Hot Fuss - The Killers

Anyone who is half-serious about their music will know the feeling, as will anyone who has a CD player in the car or likes to pop on some good tracks when ploughing through a mountain of coursework (it’s the only thing that gets me through that particular task). You look through the CD rack for something to help your day go along that little bit quicker and you’ve been through the lot yet you’re still stumped. It’s all starting to look a bit familiar and dull. This happened to me the other day. As a poor student I felt bad about what I was about to do but when I’d been through the collection for the third time with no stand out choice I already knew I was ...  Read the complete review

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

Whilst on holiday I as sat around the pool looking for inspiration, but couldn't really be bothered wading through the 10,000 songs on my wife's iPod. So I put it on random shuffle and the first thing that popped up was a song that blew me away. Whilst I had heard it several times before I didn't really know who it was by and by the time I had listened to the full album I was hooked. The song was "Mr Brightside". The album was "Hot Fuss". The band was "The Killers". I was mesmerized. I just had to find out about this band and was surprised to hear them described as "The best British band to come out of America". The ...  Read the complete review

Dear readers, I have no remorse in recycling, I heard it's good for the enviroment, and whats good for the enviroment is good for me. In this case it saves my poor brain the time and effort to re-word what I wrote yesterday to use as a band bio peice for The Killers (in my review to the follow up of this album, "Sams Town" 3 stars out of 5). So this short introduction letter will explain why some of it seems familiar. Yours Truly Iama. ---The Recycled bit--- The Killers, an american band formed in 2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States have taken a very British sound and made it more mainstream in America. The band formed ...  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