The Killers
Day & Age
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AMG Review of Day & Age
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideThe Killers' great gift is that they -- and in particular their frontman, Brandon Flowers -- have utterly no recognition of the ridiculous. More than that, they're drawn to the ridiculous, piecing together sounds that don't belong together, reaching far beyond their grasp, aiming for profundity and slipping into silliness. All this weighed the band down mightily on Sam's Town, their convoluted Americana theme park of a sophomore album, all false façades and paper-thin pretension, but on its 2008 sequel, Day & Age, the Killers shrink the canvas and brighten their palette, opting for a big sound over big themes. Since the Killers are at their core poseurs and not prophets, style over substance is the right move and Day & Age has style for miles and miles, exceeding even their debut, Hot Fuss, in its stainless steel gleam. If anything, Hot Fuss was a little too monochromatic in its obsession with '80s synth rock, a criticism that can hardly be leveled at Day & Age, a record that stitches together sounds with an almost blissfully idiotic abandon. Anchored in dance-rock though they may be, the Killers no longer sound like mere disciples of New Order and Duran Duran: emboldened by the left turns of Sam's Town, no matter how misguided they may have been, the Killers will try anything, goosing "Losing Touch" with growling saxophones, creating a Strokes disco for "Joy Ride," flirting with worldbeat ŕ la Vampire Weekend on "This Is Your Life," dancing the bossa nova on "I Can't Stay," and riding a tight soulful rock & roll groove on "The World We Live In," bringing it close to a mad fusion of Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" and Hall & Oates' "Private Eyes." Like before, it's impossible to tell if such improbable juxtapositions are intentional or accidental, but given the overall tightness of Day & Age, it feels as if the Killers do indeed mean to create these odd, often pleasing, pop pastiches. And the emphasis damn well should be on the sound and melody, for Flowers remains a downright goofy lyricist, whether he's misinterpreting Hunter S. Thompson on "Human" or recounting an alien abduction on "Spaceman." Ridiculousness is much harder to stomach in words than it is in music, but the nice thing about Day & Age is that not only is Flowers' voice relatively buried, the Killers are unwittingly comfortable with their ludicrous, outsized pop, which turns the album into terrifically trashy pop. Not the serious rock they yearn to be by any means, but these fashionable threads fit them better anyway.
The Nile used to run from East to West...
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I'm not really a Killers fan, but damn I love this song!
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Sunday – The Killers, Of Montreal, The Maccabees
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A lot of Sunday is spent at a relaxed pace and wandering in and out of tents to check out stuff just because it’s nearby. This pot luck approach leads to a minor revelation with THE MACCABEES, a once jaunty, but lightweight Brighton based guitar band who have recently recast themselves as a more aspirant…
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Video! The Killers - "A Dustland Fairytale"
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The Killers' new video for "A Dustland Fairytale" follows a loner as he remembers a crucial night in his past. There was a knife fight! And a girl! So it's easy to see why he's looking back on the late 50s/early 60s – while taking us along to revisit rockabilly hair and cars with faces. The "Rebel Without a Cause" era isn't the video's only retro touch point. The clip's present is actually.
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"Cancer Sucks!"
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That was Malinda's (my ex sister-in-law) phrase. She was diagnosed with leukemia 4 1/2 years ago and had been put into 'remission' 2 times during her battle. She was only 46 years old and left behind her 16 year old daughter ... my sweetheart's only neice.This song by The Killers was her final "most favorite song" ...
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Remixes! Reviewed! In 3 Words!
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People love this kind of shit right? Especially when it's extreme. Like instead of reading a text book, if you can get across the same idea in a 140 (soon to be 160 I heard) character Tweet, people will love you. I think I can do the job of "critics" and "writers" a lot more efficiently, saving you guys the time/effort that you can then waste on something else. Here are some noteworthy remixes ...
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New! The Killers - A Dustland Fairtytale
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I think this is the last one I'm going to post from Day and Age . Album comes out Nov. 25th. This song almost has a Meatloaf sound to it. The Killers - A Dustland Fairytale PigeonsandPlanes
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New! The Killers - Spaceman
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Here is Spaceman, another track off The Killers' Day & Age , and possibly the second single. The Killers - Spaceman The tracklist for Day & Age is as follows: 1. Losing Touch 2. Human 3. Spaceman 4. Joy Ride 5. A Dustland Fairytale 6. This Is Your Life 7. I Can't Stay 8. Neon Tiger 9. The World We Live In 10. Godnight, Travel WellPigeonsandPlanes
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New The Killers - Spaceman (’Day & Age’ Version)
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I posted an mp3 rip of The Killers performing "Spaceman" on SNL a while back, but the final album version of the song has finally leaked. "Spaceman" is the second worthy ("high-quality") sample of the magic to emerge from a Killers and Stuart Price collaborative album. Much like Day & Age's first single, "Human," the new [...]
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