Snow Patrol are swiftly following up on the success of Take Back The City with a new single, Crack The Shutters.
This will be the second single from their amazing new album, A Hundred Million Suns. I’ve been gradually becoming more fond of Snow Patrol recently, and Crack The Shutters kind of cements my admiration for the band. The song, as usual for this band, is a rich blanket of sound, unmistakeably Snow Patrol.
The follow-up single to Kings Of Leon’s massive hit Sex On Fire will be Use Somebody.
There’s an interesting discussion about this single on Stereogum, with many people calling it a sellout and a disaster for the band.
It’s true, this is a huge stadium-rock style anthem, a complete contrast to the smouldering, intimate vibe on Sex On Fire. And only Caleb Followil’s distinctive yelp puts the Kings Of Leon signature on this single.
Human is the first single from The Killers’ third album, Day & Age.
Critic types are claiming this is a return to form for the band. The band’s lead singer Brandon Flowers describes it as a “cross between Johnny Cash and the Pet Shop Boys”.
With a description like that, said single could conceivably be a train wreck. However, on first listen the synth sounds like it’s the intro to a dance track, but morphs into this sublime experience. I get the PSB comparisons, but while I can’t listen to the Pet Shop Boys without wanting to shoot Neil Tennant, this I think is genius.
There are two things in my mind as I approach my Death Magnetic review. One is that such a record cannot be compared to a classic (Master Of Puppets) that has been part of our lives for over twenty years.
The second thing is guilt. Yes, guilt. After the critical roasting they got for St Anger, Metallica went back to their roots. Is it even remotely right for us fans to insist on ‘more of the same’ from a band? Surely artistic growth alone suggests that Metallica should have been allowed to shape their musical style instead of returning to the sound that launched them?
Nicole and her sexy chums are back with a new single – I Hate This Part – and here’s a shocker: the barely-clad raunchy look is replaced with a pretty, feminine styling that I love.
In a rare ballad opportunity for the ‘Dolls, Nicole Scherzinger really gets to show off her voice. Coupled with sensitive lyrics “I hate this part right here/I just can’t take your tears”, this is a side of the Pussycat Dolls that we rarely see amid the gyrations.
Is it weird that, as a guy, I prefer this non-gyrating version of the ‘Dolls?
I think it’s interesting that the debut single from Same Difference doesn’t even remotely hint at the fact that they’re a British act. A British act who made it big on the back of a British reality TV show.
For those of you who don’t know (or possibly don’t remember), Same Difference are the brother and sister act who made it through to the finals of 2007’s X Factor. Their squeaky clean act was perfectly suited to High School Musical type songs and performances.
Well, the debut single – We R One – is a perfect mix of all those American teen shows like HSM, and there’s a bit of styling from Grease in the mix too.
Wanna hear a gloriously upbeat song about terminal illness? Conor Oberst has just the thing for you then.
His latest release brings in The Mystic Valley Band for a good, old-fashioned knees-up that sticks two fingers up to death and disease.
The chorus refrain of I Don’t Want To Die In The Hospital is just perfect. Imagine yourself singing that one while walking down the street.
Of all the reality TV alumni, Lemar Obika deserves a break. He’s obviously well regarded, even in serious musician circles. Not to say that his singles don’t sell, they do. But you’d think that the industry would be making a bigger deal about him, that’s all.
If She Knew has some really slick production values. It’s a very smooth R&B number, and you know if Ne-Yo or one of those stateside crooners released this, it would be an international hit.
Wouldn’t you just love to write this song off as lame teenybopper rubbish? The idea of Hannah Craptana’s alter-ego crossing over into the pop charts seemed like an awful prospect. But when you listen to 7 Things, it’s actually hard not to like the song.
Okay, when she does that “Shaaa” thing at the start of the video…that’s annoying. But, uncomfortable as it makes me to admit it, 7 Things is a pretty good pop song.
I read an interesting piece over on Vibe that claims Love Lockdown is one of his most important songs in recent memory. After spending years trying to outdo himself on each successive single, Kanye has released a song that is heartfelt and spontaneous:
"Love Lockdown" is a gut move, a personal record that, with this sudden and almost unhyped release, seems like something Kanye West needs to get off his chest. The verdict: We feel your pain.
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