Tag Archives: Editors

The 11 Best Songs From The Twilight Soundtracks

Posted on by

Harry Potter proved that a great franchise can make you a whole lot of money.  Twilight proved that a shitty franchise can do the exact same thing.  The one thing that Twilight did right was its soundtracks.  As crappy as the movies were, the soundtracks were some of the best movie soundtracks being made.  The Hunger Games franchise has arrived giving us the best of both worlds.  A great franchise and a great soundtrack.  Too bad Cameron Crowe never made Singles into a movie franchise.

Here are the 11 Best Songs From The Twilight Soundtracks:

  1. Eclipse All Yours – Metric (Eclipse)
  2. Meet Me On The Equinox – Death Cab For Cutie (New Moon)
  3. Spotlight – Mutemath (Twilight)
  4. Ours – The Bravery (Eclipse)
  5. Neutron Star Collision – Muse (Eclipse)
  6. Flightless Bird, American Mouth – Iron & Wine (Twilight)
  7. Let’s Get Lost – Beck & Bat For Lashes (Eclipse)
  8. No Sound But The Wind – Editors (New Moon)
  9. What Part Of Forever – Cee-Lo Green (Eclipse)
  10. From Now On – The Features (Breaking Dawn 1)
  11. Where I Come From – Passion Pit (Breaking Dawn 2)

Buy the Catching Fire Soundtrack…now!

The 11 Best Songs By The Editors

Posted on by

My favorite new site has to be The Talkhouse, which made headlines this past week when Lou Reed reviewed Kanye West’s new album, Yeezus.  The site has rock stars (mostly) reviewing mostly recent albums.  It’s a fascinating alternative look at an album that’s not through a critics eyes.  When a critic reviews an album, their intention is to pick it apart and examine its merits purposely for a public audience.  They have an agenda to entertain their audience as much as the album does.  That doesn’t mean they’re not fair, it just means the reviews aren’t always necessarily unbiased.  Nor do they accurately convey the listening experience. When a rock star reviews an album, it comes from a completely personal space.  Musicians are influenced and affected by music in a different way.  Creating music is a personal experience.  It’s exposing your heart and soul to the world.  The ability to relate to this can only be gained by experience.  When rock stars bring this experience to their reviews, their perspective is completely unique and unequivocal. Their review is more of a emotional response to the music than a dissection.  After reading some of the reviews, I can honestly say I prefer the rock stars’ pov over a critic’s review.  The rock stars relay how they feel when listening to the music.  That’s what I want to know.  Critics review what went wrong, and that’s not really helpful.  Music isn’t about examination, it is about an emotional response… how am I ever supposed to know what an album sounds like when the critics are more invested in coming up with clever word play to describe a cymbal crash than revealing whether the music moved them or not?

Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Editors:

  1. An End Has A Start (An End Has A Start)
  2. Papillon (In This Light And On This Evening)
  3. Munich (The Back Room)
  4. Bricks and Mortar (In This Light And On This Evening)
  5. Fingers In the Factories (The Back Room)
  6. Bones (An End Has A Start)
  7. Alone (Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool)
  8. Last Day (Record Store Day 2010)
  9. Like Treasure (In This Light And On This Evening)
  10. The Boxer (In This Light And On This Evening)
  11. Orange Crush (Blood)

Buy The Editors new album, The Weight of Your Love…now!!!

 

The Unknown: The Editors – The Beginning Has A Finish

Posted on by
What precise power do Dora the Explorer and Elmo have that infects our youth like an infant form of crack cocaine?  My 18-month-old can’t even say her sister’s name but she knows how to stand in front of the TV and with perfect pronunciation, shout “Elmo, elmo, elmo” on endless repeat as she furiously points at the blank screen.  It’s like she’s warning me that at any moment, Elmo is going to explode into flames.  And only I can stop it.  I won’t of course.
 
My kid is so obsessed with this fictional character that I worry about what’s going to happen when she actually becomes infatuated with a real human being.   She can literally spot a Dora the Explorer pencil from across a crowded Target with more estatic energy than a clueless teenager emits when staring down an undead serial killer.  In fact, I actually think a serial killer would have less of an impact, because the kids will probably be pre-occupied looking at all the Elmo backpacks (there’s like 10 different kinds…really). 
 
