Lyric Stash

Your favorite hair band gets its ska makeover on Reel Big Fish's new covers album (Colorado Springs Independent)
Recording an album of covers is often a last resort for veteran artists whose days of radio hits are either numbered or no longer existent. But Reel Big Fish has other reasons for joining the likes of Rod Stewart, Michael McDonald and Barry Manilow with its cover-laden Fame, Fortune and Fornication.

Hip replacement (The Record)
By Aaron Davis

Billboard CD reviews: Common, Barry Manilow (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
ARTIST: COMMON

Billboard CD reviews: Common, Barry Manilow (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Everything's wacky in Chicago hip-hop these days: Kanye West is all mopey and contemplative, while Common has just landed on Planet Rock. The title track of the rapper/actor's latest uses the entire soundtrack from the Atari 2600 edition of "Super Breakout" to set the tone for a synthetic, sexified club record that'll bring in new fans while probably alarming old ones. As ...

Soundwaves: Grammy Awards, Rufus Wainwright, Robyn, Annie Lennox, Lance Bass (Metro Weekly)
Soundwaves: GRAMMY GIRLS (AND RUFUS)... Did you hear- Kathy Griffin did, in fact, get her Grammy nomination. You know, the one she was angling for. The one for which she specifically created last year's For Your Consideration. Ain't that cool- She's up against Lewis Black, Flight of the Conchords, Harry Shearer and the late George Carlin for Best Comedy Album. Robyn (Photo by Samantha Rapp) ...