When he's not butchering some of my favourite songs of all time he makes some pretty good mainstream pop. Will be in all clubs non-stop at the begining of 2010 by which time i may be sick of it, but for now it remains on the catchy side of overplayed.
No...... you lost Simon.
Loving the new CWK song, EP, Album Cover, general sound. I would even go as far as saying this song reaches the dizzy heights of 'Hang Me Out To Dry'. It has all the Ingredients of Cold War Kids; the plonky piano, the preached lyrics and bluesy riffs. I Cannot wait until this beauty of an EP gets released. Fingers crossed for some UK tour dates people. Enjoy.
The album cover scares me a little bit but you can't argue with the tracks this seemingly surfer despising band make. 'Twin Peaks' is another strong track off their debut album 'Astro Coast' and even if the album art is some sort of Jaws tribute i will definitely own this when it is released. Look out for the meow at the start. Enjoy.
Continuing The Killers tradition of releasing a Christmas song every year is the new track 'Happy Birthday Guadalupe'. In my opinion it is just a regular song with "Christmas time" slotted sneakily into the lyrics but if you are in a festive mood feel free to pretend it is a festive greeting from the indie legends. The song features Wild Light (who opened for The Killers on their recent tour) and Mariachi El Bronx, however The Killers are still the star the star of the show. The song has so many great aspects to it from the backing Mariachi trumpets and intricate guitar riffs to the brilliantly penned lyrics, it is easily the best Christmas song by The Killers even if it is their least Christmas-y. Enjoy.
It is finally here, with more "ho ho ho's" than an episode of Hollyoaks its the *Drum Roll* Transatlanticism Christmas Mix. That's right boys and girls grab you candy canes and stockings and lets all revel in Christmas spirit. As a festive treat i will give you a run down of the tracks i have chosen and why i chose them (if i can remember).
This is my first review and it is a shambles. I don’t even know who I have reviewed.
I can't quite believe i haven't posted a Mumford & Sons track yet seeing as i haven't stopped listening to their album since it came out. It is almost impossible to pick a track off the album because their are so many great tracks, to give you an idea of how good it is my wmp play counts for the album are as follows 25,34,28,14,29,9,25,13,8,14,12,7. After much deliberation i have decided to post 'The Cave' as it was the first song i heard by them, and was what made me want to listen to more and more and more Mumford & Sons. I expect you will do the same. Enjoy.
Apparently this whole band is still in college over the pond in Philadelphia but if they are making music of this quality and maturity they should be teaching everyone else. After the amazing mix of MGMT's "kids" they released the "West Philly Mixtape" which contains the track "Because" the rapping is at least as good as that on "Kids" and the mix work on the track is incredible. It almost feels as if Radiohead wrote "Reckoner" for this mix.....well nearly. This band are going to be huge when their album drops next year. Enjoy.
Ive just discovered this little gem of a collaboration between the legendary Ben Gibbard and Feist. I found it on an obscure charity compilation album called 'Dark Was The Night', you know you have to much time on your hands when you trawl through compilation albums to find little rarities. Enjoy.
I have just got my greasy paws on the new 30 seconds to mars album and from what i have heard so far i am very impressed. 'This Is War' is much more of a coherent album than their first two releases, this is due partly to the variety of tracks on the album which in my opinion was absent on the first two albums. The collaboration with Kanye West on 'Hurricane' (i can only assume Mr West does the synth track in the background as there is no rapping involved) is genius and shows a different direction for the band away from 10 epic-emo tracks to a well produced and structured album. Despite the varied album I'm going to have to post one of the 'old-school' sounding tracks the album title sharing 'This Is War' due to its sheer epic nature but just to prove i wasn't fibbin' I've posted 'Hurricanes' too. Enjoy.
Another track from the brilliant Freelance Whales which i have been meaning to post for quite a while now, you will be glad i finally got round to it. Every time i here a new track off this album it seems to be better than the previous one, and i loved the first track i heard so as you can gather 'Location' is a pretty good track (and by pretty good i mean one of the best of this year). The only bad thing about this band is that they are only touring in the U.S at the moment so for us Brits the prospect of them live has to remain a fantasy, at least we have their incredible debut album to keep us satisfied.