Album Review: Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy

Save Rock and Roll by Fall Out Boy. Released April 16, 2013

This is Fall Out Boy's first album since Folie A Deux was released in 2008. In my opinion, they've come back better than ever. As much as I've always adored Fall Out Boy, there's never been an album of theirs where I really like every single song. Well, this is the exception.

My favorite song on the album is probably "Young Volcanoes" (you can watch the music video here). I love the vibe of the song, as well as how prominently Patrick's vocals are highlighted. I'm glad this song made it on the album, I heard that it almost wasn't included.

I really like the new sound they have on this album. It's a much more pop/dance vibe then they have had in the past, but it works. They also toted out the guest performers on this album, including Courtney Love, Elton John, Foxes, and Big Sean.

It's definitely an album for summer. It's one of those 'roll-down-the-windows-and-crank-it-up' kind of albums. I can't wait until it's warm enough here to do this. :)

Highlights: "Young Volcanoes," "The Phoenix," and "Where Did The Party Go"

Weekly Round-Up: 4/14-4/20

• Radioactive - Pentatonix & Lindsey Stirling
• Save Rock and Roll - Fall Out Boy

Not too many this week. What have you picked up lately?

Flasback Friday: t.A.T.u.

Through Rhapsody, I've been re-discovering some of my favorite songs from when I was younger. Who else remembers tATu? I had forgotten how much I liked them, especially this song "All About Us".



I just might have to add this one to the rotation ;)

Weekly Roundup: 4/15-4/21

• Holy Musical B@man! - HMB Cast
• That's What I Call Starkid! Vol. 2
• "Je Suis Malade" - Lara Fabian
• "Watching You Watch Him" - Eric Hutchinson
• Rogues Are We/Rogues Are We Reprise (live) - HMB Cast
• Making Mirrors - Gotye
• "Thousand Mile Race (live)" - A Silent Film
• "Queen of a Sad Land (live)" - A Silent Film
• "Cuckoo Song (live)" - A Silent Film
• "Anastasia (live)" - A Silent Film
• "U Got It Bad (live)" - Phillip Phillips
• "September (live)" - Colton Dixon
• "Let's Get It On (live)" - Elise Testone

Flashback Friday: INXS

I've been listening to a lot of INXS lately, so I thought this Flashback Friday should be dedicated to my all time favorite INXS song ever, "Elegantly Wasted." Enjoy!

Concert Review: A Silent Film

Let's try this again, shall we? I'm determined to pay more attention this the blog. So, what better way to kick things off than with a concert review?

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This past Friday, April 13th (yes Friday the 13th), I went to see A Silent Film at a bar with my best friend (if you don't know who A Silent Film is, look them up. Now). We've seen them twice before, but they have a new album coming out on June 6th, and we were looking forward to hearing some new songs. We were not disappointed. They played a few songs off of their previous album, The City That Sleeps, but the majority of the songs are off their new album, Sand & Snow.

Some of the "new" songs included "Reaching the Potential," "The Stage is Your Life," and "Let Them Feel Your Heartbeat;" which have been included in their setlists for over a year now. All of them were amazing, especially "...Heartbeat" which is probably one of my favorite A Silent Film songs of all time. I was glad to hear them, as that means they are, most likely, going to be included on the new album!!

They did play several new songs that I was not familiar with. These included "Anastasia," "Cuckoo Song," "Thousand Mile Race," and "Queen of a Sad Land." There may have been one or two more new songs played, but I cannot recall that this time. All of the new songs sounded amazing, and I cannot wait to hear what they sound like on the album. My personal favorites are "Cuckoo Song" and "Anastasia" but, like I said, they are all brilliant in their own ways.

Of course, the show wouldn't be complete without a few songs from their first album. I was expecting them to play more, but was pleasantly surprised that the focus was on the new songs. The few songs that they played from The City... included "Driven By Their Beating Hearts," "You Will Leave A Mark," and "Firefly At My Window." They closed their set with "Firefly At My Window," my absolute favorite song of theirs. I was getting worried that it would be pushed to the wayside; thank goodness I was wrong!

I do with that their set had been a bit longer, but I am happy with the quality of the music they played. I loved hearing the older songs I fell in love with, and getting to hear some of the newer songs that I had not heard before. I really hope that I get to see them again soon. A year between shows is just too much!

