If you know The Killers, you know that they’ve always been inventive, energetic, and focused. Hot Fuss introduced us to the dramatic, new-wave side of the band; and then Sam’s Town threw the whole thing in reverse with surprisingly raw rock and admirable depth in lyric.
Concept albums are tricky. Trying to create a musical concept story about a 16th century sailor spanning three records relying almost solely on a guitar and your voice is surely bordering on crazy. But with the recent release of The Eventually Home it looks like Andy Hull of Manchester Orchestra just might pull through with [...]
One of my old favourites, Swedish garage band rockers have teamed up with spokeswoman for girls of the eighties to create what’s in familiar Hives-modesty described as the best holiday song on this side of White Christmas. The track is appropriately titled The Hives & Cyndi Lauper in a Christmas Duel, and can be downloaded [...]
You can now download the titletrack from Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming album, Working On A Dream, for free at iTunes or here (where you can also sign up for his mailing list, which fans of the Boss should do of course). The offer is only good for two days, so better download it as soon as [...]
Remember that interview we did with Socratic a while back? It was so much fun, and turned out so well that I decided to go hunting for some additional bands that would interested in answering a few questions for us. I think it’s safe to say that we got more than we bargained for, because [...]
Blink-182 fan sites and internet music journals were set ablaze Wednesday after Mark Hoppus, bass player of +44 and Blink-182, posted a new update on his personal blog concerning the status of Blink-182.
I don’t really know where to begin with this one. Copeland is a band that I first heard about a year ago from a friend who had just bought their Dressed Up & In Line album. He popped it in the stereo, and I quickly noticed its originality and quiet beauty. From then on, Copeland [...]
The Jersey quintet Socratic released their first album Lunch for the Sky in 2005, a free EP titled Just Turn the year after, and earlier this year they released their sophomore full length record Spread the Rumors. We were lucky enough to get a chance to ask their singer and guitarist Duane Okun some questions, [...]
I’m generally not a big fan of mash-ups between hiphop and (soft)rock songs, but a project that has mashed up songs from Jay-Z and Coldplay has gotten a lot of attention recently, and it is actually worth listening to. It’s called Viva La Hova, and it combines miscellaneous songs from Jay-Z with Coldplay counterparts in [...]
As winter begins to close in (and I begin to spend more time inside where it’s warm), I’ve found myself looking for things to do around the house.
Fortunately, even in my middle school and high school years, I had a decent taste in music. So, when looking back through my music collection, I’ve found a [...]
