I Can't help but Fell Queasy about Brandon Flowers' Solo Album

I don't know about anyone else, but I love The Killers. I don't care if you give me their early stuff like "Mr. Brightside" or their older stuff like Sawdust, I'll pretty much eat it right up. But with the coming release of The Killers' lead singer Brandon Flowers' new solo album. With the first taste of the solo effort being "Crossfire", I get a little uneasy because it feels like it's just The Killers, but without being called The Killers. It sounds a lot like a stripped version of "Read My Mind" and I don't know if I can accept Flowers on his own. Don't get me wrong, I actually like "Crossfire", but if this is what the entire disk is going to be like this, I will be less than encouraged to go out and get it.

Just Because it's Cool

I think it's safe to say that I am now obsessed with The Black Keys' new album Brothers mainly because the video for their single "Tighten Up"--a bluesy fest of cool--is just awesome.





Okay, admit it, you know that this video cost about 6 bucks to make.

Band of the Moment: Sleigh Bells

What happens when you clash the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metallica, Peaches, and most likely whatever is under Deadmau5's rodent mask? Brooklyn electroclash fuck-wreck Sleigh Bells. Their debut album, Treats, is a gigantic piece of raw noise-pop screeches with massively addictive vocals that will never leave your mind once they have been inserted like a turkey baster into the bird on Thanksgiving Day.

Sleigh Bells is remarkably edgy with refreshing new bloops and beats that will turn the best of us deaf from listening to it. Only at their lowest sourcing of being a nuisance do Sleigh Bells become fatigued, which is not very often on their disk. Every song is a slice of teenie-bopper jolt rolled into a cluster nugget of fresh vibes, which they evade being pretentious or under educated in their casual dance nature.

Their impeccable talent of being able to make you move is highly admirable in a new way that most bands have frequently failed at creating. I look forward to seeing what else they have before them in their bright future.