Bad tourists, bad gamblers, whatcha gonna do? TruTV’s take on COPS, “Vegas Strip,” aired its third season premiere Monday night. The reality show follows Las Vegas police officers as...
Songs from Colbie Caillat’s latest effort “Christmas in the Sand” may be familiar, but the sound is brand new. The California native yields memories of winter holidays void of snow and...
Finally out on his own, Ben Gibbard calls the shots on “Former Lives,” his first solo album. After working with Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service and a number of other smaller projects,...
In a year when the James Bond franchise is celebrating its 50th year and gearing up for what looks to be a great Bond movie, one would expect “007 Legends” to act as a great celebration of...
Under her enigmatic moniker Bat for Lashes, Natasha Khan has meticulously crafted another album of ethereal, evocative music best for listening while reading Simone de Beauvoir in the bath. This time around,...
Country singer Jason Aldean blends thudding percussion, hard-rock synths and acoustic riffs to create his progressively original fifth studio album, “Night Train.” The mixture of genre-bending...
Can Nelly Furtado, Bono, Keith Richards, Mark Foster and NAS all make appearances on one cohesive album? K’naan’s latest effort, “Country, God or the Girl,” proves it is possible...
Pinback’s latest album, “Information Retrieved” sweeps in with harmonizing vocals to resound its echoing guitar plucking and similarly reverberating bass chords. It all culminates in...
Smack, slap, hammer and strum are a few of the words commonly used to describe the sounds of Kaki King on her Adamas guitar. The soloist/composer recently released her sixth album, “Glow.”...
Bad Books, the collaborative effort of Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra, released its second studio album. The front-runners of the indie-rock scene couldn’t have picked a better month to debut...
An era of Upper East Side mayhem is coming to an end. The premiere of Gossip Girl’s final season finds its leading lady Serena van der Woodsen missing in action as her pretentious posse of pretty-faced...
Though it was released in 2009, the first “Taken” still stands as a wonderfully entertaining film. The movie is pure adrenaline, with plenty of surprises and energy to spare. Sadly, its sequel...
