TAG: Killers

Mar31

Wolfmother To Follow In Nickelback’s Shoes

Maybe this is why L.A.'s suddenly on so much fire this week. It's just been announced that not-at-all-gay rockers Wolfmother will rock awesomely alongside the Yeah Yeah Yeah's and the Killers on the soundtrack to Spider-Man 3. The soundtrack is released May 1st – 3 days before the movie – on Record Collection, home of Murs!

Snow Patrol — “Signal Fire”
The Killers — “Move Away”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — “Sealings”
Wolfmother — “Pleased To Meet You”

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Jan05

Mr. Brightside Hates Wu-Tang

Surely, such hyperbolic lunacy is the devise of a desperate headline writer, right? URB knows a few people—forever to remain unnamed—who own less than six hip-hop albums and each one of these suckas likes Wu-Tang. And we bet that if you mull over the same nefarious figures of your lives, that Supreme Clientele, Liquid Swords, 36 Chambers, or the perennial rocker underdog favorite: Bobby Digital are treasured portions of their album collections. Ghostface tells SPIN otherwise…

According to an interview with SPIN, Ghostface says that he wanted to do a song with The Killers—more mash-up then Crash Collision—but that the band denied and focused their attention towards a collaboration with the Boss. If you can't imitate Bruce Springsteen, you might as well join him. Whether Brandon Flowers is to blame or if any …

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Sep22

Killers, The – Sam’s Town (Review)

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Sam's Town

Released by Island/Def Jam


Bruce Springsteen wore blue jeans. Brandon Flowers wears Dior Jackets. In other words, Flowers cannot be trusted as a great arbiter of the American character no matter how much he tries on the Boss-obsessed Sam's Town. It's ambitious, yes, with theatrical sequencing and grandiose production by Flood and Alan Moulder, and of the record's 12 tracks, The Killers certainly deliver hits in the adorably cheery Smiths pose 'Bones' and the shout-worthy storybook 'The River is Wild.' But aside from the standout single, 'When You Were Young,' ...

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