It’s amazing when you consider what can happen in a year. Take for instance The Killers, this time last year success seemed to be a long way off. They spent their Sunday nights playing the Indie Rock night in a Transvestites club on the Strip in Las Vegas. One year later and they’ve just played to 15000 more people than they are used to following an appearance at V2004. The debut album has been a success and The Killers really seem to be going places. The band or more to the point Brandon Flower was heavily influenced by Oasis. Having been dropped by one band previously he slowly started to meet a few people who were into similar types of music to him. It’s ...  Read the complete review

'Jenny Was A Friend of Mine', track one on The Killers' 2004 debut Hot Fuss, begins with crashing drums, groaning guitars and a synthesizer blaring out noises reminiscent of a police-siren. Enter Brandon Flowers on 'vox', jovially singing about murder in a faux-British accent, and the tempo is set. You've just got your first taste of what's to come from The Killers' stunning first album. And they're only just getting started. Following on from 'Jenny', 'Mr Brightside', 'Smile Like You Mean It' and 'Somebody Told Me' form a poppy triptych of new wave cool and a peak of which The Killers and their indie rock 'n' roll contemporaries have yet to top. They're the ...  Read the complete review

Hot Fuss was The Killer's debue album brought out back in 2004! Widely acclaimed to be a huge break through in progressive rock. The Las Vegas band have gone from strenth to strenth since. But this is where it all began. I'm a big fan of this album, so thought I would give it a review. So as usual I will go through each song telling you a little about it. So off we go..... 1. Jenny was a friend of mine - Awesome start! Soon as the music kicks in we know were in for something loud spangly and down right dirty! Glittzy rock at its best. 8/10 2. Mr Brightside - In my opinion as good as it gets. Iconic sounds and fast beats make this something ...  Read the complete review

@@@ Introduction - "What's all the Fuss about?" @@@ Released in June 2004, Hot Fuss was the debut album by The Killers, a 4-piece rock band from 'Fabulous' Las Vegas, Nevada. It was released to widespread acclaim, and reached Number 1 in the UK album charts, with a number of successful singles. On a personal note, this album became one of the soundtracks to my first year of University. Hit singles 'Mr Brightside', 'Somebody Told Me' and 'Smile Like You Mean It' were among the most commonly heard tracks in the student bars and clubs in 2004 and 2005... @@@ Thank you, Jools... @@@ I'd like to start my review by ...  Read the complete review

The Killers. A band I am positively obsessed with (along with Coldplay of course! Duh!). It all started early 2004 when I was dragged to some random gig, I had no idea who I was going to see, but who I was to turn down a free gig?? Anyway there we were enjoying some band playing when I noticed some guys short trousers, I burst out laughing and pointed out this guy to all my friends, he looked on in amazement, why did I find his short trousers so funny? Truthfully even I don’t know. Anyway this guy just stared at me like I was insane and also laughed in my face…whatever. My friend Joe however pointed out that I was seriously going to regret that, as this guy was the lead .  Read the complete review