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The Futureheads – “Heartbeat Song”/”Struck Dumb”
The Futureheads are one of my favorite bands right now, with five albums under their belts they put out a nice body of work and show no signs of stopping. Although they don’t have the biggest fan base in America, they sell reasonably well and have their supporters. Here are two of my favorite songs from their latest album ‘The Chaos’.
Heartbeat Song
Struck Dumb
I’ve Missed You Guys
I feel like I’ve been away from KLYAM for a while 5-6 days, too long. I’m back and ready to ROCK AND ROLL!… or something similar.
Concert Expectations: Brandon Flowers
So the day after Thanksgiving, some friends and I are taking a little trip to see Brandon Flowers at the House Of Blues. As a giant Killers fan, I am expecting an amazing show. The Killers are amazing in a giant venue, I can only imagine what its like in a more intimate venue like the House Of Blues. I’m expecting Brandon to play most of, if not all of the songs, off Flamingo. I also hope he plays some Killers stuff. I am insanely excited to see one of my favorite performers going today and will probably not sleep tomorrow night. A full review will follow the show after I recover from my (hopefully) blown mind.
Queen- Somebody to Love
Today marks the 19th anniversary of the death of one of the greatest frontman in Rock and Roll, Freddie Mercury (he’s gotta be in at least the top ten). He died one day after announcing he had Aids. Granted not everyone is a Queen fan, but Mercury’s voice and charisma was one of a kind, so in tribute here is my favorite Queen song ‘Somebody to Love’
Robert Plant & the Band of Joy is Coming to Boston!
If you aren’t excited yet, well you should star getting excited, because Rock Icon, Robert Plant will be coming to Boston at the House of Blues on January 25. He will be performing with the Band of Joy to promote his new album, the aptly titled ‘Band of Joy’. Of course Plant is most famous for his work as lead singer for the legendary Led Zeppelin, but musically he has moved as far away from that as possible as seen in his previous album ‘Raising Sand’ with bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss. So if you are looking to relive the glory days of Zeppelin, this concert is probably not for you (although I hear he does do a couple of Zeppelin songs), but if you want to hear a once in a lifetime artist perform a careers worth of great material, then look no further.
Who Did it Better? Happiness is a Warm Gun
In honor of The Beatles finally going on Itunes I figured I would try to see if anyone comes close to matching them, this time I have two good covers, but first up the original:
Next up is a Breeders cover:
Finally a very weird U2 cover:
My heart is defiantly with the original on this one, although I dig The Breeders cover, personally I think U2 missed the point of the song completely, but tell us what you think!
Summer and Smoke
http://summerandsmoke.tumblr.com/
Be sure to check out fellow KLYAMER, Matt “Bob Matthews” Ramsden’s new blog, Summer and Smoke. Matt posts a variety of film, art and music related musings, but the site’s heart lies in its interaction with the reader, a quality I rarely see. Readers are encouraged to submit their thoughts and feelings and hopefully a discussion comes a flowin’. I appreciate how Matt makes the site less about him and concerns itself more (humanely) with the well being of everyone. Great Job!
Check it out and pass it along to your friends and do the same with KLYAM! We Love all you beautiful, little KLYAMERS even if you despise us because we are just that amazing. God is a KLYAMER.
KLYAMER Shuffle: Andrew
So let’s see what I have on shuffle
“The Black Angel’s Death Song”-The Velvet Underground (1967)- A perfect song that shows how important John Cale was to the band.
“Come On”-The Jesus and Mary Chain (1994)- A strong song from one of my favorite bands of all time.
“The Caterpillar”-The Cure (1984)- An old Japanese song from one of the most influential bands in history.
“It’s Just Begun”-She Wants Revenge (2007)- Kind of like Joy Division but without the subtilty.
“Little Wonder”-David Bowie (1997)- Electronic Bowie, not his finest hour but is there such a thing as a bad David Bowie song.
“Dig for Fire”-Pixies (1990)- Black Francis doing his thing.
“Fragile Tenison”-Depeche Mode (2009)- From the newest Depeche Mode album, meaning old school Depeche Mode.
“Yellow Leaves”-IO Perry (2009)- From a very talented singer songwriter.
“Happiness is a Warm Gun”-The Breeders (1968/1990)- A Beatles cover done right.
“Guess I’m Doing Fine”-Beck (2002)- Powerful song from arguably one of the top 10 albums of 00’s.
I can’t tell you how happy I am these songs came up because I have some real embarrassing stuff on my IPOD
The Breeders — Night Of Joy
I never thought that The Breeders got the respect they deserved, they were the first live show I ever saw in Boston so they defiantly have a special place for me anyway, but more than that, after 1993’s ‘Last Splash’ they kind of fell off everyone’s radar (low album sales didn’t help matters either). Still they put out a strong body of work, this is from their last album, 2008’s ‘Mountain Battles’.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 