Let it Rock: No Car Crashes With This Week’s New Releases

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Maroon 5- Call and Response (The Remix Album)

While we anxiously await the release of some new music from Maroon 5 (why on Earth does it take them so long?), we can temporarily get our Adam Levine fix from Call and Response, an album of Maroon 5 remixes. The album makes me happy because it remixes the songs enough that some of them actually sound like new tracks. But it also makes me wonder if Maroon 5 desperately wants to get some play time in the clubs. Whatever the case, this whole album may be worth it just to hear the Mark Ronson “Wake Up Call” mix featuring Mary J. Blige. Not to mention, the album includes remixes with Of Montreal, Cut Copy, and Deerhoof.

If you tell me the hotness that is Adam Levine is involved, I’ll buy it, but I’m eager for something new from the boys of Maroon 5. Read More »


CC Staff Rant: When Platinum Isn’t Enough

Men’s magazines and deodorant companies will have you believe that women don’t sweat, but let me tell you something, people, women sweat. Especially in the summer. It’s a biological thing that annoys everyone. I wish I could be as fresh and clean as the media wants me to be, but sadly, I am human — and normal.

And as you can see, so is Lauren.

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