(U-WIRE) ITHACA, N.Y. — After hearing just the first single off of the Cribs’ new album “Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever,” the Sun was hooked.

(U-WIRE) COLUMBIA, Mo. — On “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” the first single from his third album, “Graduation,” Kanye West finally gets to the heart of his anomalous appeal. “I’m on the TV talking like it’s just you and me,” he says.

(U-WIRE) NEWARK, Del. — It’s all about scratching, chirping and beat juggling with enough flare and originality to impress the judges within a six-minute time frame.

(U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH — Is Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley a modern-day John Lennon? Hardly.

(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Attending a free Dave Matthews Band concert on campus could be a real possibility for Indiana University students in the coming months.

Australian indie pop/electro outfit Architecture in Helsinki ’s latest album, “Places Like This,” is brimming with activity, bouncing off the wall with everything from playful pop to obnoxious noise. Though a band that in the past has shown a lot of promise, “Places Like This” proves that, at times, you can definitely have too much of a good thing.