Weekly Fiver #30

Welcome to a special Weekly Fiver, focusing entirely on the new record from Las Vegas quartet The Killers. It’s….not their best, to put it lightly. Remember their 2013 contribution to their premature greatest hits package? It was called “Shot At the Night” and it squandered production from M83 on an adult contemporary jam worthy of the featheriest mullets. There’s about five or six similar tracks on Wonderful, Wonderful, which is undoubtedly the weakest collection the band’s ever put together. It does however, have a few bright spots. The following are five picks of varying quality from the album:

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Millennial Masterpieces #15: Silversun Pickups – [Carnavas]

Welcome to Millennial Masterpieces, where I’ll look back at a great album released within the past 17 years and see what its legacy is. Fifteenth in the series is the moody, spectral debut from 2000s alternative staples Silversun Pickups, Carnavas.

Released: July 26, 2006

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Ten Quick Q’s with Chet Everton Jr. #3

This is Ten Quick Q’s with Chet Everton Jr., where every week we ask everyone’s favourite slacker millionaire doofus a series of questions and see what his valuable insights are.

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Weekly Fiver #29

Welcome to the Weekly Fiver, where I’ll pick five recently released songs of varying degrees of quality and thoroughly break them down for you. No two songs will be on the same tier, and they’ll be listed from best to worst. The top song will be an excellent must-hear tune, while the bottom song will be one you ought to stay away from or else you will make your ears sad. It’s all very scientific.

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Millennial Masterpieces #14: Modest Mouse – [Good News For People Who Love Bad News]

Welcome to Millennial Masterpieces, where I’ll look back at a great album released within the past 17 years and see what its legacy is. Fourteenth in the series is the mainstream crossover effort from chronically sardonic midwest indie kings Modest Mouse: Good News For People Who Love Bad News.

Released: April 6th, 2004

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