Imagine Dragons "Night Visions" Album Review

I know this album has been out for a while now and I have already got this album but I've just wanted to do a post on these guys for ages so I thought that I'd do one today.

I've recently just been on a bit of a buying binge lately with CD's as I've been pre-ordering Imagine Dragons, Pheonix's "Bankrupt",-which has just arrived today- Paramore's "Now" and 30 Seconds to Mars' "Love Lust Faith +Dreams", I have to say that all these little packages from Amazon that keep arriving get me feeling very excited and make me feel like a kid on Christmas morning when you see first thing in a morning all the presents that you got from Santa Claus.

Anyhew... I have to also say that I've been meaning to write a review of the new Imagine Dragons album that came out on April 1st...if you've not got this yet I urgently advice you to get a copy of this NOW! as it is a must listen to debut album.


Track Listing:

1. Radioactive
2. TipToe
3.It's Time
4. Demons
5.On Top Of The World
6. Amsterdam
7. Hear Me
8. Every Night
9.Bleeding Out
10.Underdog
11.Nothing Left To Say/Rocks
12. Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)
11. Working Man

                            

I have to be honest and say that everyday since I got this album that I've been playing this none stop morning noon and night on my CD player and I was reading the other day on Rollingstone Magazine's website that they had done a Top 100 of the best debut albums and since I've listened to this and probably drove my parents crazy with listening it so much that this album has to be included in this as well as Paramore's Now album, the fantastic new album "Save Rock and Roll" from Fall Out Boy,and I think this may be the album of the summer as I really think with how bad the weathers been lately that you could put this CD on and feel like you have a few friends over and having a few drinks in the sun or if you were going to have a house party...this I have just thought would definitly have to be any and everybody's party mix and it definitly is a fantastic album to make you think your driving down the roads to have a lovely summery drink sat outside at a pub.

I have to say that eventhough "It's Time" is at number 30 on the chart I can't believe with how amazing this is that more people aren't thinking the same or listening to it as I think that it definitly needs to be in the Top 10...but come to think about it any of these songs from the album could be in the Top 10.

 

 

 

A few of  my favourite stand out tracks from the album are definitly "It Time", "Bleeding Out", "Radioactive". I love the in Bleeding Out the lyrics "When the wolves all cry/to fill the night with howlering" as well as the phat drum and guitar sound on the track as well as the chorus "I bear my skin/and I count my sins/and I close my eyes/and I take it in/I'm bleeding out/I'll bleed out for you/For You".

 

I saw on VEVO yesterday the brand spanking NEW! music video for one of my favourite songs on the album "Demons", I have to say that I think this video is really cool showing them performing this track live but I think this definitly has vibes of what Papa Roach did in their video for "Last Resort" with the camera keeping zoning in on a couple different people in the crowd.

 

There are lots more favourites on here but I'm only going to put a taster of the album "Night Visions" on here for you as I don't want to spoil it all for you!

"Rocks" and "Working Man" really have a cool reggae sound to them making just about every track on this album amazing with each of them sounding really different to the last track as there are some tracks that use a lot of synths, drums, guitars and other tracks are a bit different with just singing on and it's not such an instrumental backed track that you just listened to making it really hard to choose which one is your favorite and it might just be me but for me this album since I first listened to it has been all I want to listen to at the moment and every track has made me just want to get up and dance to it,-I understand that on tracks like "Hear Me" and "Demons" you can't really dance to them-.

 

But even though these tracks are a little harder to dance to they are still my favourites!

Weirdest things that I've just seen today

I was just in the middle of perusing the internet for work when I saw these on Shortlist Mode's website grooming section of their website the most odd things, I just had to write a post about them as they seemed so bizarre to me:

1.  Sushi Cologne....Yes you are reading this right there's no need to do a double take Sushi Cologne:



It's available over at Dementer Fragrance Library's Website where it describes this new cologne of their's as :

"...the fresh scent of just cooked sticky rice and straight from the seaside seaweed , laced with hints of ginger and lemon essence. Simply delectable."

Now I'm just thinking if I were a guy why on earth would I want to smell like sushi?

But as it stands I am a women so Cologne doesn't really apply to me but I still don't think I'd buy this if I needed to buy a present for a guy because although the description of it having hints of ginger and lemon in it making it sound as if this is going to be quite a spicy but fresh smelling scented cologne I don't really see why any guy would want to also smell like just cooked sticky rice.

I love sushi but I don't really see why any fragrance house would want to try and make this a scent especially one for men, I don't really see this working but being me if I saw this in a shop I'd probably go over and see what it smelt like as this has definitely piqued my interest to see what it smelt like as you never know it could be better than it sounds like, but then again it could just be another 007 Bond Fragrance...I do have to say that I saw this in a shop that I was in and had a quick smell (this may make me sound a bit weird smelling fragrances for men but I only did it as I am a huge James Bond fan and I wanted to know what it smelt like) and it was to me a very offensive smell one that if I was a guy I would never choose to wear.

Let's hope that the new 007 Blue Ocean Royale smells a lot better.

