Music Shorts

Album:

'Buckcherry'

Black Butterfly

Atlantic

Californian hard rockers Buckcherry return on their fourth album, Black Butterfly, with another slew of greasy, testosterone-drenched tunes. Whether the album should be taken as a second-rate Aerosmith throwback or a totally tongue-in-cheek soundtrack to a guy's night out is unclear, but much like the latter, you likely won't remember a lick of it when it's over. D

B-Side:

Jack's Mannequin

"At Full Speed"

Warner Bros.

"At Full Speed" is a B-side from Jack's Mannequin's upcoming album, The Glass Passenger. Starting with a slow acoustic section, it picks up its pace gradually to create a solemn yet beautifully nostalgic tone. While cut from the actual record, the song was released exclusively on iTunes as a part of the In Valleys EP and is the highlight of the four songs included on the special release. A

Single:

All-American Rejects

"Gives You Hell"

Interscope

Video:

Metallica

"The Day That Never Comes"

Warner Bros.

EPIC! A word that perfectly describes the video accompaniment to Metallica's latest single, "The Day That Never Comes." The band rocks out amid the heart-wrenching chaos and earnest humanity of a modern war scene. The video is miraculously simple in terms of execution, but rides heavily on symbolism and questions of wartime ethics (is the life of a friend any more valuable than that of a foe?). Surprisingly compelling and well worth the eight-minute runtime. A