Cake (officially capitalized "CAKE") is a band from Sacramento, California. They have had several hits throughout the 1990s and 2000s from six albums. Check this video out on Xyzmp3.com!

Mick Jones (The Clash, Big Audio Dynamite) and Tony James (Generation X, Sisters Of Mercy, Sigue Sigue Sputnik) have never been strangers: even before "punk" was a meaningful musical strategy, they were making concise, brutal music together in the seminal London SS. After SS broke up, the pair split off to change the face of the musical underground - and quite a bit of the mainstream, too. But they've always maintained mutual respect, and, in 2003, they reunited to form Carbon/Silicon, the latest chapter in a reliably fascinating rock and roll story.

Lead track "The News" shares much with the best of B.A.D., and demonstrates exactly how much heat the group can generate. Both Jones and James are well-known for their dissidence and advocacy on behalf of social justice, and the Last Post single is without a doubt a political song. But it's not hectoring or strident at all; on the contrary, it outlines Jones's utopian vision of a world where the news (and the weather) is good. "People started calling those in power to account", reports the long-time musical agitator, "and people started saying, 'I want my voice to count'". The clip for "The News" is similarly plainspoken and hopeful: it catches Carbon/Silicon in action in a modest practice space. Mick Jones approaches the microphone wryly, without a shred of bitterness, and delivers his optimistic message with conviction. Clocks on the wall, set to different time-zones, demonstrate the band's awareness of the world around them. And look a little closer at the British flag hanging on the wall behind Greensmith - that's no Union Jack, that's a Sex Pistols poster. Classic punks through and through, these guys are.

Millions of Americans know Charlotte Gainsbourg from her dazzling movie performances - and, with her turn in Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There and a co-starring role in the latest James Ivory production on the horizon, her screen-notoriety is set to expand further. Meanwhile, 5:55, her latest album, continues to sell briskly in America, and it's already gone triple-platinum in her native France. As with most of the songs on 5:55, Jarvis Cocker provided the witty, pained lyrics to "The Operation", and Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel contributed music. But it's Charlotte Gainsbourg's own voice, soaked in late-night longing and urbane cool, that truly brings the track to life.

With over 30 films to her name including My Wife is an Actress and The Science of Sleep, Charlotte Gainsbourg has become one of the contemporary faces of French cinema. Now, after years away, she returns to music, recording her first solo album since she was 13 years old. That first album was Charlotte Forver, a collection of songs written by her legendary father, Serge Gainsbourg. Her new album is 5:55, a collaboration with an equally legendary line-up of Air (who wrote the music), Jarvis Cocker and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, (who, with Charlotte, wrote the lyrics), and producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Travis, Paul McCartney). The resulting album is all you could hope for with such a team: lush music, intimate and thought-provoking lyrics, and disarming beauty created by Charlotte's distinct, whisper of a voice.

Chevelle (pronounced sh?-VELL) is an alternative metal/hard rock band from Chicago, Illinois founded in 1994 by brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler with the later addition of Joe Loeffler in 1996 (who was replaced by the Loeffler's brother-in-law, Dean Bernardini). The band's name refers to the Loeffler brothers' father's favorite car.

That audience already knows all about Chromeo from the underground hit She's In Control - a synthpop-R&B explosion that favorite that spawned several dancefloor favorites. Walk into the hippest bar you know and wait until midnight; chances are, the deejay will start spinning Chromeo. Fancy Footwork, the follow-up, features everything that made She's In Control so irresistible - but this time out, the beats are bigger, the colors are brighter, the subject matter is sexier, and the synthesizers are dizzier, catchier, more intricate, and more mesmerizing. "Tenderoni" is a good case in point: Dave 1 and P-Thugg augment their vocoderized melody with synths that bubble and twitter around the edges of the mix; each time a new sound is introduced, the song slips a gear, and becomes even funkier and more propulsive.

"Rainbowarrior", the exciting - and remarkably accessible - lead track from The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn , combines rapping and record-scratching with oddball instrumentation, the whinnying of horses, and a gorgeous sung chorus that wouldn't sound out of place at Carnegie Hall. It's a pastiche worthy of Dee-Lite's World Clique, a production as cutting-edge and artful as Madonna's recent work with Stuart Price, and a completely new musical direction for CocoRosie. But as it always is with CocoRosie, it's the sisters' voices that will attract the most attention. Bianca and Sierra Casady coo, patter, and soar through the track, imparting personality to every line. Bianca is as conversational as Sierra is classic, spilling rhymes of hope and defiance and flowing effortlessly over the gigantic backbeat.

The duo's reputation for provocative imagery precedes them as well. Here's a pair of attractive sisters who are fond of wearing pencil mustaches and men's clothing, and who love to appear in sexually ambiguous poses that subvert gender expectation. They're perfect subjects, then, for director Kai Regan's unconventional eye. Regan's astonishing clip for "Noah's Ark" took CocoRosie to the stars and back, imagining the sisters as interstellar entities. The video for "Rainbowarrior" is hardly more earthbound - though this time around, it's club-light rather than starlight that Bianca and Sierra bask under. Bianca and Sierra appear in black gowns, hair spilling down their shoulders. By the end of the clip, the party has broken out in force, and revelers with wild makeup and couture dance beneath the flashing purple lights, each one ecstatic, confident in his or her own irreducible uniqueness.