‘Guess, guess, guess who’s back?’ That’s how Marshall Mathers, better known by his notorious moniker Eminem, begins the intro for his latest track, “I’m Having A Relapse,” the first material we’ve heard from him in a very long time and part of the tracklist of his upcoming album “Relapse.” The song is really, really short, spanning just across the two minute mark, but how short these minutes may be, they’re quite intense. It’s nice to…
Lost is definitely my favorite song off “Viva la Vida,” Coldplay’s latest record, released at the beginning of the summer. It’s somewhat dark vibe, amplified by the beautiful dark church-like organ, makes it beautifully haunting and melodic. “Lost+” is one of the four tracks featured on the Lost single out on November 10 (the other songs are “Lost-” and “Lost@,” and instrumental and a live version, respectively). The song is basically a remix of the…
The Las Vegas native pop/rock quartet’s latest album, Day & Night, is fastly approaching its highly anticipated release date of November 25th. The video for the album’s first single, “Human”, just got out yesterday and can be viewed right bellow. I’ve already told my opinion about the song, in a previous installment, here, so I’m not gonna repeat myself with a review. As for the video itself, there’s not much to tell either. It basically…
Talk about unlikely pairs, Elvis Costello and Fall Out Boy. He’s not the only one collabing with the emo stars, though, so the compromise isn’t that obvious. “What A Catch, Donnie,” is the Fall Out Boy’s third single, off their new album, “Folie à Deux,” that features cameos of various artists, playing Fall Out Boy songs. Other celebrities, featured as cameos in the song, include Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes (“Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”),…
The so called Radiohead In Rainbows model has been praised, criticized, analyzed, turned over and regurgitated so many times I’ve lost count myself. Their act of musical revolt against the major labels and conventionality for that matter, has lead to a wave of enlightenment among similar bands, who’ve since then released albums under the same technique. Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails is the first example that comes to mind, mimicking the Radiohead effect not once,…
When one of my favorite DJs, Diplo, and one of my favorite contemporary rock bands, Radiohead, mix together, there can only be goodness getting out of the whole business. Diplo first posted a remix of Reckoner a while back, for the Radiohead Remix contest, now he just posted a final version of the remix down at the home of awesomeness, MadDecent. The end result is somewhat more satisfactory, but I’ll just leave you to the…
Marketing, Play Station 2 and rock music. Yup, two words: Guitar Hero. Now, with so many artists releasing their music in premiere or even in total exclusivity via Guitar Hero or Rock Band (rewind a bit to the recent Metallica/Guitar Hero/Death Magnetic scandal), it’s really no surprise that one of the biggest money wolves in the industry, The Smashing Pumpkins (read Billy Corgan), will soon release a three track single via Guitar Hero, which also…
Some great new, worthwhile music is coming out this week. My favorite is definitely Ray LaMontagne’s new LP called “Gossip in the Rain.” If you’re not too familiar with the name, maybe these two songs (one and two) might refresh your memory. Ok, you’ll probably see him for the first time, but, trust me, you’ll be totally hooked by his astonishing talent. The chart killer, however, this week is probably Keane, with their third full…
Last year’s Oracular Spectacular was quite delicious, especially when on ‘shrooms, while MGMT’s video for Time to Pretend could either scare you to hell or strip and start dancing on the melody. The band’s new video for “The Youth” isn’t by far as trippy as Time to Pretend, but it’s very fun nonetheless. Directed Eric Wareheim, from Adult Swim’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” the video for “The Youth” features a few kids,…
And the saga continues… Yes, I know this Led Zeppelin reunion crap has been going on for too long. Ever since their infamous O2 gig, things have been hectic, to say the least. First the band met for some talks in January, then various people began to hint towards a reforming and even possibly a new album! This despite their long time frontman, Robert Plant, denied the whole things repeatedly, because he wants to concentrate…
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