Killswitch Engage release their self-titled fifth album. It will inevitably be described as "melodic" and / or "pummelling."
The biggest release this week is Wilco's Wilco (The Album), which seems to be getting great reviews, even though every person I know who considers themselves a "big Wilco fan" thinks it's awful and boring. My coworker Dylan has purchased every Wilco release on the day of its release, to the point of taking his break at 10am, so he could walk into Love Garden as it opened
I listen to the radio when I drive around town, and I flip between Hot 103.3 Jamz and 95.7 The Vibe because they both play "urban" music (though The Vibe has always been more on the lighter side of things -- Lady Gaga and Black Eyed Peas -- than, say, KPRS's Lil Wayne and Drake). But yesterday, The Vibe played a Rob Thomas song. And then, "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon. Obviously, something's up. Now on 95.7 FM...I called a radio insider who forwarded me a press release sent out today, Oc
