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The Vaccines Announce North American Tour

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The Vaccines Announce North American Tour

Their album Come Of Age was just released today in the US, so what better way to  celebrate than announce a US tour? The Vaccines are finally doing a proper headline tour of the US next year. This will be their first proper headlining tour since their first was cancelled due to Justin’s vocal issues. The tour will kick off in Boston on January 29th.

January 29th Boston, MA Paradise
January 31st New York, NY Terminal 5
February 1st Washington DC 9:30 Club
February 2nd Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
February 4th Toronto, ONT Phoenix Concert Hall
February 5th Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
February 6th Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
February 8th Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall
February 9th Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club
February 11th Denver, CO Bluebord Theatre
February 14th Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre
February 15th San Francisco, CA The Fillmore

Spector- Enjoy It While It Lasts

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Spector Enjoy It While It Lasts

Spector have never claimed to make groundbreaking music. In fact they describe themselves as middle of the road indie. But there is nothing average about this album. Spector have made a great indie pop record that will have you dancing in to the morning. There is nothing really deep about the lyrics. The usual suspects of girls (Celestine) , break ups (Twenty Nothing) and late nights (Friday Night, Dont Let It End) are all talked about on this record. It’s one of those albums where you can mindlessly listen to, which is a good thing. I honestly can’t put it down. It’s nothing fancy or groundbreaking but it does the job. It’s lightyears ahead of any of the indie pop out there right now.We all need a good mindless pop record in our life to dance , laugh, celebrate or cry too.

Smoke and Jackal

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  Smoke and JackalAlthough the rest of  Kings Of Leon might be on a little bit of a hiatus, bassist Jared Followill is busy with his new side project Smoke and Jackal. The new project also includes Nick Brown from Mona. They released their first track as Smoke and Jackal through their soundcloud today. The song is called No Tell and will be released with 5 more songs on their debut EP coming out on October 15th. The song sounds a little bit like KOL but with a little bit more of a country twang to it. It is an incredible song considering this was done on the first night they started recording. If they can turn this out in one night, I can’t wait to hear what else  they did together during their week of recording.

Beady Eye Cover Oasis At Closing Ceromonies

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Beady Eye made an appearance at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Although Liam has said that he wouldn’t perform any Oasis songs, he made an exception for last night. He played one of Oasis’s biggest hits, Wonderwall in front of the jubilant London crowd. It really does suck that brother Noel couldn’t join him. I think it would have made the night even more special. Noel was in the crowd last night and  watched as his brother played on the world’s biggest stage.tumblr m8p1n1KNbN1rab9odo1 500 Beady Eye Cover Oasis At Closing Ceromonies

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If you missed it last night, or just want to watch it again, here is a link to the video. 

The Vaccines Put Out Free EP

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tumblr m9y7wmWIpQ1rznmiso1 500 The Vaccines Put Out Free EPThe Vaccines released a new live EP this week. The EP is called Live In Brighton and you guessed it, was recorded live in Brighton during their past seaside tour.  The EP includes live versions on Wrecking Bar, Tiger Blood and an excellent cover of R Stevie Moore’s Why Should I Love You. You can download the EP for free right here. The Vaccines also were on BBC Radio 1 this morning talking about whats next for the band and a little bit of football chat.

Check out the interview here. It starts around the 1:12:00 mark.

Album Review 2011 – The Black Keys – El Camino Album of the Year

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Here is my review and ranking of the albums of 2011.  My methodology consisted of listening to the all of the songs and ranking them on a five star system.  The main criteria was how easy the album was to listen to.

5 Stars – The perfect song! (almost impossible to obtain)

4 Stars – In extremely heavy rotation on my iPod

3 Stars – Definitely on my iPod

2 Stars – I could listen to it again

1 Star – It didn’t hurt my ears

0 Stars – I really didn’t want to listen to the whole thing

All of the stars for an album are added together and divided by the total number of songs to get the rating.

Caveats – Many of the songs I only listened to once and the rating could have been affected by my mood on the day I listened to it.  In future, I plan to listen to all songs at least 3 times to eliminate this potential bias.

 

 

Artist/Band Album Rating
The Black Keys El Camino 2.6
Foster the People Torches 2.5
Death Cab for Cutie Codes and Keys 2.3
Foo Fighters Wasting Light 2.2
Florence + The Machine Ceremonials 2.2
Bombay Bicycle Club A Different Kind of Fix 2.2
Feist Metals 2.1
Friendly Fires Pala 2.0
The Kooks Junk of the Heart 2.0
Cage The Elephant Thank You, Happy Birthday 1.9
The Vaccines What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? 1.9
Young The Giant Young The Giant 1.9
Radio Head The King of Limbs 1.9
Cults Cults 1.8
The Strokes Angles 1.8
Arctic Monkeys Suck it and See 1.8
Fleet Foxes Helplisness Blues 1.8
Laura Marling The Creature I Don’t Know 1.7
Cold Play Mylo Xyloto 1.7
The Wombats …This Modern Glitch 1.7
The Horrors Skying 1.7
Youth Lagoon The Year of Hibernation 1.6
The Naked And Famous Passive Me, Aggressive You 1.6
Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost 1.5
The Boxer Rebellion The Cold Still 1.5
Noel Gallegher’s High Flying Birds Noel Gallegher’s High Flying Birds 1.5
St. Vincent Strange Mercy 1.4
Bon Iver Bon Iver 1.3
Smith Westerns Dye it Blonde 1.3
Metronomy The English Riviera 1.3
M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming 1.3
Gorillaz The Fall 0.9
P.J. Harvey Let England Shake 0.7