1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Login or Register to rate this item.

Featuring cameos from Ronnie James Dio and Dave Grohl (as the Devil), along with the D's trademark folk-metal pomp and unwavering commitment to the f-word, this soundtrack to Tenacious D's feature film finds Jack Black and Kyle Gass treading familiar fanboy-parody ground. Devotees will probably find it terribly amusing.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Login or Register to rate this item.

This mysterious British duo's confusing moniker could inspire an Abbott & Costello routine ("Just tell me the name of the band!"), but their dark music will never induce giggles. A spooky mash-up of dormant genres -- trip-hop, dub, skeletal industrial -- plus some trendy olde folkiness, The World Is Gone relies more on sonic novelty than border-bustingly creative songs.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Login or Register to rate this item.

No Heroes isn't quite a back-to-roots move for these savants of metalcore, who practically perfected the stuff years ago. Frankly, five years after the masterpiece Jane Doe and two since its textured sequel, You Fail Me, it would be virtually impossible to go back to the more basic grind -- their chops are too good now.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Login or Register to rate this item.

While Tom Waits' nearly 35-year career can't be segmented neatly (he's just too damned unpredictable), it does have a few distinct stages.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Login or Register to rate this item.

Arcade Fire comparisons have come fast and furious, but they barely tickle a corner of Malajube's mapless music, which doesn't so much mash together styles as simply ignore them.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Login or Register to rate this item.

When you rip White Hats to your iTunes, the genre comes up as "electronica," but that's reductionist.