Yankee Hotel FoxtrotNonesuch Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was originally slated to be issued in 2001, but the band's label, Reprise, was reportedly less than enthusiastic about its contents. When…
VespertineElektra While there may be times when one wonders if there's a magical decoder ring packed into every one of her CDs, Björk still manages to craft music that's incredibly complex,…
Take Off Your Pants and JacketMCA If you can get beyond Blink-182's utterly sophomoric and undeniably moronic side—which admittedly is not always easy—it's a scorching, punk-powered outfit,…
Mighty Mighty Bosstonesska band One of the first bands to fuse Jamaican ska rhythms with distorted guitar riffs and punkish attitude. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones emerged from Boston's…
Lisa Gay HamiltonactressBorn: 3/25/1964Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. Raised on Long Island, Hamilton contracted the acting bug at an early age. A graduate of fine arts from New York…
Frankie MunizactorBorn: 12/5/1985Birthplace: Woodridge, N.J. The young star of TV's Malcolm in the Middle grew up in Knightdale, North Carolina. The home-schooled son of a restaurant manager…
Stephen MalkmusMatador It's been more than a decade since Stephen Malkmus spearheaded Pavement's rather unlikely rise from obscurity to quirky college rock heroes. But now that the band has…
Hard CandyGeffen After plenty of soul searching and a smart shift back to the sound that helped them first take flight, Counting Crows are flying high again. The band's fourth studio album is…
