The recent surge of Europeans retrofitting and upgrading 1960s soul rolls on in swirling style with this debut from Duffy, a Welsh singer/songwriter from the school of jazzy chanteuses who are here to maximize the international-but-not-too-international-for-Starbucks style, but sound quite lovely doing it anyway. More...

THE BLACK ANGELS

Directions to See a Ghost

If you missed the Black Angels' full-length debut, "Passover," in 2006, let this effort be a reminder of your mistake. This troupe cranks out hazy, dark rock'n'roll—real, honest-to-God rock'n'roll—with disarming ease. More...

COLDPLAY

Violet Hill

You can't miss Brian Eno's imprint on "Violet Hill," the lead single from Coldplay's fourth studio album, "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends." More...

DELTA GOODREM

In This Life

At last. Aussie Delta Goodrem has scored eight No. 1 singles at home since 2003, while the first of her three albums spent 29 weeks at No. 1; she's also a mainstay across much of Europe. More...

Radiohead

May 08, 2008
Atlanta (Lakewood Amphitheater)

Iconic U.K. rockers Radiohead played the third show of its 2008 U.S. tour Thursday (May 8) just outside of Atlanta, exhibiting confidence and restraint while enthralling a sold-out crowd. The show leaned heavily on material from their seventh album "In Rainbows," released last year, and the setlist illuminated just how far the band has come a decade after the release of its breakthrough album, "OK Computer." More...

Flight of the Conchords

May 06, 2008
New York (Town Hall)

In real life, the men behind HBO's "Flight of the Conchords" -- Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie -- now have to deal with their new found fame: Girls do throw themselves at the pair and choruses of requests echo loudly through the duration of their sets. But it hasn¿t gone to their heads, at least not yet on the second stop of their short tour. More...