European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 7a sound the Best Damn thing Avril Lavigne Ria if any single song kicked off the Fwee Rock craze that made stars out of Ashlee Simpson and Aly it was com Avril Lavigne smash 2002 in which the Young Canadian Singer presented herself As a Gritty alternative to poised tee pop a amazons like Britney Spears and Simpsons sister in those Lavigne seemed like a a perception she shored up on 2004s under my a Darker Effort that delved deeper into teenage psychology than stuff by most of Lavigne on the Best Damn Lavigne comes off More like a Follower than a its a consciously lightweight pop Punk Romp that appears to Nave been inspired by since u been Kelly Clarkson massive Fortu inspirations dont get much better than since u been whose precision geared exuberance Lavigne replicates perfectly in girl Friend and i can do both produced by one of the mixing Board magicians behind the Clarkson in Lavigne has demurred from suggestions that the new albums More upbeat tone is a product of her marriage last year to sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley who produced but her denials Arent very convincing in one of the discs she describes feeling Safe for the first time in her while i dont have to try lets us know that in the Lavign Whibley Shes the one who wears the this int groundbreaking but its great Mikael Angeles times Bucky Ovington Covington Lyric Street Bucky Covington performances on american idol last year revealed a Guy graced with Charisma but offered no evidence that he would wind up making the most cohesive album to come out of the franchise that the Good and the bad of american the shows theme nights draw All but they also do a disservice to genre specific this 29yearold North Carolina native has a hard Core country theres no reason he should sound convincing singing Stevie won Ders As idol had him the self titled Bucky Covington caters to his strengths with a Batch of honest country rockers that Bear the influence of Tim Mcgraw and Bob Seger but on the whole Are 100 percent Covington somewhat thin voice Doest make him the greatest vocalist in Nashville More Hes believable when he sings about the Joys of High school football games Friday country living Carolina the one song he co wrote and old Ash toned upbringing Bible and the on its Only the Lead top 30 single a different world would seem to ring false since the performer is not yet 30 but sings with great insight about a pre litigious time in this nation when not every kid made the team when they got disappointed but that was prayer was in school after the morning pledge of allegiance and a sip from the Garden Hose was sheer Covington Dow Home realism and the spoon production from Sawyer Browns Mark Miller Sells the Bucky Covington May not rank with Al time country classic albums like coat of Many Killin storms of red headed stranger or i am what i but for blasting on the car the mainstream country Rock Bucky Covington is Howard the Miami Herald unexpected Luminee tvs if you remember rapper and Singer then its almost certainly because somebody jogged your memory with an Impromptu rendition of her 2003 single never leave you huh Lumi Dees Wispy mostly overshadowed by the hit songs dance inducing Diwali rhythm and clap heavy Back May make her hard to after a fou year absence from the music the 22yearolds new on cd return is just As the title to her Sophomore album fellow new yorker Tony Sunshine offers a smooth and Mellow counter to Lumi Dees Tough girl rapping style on the first Shes like the wind a hit remake of Patrick Swayzee contribution to the dirty dancing a collaboration with High Energy rapper pit Bull on and the staccato military drum drumming of Wyclif Jean and Jerry Wonda Duplessi produced the whistle Sony in the hands in the sound like the Best bets for radio guests Snoop shaggy and Jim Jones mostly outshine their Host on while Luminee sounds Sweet on the love Dovey stuck on her voice comes off As strained most everywhere and while her flow is nothing to boast rapping seems to be the style Shes Best Lumi Dees lyrics reveal but spill Little about her own if audiences dont know who this Spanish har Lemite is by then  be none the Wiser from her second Melanie careful what you wish for Jonat Fia Brooke bad dog the title of Jonatha Brookes careful what you wish for could be aimed at her fans who like for Brooke to be More after grinding out a half dozen releases in the past de the underachieving untalented Brooke is going for a career makeover of sorts the kind that might be expected of any artist worried about stagnating in the same yet Brooke is Apt to catch some flak for the unprecedented pop associations one makes on her new while care Ful what you wish for int As extreme As the artistic sell out made by jewel and Liz Phair in recent years who didst Compromise themselves nearly As badly As some Brookes fans might be worried about the material Shes been writing for a couple of boy band Chasez and 98 degrees Nick pretty boy Nick the former Jessica Simp but give Lachey credit for recognizing the brilliance of Brookes old Chestnut because i told you so and recording his own version of the Brooke wrote two new cuts for Lachey that she also recorded for careful what you wish for the stately blues and jazz Flavoured keep the River on your right and the devastating ill leave the Light on that matches because i told you so for its pure for his Chasez was Brookes inspiration and supporting for the theatrical track and grandstanding Anthem Beautiful girl its no coincidence that Veteran producer Bob Clearmon Tain is on hand to polish the material with super but he and Brooke go a bit astray As careful what you wish for wanders through lesser diversions concocting what could be a Sheryl Crow discard with forgiven and some overdone pinkish bluster with Brooke has an uncomfortable affair with French on her first composition in that Lan and she Doest have the heft in her voice she needs to pull off the grandiosity of the arrange ment for prodigal Brooke symbolically returns to her old form on the simple acoustic guitar Folk never too late for a that if this pop affair goes she knows her Way Chuck the Knoxville news Sentinel year Zero nine Inch nails we used to joke that if nine Inch nails had added but one unit of measurement to its furious tech Punk Mien a even How that would really be Trent Reznor added stories of psychological dislocation and Chemi Cal abuse to the space in his head and left Industrial strength Shock Nawe to pal Marilyn this cd is Reznor manifesto that the old world order is Hes bringing less mood and More mayhem of the end is especially rip snorting with lots of scabby electronic Zero is All Orwell 1984 meets Evelyn laughs vile Reznor listened to bowies Aladdin sane As a Diamond while the Blip Buzz of god vessel Are Subtle beat driven his lyrics Arent vague at what is is Reznor at its most buoyant by nuanced and he has never sounded As raw and Impact Ful As this years he even tries on sexy in a stadium size fashion on the gorgeously melodic in this shame this old world is Reznor the Singer just got inquirer Avril Lavigne appeared on tvs total request live last month to promote her new the Best Damn