New pop songs for the spotlight!
- The Raconteurs have come back with a surprise release (the supergroup recorded and released in a real hurry). The new single, called "Salute Your Solution", is a classic approach to rock-and-roll, featuring a big, catchy, guitar riff and a chunky beat. I recommend it!
- September's "Cry For You" is another one of those darned dance-oriented nothings from the UK top 40. There's no need to hear this synthetic product--and the singer is buried in the mix!
- I'm not a huge fan of Death Cab For Cutie, but "I Will Possess Your Heart" is really changing my mind. The opening uses something you almost never hear in pop music: an actual diminuendo in the opening moments that draws the listener in. The track is tuneful and the lyrics have a restrained elegance.
- Is Chris Daughtry going to ever stop having hits? "What About Now" is about the, what? Eighteenth top 20 single in a row from this guy? This, my friends, is a pure power ballad: overwrought emotions, big chorus, overstuffed sound. Not his best.
- I didn't like Scouting For Girls' last single about Elvis, and "Heartbeat" isn't making things better. I usually only notice unusually good or bad lyrics and this band specializes in very bad ones. And the melody isn't so great, either!
- Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies, disk 6
- Public Enemy: Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black
- The Joggers: Solid Guild
- David Ott: Symphony No. 2
- Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time
- Paula Diehl: Right Of Way
- Rand Steiger: Hexadecathlon: "A New-Slain Knight"
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