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Foo Fighters, 'Wasting Light'
"Let's change the subject to someone else," Dave Grohl suggests in a brief quiet space, between bursts of high-speed riffing, in "A Matter of Time." If only it wa... | More »April 21, 5:04 PM ET| David Fricke -
Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi (feat. Jack White), 'Two Against One'
Jack White's most ear-grabbing outburst since the end of the White Stripes ain't punk blues. But it's some kinda blues, one of two leaks &mdas...; | More »April 21, 5:03 PM ET| Will Hermes -
Tune-Yards, 'WhoKill'
Click to listen to Tune-Yards' WhoKill There are 10 songs on the second album by Oakland's Merrill Garbus, the 32-year-old singer who records as Tune-Y... | More »April 21, 5:00 PM ET| Jody Rosen -
My Morning Jacket, 'Circuital'
A shimmering curtain of Eno-incensed atmospherics, a muted kick drum, a dry guitar figure. Then Jim James, dressed in reverb, declares he is "going back to my childhoo... | More »April 13, 3:05 PM ET| Will Hermes -
TV on the Radio, 'Nine Types of Light'
On 2008's Dear Science, these Brooklyn artistes brought twitchy dance rock with an apocalyptic edge. Well, the end of all things must've been pretty bit... | More »April 13, 3:00 PM ET| Jon Dolan -
The Kills, 'Blood Pressures'
Click to listen to The Kills' Blood Pressures Boys, boys — no need to fight! There's plenty of Alison Mosshart to go around! After teaming up wit... | More »April 7, 2:30 PM ET| Rob Sheffield -
Paul Simon, 'So Beautiful or So What'
Click to listen to Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What On "The Afterlife," an African-pop-flavored standout from his 12th solo album, Paul Simon ... | More »April 7, 2:20 PM ET| Will Hermes -
Derek and the Dominos, 'Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition'
Recorded in six weeks in the late summer of 1970, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is one of rock's greatest broken promises. The original double LP ... | More »April 1, 12:52 PM ET| David Fricke -
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, 'Belong'
You know that indie kid who would mumble through his bangs and stare at his Doc Martens? The one who came back from winter break with a swagger and a few hickeys? This... | More »April 1, 12:50 PM ET| Rob Sheffield -
Wild Flag, 'Glass Tambourine'
You might expect the first studio leak from this group of well-established indie rockers to be one part aggro-daydream (Helium frontwoman Mary Timony) to two parts roc... | More »March 23, 12:55 PM ET| Will Hermes -
The Cars, 'Sad Song'
It's as if they never left. "Sad Song" — the lead single from Move Like This, the Cars' first studio album in 24 years — opens with a rollin... | More »March 23, 11:15 AM ET| David Fricke -
Tune-Yards, 'Bizness'
One-woman art-pop tempest Merrill Garbus crafts an awesome collage of African rhythms and hip-shaking horns. Garbus' vocals conjure both Odetta and Janis Joplin, ... | More »March 15, 2:25 PM ET| Eric Magnuson -
Kurt Vile, 'Smoke Ring for My Halo'
Philly's Kurt Vile can sound like Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp or Lou Reed – if those standard-bearers were murmuring through a speakerphone after a few salvi... | More »March 14, 10:00 AM ET| Will Hermes -
Middle Brother, 'Middle Brother'
This singer-songwriter summit — John McCauley of Deer Tick, Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, Delta Spirit's Matthew Vasquez — is an alt-country round rob... | More »March 9, 1:05 PM ET| Will Hermes