This week In ‘2000s Throwback’ 05/52
Bloc Party’s “Like Eating Glass” hits hard with jagged post-punk guitars and emotional turbulence, while Muse’s “Plug In Baby” fuses baroque-inspired riffs with early-2000s paranoia. The Strokes channel gritty youth with the jangly “Barely Legal,” and Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River” delivers moody production laced with revenge. Shakira’s “Whenever, Wherever” blends panpipes with pop spectacle, and Avril Lavigne’s “I’m with You” captures raw loneliness in a sweeping ballad. R.E.M.’s “Aftermath” leans introspective, Norah Jones’s “Until the End” whispers quiet longing, and Foo Fighters’ grungy “Stacked Actors” snarls against Hollywood’s plastic sheen.

