There's a lot of great remixes out there. Here's just a few of my favorites.
Kings of Leon - The Bucket (CSS remix)
Keane - The Lovers are Losing (CSS remix)
Lykke Li - Little Bit (CSS remix)
Klaxons - Gravity's Rainbox (Soulwax remix)
Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice remix)
Let me know what you guys think.
Showing posts with label keane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label keane. Show all posts
3.27.2009
10.16.2008
Keane's Perfect Symmetry REVIEWED
Keane desperately wants synth to be back in style. If Perfect Symmetry has any defining characteristic, it is the whirs and screeches and chords that can make anyone want to jump into a Duran Duran or Phil Collins video. But the question that arises when listening through the album is whether or not retro pop-rock is a progression or if it’s just old news.
At first listen, this album seems like a deviation from Keane’s first two major releases. This album mostly lacks the smooth charm of Hopes and Fears and throws out the dissonant tension of Under the Iron Sea. However, a few songs scream “classic Keane” on this album. After the first chorus of “The Lovers are Losing” you’ll be remembering the first few times you listened through “Can’t Stop Now” or “Leaving So Soon”. This is not meant to imply that Keane keeps writing the same songs. Like I said earlier, Perfect Symmetry is definitely different from the first two albums. However Tom Chaplin and company got into this new retro groove is outside my knowledge. Were they sitting around listening to Invisible Touch and got some ideas, or did they try something out and it just happened to gel… who knows? In the end, after a few listens, the initial thought stands: this material is a deviation from “classic” Keane. Despite a few oddities, like the vaguely creepy synth track on “Better Than This”, the sound is good.
As for the content of the album, there are several apparent singles, but no filler material is apparent. The album is fairly consistent all the way through. A few high points are worth noting though. The chorus of “The Lovers Are Losing” carries the song’s weight; it’s long, wordy and worthy of a grand sing-along. “You Haven’t Told Me Anything” is begging for a DJ to remix it, with its syncopated beats. And “Playing Along” seems to have some guitarish charms, something that’s rare for Keane.
So, is retro pop-rock an artistic progression, or is it just recycled motifs? The jury’s still out, but Keane HAS managed to take retro styling and apply it to the Keane sound to create something new entirely. Three albums into Keane’s major label career, I can only name a few groups who have truly reinvented their sound for each of their first three albums – U2 and Coldplay. So, maybe the comparisons go beyond just Keane’s sound, down to their actual composing qualities. Keane has put out another great album that should dispel uneasiness that might have arisen from Iron Sea’s sophomore slump. It’s catchy, it’s quality, and is destined to be a notable entry in the Keane catalog.
At first listen, this album seems like a deviation from Keane’s first two major releases. This album mostly lacks the smooth charm of Hopes and Fears and throws out the dissonant tension of Under the Iron Sea. However, a few songs scream “classic Keane” on this album. After the first chorus of “The Lovers are Losing” you’ll be remembering the first few times you listened through “Can’t Stop Now” or “Leaving So Soon”. This is not meant to imply that Keane keeps writing the same songs. Like I said earlier, Perfect Symmetry is definitely different from the first two albums. However Tom Chaplin and company got into this new retro groove is outside my knowledge. Were they sitting around listening to Invisible Touch and got some ideas, or did they try something out and it just happened to gel… who knows? In the end, after a few listens, the initial thought stands: this material is a deviation from “classic” Keane. Despite a few oddities, like the vaguely creepy synth track on “Better Than This”, the sound is good.
As for the content of the album, there are several apparent singles, but no filler material is apparent. The album is fairly consistent all the way through. A few high points are worth noting though. The chorus of “The Lovers Are Losing” carries the song’s weight; it’s long, wordy and worthy of a grand sing-along. “You Haven’t Told Me Anything” is begging for a DJ to remix it, with its syncopated beats. And “Playing Along” seems to have some guitarish charms, something that’s rare for Keane.
So, is retro pop-rock an artistic progression, or is it just recycled motifs? The jury’s still out, but Keane HAS managed to take retro styling and apply it to the Keane sound to create something new entirely. Three albums into Keane’s major label career, I can only name a few groups who have truly reinvented their sound for each of their first three albums – U2 and Coldplay. So, maybe the comparisons go beyond just Keane’s sound, down to their actual composing qualities. Keane has put out another great album that should dispel uneasiness that might have arisen from Iron Sea’s sophomore slump. It’s catchy, it’s quality, and is destined to be a notable entry in the Keane catalog.
10.15.2008
Tonight... but not tonight as in this evening.
TONIGHT.
That's the title of the new Franz Ferdinand album. For more info, clicky clicky! Tour info included!
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On another note, the mailroom of WSOU failed to get us Keane's Perfect Symmetry in time for last Sunday, but it was waiting for us Monday morning, the day of its release in the UK. We'll be spinning a doubleshot this Sunday, and I'll post a review hopefully on Friday.
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Lastly, about this week's show. Just a heads up: WSOU Sports will be broadcasting a sporting event of some sort starting at 6:30 or 7 pm Sunday night, so the show might be pre-empted for a while. Never fear, the game shouldn't kill our whole show. Keep your dials locked in... as soon as the game's over we'll be back on air.
That's the title of the new Franz Ferdinand album. For more info, clicky clicky! Tour info included!
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On another note, the mailroom of WSOU failed to get us Keane's Perfect Symmetry in time for last Sunday, but it was waiting for us Monday morning, the day of its release in the UK. We'll be spinning a doubleshot this Sunday, and I'll post a review hopefully on Friday.
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Lastly, about this week's show. Just a heads up: WSOU Sports will be broadcasting a sporting event of some sort starting at 6:30 or 7 pm Sunday night, so the show might be pre-empted for a while. Never fear, the game shouldn't kill our whole show. Keep your dials locked in... as soon as the game's over we'll be back on air.
10.07.2008
Keane -- The Lovers are Losing
Here's the third song off Keane's new albums that hit the airwaves recently. Look for the new album in one week!!!
9.30.2008
NEW KEANE! pt. 2
Check it. This sounds a lot more like "Hopes and Fears" than "Spiraling" does.
Two more weeks, folks. Less if it leaks!
9.24.2008
New Keane! New Keane! New Keane!
New Keane!
The album hits in the UK on October 13, and will be titled "Perfect Symmetry". Here's the first single off the album, "Spiraling". Frankly, it makes me want to head back to 1985.
Look soon for another song off the album, entitled "The Lovers are Losing". We'll post it soon, so check back unless you want to hunt it down on your own.
**Funny tidbit for you: Back in August, a Portugese radio station actually played a third song off the album by accident, entitled "Love is the End", so that's circulating the net right now. The song that reportedly was supposed to be played was "Lovers are Losing", but a simple operator mistake (put quotes around that last word if you're a conspiracy theorist) gave us that third track.
-Scarecrow
The album hits in the UK on October 13, and will be titled "Perfect Symmetry". Here's the first single off the album, "Spiraling". Frankly, it makes me want to head back to 1985.
Look soon for another song off the album, entitled "The Lovers are Losing". We'll post it soon, so check back unless you want to hunt it down on your own.
**Funny tidbit for you: Back in August, a Portugese radio station actually played a third song off the album by accident, entitled "Love is the End", so that's circulating the net right now. The song that reportedly was supposed to be played was "Lovers are Losing", but a simple operator mistake (put quotes around that last word if you're a conspiracy theorist) gave us that third track.
-Scarecrow
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