Billboard singles reviews: Stone Temple Pilots, Macy Gray

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Stone Temple Pilots' first single since 2003's "All in the Suit That You Wear" feels strangely familiar. All of the recently reunited band's signature elements are still intact, from the thick slabs of Dean DeLeo's distorted guitar riffs -- later punctured by a roaring solo -- to the steady rhythm section and Scott Weiland's snarling vocals. The frontman's tenor bears a surprising, Dylan-esque warble, which perhaps has to do with the "'60s sound" that the band has said des...

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