Death Cab For Cutie New Album Out Today

Death Cab For Cutie's new album Codes and Keys is officially out today and I must say while it is different from many of the albums that made the band popular like Transatlanticism and The Photo Album and Plans, it definitely is still good and has many of the elements that attracted people to Death Cab in the first place. While I would not say that the whole album is great, there are definitely gems on there and it's a lot better than most of the music that people are putting out there today. "Monday Morning", "Portable Television", and the title track "Codes and Keys" are real standouts on this album. Also if you haven't checked it out, Vh1 Storytellers recently did a show with Death Cab for Cutie. Check Them out performing various songs for a live audience.

Listen to the New Arctic Monkeys Album

So the new Arctic Monkeys album Suck It and See is coming out in the U.S. on June 7th but you can hear it earlier by going to their website and listen to them stream it. From what I've heard they are returning more to the style they had in their debut album Whatever People Say I am That's What I'm Not than their recent album Humbug. Some people will appreciate this as they were not really fans of their most recent release. Me, while I wasn't really a fan of their latest album, I understand that artists have to evolve and experiment a little bit just to stay sane so I wasn't really that bothered. Check the link to stream their new album. Check Out New Arctic Monkeys Album

Weezer Covers Paranoid Android!

When I saw this video of Weezer covering the song "Paranoid Android" from Radiohead it was like ok this is what an aneurysm feels like. Hearing Rivers Cuomo's voice on a Radiohead song is one of the most puzzling things ever. You find yourself really getting into and then realizing, "wait a minute this isn't Thom Yorke, what's going on!". The only way Radiohead can get back in the game now is if they did a cover of "The Sweater Song" and I will be ready and waiting.

Manchester Orchestra Releases Their New Album

Manchester Orchestra released their new album Simple Math recently and it had me thinking about what people say about "great expectations". Well, it was less about what people actually say about great expectations and more about how my great expectations for this album were not disappointed. If you have heard Orchestra's previous albums I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child, and Mean Everything to Nothing, then you know what I'm talking about. After making their debut Manchester Orchestra and lead singer Andy Hull have consistently put out great music with powerful vocals, meaningful lyrics, and the right amount of instrumentation behind it. Simple Math simply continues that tradition. With songs like their first official single the title track "Simple Math" dealing with being able to go through life and actually question inconsistencies instead of accepting them, and the song "Virgin" which deals with the sometimes unrewarding practice of hard work, this album not only is great to listen to it will get you thinking about things in your own life as well. As Manchester Orchestra is seemingly ignoring obnoxious commercial success with lack luster and meaningless music, actually getting listeners of their album to think about something is most likely exactly what they wanted all along.