11.   Its big songs sound good.

12.   One song sounds like another ... and another.

13.   She puts her own twist on each one, making the old songs sound new.

14.   Sure, their songs can sound retro and overwrought.

15.   Ten years after it got started, Pavement still makes its songs sound shaky.

16.   The old songs still sounded like summer.

17.   The song almost sounds like the missing link from some long-ago theater production.

18.   The song sounded like a plea to a lover, not to a pop icon.

19.   The songs sound like Carole King imitations, only not as good.

20.   The song sounds heartfelt and not overproduced.