When Did Modest Mouse Cover The Killers?

I guess I’m getting rusty… I was cruising around the Hype Machine looking for some tunes when I found an excellent cover of The Killers’ “Somebody Told Me” by everyones favorite drunken band Modest Mouse. The only blog that the Hype Machine has record of ever posting this cover is Berkeley’s Place — a blog [...]

New Coldplay - Death Will Never Conquer

Coldplay have once again struck gold with their fourth album, Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends, it has displayed great lasting power in the global chart, topping the chart four weeks in a row with sales exceeding 3,400,000 — easily making it the No. 1 album of 2008, so far. No doubt, [...]

Festival Off!

 
Over here in Britain, ‘to festival’ has become the fashionable verb of the in-crowd. Everyone ‘does’ them, so to speak – from Kate Moss to David Tennant (our current Dr. Who). Indeed, 2008 could well be the year of the trendy festival. But when did - with all the celebrity buzz and media hype - [...]

PrettyMuchAmazing! Holiday Gifts

We’re already three days into December and I haven’t even taking the upcoming Holidays into consideration. I’ve been swamped with life (yeah, don’t get one, its a hassle). Anyway, if you haven’t already maxed out your cards on Black-Friday, throughout December I will suggest a some cool toys for everyone on your list.
The Guys in [...]

Two Mixes to Get You Through The Last Few Hours

TGIF! Happy our is every hour, am I right? Probably not, I am sure most of you are stuck at work, or school. Me too. As everyone knows, the quick fix to surviving a Friday at work or at school is, of course, an truly outstanding, re-imagined song(s). I refrain from the term remix because [...]

Album Review: The Killers - Sawdust

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Las Vegas indie rock quartet The Killers release Sawdust , a compilation of tracks from soundtracks and single releases, as well as previously unreleased material from the Sam’s Town and Hot Fuss sessions that boasts plenty of gems for completists.
Kicking off with lead single Tranquilize , the album – which is dedicated to fans – [...]

The Killers - ‘Tranquilize’

Because Andrew Eldritch from the Sisters Of Mercy was busy, one can only presume, Lou Reed said he wouldn’t mind stepping in. As an explanation, that’s no more outlandish than the reality that’s on offer here. Make no mistake, this is the strangest thing that either Lou Reed or The Killers have ever been involved [...]

Fall Out Boy Cover The Killers: Ironic, Much?

Wasn’t the innocuous Brandon Flowers who said he wants to beat bands like Fall Out Boy “to death”? Way to get back at him, Pete! Perform “Mr. Brightside” in front of thousands of fans during VooDoo and possibly one-up the Las Vegas crooners?
The perfect punishment for releasing a horrendous Joy Division cover as a single. [...]

Proving Electronic Music Makes You Happy (vol. 1)

Happiness is just a chemical balance somewhere in your brain, right? Right. Well I am completely convinced that Electronica creates a chemical imbalance in your brain, causing extreme happiness — a state of ecstasy even. This new series is closely related to my “Proving That Pop-Punk Makes You Happy” series, if you fail to see [...]

Friday Night: Covers And Mixes

TGIF! This should be the last post til Monday, but we never know with random crazy people like Britney Spears and Radiohead out there. Anyway, here is a LARGE handful of Covers and Remixes.
mp3: Soulja Boy ft. Travis Barker - Crank That 85%

mp3: Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Stuart Price Jacques lu Cont Les Rythmes [...]