AeroLynx Music Blog

Coldplay is one of the most successful bands of all time. For every single album they have at least two top 20 hits, and they've been doing it for almost 20 years and seven albums. That on its own is impressive, but if you consider that they were originally indie rock(they've changed a lot), it's even more impressive. 5- Prospekt's March EP While not officially an album, this 27 minute companion piece to Viva La Vida full of B-sides and song that didn't make the cut for Viva La Vida is excellent in its own right. Life In Technicolor ii effectively expands on the original Life In Technicolor, the instrumental opener to Viva La Vida, with lyrics that propel the song to new heights. Glass Of Water really should have taken Cemeteries Of London's spot on Viva La Vida, with a jumpy guitar line and stadium ready flourishes, and Lost+ adds a good Jay Z verse to an already really good song. Lovers In Japan- Osaka Sun Mix doesn't really expand on Lovers In Japan, b...

The last The Killers song, The Man, was a swaggering disco throwback that reached number seven on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. Both that single and this new one, Run For Cover, will be on The Killers' forthcoming album, Wonderful Wonderful. The song starts with a driving electric guitar, changing chords gradually as an electronic drumbeat launches the song in to stadium rock bombast. The bass then drives the song in to politically themed country rap, which is impressive but isn't something that's terribly appealing to me or most people. The chorus is classic The Killers, with guitar and stadium-ready lyrics, but also a danceable streak. Then the country rap starts again, this time with another mash-up added to the already confusing mix: white hip hop, as in Linkin Park. One good thing about this part is that the bass guitar continues to propel the song, so that the vocals aren't diminished but the song's momentum continues. The song ends on uplifting pop...

If Arcade Fire had put out this album in the 1960s, they would've been thrown in jail. With its blatant anti-capitalist message, every single member of the band and their family would've been wiretapped. But we live in much better times, so we can enjoy this album without worrying if Arcade Fire will get locked up even before they can start their tour. This album was proceeded with four singles, three stellar and one terrible. The lead single and title track of this album, Everything Now, became a pretty big hit, but not so much for the rest of them. A few songs have multiple versions on this album. Everything_Now (continued), the first version of Everything Now, is merely a trippy intro, clearly meant to shock and luckily over in 45 seconds. The main version of Everything Now is the best song on the album, with its anthemic piano and acoustic guitar, stadium-ready chorus, and vocals that fit in with the song well but not too well to cancel out their powerful anti-capitalis...