AeroLynx Music Blog

I live in a world of concrete and brick, overpriced apartments blocks away from the projects and abandoned lots... So I decide to make this playlist of alt rock for the city, gritty classics and indie finds.

Yet again, Imagine Dragons cement themselves as the new kings of pop rock, or as I sometimes fear, pop, taking the banner from the mercurial Coldplay. They've never done any true collaboration songs, except Fear (with X Ambassadors) and possibly Thunder Remix ft. K.Flay, which was basically a new song. Their Radioactive collaboration with Kendrick Lamar was just a mashup, making Imagine Dragons seem a bit worse (but not painting Lamar well either), and the this new collaboration with "the great Khalid"(he's okay) isn't much better. This song was premiered at the AMAs, and was too important keep in live youtube videos, so here it is now on every streaming service on earth. Quite frankly, this song is a mashup. It basically just meshes Thunder and Young Dumb & Broke, managing to make them seem connected but not really seamless. Dan Reynolds and Khalid trade verses to start, with instrumentals largely from Thunder (and slicker production, too), and then sing t...

Evil Eye- Franz Ferdinand Kathleen- Catfish And The Bottlemen Business- Catfish And The Bottlemen Man's Not Hot- Big Shaq Detroit- Black Gold Why Do You Only Call Me When You're High?- Arctic Monkeys She's Thunderstorms- Arctic Monkeys