Many reviews of Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die” have been released already, and they seem to focus on whether or not she’s a true indie songstress or a just label-created pop product. I, however, think she can be a fusion of the two, as not all pop has to be dance-y Britney beats and ballads. Lana Del Rey’s brand of pop instead recalls earlier times.

The best way to describe Taylor Swift’s music might be “a chick-flick in three minutes or less.” Not much in “Speak Now” has changed, except now the songs are about twice as long.

Simply put, the facial reconstruction surgery that the Davison, Michigan-based “Chiodos” underwent with the replacement of lead vocalist Craig Owens created a better, stronger, godlike monster of a post-hardcore outfit.

“Something for the Rest of Us” sounds more like a sophomore album by a band that’s still trying to find its voice than the seasoned Goo Goo Dolls. There is nothing creative about this album; every song is reminiscent of another and the chord progressions are predictable.

A lot of rockers are getting older, and you can tell. Not so with Heart and “Red Velvet Car.” Most of the songs on this album definitely do not feel like old Heart, as they decided to go with a folksier feel, but this is still Heart, and they still know how to rock.

There’s a lot to like about the newest offering from Los Campesinos!, and even if you can’t enjoy the driving twee pop or clever lyrics, we Missourians can at least appreciate the shout-out to our home in the song “A Heat Rash in the Shape of the Show Me State; Or, Letters from Me to Charlotte.”

Spoon, the indie-rock band best known for their irresistibly upbeat ode to the little man, “The Underdog,” has just released its seventh album, “Transference.” The album art, prominently featuring a young man languidly slumped in a large chair, has no thematic bearing on the quality of the album—Spoon just makes rocking look easy.

As his recent performance on the AMAs proves, Adam Lambert is not one to walk in quietly.

After just one album, Lady Gaga has already become a music, fashion and art icon.

You were dead wrong when you were thinking that a vagina panther was a big cat.