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 | | 4. Sam's Town | | Artist: The Killers Release Date: 10/3/2006
Format: CD | User Rating: 4.6 |  | The Killers - Sam's Town - CD Review By: Andy Peterson - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 11/20/2008 7:04 PM | | Even though the protagonists were from Vegas, not Vauxhall, Hot Fuss was undeniably a reverent indexing of the best of late-twentieth-century British pop music from Oasis to Duran Duran via Queen, New Order and Soft Cell. Such unfettered nostalgia struck a chord with a global audience and from the carefully-honed press hysteria that accompanied debut single "Mr Brightside" (e.g. The Sunday Times wrongly proclaiming it the "Teenage Kicks" of the noughties) to their effortless performance at Live 8, a perfectly-executed PR blitz helped the Las Vegas quartet’s careers eclipse the sort of dreams that their hometown sells to desperate strangers. Returning three years later sporting facial hair, wedding rings, and wardrobes realised from spaghetti western backlots, reinvention was clearly agenda item #1. read the full review | |
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 | | 6. A Hundred Million Suns | | Artist: Snow Patrol Release Date: 10/28/2008
Format: CD | | Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns - CD Review By: Dusty Somers - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 10/30/2008 8:20 AM | | After years of laboring in obscurity, they’ve settled in comfortably to a familiar formula – expansive, heavily layered rockers mingling with hushed, intimate ballads. A Hundred Million Suns lives up to the rest of the material in the Snow Patrol canon – it’s neither standout nor stinker, but for the crowd that listens to Snow Patrol, it’s perfect. read the full review | |
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 | | 8. 4:13 Dream | | Artist: The Cure Release Date: 10/28/2008
Format: CD | | The Cure - 4:13 Dream - CD Review By: David R Perry - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 11/2/2008 11:51 PM | | 4:13 Dream, the latest release by rock stalwarts The Cure, alternates a bit in style between some of their previous records. At times it is a very Wish-era blend of dreamy shoegazer rock mixed with more upbeat radio-friendly goth-rock. At other times, it hearkens back to much of their earlier work with more of a raw, punk edge that is short and direct. read the full review | |
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 | | 10. Living Thing | | Artist: Peter Bjorn & John Release Date: 3/31/2009
Format: CD | | Peter Bjorn & John - Living Thing - CD Review By: Ethan Stanislawski - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 4/1/2009 1:33 PM | | Peter Bjorn and John’s Writer’s Block may have inadvertently previewed what was to come for this band; unlike most one hit wonders, the Swedish trio had released three albums with a number of fantastic tracks; “Young Folks” just happened to catch a wave of support that far surpassed anything else they had ever done — for random circumstances as much as its own brilliance. Now, with “Young Folks” appearing every week on Gossip Girl it’s impossible to ignore it when talking about Peter Bjorn & John, as it probably will always be. (How much do you think Nada Surf would give up to have one interview that didn’t mention “Popular?”) read the full review | |
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 | | 11. The Hazards Of Love | | Artist: Decemberists Release Date: 3/24/2009
Format: CD | | The Decemberists -- The Hazards of Love - CD Review By: Holly Hughes - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 4/23/2009 11:51 AM | | For some bands, a project this arty, this intellectually pretentious, would be the kiss of death. I’m still baffled by how the Decemberists manage to pull it off. A 17-song cycle peopled with rakes and maidens and woodland queens and a shape-shifting fawn – yeah, that’s just what the hip-hop generation has been asking for. But after the breakthrough success of 2006’s The Crane Wife, the Decemberists were emboldened to head full-tilt in the direction of folk-rock opera. It’s surely the only new indie CD with such deliberately archaic language and poetic imagery – an outpouring of bowers and willows and garlands and thistles. “But with this long last rush of air / Let’s speak our vows in starry whisper,” declares the hero, as he and his girlfriend drown themselves on the last track. Hey, party on. read the full review | |
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