Here is The Editors – The Beginning Has A Finish:
 
5.  Lullaby
10.  Open Up
13.  Bonny
 
Buy The new Expanded Edition of the Editors’ In This Light and On This Evening.

The Unknown: Editors – The Front Wall

Posted on by
 
For years, records companies have spanked loyal fans by releasing deluxe or extended editions of releases. Most recently, this happened with Lady Gaga and Eminem.  For all those honest fans who go out and buy the album the day/week it comes out, they are stuck in a quandry when bands “re-issues” the same album a few months later with a couple more bonus tracks.  Now, you’re either cursed to go out and buy the new version of the album for a couple more songs that are in all liklihood not as good as the other tracks since they were left off the original release…or you illegally go and download them.  I understand the record company’s tactic in trying to lure new fans to an aging release by giving them a bonus…but the problem with this…is that it only targets the fringe fans.  You may get a minor boost from new buyers…and a couple of hardcore fans will re-purchase it.  But in the end, you’re disenfranchising the only people who are still buying music.  This is your base.  Don’t piss off your base!  We’re the last people buying your music…don’t force us into downloading.  Isn’t this what you’re trying to avoid? 
 
Here’s an idea…let’s call if a compromise.  I will support your re-issues…but in return…offer the loyal fans a way to get the new songs without having to re-buy the whole album…maybe a bonus EP…or something along those lines.  Sounds fair?  I think so.
 
In the Editors defense, they added a whopping 5 songs…and the price is still reasonably cheap.
 
Here is Editors – The Front Wall:
 
3.  Colours
4.  Release
 

The 11 Best albums of 2009: 34-44 (Part 2)

Posted on by
With the end of decade sending everyone scrambling to make decade topping lists, let’s not forget all the good music that made this year one of the better musical years of the decade.
 
Don’t forget to vote in our annual “best of.”  Just send us your top 20 albums of the year…or as many as you can think of, if you can’t think of 20.  We take all albums…all genres…just be sure they were released in 2009.  To vote, just put your list in the comments section of the blog…or email us.
Here 11 Best Albums of 2009: 34-44 (Part 2):
 
34.  Moby – Wait for Me (Shot In The Back of the Head) – only $5.00
35.  Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon
36.  Au Revoir Simone – Still Night, Still Light – only $5.00 
37.  Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11  -only $5.00
38.  Julian Plenti – Julian Plenti…is a Skyscraper
39.  Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen (What Have I Done)
40.  Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown (East Jesus Nowhere)
41.  The Editors – In This Light and On This Evening
42.  Great Lake Swimmers – Lost Channels
43.  Bob Dylan – Together Through Life 
44.  Alice in Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue

The 11 Best Songs By The Editors

Posted on by
The story of Anvil is that persistance can be stronger than talent.  When the Editors came out…they were blasted as an Interpol knock-off.  And on the their sophomore albums…Interpol received critical praise while Editors didn’t even receive a call back.  But on the 3rd outing, things begin to change…Interpol’s album was…well…just okay.  Meanwhile Editors, after being dumped from their label, took a little longer.  They challenged their traditional sound…and went darker (which IMO is always better).  Their newest release is a gothy dripped electro trip through the Euro club scene stuck somewhere between 1983-1984.  If Martin Gore hears this, he might cover one of the songs on his next EP.  If Robert Smith hears this, he might cry.  And if Interpol hears this…they’re going to be racking their brains to figure out how to catch up.
 
Here are the 11 Best Songs By The Editors:
 
1.  Munich (The Back Room)
2.  Bones (An End Has A Start)
3.  An End Has A Start (An End Has A Start)
4.  Fingers in the Factories (The Back Room)
5.  Racing Rats (An End Has A Start)
6.  Lullaby (B-Side)
7.  Camera (The Back Room)
8.  Open Your Arms (The Back Room)
9.  Orange Crush (B-Side)
10.  Fall  (The Back Room)
11.  All Sparks (The Back Room)
 
Buy the Editors new album, In This Light and On this Evening.