"Chrissie Hynde's a rock 'n' roll singer who really should go back and study some country music," Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone 20 years ago. "She should go deeply into the heart of that stuff and then come back out."

To listen to the Pretenders' new album, 'Break Up the Concrete,' which features marked amount of country flourishes -- namely, a prominent pedal steel guitar -- one would think Hynde's ears had been burning.

"I didn't know Bob Dylan was thinking about me twenty years ago," Hynde told Spinner during the Pretenders' recent Sessions taping. "Had I known, I might have done it earlier."

Brian Wilson was caught in California's magnitude 5.4 earthquake while filming his AOL Music Sessions performance on July 29, but that didn't sway him from talking to Spinner about the Golden State theme running through his latest record, 'That Lucky Old Sun.' On the album -- released today -- Wilson revealed that he portrays "the famous restaurants in L.A., the sunshine ... the health of people in California and the California girls."

In a reminiscent mood, he admits that the iconic 'Surfer Girl' is still very much a part of his inspiration. Wilson told Spinner, "I feel the surfer girl is still alive. There was one in 1961, and there's one now. She's still the same, same girl.

The title of his new album is 'Meet Glen Campbell,' but the country legend jokes that he should perhaps add the word "Again" to the end of that. Campbell, the unmistakable voice behind such classics as 'Rhinestone Cowboy' and 'Wichita Lineman,' is diving into new territory on this project, covering an eclectic mix of fellow music icons, from the likes of John Lennon and Jackson Browne to U2 and Green Day.

The 72-year-old Campbell isn't worried that his longtime fans will be turned off by the different kinds of modern-day songs he's singing. Explaining that he simply looked for "songs with good lyrics" for this album, he is convinced of its universal appeal.

As one of Britain's latest indie-pop exports, the Ting Tings have managed to propel past their U.K. counterparts with the help of a short yet memorable television commercial. Earlier this year, Apple featured the group's song 'Shut Up and Let Me Go' in one of its psychedelic iPod ads, causing couch potatoes everywhere to bop their heads and tap their feet. For those unfamiliar with the performers behind the infectious song, the Ting Tings are actually a duo composed of Jules De Martino (drums, guitar, vocals) and Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drum). But with the crafty use of loop pedals, the energetic pair are able to deliver their boisterous, pop-tinged sound during live performances.

Despite the sudden success they have received, the Ting Tings look to remain grounded, which is one of the reasons they titled their debut album 'We Started Nothing.' AOL sat with De Martino and White to find out the story behind their onomatopoeic band name and what they really think of America.