Even at 57, Chrissie Hynde has still got it. After three decades, one of the Pretenders’ two remaining original members (drummer Martin Chambers is the other one) has held onto her provocative snarl and influential biker chick style.

The vibe inside New York City's Bowery Ballroom for a sold-out show by U.K. chart-topping quartet Glasvegas wasn't any less bleak and frigid than the freezing rain outside: Dressed all in black, the band unfurled depressing tales, dreary, pint-swilling Scot pride, and football-arena-filling anthems on the day their self-titled debut dropped stateside.

Snow Patrol may have began as an indie rock band, but over the course of 10 years and five albums, frontman Gary Lightbody and Co. have created their own lovesick brand of commercially viable mid-tempo pop rock -- the kind their fans have come to adore. And last night on the opening date of the group's U.S.

Monday night T-Pain brought his hip-hop circus to New York City for a MySpace Music Release Show, celebrating the arrival of his much-anticipated third album, Thr33 Rings, out today. Performing to a room full of dancing fans and music industry players at the Hiro Ballroom, T-Pain, 23, rattled off the sing-rap style he's notorious for.