Ryan Adams

According to Ryan Adams' semi-coherent Web posts during the making of what was
supposed to be his third studio album, his label balked as his new songs, telling him they
were "too alternative rock," "incredibly depressing" and "not your best stuff." And they
were right . . . except about that last part. Love Is Hell -- delayed and then broken up into
dual EPs -- is an exquisite portrait of the artist as a tired young man: tired of love,... More >