With 19 songs,with radio-inspired commentary holding the theme together.

MGMT exploded into public consciousness with three singles.

New is a sappy and sentimental journey,yes,but more than that,it’s an effort to be a part of the 21st century.

There’s no arguing about Drake being an unusual rapper.

The next,Doing Time,is fast metalcore,with Ilejay smacking the skins.

Love your Dum and Mad is a raging start — menacingly dark and personal.

Mayer fans will be ecstatic with Paradise Valley and critics grudgingly impressed.

The new Queens of the Stone Age (QOSTA) album,Like Clockwork,is one such instance.

Thicke represents that errant,cheeky,yet lovable (older) guy who never leaves the house without his swag.

Kveikur,there seems to be an identity crisis.

The album begins with the track In a world like this,a trademark number from Backstreet Boys.

The music is classic Sabbath with hardly any compromising to contemporary standards in the genre.

Their seventh studio album Specter at the Feast can be summed up in one word: mellow.

Of course,we all know Australian vocalist Lenka by her songs The show and Everything at once

Rob Zombie’s voice reminds one of gravel. Not the kind that carpets pristine suburban lawns,but the kind that scrunches around tombstones

There is something about Michael Bublé. The Canadian singer,who is known for his covers of legendary singers such as Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett

They are a well-heeled,sharply-dressed bunch of college-educated whippersnappers

There is something about sticking to what you do best. A musician who explores different genres or styles of music might walk away

Stone Sour seems to get better with every album they release.

They have all the essentials of a rock band. Lead singer with red hair and punk-goth looks. Check. Emo lyrics that are not whiny

Most of us know Canadian indie band Walk Off The Earth because of their cover of Gotye’s Somebody that I used to know

After his hugely popular first album Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010),Mars’ second compilation Unorthodox Jukebox takes off from where the debut album left.

When it comes to Steve Wilson,frontman of acts like Porcupine Tree,Blackfield and No-Man the word genius barely does justice.

Kate Nash goes heavier on rock than her usual pop in her new album Girl Talk