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  • First Look: U2’s Get On Your Boots

    Fire. Broken glass. Giant women with sexy legs. No, this site has not been taken over by a horny 14-year old, but that’s what you see in U2’s new video for “Get On Your Boots”. What would otherwise be a pretty routine performance clip gets jazzed up by these special effects.

    The video’s pretty cool. As for the song itself, I’m still not 100% sold. Even though “Boots” is certainly not the first time that U2 has plagiarized itself, this song sounds just a bit too close to “Vertigo” for my tastes. It’s not bad, it’s just not great, and it certainly lessens my anticipation for “No Line on the Horizon”. Hopefully it won’t be a mess of “Pop” or “Zooropa” proportions.

    Ah well, I’ll be buying it regardless. Let us know what you think of the video.

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  • First Listen: Elliott Yamin’s “Fight for Love”

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    The first season of “American Idol” that I watched was the season in which Elliott Yamin competed, and it was largely due to him that I made it through that entire season and watched at least parts of subsequent seasons. The guy’s got skills, point blank, and enough people believed that to catapult Elliott to a 3rd place finish on the show. He then confounded critics by going the indie route and scoring a Gold album with his self-titled debut, which spawned the smash single “Wait for You”. Two years later, Elliott is back with a new album due in May and its’ first single “Fight for Love”.  It’s a pretty, midtempo joint with a chorus that you won’t stop singing for days. As always, Elliott brings the goods vocally. No Auto-Tune needed for this cat.

    AOL’s Popeater debuted the song. Listen to it here and let us know what you think.

  • CriticClash: The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique

    beastiesThis morning I’ll be sending you guys over to one of my favorite sites, Popdose, to check out my review of The Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, one of the best albums in any genre of the past 20 years.

    This review turned out to be quite timely because it arrived on the same week that the 20th Anniversary edition of Paul’s Boutique hit shelves. Despite the fact that it doesn’t have the extra bells and whistles usually associated with reissue projects (except for the download card that offers track-by-track commentary if you log on to the Beasties’ website), it’s still worth the pick up if only for the vastly improved sound quality.

    Anyway, enjoy the review and why don’t you stick around and check out some more stuff from my buddies at Popdose?