Paramore, 'brand new eyes' (Fueled by Ramen)
Pint-size Tennessee titan makes a convincing case for sincerity.
By Mikael Wood 09.28.09 4:07 PM
Pearl Jam, 'Backspacer' (Monkeywrench)
Ed Ved and the crew crank up the carpe diem to 11.
By Josh Modell 09.22.09 10:43 AM
Conventional wisdom marks 2006's Pearl Jam as the grunge outfit’s reignition point after years without a spark. If that's true, then the first three songs on their ninth full-length are the explosion at the end of an extremely long fuse.
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Muse, 'The Resistance' (Warner Bros.)
Brit rockers conduct most ostentatious opus yet.
By Sean Fennessey 09.21.09 3:16 PM
Hot New Band: Hockey
Alarmingly non-Canadian genre-hoppers spin their identity crises into pop gold.
By William Goodman 09.08.09 6:11 AM
Last summer, Hockey's vegetable-oil-powered van broke down in Denver. Nine days and three unsuccessful repair attempts later, they had to cancel the rest of their tour -- that's when things started looking up.
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Tiny Vipers, 'Life on Earth' (Sub Pop)
Stoic mystic transmits from deep in the void.
By Stacey Anderson 09.01.09 2:01 PM
Seattle folk minstrel Jesy Fortino, a.k.a. Tiny Vipers, expresses herself with languorous, smoky silences -- in the hesitations between her intricate acoustic guitar picking, slowly whistled interludes, and burdened sighs. But while the similarly mystical/mewling Joanna Newsom seems adrift in fantasy, Tiny Vipers finds wonder in being rooted firmly to the terra.
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