The mysterious Followill family returns to the front porch/garage on the Kings of Leon's engaging sophomore effort, Aha Shake Heartbreak. On Youth & Young Manhood, the Kings gave Southern rock a swift kick in the rear, sounding like Lynyrd Skynyrd posing as a bunch of N.Y.U. film students (or vice versa). For their latest, the Nashville quartet raises a flag that's equal parts Confederate and Union Jack. Their success in the U.K. is understandable, as Caleb Followill's lazy drawl sounds like a cross between Bon Scott, Ray Davies, and Eddie Money with a slight Jamaican accent, but it's their seamless and agreeable blend of ock & roll, country, and Roky Erickson-style psychedelia, matched with a keen lyrical wit, that makes them fascinating to both sides of the pond. On the twenty-something barfly opener "Slow Night, So Long," Caleb laments/celebrates the soulless dance of the one-night stand ("She's opened up just like she really knows me/I hate her face, but enjoy the company") like a true student of outlaw country. It's a theme that runs rampant throughout Heartbreak, and whether it's set against a swamp-sick oogie ("Pistol of Fire") or emitted through a lonesome yodel ("Day Old Blues"), it resonates as clear and cool as the opening notes of a Creedence Clearwater Revival tune.
Kings of Leon is a great indie rock band that hit it big with there album Aha Shake Heartbreak in 2005, which featured some great tracks like soft and milk. They followed that up with a new album last year called because of the times. On August 2nd Kings of Leon put out there new single crawl and followed it up by putting out another single called sex on fire exactly one week later. Here are t...
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*SAM'S TOP 10 ALBUMS**KINGS OF LEON* Aha Shake HeartbreakThis album... Where do I start? Flawless. The rum-tum-tum sound of Nathan like a kid with a new marching snare at Christmas. But the vocals are the most original thing I've heard in a long time - Caleb Folowill is a diamond in the rough. There is nothing there that I don't like. Standout track? Easily Milk.*BRIGHT EYES* I'm Wide Awake, It...
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Been listening to a lot of Kings Of Leon lately. Especially their last record...good stuff. They are climbing up the 'bands not to be missed list' at Coachella for me.
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so, as of today i'm 22. i personally think that every birthday after 21 is crap, because all the milestones left are "hey, you're getting older" birthdays. which can be cool, but still. when i was 16, it felt like i was finally "older", when i was 17 i could get into rated-r movies (which did me no good, as i'd been getting in since i was 12 and still have only ever been ID'd once and that was ...
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Been listening to a lot of Kings Of Leon lately. Especially their last record...good stuff. They are climbing up the 'bands not to be missed list' at Coachella for me.
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So maybe by this point you are sick of hearing about Glastonbury- the mud, the crowds, Jay-z impersonating Oasis, did we mention the mud.....But I've found these artist snippets (by NME) quite good entertainment- hearing the artists backstage while they chill out...something about the energy of 150,0000 spectators activates artistic synapses I guess.Without further ado:The Kings of Leon - w. ba...
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I was checking my email before I called it a night, and I noticed on the homepage that it is a tropical 4 degrees. Four....four degrees. This means if I want to be at work by 8 I should probably go and start warming up my car and scraping the ice off right now...but instead I will attempt to sleep and play my favorite '4' song...I need my rest, I may need a dog sled for my morning commute.
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so, as of today i'm 22. i personally think that every birthday after 21 is crap, because all the milestones left are "hey, you're getting older" birthdays. which can be cool, but still. when i was 16, it felt like i was finally "older", when i was 17 i could get into rated-r movies (which did me no good, as i'd been getting in since i was 12 and still have only ever been ID'd once and that was ...
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Kings Of Leon Koolhaus in Toronto on November 7, 2008 Full Photo Set (10 photos) Since the beginning of this century, Kings Of Leon have been creating music, but they've been together much longer than that simply because the band is comprised of three brothers and a first cousin. They released their first album in 2003, but when I look back, it was actually April 2005 that I first added t...
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Kings of Leon is a great indie rock band that hit it big with there album Aha Shake Heartbreak in 2005, which featured some great tracks like soft and milk. They followed that up with a new album last year called because of the times. On August 2nd Kings of Leon put out there new single crawl and followed it up by putting out another single called sex on fire exactly one week later. Here are t...
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*SAM'S TOP 10 ALBUMS**KINGS OF LEON* Aha Shake HeartbreakThis album... Where do I start? Flawless. The rum-tum-tum sound of Nathan like a kid with a new marching snare at Christmas. But the vocals are the most original thing I've heard in a long time - Caleb Folowill is a diamond in the rough. There is nothing there that I don't like. Standout track? Easily Milk.*BRIGHT EYES* I'm Wide Awake, It...
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Now forgive me if you disagree, but im sure im not the first to point out the mainstream turn the kings have taken with their new album, "Only by the night" i for one think its a bad decision. Dont get me wrong im a huge fan of they're earlier albums, hell ive got "Youth and Young Manhood" playing right now. But i refuse to buy their latest, i will never buy music that has been anywhere near th...
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| 1 Slow Night, So Long |
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| 2 King of the Rodeo |
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| 3 Taper Jean Girl |
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| 4 Pistol of Fire |
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| 5 Milk |
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| 6 The Bucket |
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| 7 Soft |
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| 8 Razz |
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| 9 Day Old Blues |
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| 10 Four Kicks |
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| 11 Velvet Snow |
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| 12 Rememo |
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