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In 2003, R.E.M. released "In Time: "The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003." Then, in 2006, another "Best Of" CD was released based on their pre-major label work. So, how strange must it be for a close-to 30-year-old band who has released two greatest hits albums to release a new CD?

"U Me Aur Hum" (You, Me and Us) has a great potential to become a serious look at Alzheimer's disease and its effect on a relationship. However, the directorial debut of actor Ajay Devgan is uneven and slow.

On the afternoons of Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, thousands of teenagers and 20-somethings lined up outside the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. After its unprecedented success in New Jersey, "The Bamboozle," a two-day music festival featuring a multitude of primarily alternative rock bands, made its way to sunny California.

Ask anyone who watched MTV's new number-one hit, "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew" and they will tell you that Kaba Modern deserved to be in the top two; perhaps even win the $100,000 grand prize along with a touring contract.

Technology is rapidly catching up to the frenetic (and often apathetic) student lifestyle.

It's a common dream for jam buddies to take their musical efforts from an after-school activity to a point where they can share their music with the entire world.

"Run Fatboy Run," David Schwimmer's directorial debut, is another in a string of schlubby-guy-doesn't-really-deserve-to-get-the-girl-but-improves-just-enough-to-get-the-girl-anyway comedies (see also: "Knocked Up").

It's hard to pigeonhole Gnarls Barkley into a specific genre. The collaboration between Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse draws from many influences, but their unique blend quickly garnered critical acclaim and various awards.

One might think that Los Campesinos! is a simple, laid-back agrarian bunch judging by the name, but this seven-piece Welsh outfit's musical style testifies to anything but that.

UC Irvine got a little surprise on a night when most of the students should've been in libraries downing their fifth shot of espresso in preparation for their finals. Instead, an anxious group packed a very sterile Crystal Cove Auditorium for a conversation to brighten everyone's worried spirits.

Bob Dylan once said, "the times they are a-changin'," and indeed, it is a phrase that could best describe the state of today's music industry.

Traditionally, British television has never reached much of an audience in America.