Thursday, May 21, 2009

5/21/09

The new Green Day album ownz, with a "z." It's powerful and empowering, heartbreaking and inspiring, and everything I need for a good kick-off summer album. "21 Guns," "Last of the American Girls," "Restless Heart Syndrome," and the title track all really hooked me today, to the point where even if I tried to listen to anything else on my iPod I went right back to the record.

I could probably write a lot about the inspirations and themes behind the record, the parallels that it shows to modern society, the messages it's sending to today's youth, and how badly they should listen, but, I should do the dishes. Basically, stay slaves to what they sell you or conspire your own revolution. That's what I got out of it, and dammit I think I'll keep listening for clues on the how. In any case, I'd like to see this record live, and I'd like to interview them.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

5/14/09

I have a new hero journalist to add to the list. Maybe you have to be a journalism geek AND a music geek to appreciate it, but NBC's Brian Williams will be hosting his own Web music show called, appropriately, BriTunes.

Read his full interview at RollingStone.com. I so want to talk bands with Brian Williams now. He knows his shit! Some of my favorite quotes:

"The technology moves so fast that having a Touch these days is like having a toaster."

"No one should fear me becoming a tragic hipster. I may be a hipster, but never tragic. I'm not going to bars in Brooklyn and drinking PBRs." HAH! Good for you, goooood for you. Me either...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

5/12/09

I knew it....tastemakers be dammned! THIS is the track on Day & Age that defines the album, and it's quintessential new Killers. This performance warms my fucking heart. Everyone bashed & hated this album, but I think this performance proves their legitimacy and the strength of their songwriting.

Word.



This has become one of my "been-a-hard-day" songs. I love it with the full orchestra, it's like a piece from a musical or something.