The Thrills, 'So Much For The City' (Virgin)
Irish lads soak up the sun.
By Mikael Wood 11.20.03 4:00 AM
Current retro rock boasts its fair share of lovers, liars, and thieves, but scruffily handsome Dubliners the Thrills may be the least bashful fakers out there: Friends since boyhood, the quintet took a working vacation in Southern California.
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The Shins, 'Chutes Too Narrow' (Sub Pop)
Persecuted indie rockers smile on.
By Zac Crain 11.20.03 4:00 AM
When the Shins’ 2001 debut, Oh, Inverted World, catapulted the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based indie-rock Anglophiles to the top of the middle, not everybody boarded the bandwagon.
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Rock Is Dead ... Long Live Rock
If it’s possible to learn anything about a man from the home
By Dave Itzkoff 11.19.03 4:00 AM
If it’s possible to learn anything about a man from the home
that he keeps, then the first thing you should know about Kid Rock
is that he has two of them.
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The Distillers, 'Coral Fang' (Sire/Hellcat)
Punk princess Brody Dalle feels the burn.
By Joe Gross 11.19.03 4:00 AM
Who can blame Distillers frontwoman Brody Dalle, formerly Armstrong, for feeling a bit crucified of late?
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Britney Spears, 'In The Zone' (Jive)
Pop princess, in da club.
By Caryn Ganz 11.18.03 4:00 AM
Just two years ago, Britney Spears was not a girl, not yet humping walls on a newsstand near you. But teen queens mature in dog years, and now that Hilary Duff is dangling her watch before the swing-set crowd, dear Brit can get down to the dirrty work.
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P.O.D., 'Payable On Death' (Atlantic)
Christian metal salutes the Most High.
By Sean Richardson 11.18.03 4:00 AM
On their triple-platinum 2001 breakthrough, Satellite, P.O.D. cushioned hard rock’s post-9/11 bummer with a healthy dose of what their heroes Bad Brains called Positive Mental Attitude. The God-kicks-ass anthem “Alive” sounded like U2 on a Back in Black binge; “Youth of the Nation” lamented gun violence like a gangsta Pink Floyd.
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