Typhoon, Bass Drum of Death and Com Truise lead the Reverb Party at SXSW 2012. See the full lineup here.
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View Now >>Lady Antebellum -- seen here playing the Fillmore Auditorium in November 2010 -- will return to Denver in February for a much larger headlining show. Photos by John DiTirro, heyreverb.com.
When country trio Lady Antebellum broke wide open, fans fell in love with the instantly likable booty-call ballad “Need You Now.”
The song had the band’s Hillary Scott pleading: “It’s a quarter after 1, I’m a little drunk, and I need you now. Said I wouldn’t call, but I lost all control, and I need you now.”
That the band’s latest single, “Just a Kiss,” is the delicate, almost prudish antithesis to that sensual hit isn’t lost on Scott.
The Black Keys at the Fillmore Auditorium in June 2010. Reverb file photos by Joe McCabe, heyreverb.com.
Generally speaking, I’m pretty anti anti-Valentine’s Day deals. Angry women burning roses while crying and dudes angrily drinking off their exes and then also crying has always seemed a bit pathetic. But, Valentine’s Day, itself, might be even more annoying: a holiday created by greeting card companies, Russell Stover and manufacturers of giant teddy bears left over from traveling carnivals.
And since gleeful love songs usually blow, I’ll jump on the bandwagon this one time. Here are 10 songs, which were all recently released (or are on records to be released in the coming weeks), that should satiate your urge for cupid hatred.

Loni Love's favorite audience is any one that's alert and breathing -- and that doesn't include her mother.
The late-night branding juggernaut that is “Chelsea Lately” continues to stamp stand-ups with Chelsea Handler’s coveted seal of approval, and Loni Love is among the latest enjoying the endorsement.
Although Love has been doing stand-up since college, she’s recently gotten a bump in notoriety thanks to the popular talk show, and she’s taking advantage of it with her national “Live, Love and Laugh” tour, which brings her to the Improv at Northfield Stapleton today, Feb. 10 through Saturday, Feb. 11.
We caught with Love via e-mail last week in advance of the shows to chat about her former career, her perfect idea of an audience and why you shouldn’t eat ice cream before hopping on an airplane.