2. Pizza Hut have made a perfume...no word of a lie this has actually been done:

  

This idea started off life as an actual joke according to Shortlist Mode Magazine by advertising firm Grip Ltd. who asked followers to come up with a name for an imaginary bottle of scent that was going to be inspired by the smell of pizza,- this bottle is the one on the left-, and as there were so many people who wrote in to this saying that they would actually wear a scent that smelled like pizza they decided to make one for real,-this is the one on the right-, and they said they would give the first 100 people who messaged back a bottle of this eau de Pizza...sorry about the pun but I just couldn't resist.

I just thought would this be a unisex fragrance or would it be an eau pour homme or pour femme?

But I have just read that this online Facebook PR stunt is only for Canada and hasn't been extended to the UK...yet but give it time I bet this will come to the UK.

I just have to say it but I bet this smells just like mamma used to make!

3. Redken have made a beer shampoo:








Yes you are reading this right Redken For Men have just brought out a Men's Clean Brew Extra-Cleansing Shampoo and as you can see from the name this is no ordinary Men's Shampoo this contains malt which helps to nourish and condition the hair, and it also contains brewer's yeast which strengthens and builds body says Shortlist Mode Magazine...two ingredients which you'll find in all good beers.

It also contains orange zest which will deep cleanse your scalp while purifying and eliminating oil and dirt, it also according to Shortlist Mode Magazine contains Anti-Grit Technology which apparently makes light work of crusty mud flecks...so it sounds like its handy to have on hand if you decide to go mountaineering somewhere.

This is priced at £12.20 for a 250ml bottle of the stuff .

Teenage Ninja Turtles

It looks like after a movie about these heroes in a half shell (just couldn't resist saying this) has been on the shelf for ages that it recently seems to be really picking up a pace.

Recently it was reported by Deadline Hollywood that Megan Fox was cast to play the female lead in what they say is:

"...suppose to be a more sophisticated Avatar-like approach..."

 I didn't watch this film for ages because of everybody who had watched it making fun of it saying that it was full of smurfs as everybody in this film was blue...but after all the hype died down I watched it and I thought that it was incrwdible how everything was really lifelike and based on everyday things like the one Avatar clan that rode horses, the birds that choose you to ride and the other things in the movie, but the whole thing just looks fantastic and not that blue...the only thing that is funny though in the movie is the unobtainium that is suppose to be the thing that their looking for so they can study it and live on Pandorum because Earth is supposedly dying.

But I just thought that this took ages to do so will it take ages for this to get done and will we the audience have to wait  ages to finally see Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo?
 
Anyway according to Deadline Hollywood there has been some new cast members added,  Alan Ritchson who will also star in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will play Raphael, Peter Ploszek he'll play Leonardo, Noel Fisher who was recently in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II as one of the Russians that were plotting their revenge on the Vulturie (he was the one with bright white hair) will play Michelangelo and Jeremy Howard will play Donatello for Paramount Pictures who are viewing this new reboot as a franchise.

Shredder hasn't been cast yet but Deadline expect this to be done soon, and this film is penciled in for June 6th 2014. 


 

Exclusive: Justin Timberlake Mirrors video!

I was perusing Entertainment Weekly's website and this came up and I just couldn't resist putting it up here for your perusal and comments to see what you think of it. I also wanted to say a huge congratulations to Elissa Franceschi for becoming the single of the week on Radio 1 with "Salt" and for getting the unbelivable amount of 100+% of fans pledging on her PledgeMusic page for her to do her next album.

I always thought that the world needed to hear her music and when they heard any of her tracks people would instantly love her music! Well done to her brother Josh Franceshi from You Me At Six for giving this track to them at Radio 1...the boy done good! If like me and you didn't get to hear this amazing song then you can tune into Radio 1 at 9pm on Thursday...this I'll definitly be tuning in for!

Anyhew...I realise I'm going off topic and I have to admit that when I first heard "Mirrors" by Mr. JT I didn't really like it I thought it was a bit mushy and that it went on a bit. But now that I've seen the new music video I do think that it may be just a tad soppy,- (I realise now that I've just read this that this may make me sound a bit heartless but I do have to say that I listened yesterday to Mr.JT's 20/20 on Deezer yesterday and I do have to say that the sound of his new music is very different)...but I can't really be too harsh on Justin Timberlake as I do have to say that it's still really catchy like his other songs and I do find myself wanting to get up and dance to this song be it that it'll never be up to Mr. JT's standard

And although this is a bit of a soppy story with it being about a couple through the years it is a nice story...and the elderly couple are doing some sort of slow synchronized blades of glory dance at the beginning of the video which looks a bit weird, but I have to say that I think that I think that he is showing off with his dancing at the end of the video really isn't needed but also I don't thing it's really needed to have a dancer who could move like a pussy cat doll with her acrobatic flexing and keeping doing this but also showing off how she is so anorexic with how you can see her ribs really isn't needed I don't think.

This might make me sound a little bit ponsy and snobby but to me this music sounds a bit more chilled more mature r'n'b from him...could reflect where he is in life...this could just be me though reading too much into this though.

