Glenn Gamboa

The Foo Fighters "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" !!! Dave Grohl and the Foos stick to their tried-and-true formula of brainy, loud-soft-loud rock and thoughtful, catchy power ballads, subscribing to...

Kanye West "Graduation" !!! Kanye West is beset by doubt in himself and others on his new CD, and it can be quite a downer. Sometimes he pushes it off...

New Pornographers "CHALLENGERS'' RATING: 3 1/2 SOUND LEVELS Rilo Kiley "UNDER THE BLACKLIGHT'' RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS When they burst onto the scene in 2002, New Pornographers and Rilo Kiley...

Envy on the Coast "LUCY GRAY" Envy on the Coast has a bit of Glassjaw's rage, Brand New's craftiness and Taking Back Sunday's raw emotion. What makes the band's debut,...

Common "Finding Forever" It's serious work trying to save hip-hop. And for too long, Common has been out there trying to carry it all on his back. Whenever there's a...

Prince "PLANET EARTH" As Prince albums go, the new "Planet Earth" is middling. Although last year's "3121" showed that The Purple One could still match anyone in contemporary R&B, "Planet...

Editors "AN END HAS A START" Editors singer Tom Smith says death colors almost every part of the new "An End Has a Start," but somehow the uplifting new-new-wave musical...

Let Billy Corgan think whatever he wants. If he wants to call teaming up with drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who has played with Corgan in Zwan and on his solo album,...

T.I. "T.I. VS. T.I.P." "Check my resume," T.I. says in the victory lap that comes after his stunning performance on "Help Is Coming," punctuating his boast about single-handedly reviving flagging...

The White Stripes "ICKY THUMP" (3 1/2 SOUND LEVELS) "Icky Thump" returns the White Stripes to the more tuneful blues by way of Led Zeppelin and psychedelic rock by way...