Frat band Bowling for Soup, which hit party pay dirt with 2004’s “1985,” returns with another madcap anthem about how the same petty rules that made high school miserable for most carry on in the real world. Set to a frantic beat and sing-songy rhymes, Soup’s lyric is utterly cunning, while being frighteningly spot-on: “Reese […]
A crimp was put in the glory of Underoath’s No. 2 debut on The Billboard 200 this summer when the band pulled out of the Vans Warped tour due to personnel issues. Now it’s refocusing on promoting latest album “Define the Great Line,” with the release of second single “In Regards to Myself.” Coincidentally (or […]
Seconds after announcing Lukas Rossi as the victor on the second season of CBS’ wildly entertaining “Rock Star: Supernova” reality pageant, the supergroup’s first single is out for public consumption. Viewers already recognize that the band is designed to reach the masses and its first single, while convincingly gritty, is also melodic and mainstream enough […]
Having co-written songs for Mary J. Blige (”Be Without You”), Mariah Carey (”We Belong Together”) and Tyrese (”Sweet Lady”), among others, Johnta Austin already proved he’s adept with a pen. Though his voice is not as exceptional as some, he finds ways to make it sound good while his lyric does much of the talking. […]
“Oh Na Na” is another buttery smooth groove by one of R&B’s most consistent vocalists. This baby-making slow jam — the third single from Donell Jones’ recent “Journey of a Gemini” — should be popular with the urban contemporary crowd. Aside from a few indigestible lyrics (”Girl I can’t wait to taste your hypnotic”), the […]