I have to say though that I haven't used Deezer before and I really don't know why but now that I've started to used it I love it as I thought that it really was a fantastic free service to listen to tracks that I wasn't really sure that I wanted to buy via Itunes or Amazon.

If you want to have a little perusal over to Deezer and a little gander at what this album sounds like here is the link below:

http://www.deezer.com/en/album/6406302

Also I did hear thanks to NME.com that the first half of the 20/20 Experience was released on March 18th and Justin Timberlake announced at the album launch for this that he had to:

"...clear up the rumours. This whole thing about this only being the first part...is true. There is another half. I'm not giving you a release date..."

However, Questlove a roots drummer who wrote on a hip-hop website Okayplayer.com in response to a negative review of this new album before saying that:

"...spoiler alert.'20/20 Volume 2' comes out in Nov (10 songs now...10 songs later=20 vision)".  

Finally 30 Seconds to Mars has landed a new song!

As I am an avid fan of 30 Seconds to Mars and I have been desperatly wanting to hear like so many other 30 Seconds to Mars fans and I was really excited when I read on their Facebook page that you pre-order their New Album LOVE LUST FAITH AND Dreams from Itunes on the 21st May.

If you've not had chance to have a listen to "Up In The Air" the first single from the new album then here is the link below:

http://www.directlyrics.com/new-song-30-seconds-to-mars-up-the-in-the-air-news.html

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrFQRn2yYWs

I love this song it sounds really good and a bit different to their last album "This is War", and I really like the synth sounds on this track and does to me sounds less pumping than their other tracks but still love the guitars on the track, but I still have to say that my favorite track of 30 Seconds To Mars though has to be "Hurricane", love the music video done by Jared Leto.

But I might be a little biased in saying this but although this may not be my favourite track of theirs I still like to listen to it and think that Jared Leto's voice is amazing and that this track going into Space is amazing and a really cool idea. It's definitly worth a listen as are all of their other tracks and I urge you if you haven't you should really listen to all of their other tracks and go out and buy their other albums.

Their music will definitly change your life...this I realise might just be me as when I first heard "A Beautiful Lie" I instantly was a fan and ever since loved bands that give you a reason to listen to them.

I've just see the teaser video for the video to up in the air and I love it, I know it's only a teaser but it definitly makes me think of their song "This is A Call to Arms" from "This is War" album and I love all the different animals involved in it...can't wait for when it finally comes out!

Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. have done the cover art for the new album...this is much like the Brits award that he designed.

WTF! Veronica Mars gets a movie!

I know that MTV USA posted this news story yesterday but I just saw it today and my eyes are now popping wide open in disbelief at this.

This may make me sound a tad sad but I saw a couple of episodes of this when E4 used to show this and I don't know why or how you would want do this movie. I just thought that although this maybe exciting for the fans who showed that there clearly is a lot of love for this as through a Kickstart campaign which according to MTV USA is well known for helping out indie filmmakers get their films off the ground the fans of this show managed to raise more than $2 million in four hours...impressive!

But I just thought that when I saw this there was the whodunnit murder while they were at high school of Vernonica Mars's best friend played by Amanda Seyfried and all the exciting twists and turns this took but it just ended up as an accident, then there was the whodunnit of the school bus crash that ended with the bus falling into the sea in their last year at high school and then there was the whodunnit of rapes on campus leaving girls with bits of hair missing....to me this just sounds like it could be a Hercule Poirot murder mystery that could end up as one of the many 5 afternoon films.

But now that I think about it as I love Hercule Poirot murder mysteries it might be interesting if there were a film with him.

All I can say though is the story has to be really good to make it a worthwhile thing to have made it as Rob Thomas who made the series originally has managed with this to get Warner Bros. to back this now and it's said that production for this is going to start this summer and it's penciled in for a release date of early 2014.

Must Listen Alert...Calling All Paramore Fans! New Paramore Song!

I just got back from an amazing Italian extravaganza holiday and I saw this amazing news story on MTV USA that I just had to post, and as I am a huge fan of Paramore and am a big fan of Hayley Williams (the lead singer of Paramore if you didn't know already)

"Still Into You" is going to be the second single off the album that I can't wait to be released on April 8th...this is available to pre-order over at Amazon.com so I'd advice if you haven't pre-booked your copy of this go over to Amazon and do it NOW!

Anyhew...according to MTV USA this song is very personal as it is about Hayley Williams's longterm relationship with music producer Chad Gilbert and it also according to MTV USA falls into Paramore's new mantra of starting "a new journey not only as a band but as a movement".

So I think it's fair to say that this new album will sound a bit different from their other albums.

I have to admit that when I read:

"...their latest single sees them covering new song territory..."

That I was a bit worried that this wasn't going to sound like a Paramore track and that it was going to sound completely different to the other Paramore tracks that I love but although this sounds a bit poppy with keyboards I like it.

And I have to say that this might just be me but I thought it was really funny the shadow puppet ducks...I guess now I know what a singing duck looks like!