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I haven't been listening to that much music this week, but I've listened to this. Escapade- The Sherlocks We Move Like The Ocean- Bad Suns Out Of the Black- Royal Blood Passion- AWOLNATION Stand By Your Gun- George Ezra Live For The Moment- The Sherlocks

IS AWOLNATION BECOMING PASSION PIT??? Definitely not, just because of the title of a song. A song very unlike Passion Pit- hits hard, and not a keyboard in sight. The first single for AWOLNATION's upcoming third album, which is said to be more towards traditional rock, which is more or less shown in this song.(I'm sure we all know the story of AWOLNATION- rose to prominence on the strength of their innovatively electronicized arena rock- mainly off of the song Sail). This song starts off with an upbeat drum and bass line with Aaron Bruno singing in a falsetto over it. But the real fun doesn't start til' the chorus: shouted but not hoarse vocals(unlike Imagine Dragons), and the excellent distorted slightly electronic guitar that is AWOLNATION's signature style. It calls to mind High by Sir Sly but with less of a cerebral component and more moving over to let the instruments do the talking. This works two ways- the lyrics aren't as developed, which is somewhat...

I haven't done one of these in a while, and I just decided to continue this week to celebrate having a day off(not Columbus day that guy was a bit questionable.) On Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz Mr. Brightside(Demo) by The Killers Wishful Thinking by Kyd The Band Take My Love And Run by Bad Suns Will You Be There? by The Sherlocks X Marks The Spot by Coldplay Let Me Out by Gorillaz featuring Mavis Staples and Pusha T Tomorrow Comes Today by Gorillaz Just a word about X Marks The Spot- it's a hidden track on Army Of One, so you can listen through or just skip to about halfway.    

Coldplay has had a tradition of charity singles, and they'd like to keep that up. On October eighth, they played a new song live in San Diego(with a broadcast to Mexico) called Life Is Beautiful, to support victims of the recent earthquakes in Mexico. It hasn't been officially released(I don't know how they think they'll get profits from it to aid Mexico), but is easily available online. It features a mix of Chris Martin's energetic strumming of an acoustic guitar and some sort of bubbling keyboard(or guitar based on how occupied Johnny Buckland was during the clip) and sense of optimism that make it fit in perfectly with A Head Full of Dreams. Chris Martin seems to confuse Mexico with Spain by starting the song with an "ole" call and response with the crowd, but I don't know maybe it's Mexican, too. It's very triumphant and an excellent song to be played live, but in its current form I don't know if it could be released. It certainly has a...

Bad Suns is probably the best pop-rock band in the world. With roots in post-punk, all their songs are emotive, unique, catchy and guitar based. And guess what- they can actually play their instruments! And even more surprising for a Pop-rock band, they use instruments! In addition, both their albums are excellent all the way through, something not many bands can claim. I was a bit surprised to see this new single on YouTube, because their last album, Disappear Here, was released only a year ago, and the tours for that are just finishing(sadly I missed them). The song starts with a glittery keyboard, excellent fuzzy but controlled guitar, a smattering of Passion Pit-esque synths and a bit of simple drumming. Those synthes continue through a song about growing up and things changing too fast to track, with barely any of that good guitar(where are the riffs of Disappear here?). It ends with a Imagine Dragons or similar band breaking apart ending with the chorus repeating and lots of oo...

Finally! A new song by Kyd The Band, purveyors of excellent indie pop/rock(and maybe ice cream too). It's not an album or EP, and it's not strictly new, but it's good all the same. I'm pretty sure this is not the same exact song as was on the demo, because the instrumentals seem a bit different, possibly even better because when i originally listened to it I didn't think much of it. It starts with a weird almost carnivalistic guitar(?), and the excellent driving melancholy rhythm guitar that continues through the song and ties it together. The song effectively mixes a quiet verse with a louder keening chorus, which as my friend said after listening for the first time, is catchy. I also detected some reggae elements(in the guitar a bit) in there, not the terrible dancehall that's pervading modern pop but real good reggae. The vocals in the chorus are pretty good, fully using the singer's voice and a hard hitting natural drum set. the chorus continues the regg...