Mikael Wood

Over the decade-and-change he has been releasing records as Eels, Los Angeles-based Mark Oliver Everett has worked hard to keep the sound of his one-man band an open-ended quantity. Big-guitar...

Avril Lavigne "THE BEST DAMN THING" If any single song kicked off the tween-rock craze that made stars out of Ashlee Simpson and others, it was "Complicated," Avril Lavigne's smash...

Fountains of Wayne "TRAFFIC AND WEATHER" With the exception of "Stacy's Mom," their 2003 ode to soccer-mom sexpots, Fountains of Wayne hasn't really infiltrated top 40 terrain. The band's rich...