Contributor: Adam R. Holz

The British singer/songwriter who goes by the name Passenger boards a big yellow taxi of tears and drives down a lyrical lane made famous in the modern pop/rock/folk era by Joni Mitchell.

Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson team up with Transformers director Michael Bay to tell the dark story of a bizarre real-life kidnapping gone murderously awry … in the form of a comedy.

For Capital Cities and a select few synth-pop hipster fans, this song is years old. For the rest of us, it’s a fresh, upbeat … security blanket?

The Great Gatsby director Baz Luhrmann could hardly have found a more darkly dramatic muse for his movie soundtrack’s cinematic centerpiece than moody and melancholy singer Lana Del Rey.

Twenty-one-year-old newcomer Hunter Hayes seems poised to join the ranks of country superstars with a hit that splits the difference between romantic and rebellious.

Addiction is messy business, but deliverance is possible for those who humble themselves and turn to God for help. That’s the core message in Home Run, a baseball movie only in construct.

Utterly unabashed Christian rapper Andy Mineo’s official debut (after years of growing underground success) finds him fearlessly testifying to God’s redemptive work in even the grittiest areas of our lives.

These pop-punk kings of snarky sarcasm are back after a five-year hiatus. But one member’s bitter divorce seems to have inflicted an emotional scar that’s deadly serious.

‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin,’ ‘Knocked Up’ and ‘Superbad’ just aren’t enough, apparently. Judd Apatow is back with another sex comedy designed to assail and assault.

This cautionary drama graphically demonstrates what’s at stake when online relationships become more “real” than the flesh and blood ones closest to us.

Rihanna delivers a simple, shameless ode to bling and strippers, what one fellow singer has described as “a glorified and monetized form of self harm.”

Paramore’s first album since the bridge-burning departure of two founding members finds Haley Williams and Co. exiting that trial by fire with renewed determination to move forward—in positive directions.

Selena Gomez says she wants “Come & Get It” to offer a “good example” to fans. In the process, it begs the question of where confidence ends and suggestive lyrics begin.

“Sing” may not be as nastily upfront as Robin Thicke’s hit when it comes to communicating lustful daydreams. But neither is there any confusion about what Ed’s got in mind.

It’s back to the future for this musically and spiritually influential Boston metalcore act as the band’s original lead singer returns for the first time since 2002.