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.

DJ Shadow
The Private Press (MCA)
Eminem
The Eminem Show (Aftermath)

For pure vocal wizardry, you can’t beat the new albums by Dizzee Rascal, the British rapper, and Björk, the Icelandic chanteuse.

Cologne’s Kompakt label has gained much unlikely U.S. renown by making techno sort of sweet.

On the experimental, adventurous "Kid A," Radiohead shuns literate wordplay for an abstract, emotional vocabulary of sound.

Rock and roll may be out of fashion, but Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band prove that emotional and artistic daring outlasts pop.

Buckcherry: Time Bomb, Aerosmith: Just Push Play, Eric Clapton: Reptile

A Nashville quartet breathes new life into the dubious legacy of southern rock.

Bruce Springsteen
The Rising (Columbia)
Red Hot Chili Peppers
By the Way (Warner Bros.)