With the dazzling Elephant, the White Stripes push new retro rock to ever greater heights.

Ethan Brown reviews new albums from Ms. Dynamite and Wayne Wonder.

On Garth Brooks's new album, the cat in the hat comes back -- as a greasy-haired rock star with a soul patch and an attitude.

Bruce Springsteen’s innovative collection of character studies dares to be both brooding and hopeful.

Imagine the twentieth century without Elvis. Sony already has (for $329), but smaller labels are reeling in the last 100 years more intelligently.

Philip Glass still can't get the respect of the music Establishment -- not because he's too minimalist and post-modern; now it's because he's too lush and romantic.

Rock isn't dead, but it's facing commercial decline, critical dismissals, and even insults from Sting. Three fall releases offer some hope for a cure.

The new Nirvana retrospective is an exhaustive portrait of an artist at war with his own sense of beauty.

Brian Wilson's still-considerable gifts poke through the bland production on a new album, and the reclusive former Beach Boy is even planning his first solo tour.