Skillet
Rise
Metal, Rock

Skillet serves up another blessedly bombastic blast of hard-rock spiritual encouragement to those sweating it out in that oh-so-hot kitchen …

OneRepublic
“Counting Stars”
Pop, Rock

Ryan Tedder’s pop-rock outfit is “prayin’ hard” and “Counting Stars” while watching the money burn.

Echosmith
“Cool Kids”
Alternative, Pop, Rock

When the brothers and sister in the alt-pop act Echosmith muse, “I wish that I could be like the cool …

Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City
Alternative, Rock

Let’s get this straight: A bunch of modern vampires of the city, while spending a long vampire weekend together end …

Passenger
“Let Her Go”
Folk, Pop, Rock

The British singer/songwriter who goes by the name Passenger boards a big yellow taxi of tears and drives down a …

Capital Cities
“Safe and Sound”
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

For Capital Cities and a select few synth-pop hipster fans, this song is years old. For the rest of us, …

Fall Out Boy
Save Rock and Roll
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Punk, Rock

These pop-punk kings of snarky sarcasm are back after a five-year hiatus. But one member’s bitter divorce seems to have …

Paramore
Paramore
Alternative, Pop, Punk, Rock

Paramore’s first album since the bridge-burning departure of two founding members finds Haley Williams and Co. exiting that trial by …

Devour the Day
“Good Man”
Metal, Rock

The first hit from the hard rock outfit Devour the Day ponders surprisingly substantive questions about goodness and God—namely whether …

OneRepublic
Native
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, Rock

Ryan Tedder and Co. swing for the fences on OneRepublic’s third effort, an up-and-down-and-up-again album that touches on virtually every …

American Authors
“Best Day of My Life”
Folk, Pop, Rock

If Imagine Dragons had it in ’em to write a really, really happy song, it would probably sound a lot …

P!nk
“Just Give Me a Reason”
Pop, Rock

Nate Ruess (the frontman for fun.) joins P!nk on a plaintive ballad about a woman begging her man to give …

Bastille
“Pompeii”
Alternative, Pop, Rock

When Mt. Vesuvius buried the city of Pompeii, it’s residents’ last thoughts probably were not along the lines of, “I’ll …

RED
Release the Panic
Metal, Rock

“We’re still a rock band,” says RED guitarist Anthony Armstrong, “[but] there are some poppier elements on this record that …

Paramore
“Now”
Alternative, Punk, Rock

Paramore’s first single since the acrimonious departure of two founding members blazes with fiery determination as the group tries to …