This is not totally a new EP, all the songs on the five-track collection were written in 2004 while touring their debut LP 'Fever To Tell', with four of the five tracks appearing on the DVD 'Tell Me What Rockers To Swallow'. The only reason I'd listen to Yeah Yeah Yeahs is Karen O, because there are some garage rock bands whose guitar hooks are better than YYYs in my view. On song "Rockers To Swallow" she shows she's got a wild talent, capturing the band's energy. Love the song! Isis EP is set to release on July 23.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rockers To Swallow

"I want to see/My family/My wife and child/Waiting for me/I've got to go home/I've been so alone you see." After the suicide of their lead singer and songwriter, Ian Curtis , the remaining three musicians Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Morris knew that life would go on. So they decided to border new hooks and a new name to their music, it was New Order. And this was the song from Low-life (1985). Try to forgeting the dark and gloomy days of Joy Division, this song came as a miracle flower is on their rainless garden.
New Order - Love Vigilantes

It goes in different directions after "Drum's Not Dead", a more listenable sound!!! These guys want to try something new. This time, they gave up to hang out with cannibals ¿? Or maybe they've been listening to Sonic Youth, Jesus and Mary Chain or Pixies quite a lot as well. I must admit that one song (Leather Prowler) was a joyful experience for me, but the band sounds like they've been mixing experimental/post rock, noise rock records for the rest or it. Sometimes guitar works remind you of Phil Manzanera's sharp guitars. It's hard to do a choice between the vocal and the music because the lack of melody except song named "Protection" where they come with a nice vocal contribution to their gloomy music. However Liars provide something more than an avarage post-rock band. You may like this record, but hey Liars, please stop mourning!
Liars - Plaster Casts of Everything

Oh God, you know how i hate name similarities such as Bryan Adams and Ryan Adams. And also if i see many influences lists on artists' myspace page like influenced by: The Beatles, Scott Walker, The Stone Roses... And the result is a simple music without any connection to these references. Of course i'm not against to Ryan Adams' upcoming Easy Tiger, because he doesn't have any artists to trick you on his influences section. Ryan Adams' ninth solo studio album offers a formula of light music that you can listen whenever you want. Everybody Knows is a great song! Sometimes we need this nice guy with his heavy acustic, folkish, country-rooted emotional songs.
Other stunning cuts got my attention on Easy Tiger:
The Sun Also Sets is such a bone work. Vocals are almost stunning, sounds like Rufus
Wainwright on clouds and you want Starsailor come back with an amazing record.
On Tears Of Gold, you travel to your sweet dreams.
Two Hearts is a reason to make mention of Jeff Buckley again.
Ryan Adams - Everybody Knows

Best New Singles
1. Maximo Park - Books From Boxes
What a wonderful accent this British guy has! Without doubt, this is the best Maximo Park song, melodic and has nothing to prove.

2. Art Brut - Direct Hit

3. Kelly Clarkson - Never Again
She's the winner of Fox TV's first American Idol, honestly i don't like that silly contest even if it's one of the top searched word on internet these days. As for Kelly Clarkson, "Never Again" starts with nice guitar hooks, i like her single, but it's not a kind of song that i'll die for. She has a nice voice, deliciously commercial.

4. Erasure - Sunday Girl
It's very nice to see this synthpop duo Erasure again, i love to hate you, i love hate you, i love to hate youuuu!

5. Interpol - The Heinrich Maneuver
6. White Stripes - Icky Thump
7. Air - Mer Du Japon
8. The Thermals - A Pillar Of Salt
Maybe this is not the standout The Thermals song, but you should check this supergroup. Especially "The Body, the Blood, the Machine" sounds like a good start to me...
9. Kelly Rowland feat Eve - Like This
10. Ghosts - The World Is Outside

Videos
Maximo Park - Books From Boxes (Youtube Music)
Art Brut - Direct Hit Live (Youtube Music)
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
Sufjan Stevens - The Lakes of Canada
The Polyphonic Spree - Running Away
Kanye West and John Mayer recording Bittersweet (Youtube Music)

Great road movie connected with real stories of some of our lives. Like in the movie, there is only winner in the life, so it's not end of the world if you're not winner. I'm really tired of movies which have always a winner at the final. Despite good things that you want in your life, you can't achieve success in rat race everytime. And getting used to this is the best thing to do. Finals are absolutely important in a movie, and Little Miss Sunshine doesn't disappoint you. The soundtrack album was written for the most part by touchy indie rock band DeVotchKa. It's nice to listen their "How it ends" album after this lovely movie.
DeVotchKa - How It Ends
DeVotchKa - You Love Me