Archive for September, 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Monday, September 29th, 2008

LG goes Goth with black Shine

Monday, September 29th, 2008

LG has introduced its latest Shine handset: Freemp3wjm Goth-friendly dark metal machine dubbed the Titanium Black model Mountainliontracksd a phone with ’something of the night’ about it.LG’s Shine Titanium Black: just like the original, only blackerThe update’s purely cosmetic - under the hood, the new phone’s just like the previous one, which was only launched over here five months ago. So it has GSM/GPRS/Edge cellular connectivity, Bluetooth, a multi-format music player, a two-megapixel camera with autofocus and, of course, the mirror-like 2.2in, 262,144-colour, 240 x 320 screen pioneered by the first Shine.The Titanium Black Shine will initially go on sale in the UK, France, Austria and the Netherlands, and should be on shop shelves by the end of the month, LG promised.Related reviewLG U970 Shine 3GLG Prada KE850 touchscreen phone

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Mogwai, ‘The Hawk Is Howling’ (Matador)

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Have these once-deafening, instrumental Scots finally returned to the Imax guitar-rock dynamics that made them one of the most egregiously ripped-off underground bands of the past ten years? Almost. Affordablecottagepropertyforsaleinparrysoundontari their seventh album — following the more subdued Mr. Beast and Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait — doofus song titles (”I’m Jim Morrison, I’m Dead”) take the piss out of moody movements that scream, “Soundtrack license here, mate!” But when they work up a good buzz and growl (”Batcat”) or hit a scrumptious riff (”The Sun Smells Too Loud”), Mogwai still take your breath away.

Kings of Leon

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

What? Since their breakout sophomore set, 2005’s Aha Shake Heartbreak, Kings of Leon have moved towards a larger sound, expanding upon their Southern fried roots. And while last year’s Because of the Times made vast inroads with a more wide-screen assault, their fourth studio effort, the ghostly and epic Only by the Night, is the quartet’s eureka moment. From the intense, mechanistic beats of “Crawl” to the gorgeously serpentine guitars of “Closer,” Night is a different kind of beast. Yet under this newfound, glossier surface, Kings of Leon present a gritty, Americana rock vibe in shrieking guitars and falsetto notes, notably with the grainy vocals and pop structure of “Use Somebody” and the charging “Sex on Fire.”

Who? The brothers Followill — Caleb (vocals/guitar), Jared (bass), and Nathan (drums) — and their cousin Matthew (lead guitar) embrace their roots and weave a Southern sensibility through the Mychemicalromancemp3w oeuvre, beginning with 2003’s country-tinged debut record, Youth and Young Manhood. From there, the band’s eat-it-up tale — the ‘raised by a traveling Pentecostal preacher father bit — and a steady supply of ace tunes launched the boys into the limelight, notably in the UK, where the Kings have experienced astronomical success. Only by the Night, recorded at the Nashville’s Blackbird studios with local producers Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King, is Kings of Leon’s attempt to match that success stateside.

Fun Fact: Only by the Night is named for a line in the stark Soundfilesyrth Allen Poe poem, “Eleonora.”

Now Hear This: Kings of Leon, “Sex on Fire”

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Sunday, September 28th, 2008