"Pregnancy," singer/ songwriter Dan Wilson remarked, "is the worst thing that can happen to a band." You see, first time fathers with a penchant for song have a tendency to pen an ode to their spawn -- a baby ballad quick to become a favorite in their catalog. So after teasing with one that began, "I'm so in love with you 'cause you look

Like taking a ruler to the knuckles of obnoxious students, the Hard Lessons play disciplinarian on their latest cut, "See or Be Scene." Too old to be swept away by hype and too self-respecting to conform to trends, the Detroit-based trio takes this opportunity to spin a tight yarn condemning the MySpace generation and their penchant

NOFX has survived nearly a quarter-century of music, including upwards of 30 releases, by constantly spicing up the state of punk rock -- a genre no stranger to taking itself too seriously -- with persistent blasts of self-deprecating humor. Their first live album warned I Heard They Suck Live!! tongue firmly in cheek, and here the sarcasm returns in truckloads. On

On A Weekend in the City, the follow up to their much-hyped debut Silent Alarm, Bloc Party took their spunky indie rock deep into the London streets

Bust out the bubbly because it's a celebration with Champaign, Illinois' finest. The Midwesterners in Shipwreck might actually be landlocked but that you wouldn't know it from the fluidity of "Walk in the Woods," a stirring number from the group's upcoming mouth-full-length, Rabbit in the Kitchen With a New Dress On .

Hollywood's celebrity starlet tabloid fodder -- who use rehab like the Ramada -- could learn an important lesson from the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: just push through it. Sounding unhinged, self-destructive and most importantly, booze-soaked for the better part of 20 years, the Blues Explosion is nothing if not resolute. And in