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The article focuses on several musicians whose works were dominated by love as a theme. They include Lavender Diamond, who writes peace-related harmonies about the kind of love that lasts forever, Dr. Dog, and Bill Callahan. Such musicians have shown that the menacing fronts of the 21st century might be held off with love-themed musical works.

The article discusses information on the folk renaissance. It is stated that From valleys in Northern California or warehouses in Greenpoint, the folk renaissance came with an Emersonian devotion to the Church of Nature, beribboned accolytes and a belief in the mysticism and spirituality of yesteryear.

The article reviews two easy listening music recordings including "Mushaboom," by Feist and another by Cat Power.

The article focuses on musician Brian DeGraw. His delicate pencil sketches of Islamic terrorist Osama bin Laden turn up in key collections around New York City. He is also known through the sounds of his band Gang Gang Dance. The band has subtly influenced the younger, meaner generation. It is noted that his distractions are what make him so compelling.

The article focuses on the popularity of African American rapper Akon. The whooshing sound one hears right before the Konvict! drop is likely the sound of money falling from the sky because it is literally that easy for the artist to earn money. In 2007, a hit record can not be made without his feline tenor.

The article focuses on Animal Collective, a group of experimental musicians which was noticed by the magazine through their messy chant "Sung Tongs." There was meowing and there were rabbit games and the music sounded like choral incantations for childhood and funerals. However, their thundering full length "Strawberry Jam," both of which were made of songs that were not just soundtracks but bookmarks to both very big and very small moments that passed in the seasons that followed.