"Paradise"from the album Mylo Xyloto2011iTunes Coldplay has further whetted fans' appetites for its highly anticipated fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, by debuting the set's second single, "Paradise."The piano-heavy track, which Coldplay premiered on its website Monday morning, falls in line with the stadium-sized pop rock...

It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since the release of the seminal "Bleed American". What is harder still to believe is that for a band who were arguably at their most potent 10-12 years ago, most of those crowd now anxiously waiting for them were...

"Bedroom Eyes"from the album Only in Dreams2011iTunesDum Dum Girls are playing for keeps with this chorus, and by keeps we mean staying stuck in your head until you're hearing this song while you sleep. Even if you don't like where it all...

"On Your Side"from the album Career Culture2011iTunesIcarus Himself â€" a psych-folk band brought up by Nick Whetro in 2008 â€" has quickly come together as a solid trio full of passion and newfound clarity. With the addition of Karl Cristenson and drummer Brad...

When Deserter’s Songs was initially released in 1998, it sounded like a rather definitive statement. The record stands as Mercury Rev’s moment of epiphanyâ€"when all of the myriad aspects of its shifting cinematic influences came into deep focus. Ostensibly a re-issue of the classic album, the new 2-CD edition features...

No matter how spoofy and gimmicky music gets, you can't ever turn your cheek on a generically named artist. Though the North Carolina natives, Gray Young, has been on the M.E. indie shelves since 2008, Staysail was my first experience with them.  After beginning the play on my media player, I began...

Having more or less perfected their sleek electro-noir with 2008’s savagely brilliant Velocifero, and distilled their career into the rapturously received Best Of 00â€"10, it’s natural that Ladytron would want to shake up their formula with this fifth album. Where previous albums have given equal weight to...

Thrice appear to be getting better and better with every album released. Major/Minor is their seventh studio album and certainly follows that upwards trend: the follow-up to 2009’s Beggars may well be the Californian quartet’s best yet. The thing that strikes you immediately is how remarkably honest-sounding this...

When Sydney’s Howling Bells relocated to London to hook up with British producer Ken Nelson and record their self-titled debut album in 2005, the result was a chaotic and stirring jumble of styles. Juanita Stein’s vocals jolted imperiously against her brother Joel’s spiny guitar licks, introducing a blend of...

From Altern-8 to SBTRKT, it is unclear why so many purveyors of electronica are attracted to masks and enigmatic aliases. Perhaps it’s a hangover from the days when being able to play ‘real’ instruments was a mark of pride, whereas playing synths was somehow shameful. New Yorker Chris Glover...