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ONE TRACK MIND: Kelly Clarkson, “Mr. Know it All”

POSTED: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 3:00 PM

Filed Under: Music | One Track Mind Song

Miss Independent is back after two years, and it was worth the wait. “Mr. Know it All” takes up permanent residence in your memory while pulling the strings of your neck into a rhythmic bob of the head. Here is a song worthy of getting caught lip-syncing to at work: a surefire hit by winter. “You don’t know a thing about me,” she quips in the catchy chorus.

We do, actually.

Kelly Clarkson is the original — not to mention the most successful — American Idol. The two-time Grammy winner from Texas has become the queen of move-on songs such as “Walk Away,” “Since U Been Gone,” and “Behind These Hazel Eyes.” With the punk of P!nk and the soul of Christina Aguilera, Clarkson manages to maintain a rawness that’s all her own as she sails through songs that help listeners through a hard breakup. Her fifth album Stronger is due out October 24th, and her next rock-pop single “What Doesn’t Kill You” will surely keep Breakaway fans satisfied until her tour. Staying afloat the pop music industry while critic sharks snap at your heels is no babypool feat, and these past ten years of treading have paid off. Our lives would suck without you, Ms. Clarkson.

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POSTED: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 12:00 PM

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ONE TRACK MIND: Xylos' "Not Enough"

POSTED: Monday, April 12, 2010, 11:05 PM

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"Not Enough," the first single of Xylos' soon-to-be-dropped debut LP, is effervescent bubble-gum that'll stick your shoes to the pavement, complete with bombastic interludes that will bump you into next week and back and enough lyrics about the kind of one night stands that the summer is known for to make a boy's hands clammy. The song brews up the same hazy-headed rush of that first drunken kiss under a June moon.

Tue., April 13, 8 p.m., $12, with Chris Pureka, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-739-9684.

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