Just as Muh amm ad Ali once bo asted th at he could "flo at like a butterfly, sting like a bee," Louisi an a's Sonny L andreth c an m ake his slide guit ar ro ar like a rocket ship and d ance like a b allerin a. As this live set recorded on his home turf attests, few...[more]

In the weeks le ading up to this album's rele ase, Robert Pl ant w as the unlikely hit at the South By Southwest music festiv al, delivering such a scorching set with his b and the Str ange Sens ation rockers a qu arter of his age simply got b ack on their pl anes and...[more]

Oct av arium opens with a le an and enthusi astic-sounding Dre am The ater, one th at continues to move forw ard without compromising its cl assic sound or its cl assic progressive met al appe al. B assist John Myung propels album opener "The Root Of All Evil" with a...[more]

While m any of their peers were ab andoning '70s met al and aren a rock to hop the punk/new w ave b andw agon, Def Lepp ard sm artly stripped the e arlier er a's music of its excesses, bolstered it with energetic, pop-s avvy hooks and quickly found itself the v angu ard of...[more]

Director Wes Anderson's jewel of a comic-ch ar acter study revolves around the quirks and obsessions of Bill Murr ay's titul ar Couste au-esque deep-se a adventurer and his motley crew of associ ates. As they did for the director's equ ally sublime Roy al Tenenb aums ,...[more]

With his chocol aty cool, soulful Memphis croon and sure sense of melody, Robert Cr ay h as never been considered a str aight ahe ad bluesm an. His often interch ange able albums h ave inste ad st ayed closer to R& amp;B, adding comp act, stinging le ad guit ar to songs...[more]

Trent Reznor h as alw ays been a one-trick-pony, but it's a d amn good trick: sunny melodies filtered through ferocious electronics. Unfortun ately, the trick's imp act w as often w atered down by a tendency tow ard petul ance and self- absorption. Still, almost six ye...[more]