The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Sword AGE OF WINTERS RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS If you're a metal connoisseur who finds Queens of the Stone Age and Mars Volta too cerebral, this rookie band with...

Film School "Film School" RATING: 2 SOUND LEVELS Krayg Burton does a credible impression of Robert Smith's yowl, and, paired on guitar with Nyles Lannon, builds grandiose cathedrals of sound....

Like past efforts, "Testify" fuses the band's passions for spirituality and metallic oomph. The band's not infallible--P.O.D. can do banal rap-rock with the worst of 'em, like "Lights Out"-- though...

She's neither as raw as Nina Simone nor as smooth as Marvin Gaye when it comes to spouting socially conscious rhetoric. But for Goapele, a spoonful of sugar works best...

He's part of the red-hot Nashville collective known as the MuzikMafia, but Jon Nicholson doesn't sound anything like Gretchen Wilson or (thank goodness) Big & Rich. Instead, the Wisconsin native's...

"Congotronics" introduced African music heads to a rare groove: Congolese rumba in a cacophonous call-and-response with an electronic avant-rock aesthetic. "Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urban Jungle" takes...

Imogen Heap "SPEAK FOR YOURSELF" RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS The 27-year-old Brit's self-produced record shows off not only her ethereal vocals (think Dido with a kick), but also her dreamy,...

Who's in it: Pierce Brosnan (left), Hope Davis, Greg Kinnear What it's about: In the midst of a midlife crisis, hit man Julian Noble (Brosnan) screws up an assignment by...

Chamillionaire "THE SOUND OF REVENGE" RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS. The latest rapper to emerge from the burgeoning hip-hop scene in Houston, Chamillionaire sounds like a more militant, grim version of...

En route to dressing room, Lily Feingold and Brittany Garrison, both 11, barely glanced at the nearly nude mannequin in her red tasseled bra and high-cut panties at Victoria's Secret--one...