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FUN. “Some Nights Tour” (by safetytess) This band is...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:32:05 -0400

FUN. “Some Nights Tour” (by safetytess)

This band is more than words can explain, I hope you enjoy the video. I actually shed tears editing because I am so proud of this indie band and when you see and hear “We Are Young” you know its a anthem and it deserves the number one spot it holds! Enjoy! Thanks to Nate,Andrew,Jack,Emily,Naddy and Will for a great show! Warehouse Live: Houston Texas 3-20-12 SOLD OUT

safetytess: Can we talk about the fact I actually got to meet...

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:14:59 -0400

safetytess:

Can we talk about the fact I actually got to meet this man. If you aren’t listen to Ed Sheeran, I highly advise you to get your Youtube search on. Listen to Lego House, You Need Me I Don’t Need You, The A Team and Little Bird just to name a few!

River City Extension Sophomore Album: Don’t Let The Sun Go...

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 03:10:57 -0500

River City Extension Sophomore Album: Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger. Teaser

Due out June 5

track list:

1. Glastonbury
2. If You Need Me Back In Brooklyn
3. Slander
4. Welcome To Pittsburgh
5. Point of Surrender
6. Standing Outside A Southern Riot
7. The Fall and The Need To Be Free
8. Down, Down, Down
9. Ballad of Oregon
10. Everything West of Home/Brooklyn (Reprise)
11. Golden Tongue (Thanatopsis)
12. There & Back Again
13. Vanessa’s Song or Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger
14. Lord, I Have Changed

I’m quite stoked that Ballad of Oregon is on this because that song live is a blast!!

Operating EP by Lady Danville Review Tonight!

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:37:17 -0500

Tell me you are excited!

Jukebox Selects 2 (by safetytess) Ready to crack open my ipod...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:25:21 -0500

Jukebox Selects 2 (by safetytess)

Ready to crack open my ipod here is what i’m listening to. Let’s talk music. Enjoy!

adambeckah: Hey look at what’s back on the top of the singles...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:07:12 -0500

adambeckah:

Hey look at what’s back on the top of the singles chart!

safetytess: FUN beat Adele how does this even work 6 grammys...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:36:52 -0500

safetytess:

FUN beat Adele how does this even work 6 grammys verses Three amazing guys! Applause Fun just Applause.

This what I’ve been trying to tell all the freaked out...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:12:23 -0500

This what I’ve been trying to tell all the freaked out Fun. fans but now Fun. just did it for me!

Fun. interview MTV talk about “Some Nights”

We Are Young-Fun (Cover by Tess and Liz) (by safetytess) Enjoy!...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:08:19 -0500

We Are Young-Fun (Cover by Tess and Liz) (by safetytess)

Enjoy! Tell me what you think!

Some Nights by Fun. 1. Some Nights Intro 2. Some Nights 3. We...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:18:00 -0500

Some Nights by Fun.

1. Some Nights Intro
2. Some Nights
3. We Are Young
4. Carry On
5. It Gets Better
6. Why Am I The One
7. All Alone
8. All Alright
9. One Foot
10. Stars
11. Out On The Town (bonus track)

Review:

“I don’t remember ever sitting down and saying lets make the record sound like this or that or I should say the band. Every record sounds different I never felt like a band should stay within a genre if they don’t wanna stay there.”-Nate Ruess (lead vocalist of FUN.)

I’ve decided against keeping my scientific calculator next to me because I’m not going to sit here and divided each track from “Some Nights” and subtract the five or so musical bars I’m not in love with. Then adding a “pat on the back” sentence to each paragraph to remind people, “I really do still love it.” That is a bunch of bull! Artist don’t put out records so they can write down in history books each single songs pros and cons but to get the fans to cheer over a whole cohesive project that probably has the last year of blood, sweat and tears of the whole band in it. Now with that off my chest let’s look at “Some Nights.”

First impressions are sometimes the deal breaker of the industry weathers it’s a blind date or the thirty or so seconds iTunes gives you before you commit to a purchase. So I went on a blind date with “Some Nights” yesterday. I took a lounging position with my laptop in hand and headed our to the “Live Stream.” I did my daily Internet shuffle as I let the album unfold through my speakers. Wouldn’t you like to know my first thought after hearing a mere thirty seconds of the track Some Nights Intro. Speaking aloud “Genius!” I listened to all tracks letting the music hit more than one emotion. Let’s say when bands can bring smiles to my face and tears in my eyes when I’m completely alone it deserves some type of slow clap. Speaking of clapping incorporating an applause track in some songs was a very edgy move it gives it a movie element. Triggering the “story effect” where this song just became a track in the movie unfolding in your mind. I also loved the fading out of the title track it makes the magic of that song have no true end and I’m okay thinking that it goes on and on like pi. (3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279…). The flow of the tracks is very well put together like they hired a Lego consultant. There is a rise a peak and descend. (Sounds like royal family curriculum) This album represents all the things you need a shrink for, it represents the youth that are lost and looking but it also represents the decision to be a grow up and the emotional things that make you lose hope but this is the album to remind you to go forward. I also have to address the auto tune heard in two are so of the tracks. No, Nate Ruess needs no auto tune and I doubt he ever will, but I think this was a pure effect something you can do in the studio but won’t really happen live unless you are T-pain. It could also be a direct stab to the industry because having a voice with no need for auto tune and using will baffle the crowd. Why. Why? Why! I honestly am completely okay with it the use is subtle enough to not have it stuck in you head during other tracks but cool enough to feel like a sci fi effect in a black in white movie. Now that “Some Nights” and I have been on a couple of dates I want to say I really, really like it. I want to learn the words and experience it live. Over all in a few months I may tell “Some Nights” I love you.

