http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=38&catid=423News Feed for - Pop-music-reviewshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95005090&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-25T00:39:00National Features > City Pages You don't need to read Sarah Palin's book to hear the ravings of a mad woman. By Matt Snyders Riverfront Times Tom was a hot-tempered cross-dresser with a garage full Miami New Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390295&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T15:16:00Corinne Bailey Rae debuts new album tracks Rodrigo Davies Corinne Bailey Rae says her forthcoming second album reflects the 'intense journey' she's been on since the tragic death of her husband. The Leeds-based BBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96393290&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T12:23:00A lyrical feast for you this week, with Lady Gaga, Paramore, and Flo-Rida and Akon serving up their meagre morsels. While Sting offers us a piece of his soul cake. Yuk! Lady Gaga â?? Bad Romance It seems Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96355476&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T00:50:0055 Kris Allen 78 Amerie 67 Tori Amos 80 Annie 76 Anti-Pop Consortium 75 Arctic Monkeys 82 Atlas Sound 77 The Avett Brothers 67 Backstreet Boys 59 Bad Lieutenant 68 Devendra Banhart 71 Lou Barlow 88 Baroness Metacritichttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96283954&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T07:26:00Ryan Seacrest was there to introduce on Sunday night, but his American Music Awards performance of 'For Your Entertainment' was a long way removed from the family-friendly confines of 'American Idol.' Los Angeles Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378681&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T08:22:00An accident in Mexico City and a providential return from Barcelona seem like very different unrelated events, sharing the Spanish language as their only commonality. But they both became congruent in Pop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378594&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T08:22:00By Evan Sawdey PopMatters Interviews EditorPop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378448&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T08:20:00John Cowan may be best known for being the vocalist of the progressive bluegrass band the New Grass Revival. And with no disrespect to his formable bass skills, Cowans real selling point isnt his well-to-do Pop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378387&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T08:20:00The most impressive thing the band HEALTH is their sense of style. Their musics greatinventive, challenging, energeticbut if everything else them didnt exude so much cool, we might lump them right there Pop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363093&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T02:44:00Unfortunately, the page you were looking for no longer exists at this location. If you want to point fingers, it's probably our fault. What to do? You can go back to the previous page. You can go to the Metacritichttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96355531&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T00:51:0055 Kris Allen 78 Amerie 67 Tori Amos 80 Annie 76 Anti-Pop Consortium 75 Arctic Monkeys 82 Atlas Sound 77 The Avett Brothers 67 Backstreet Boys 59 Bad Lieutenant 68 Devendra Banhart 71 Lou Barlow 88 Baroness Metacritichttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96355408&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T00:49:00By This Artist: Strange Little Also On The Web: What The Critics Said All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general Metacritichttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96196499&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-22T00:59:00The Tabernacle, London W11 | The Rhode Island four-piece use a host of instruments to create their desolate, ethereal folk blues According to their Wikipedia profile, the Low Anthem use no fewer than Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96089379&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-24T02:46:00New York (Top40 Charts/ FanSnap) - FanSnap, the largest live event ticket search engine for fans, today announced that hundreds, and for some concerts, thousands of Lady Gaga ticket listings can currently Top40-Chartshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96023892&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-20T23:05:00Forum, London There is no doubting Colin Meloy's ambition for his music. The last time he brought the Decemberists to London from Oregon, the band opened their set with a 20-minute folk-prog-metal epic Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96027422&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-19T22:54:00Barfly, London It's amazing what a French accent can do to the word 'bitch'. Coming from the lips of Plastiscines singer and guitarist Katty Besnard, it's more caress than insult, even when squawked at Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96023881&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-19T22:54:00(Mercury) Difficult to look past the lyrics â?¦ Rihanna Even by the standards of the R&B video â?? never the most opaque or subtle of the visual arts â?? the promo for Rihanna's single Russian Roulette Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95913029&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-19T22:53:00Troxy, London It's their first London show, and Monsters of Folk have found their spiritual home at the Troxy. 'A temple of the roaring 20s painted in the colours of the roaring 80s,' says Jim James, Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95932230&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-22T00:15:00The Subo circus leads from Britain's Got Talent, to YouTube phenomenon, via a pitstop at the Priory to a surprisingly subtle debut album When is a record not a record? When it is a souvenir of a phenomenon. Observerhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96335754&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T19:52:00katiej One of my favorite country singers, Carrie Underwood, recently released her newest album, Play On. I bought it on ITunes the day it came out and have been listening to it ever since. Although I Associated Contenthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96196502&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T15:42:00Like some permissive homosexual fetish cult straight out of Jan Moir's worst nightmares, Canadian indie reprobates the Hidden Cameras arrived on these shores with a thrilling and subversive USP: reconciling The Quietushttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96289201&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T08:40:00Mark Eitzels eccentricities are many. This isnt shocking news once you consider the range of styles that characterize the work of his main band, American Music Club. AMC combines delicate, folky guitar, Pop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96289197&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T08:40:00How many good records are put out by musicians and songwriters over the age of 60? Think it. What recent release by a card-carrying AARP elder emeritus of music are you rushing out to hear? If you read Pop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96289192&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T08:40:00Its hard to describe s gorgeous White Clouds Drift on and On without resorting to overly expressionistic language. I must have written the word immersive a dozen or so times in my notes while listening Pop Mattershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96158050&Channel_ID=38&Category_ID=4232009-11-23T08:40:00Album sequels are a hell of a lot like movie sequels. In other words, they are usually immense letdowns. Just look to Jay-Zs The Blueprint 2 and The Blueprint 3, both of which didnt live up to the greatness Pop Matters