http://americannoise.com Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:25:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Friday” was a mixture of disbelief and amusement—I couldn’t help but chuckle at the atrocious song as I thought about how something so bad could accrue so many views in such a short period of time. Still, I thought of it as something of a novelty—just an internet meme that, like so any others, would sputter and stall once its fuel was burned up. As it turns out, “Friday” had a lot more gas in the tank than anyone expected. ]]> http://americannoise.com/why-i-love-rebecca-blacks-friday/ http://americannoise.com/album-review-sara-evans-stronger/ Goodbye Lullabye---the 26-year-old Canadian famous for her skaterpunk-meets-pop style struts with a defiant swagger as she scorches an old flame. “All I really want is to mess around,” she sings. “And I don’t really care about if you love me or hate me.” Later, on “Smile,” she proclaims that she’s “a crazy bitch” who “does what [she] wants when [she] feels like it,” and who wants to “lose control.” But the gusto of those songs can’t hide the obvious emotional turmoil at the core of the bulk of the songs on Goodbye Lullaby, an album which showcases a thoroughly dejected young woman who seems---with only a couple of exceptions---to have lost all faith in love. ]]> http://americannoise.com/album-review-avril-lavigne-goodbye-lullaby/ Infect me with your lovin’/Fill me with your poison.” But as the song pounds along to a beat ripped from Russian duo t.A.T.u.’s 2002 hit “All The Things She Said,” the constant string of outer space metaphors quickly grows tiresome. ]]> http://americannoise.com/katy-perry-e-t-futuristic-lover/ http://americannoise.com/album-review-the-janedear-girls-the-janedear-girls/ Songs of the Statler Brothers, Cracker Barrel demonstrated that it was not only capable of landing a marquee act, but also that it was interested in producing valuable original content for its customers. Following that initial release comes The Grascals & Friends: Country Classics With A Bluegrass Spin, a robust release that could have found a worthy home with any label that deals in bluegrass or roots music. The disc features the renowned sextet---perhaps one of the greatest bluegrass outfits ever assembled---performing hits from country music’s past, accompanied by some of modern country music’s biggest stars]]> http://americannoise.com/album-review-the-grascals-the-grascals-and-friends-country-classics-with-a-bluegrass-spin/ http://americannoise.com/heidi-newfield-stay-up-late/ http://americannoise.com/10-best-not-quite-country-albums-of-2010/ http://americannoise.com/avril-lavigne-what-the-hell/ http://americannoise.com/the-50-best-country-songs-of-2010/