For the people who blame Chevy and Glee for not liking Fun’s new album over “fame” this album was written and recorded before anyone had a super bowl commercial made and a Glee version. The hardest thing for people is change but if you choose to become part of a fan base and a new album is released expecting a change is implied. I would love to quote the people that want the band to stay the same. No change means you wouldn’t even get new songs; it would just be a rerelease. Makes me think it must be hard to live in a world with change because avoiding it is impossible. People will get better at their craft, new instruments will come out and new collaboration will happen. Not everyday can be Monday.

To conclude this album is what I think it must of felt like to be alive when Queen and Phil Collins released music. When their talents made the music have a power of it own. These lyrics will end up in tattoos, on relationship mix CDs and blared at best friend sing alongs.

“Man, you wouldn’t believe the most amazing things that can come from
some terrible nights”-Some Nights by FUN.

"THAT’S HOW I FEEL WHEN I’M AT A FUN. SHOW. YOU’RE ALLOWED TO BE ANYONE AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THE..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:18:47 -0500

“THAT’S HOW I FEEL WHEN I’M AT A FUN. SHOW. YOU’RE ALLOWED TO BE ANYONE AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THE WORDS. FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING TO BELONG TO AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS ALBUM BELONGS TO YOU. IT’S ENDED UP BEING OUR WAY OF SAYING “THANK YOU” FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE. AND PLEASE KEEP BEING THAT PERSON.”

- Nate (FUN.)

The rest of week now is lightened by this new! Fun. album is...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:13:11 -0500

The rest of week now is lightened by this new!

Fun. album is streaming 8days early and if you ever take any music advice from me you should go listen its incredible vocals and instrumentation it makes me feel like I’m at Disneyworld (happiest place on earth) and not even have to leave my room. GO! Tell me what you think too! ClickHere!

Architecture in Helsinki “The Growing Beat!” (by...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:18:14 -0500

Architecture in Helsinki “The Growing Beat!” (by safetytess)

The is a tour video for the extremely high energy band AIH. Talent, glitter and stage shades. Enjoy!

Meet Lana Del Rey - Exclusive Interview I’m pretty sure...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:46:00 -0500

Meet Lana Del Rey - Exclusive Interview

I’m pretty sure the uproar is over done and the snl fat lady has sung. So that must mean the shows over. I don’t know about you but I’ve never been to a performance, been in an arguement where a fat lady came and sang and everyone left. This is just a good example of “you can’t hold true talent down.”

Lana Del Rey, yes she made a public mishap but hey I had my guitar out of tune once or twice. This video shows her singing a capella and showcasing vocals people would die for, it also bring light to a very eclectic human being. I hope she is real and not factory made but for now I love her till she proves me wrong. Amen.

Its hard to say feelings don’t ignite when Fun. has gone...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:52:08 -0500

Its hard to say feelings don’t ignite when Fun. has gone to the Billboard charts and has taken the number one spot on iTunes but it does. Don’t get me wrong GLEE did a great job with FUN’s September release of the anthem “We Are Young” but come hell or high water the Superbowl has show it’s impact on the nation and car sales and made “We are young” the most popular song of the minute. Don’t forget to check out Aim and Ignite(FUN’s first album release) if you are part of the new “We Are Young” family. FUN. are a very talented band and they are made up of number of other great bands. Just don’t hurt my heart and remember one song when right around the corner from “We are young” is the new album “Some Nights” due out on the 21st of February. Believe me when I say I’m showing up early to this concert cause I bet the crowds are coming. I applaud FUN, you have created a anthem I hope to sing for years to come!

“Now don’t complain about being bored when I give you all these good reasons to have FUN!”

Like I have said before there something extremely compelling...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:47:00 -0500

Like I have said before there something extremely compelling about each end of the spectrum showcasing and dueling each other within the bounds of a three or so minute song. Of Monsters and Men is six talents right out of Iceland, as close as your backyard right? I wish, if these voices and horns were right outside my door there would be more than just a concert all the time it would be a full out musical. This song “Little Talks” not only can make you yell with its HEY! HEY! HEY! ear worm chorus but it’s one of the songs you enjoy so much you can miss the fact it is quite sad. The female vocals are crying out for help while the male acts as a conscience making up its own mind. Now never let the damper of a sad lyric stop you from dancing. Just think the more feelings you have the more you should dance. Dancing is the one way our bodies, our instrument can play it’s own tune. So hit that play button and enjoy “Little Talks” by Of Monsters and Men.

I Can Pack Like A Rockstar! (by safetytess) Check out my video...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:56:35 -0500

I Can Pack Like A Rockstar! (by safetytess)

Check out my video talking about Shaun Huberts new book “How to Pack like a Rockstar” Enjoy!

Hey, just FYI: Rococode has only one former Said The Whale member (Laura Smith, who has long since left STW). Andrew Braun is in Hannah Georgas. He's touring with her right now, actually, but Rococode is his main focus.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:36:31 -0500

Thank You for that information the source I used is now labeled unreliable for its fuzzy Biography, hopefully Rococode with have many interview and buzz about them soon enough! The edit has been placed and thanks so much for you nice way of clarification.

Rococode New Album Stream

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:00 -0500

Rococode New Album Stream:

If you are a fan of dueling vocals of the beautiful and the handsome (man and women) and you love the drums of Tegan and Sara’s Johnny 5 Andrews with the leading beat mix of Tegan and Sara’s Shaun Huberts bass listen to there new collaborative band with a former “Said the Whale” member Laura Smith and Andrew Braun who is a current tour mate of Hannah Georgas. Haunting popping rock vocal sensation due out for purchase NEXT WEEK!