LL Cool J, "Authentic" (429 Records)   LL Cool J knows how to play well with others.   On his 13th studio album, "Authentic," he delivers an eclectic mix of...

Iron & Wine, "Ghost on Ghost" (Nonesuch)   Sam Beam, the South Carolina-born musician who releases music as Iron & Wine, first made his mark with sparsely arranged, mostly...

Gitlo Lee, "Comin' Out the Hole" (Chuckie Productions)   Gitlo Lee sings with glee, whether the subject is beer, large women, collard greens, silk sheets, the Okefenokee Swamp...

Iggy and the Stooges, "Ready to Die" (Fat Possum Records)   Really, Iggy? Ready to die? Not possible. I always thought it would be you and cockroaches at the end of time,...

Lady Antebellum, "Golden" (EMI Nashville)   After pulling out the stops with the heavily orchestrated grandeur of 2011's platinum-selling album "Own The Night," Lady...

Hymn for Her, "Lucy and Wayne's Smokin Flames" (Hymn for Her)   Lucy Tight's cigar box guitar is the Devil, whispering sinful thoughts in your ear.   Tight, half...

A few years have passed since their last official release, Save me Tonight, in 2008, but this does not mean that Chris & Moira had turned their backs on music. On the contrary, they’ve been...

Frank Turner, "Tape Deck Heart" (Interscope Records)   English folk-punk singer Frank Turner delivers his most personal work to date on his fifth solo album, "Tape Deck...

Steve Earle, "The Low Highway" (New West Records)   On "The Low Highway," Steve Earle surveys the landscape, sings about a world of hurt and still musters...

Charli XCX may not be a household name, but if you're a fan of HBO's "Girls" then you would have heard her vocal and songwriting prowess already.   The British singer...