I know at least one person who’ll be all jumping jacks about Snow Patrol’s stopping at the Myth on September 10. That is, right after she’s done doing cartwheels over Pete Yorn’s dual dates in August!If you aren’t familiar with at least some Snow Patrol repertoire, consider your last seven years of hibernation over. Although [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Irish rockers, Snow Patrol have announced a fall 2009 headline tour of the US. The tour will start September 10th in St. Paul, MN, and will criss-cross the Norht America before ending in Los Angeles on October 20th. The band, led by frontman Gary Lightbody, is currently on the road with Coldplay and will also be supporting fellow Irishmen U2 on their 360 Degree Tour this fall...
From the album, A Hundred Million Suns.The music video was shot in Cape Town, South Africa where the band was playing the Coke Zero Festival. Lead singer Gary Lightbody is also working on two solo projects. A "Napoleonic rock-band collaboration" titled Listen Tank and a country album, Tired Pony. Maybe looking too much into it but the video seems to have the theme that humans affect the world a...
Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody has spoken out in defense of the four founders of The Pirate Bay that were sentenced to one year in prison and a multi-million dollar fine last week.“They shouldn’t have been jailed,” Lightbody told The Big Issue of...
MUSIC NEWS - Snow Patrol has been added to the June COLDPLAY North America arena tour. Snow Patrol's eleven date run starts June 5th in Indianapolis, IN and continues through June 21st, wrapping in Vancouver, BC. Snow Patrol will then join fellow Irishmen, U2, on their upcoming 360 Tour, confirmed to open in both Europe and North America spanning June through September! (all dates listed ...
Before Snow Patrol became the anthemic Irish rockers everybody knows, they were crafting noisy, Sebadoh-indebted gems on records like Songs for Polarbears and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up. From the latter, "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea" marks a seismic shift in favor of melody, one the band would explore to popular acclaim on followups Final Straw ("Run") and Eyes Open ("Chasin...
Snow Patrol has continued their ascension into the upper reaches of stadium ready powerpop with their latest album A Hundred Million Suns (itunes ) (amazon ). The album kicks off with the double fisted ultimate punch of If There's A Rocket Tie Me To It and the soothing melodies of Crack The Shutters before the first single, Take Back The City, mellows out a bit and segues into the melancholic ...
No one is more excited that Snow Patrol has come out with their newest album, A Hundred Million Suns than I am. I've waited patiently for new songs to commit to memory and finally that patience has paid off. However, I'm not so sure that I'm impressed with the long awaited and anticipated album. It... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit the MCMB website for full links, free music, great v...
With the success of 2006's Eyes Open, Snow Patrol backed themselves into a corner. The album went platinum primarily on the strength of "Chasing Cars", and that song saw a lot of its success as a result of an appearance on Grey's Anatomy. So you can understand the potential pressure for a successful follow-up. But this Tuesday the Irish rockers (with normal names) release their fifth studio alb...
Music News- As we reported here in August, the new cd from Irish rockers SNOW PATROL, called A HUNDRED MILLION SUNS will be out this month. Official release date is set for October 28, but we now have a single from the release called, TAKE BACK THE CITY and a new video for it (on our Today's Video Clip page). The video was shot in East London by acclaimed video director Alex Courtes (...
First single from the upcoming album A Hundred Million Suns , produced by Jacknife Lee - two things must be said though, that album cover is meh/yawn & is the single by any chance a reproduced b-side from their vault, it just screams radio for the masses... wish it wasn't a grower. ♫ Snow Patrol - Take Back The City I'm not wowed but slightly (just the tiniest bit) amused. Hope the next...
Halloween is just a few days away & I've noticed the new Thriller bootlegs are starting to pop up, so in the spirit of refreshing your Halloween playlist here's an exclusive dark dub that Tronik Youth created of the latest Snow Patrol single Take Back The City in 320kbps. ♫ Snow Patrol - Take Back The City (Tronik Youth Dark City Dub) Also, I've just ordered that T-shirt above to mock th...
No words suffice... the lyrics say it all..Drinking in the morning sunBlinking in the morning sunShaking off the heavy oneHeavy like a loaded gunWhat made me behave that way?Using words I never sayI can only think it must be loveOh, anyway, it's looking like a beautiful daySomeone tell me how I feelIt's silly wrong but vivid rightOh, kiss me like the final mealYeah, kiss me like we die tonightC...
Snow Patrol spent all summer recording their fifth studio album. They jammed in Berlin's Hansa studios, as well as the Grouse Lodge way out in bumble Ireland with producer Jacknife Lee. In the end they came up with A Hundred Million Suns, which drops October 28th."I'm so proud of this record," lead singer Gary Lightbody said via a press release. "Everybody played out of their skin. Garret (Jac...