Hear Me Out: Kylie Minogue Strips Down For New Album
Kylie Minogue, 'The Abbey Road Sessions' It's practically an unspoken rule that being gay means you have to adore Kylie Minogue. We take her seriously. But [...]
Hear Me Out: Pink's Defiant Disappointment
Pink, 'The Truth About Love' In a world ruled by artificial pop princesses, Pink has always approached her music with real-woman candor, whether she's [...]
