Brad Wheeler
Globe and Mail Update Published on Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 1:13PM EDT Last updated on Monday, Mar. 30, 2009 3:35PM EDT
Scare Easy by Mudcrutch, from Mudcrutch (Reprise/Warner)
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Tom Petty reforms the band of his youth, a group that does not include Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor, though it sounds so.
On a defiant piece of country-jangle rock, the sneering I Won't Back Down singer doesn't scare easy either - the "loser on the top of my game" has got it half right.
No Substitute Love by Estelle, from Shine (Atlantic)
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Island-dusted, light R&B, with the finger-wagging Estelle, not willing to be the understudy, laying down the law to her carousing boy.
The lithe groove makes us feel warm and Fugees all over.
Dirty City by Steve Winwood with Eric Clapton, from Nine Lives (Sony BMG)
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Seamy, percussive, Hammond-drenched classic rock, concerning a desperate search for higher ground. The guy in the shadow with the Stratocaster?
He signs his guitar solo with the initials E.C.
Nine Lives by Def Leppard with Tim McGraw, from The Sparkle Lounge (Bludgeon Riffola/Universal)
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An otherwise ordinary arena-rock pastiche includes affected guest vocals from Tim McGraw, a country superstar who clearly has a thing for blondes.
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