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Chris Daughtry's music is simple and safe and somewhat cliche. In fact, there's nothing new here - Nickelback-meets-Fuel-meets-Creed-meets We get it, already.

CCM ACOUSTIC SESSION: Bluetree, "God of this City" Watch an exclusive acoustic performance of Bluetree's "God of this City." Flyleaf is Fully Alive Andrew Greer Find out the meaning behind Flyleafa s first CD in four years Andy Argyrakis Check out our review of a recent Delirious with After Edmund concert.

The pop/rock quarter Windsor Drive will perform Wednesday at Take II in El Paso.

Eat turkey, enjoy your family, and have a happy and safe Thanksgiving! FRIDAY Get your Groove on Who: Groove Therapy When: 9 p.m. Groove Therapy offers original rock, funk and reggae tunes that will get your dancing.

When: 7 to 10 p.m. Local vocalist, Linda Amero, invites different guest jazz musicians each week to join her.

When: 9 to 12 p.m. Three uber talented musicians' styles collide at the Dog Bar to provide a night full of groovy pop, rock and blues songs.

Bobby Mares, a Las Cruces musician whose stage name is My Genuine Find, will be releasing his first EP, "What We Imagined" Saturday.

The University of Miami School of Communication, the Frost School of Music and UMTV are combining their efforts in a new project called U-Tunes. The musical talent competition show, which will air on UMTV, helps music students get publicity and enables student broadcasters and musical engineers to garner a better understanding of the industry.

The Sounds, a pop/rock band from Sweden that has been gaining popularity in the United States, is currently on a 75-city headlining tour.

With two albums released, headlining dates and a tour supporting Coldplay -- 2009 has been the busiest year of Pete Yorn's career.

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT: With this past weekend's West Beach Music Fest providing a big-scale stage for some of S.B.'s brightest rising stars , it seems like the scene is finally starting to get its long-deserved props.

I have to admit, I really, really like Cheap Trick. There's something about Robin Zander's dynamic power-pop vocals, Bun E. Carlos' juggernaut drums, Rick Nelson's bright and shiny guitars, Tom Petersson's thrumming bass.

On the heels of its best children's album Grammy win for "Here Come the 123's," alternative rock band They Might Be Giants is readying the release of another kid-centric set, "Here Comes Science." The New York-based group also is working on a new rock album that frontman John Flansburgh calls "less traditional." The kids' album and an animated DVD ...

DOWNTOWN TUNES: The first of the free Thursday night concerts at Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton arrives Thursday.