Amy R • With a few alterations and the right heels, The Rosenbergs could be a perfect fit.

Amy • The most striking thing about Lowery’s lyrics is the beauty in the melancholy.

Amanda • Songs From Instant Star should have made Alexz Johnson a star.

P. E. Nelson • Kish Kash is a Basement Jaxx smoothie.

Amanda • Indigo Girls. Live from Berkeley, Ca. Sometimes it’s about the music.

Shana • Think of Daniel Bedingfield as a control group.

Jessica • Looking for a present for someone who is head over heels in love with music? We’ve got ideas!

Danielle • From the Rickshaw Stop, in San Francisco.

Amanda • When you’re talking about the Indigo Girls, every song is a poem

Liz Belsky • Here’s a look at eight pop stars who bear a striking resemblance to their “Deep House Dish” prototypes.

Brad • Half-naked teenage girls can’t be wrong about Justin and Christina.

Michelle • For a rocking good time, put “Smoking Banana Peels” on repeat and scream along at the top of your lungs.

Jessica • The Creeping Nobodies and Wharton Tiers serve up an intense live show.

Amanda • This will hurt me more than Sarah McLachlan.

Jessica • Then I heard it, although I was unable to believe my ears, my pulse began to race, my heart skipping so many beats I began to shake…yes!

Michelle • The record, it rocks, seriously.

Amy • Ok Go is a pop-rockin’ collection of snark and dejectedness.

Jessica • Why she goes back to Cocteau Twins, Juliana Hatfield, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sonic Youth and Arcade Fire.

Amanda • Time has changed Natalie Maines, but the Chicks still rule.

Amanda • Bloom features a couple of tracks that go beyond the usual remix.

Amy • Breaking down the prettyboy rapper

Melynee • Janet is for older girls (and boys).

Brad • Let me say right off the bat and for the record that The Go! Team live is just as high-energy, fun and off the wall as their album Thunder, Lightning, Strike.

Amanda • M!ssundaztood is less annoying to listen to than it is to type.

Alex • Why she goes back to Ben Folds Five, Elvis Costello, John Lennon, Tom Waits and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Melynee • But can Robbie Williams make it in America?

P. E. Nelson • 70s R&B, 80s electro-pop, reggae rock anthems and power ballads.

Amanda • The Dixie Chicks skate the edge of sugary fluff with Home.

Alex • Not all good music was made before 2000 — check this mix out.

Xiola • Can’t resist an album that begins with a grandma preaching, “Sin, sin, sin.”