For You I Will(Confidence)--Teddy Geiger (MV) Teddy Geiger, 17 and hugely talented, is going to take some lumps with the release of his debut CD--that's the way it goes when you're a blue-eyed, raven-haired, golden-skinned Adonis-in-training type. D...
They--Jem (MV) Though the downbeat electronica and laconic vocals of Cardiff-born Jem Griffiths find her lumbered with a Dido-wannabe tag, she's actually much more adventurous than that. On the whole, Finally Woken sounds like someone finally told B...
Simple Plan--Untitled (MV) Inevitably labeled pop punk, Simple Plan's sophomore album finds the Montreal quintet settling in as a straight-ahead rock band. Yes, lyrically, their concerns remain grounded in the adolescent petulance and alienation of...
Jack Johnson--Sitting Waiting Wishing (MV) For a man who gets his biggest kicks surfing the waves and strumming his guitar on a lonely beach in native Hawaii, singer-songwriter Jack Johnson has carved out quite a remarkable career on the mainland. H...
Maria Arredondo--Burning (MV) Maria Arredondo was born in 1985. She was raised in a small village called Vennesla located 20 kilometres north of Kristiansand. Maria has been singing since she could walk. From the age of 10 she participated in many l...
Shakira--Hips Don't Lie (MV) The English-language Oral Fixation Vol. 2 finds Shakira reclaiming some of the bite she showcased on 1998's smashing Donde Estan Los Ladrones? The Colombian rock goddess is making up for lost time: this is her second dis...
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Urban Pianist--Daniel Powter (MTV) Bad Day, the first single off Daniel Powter's small masterpiece of a debut disc, has been divebombing TV-watching Americans for months. Turn on American Idol and there it is, accompanying the latest axed contestant...
The American Bilateral Super Star--Hilary Duff (MTV) Hilary Duff stares off the cover of Most Wanted with the look of a doe-eyed, feathered-haired criminal. Or maybe she's just exhausted, which would explain why she revisits so much already-released...
The Super American Male Idol--Clay Aiken (MTV) No one will lament the passing of the boy band phenomenon; now the American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken has released his first album. He's picked up right where 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys left off, n...