New Music: Bruno Mars

Yes, this is a day late, but better late than never, right?
Anyway, this is the new Bruno Mars song "It Will Rain" which will be featured on the Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt 1 soundtrack. I can't get enough of it!

Weekly Roundup 9/18-9/24

"Honey Bee" - Blake Shelton

Sweeter - Gavin DeGraw

Ordinary Riches - Company of Thieves

Not too much this week, but it's high quality stuff. I'll probably have a concert review of Company of Thieves up soon. So good!!

Flashback Friday: Night Ranger

I've been completely obsessed with Night Ranger since I saw them open for Journey. So for this week's Flashback Friday, I thought I'd post my new favorite song.

New Music Tuesday: Gavin DeGraw

Gavin DeGraw's new album Sweeter is (finally) out today! Yay!!! In celebration, I thought I'd share the title track with you all today. Enjoy!

Weekly Roundup 9/11-9/17

Hey everyone!! I'm back, and I'm going to try my hardest to post more consistently. I'm going to be rearranging things, but I'll hope to have a post up every Sunday (Weekly Roundup), Tuesday (New Music Tuesday), and Friday (Flashback Friday), along with CD and concert reviews.

But, first things first, here's a roundup of music I acquired last week.

"Say That You Made Love To Me" - Ten Year Vamp

Hands All Over - Maroon 5

Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition) - Train

Glee the 3D Concert Movie soundtrack

Tangled soundtrack

Eclipse - Journey

Night Ranger - Night Ranger

"The House That Built Me" - Miranda Lambert

Flashback Friday: The Verve Pipe

Time for another lashback Friday!! This week, I bring you one of the most epic songs from my childhood, "The Freshman" by The Verve Pipe.



Now that brings back some memories.

Weekly Roundup: 6/29-7/5

"Beneath the Fire" - Evaline

"England" - The National

"Where the Wild Roses Grow (f/ Kylie Minogue)" - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

"Two Against One (f/ Jack White)" - Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

Not too much this week, but I'm working up to a decent-sized haul soon.

How Cute!!!

I saw this today, and I just had to post it.

On 6/30/2011, Civil Twilight played at Rathskellar in Indianapolis, IN. During "Letters From The Sky," a couple becomes engaged.



This is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. And I compeltely love the band's reaction, especially Steve's.

Weekly Roundup: 6/22-6/28

Sorry for the lack of posts last week, but I've been super busy, and I actually didn't get any new music. Shocker!

Anyway, here's what I got over the past week.

-Best of 2001-2009 - The Rasmus
-"Bittersweet" - Apocalyptica (f/ Ville Valo & Lauri Ylonen)
-"End of an Era" - Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls

Okay, confession. I didn't actually buy the entire "best of..." album. I looked it up, and there were only 2 songs on the compilation that I didn't have already ("Chill" and "October & April"), so I just bought them on iTunes.

Weekly Roundup 6/8-6/14

I was a bit out of control this week, but I probably won't get anything else for a while.

Up From Below - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero
Nothing Is Wrong - Dawes
Barton Hollow - The Civil Wars
North Hills - Dawes
"Immigrant Song (live)" - Civil Twilight
"Trouble (live)" - Civil Twilight f/ Courtney Andrews
"I Once Knew Her (live)" - Bobby Long
What You Want - The View (Civil Twilight)
Price Tag single - Xenia
"High (live)" - Civil Twilight
"A Different Kind of Knight" - Christian Kane
"Mary Can You Come Outside" - Christian Kane
"Black and Blue" - Counting Crows
"Spirit Boy" - Christian Kane
"How I'm Living Now" - Christian Kane
"Six Feet of Rope and Revenge" - A Silent Film
"Deer in the Headlights - Owl City
"Miss Me" - Andy Grammar
Starbucks 10 Songs for Summer

New Music Monday: Adele

I was listening to the radio the other day, and I heard the new Adele song "Rumour Has It"



I'm loving the sound. It's nice to hear her do a more uptempo song every once in a while.

Weekly Roundup: 6/1-6/7

I didn't get too much last week.

A Winter Tale - Bobby Long
7th Annual Mountain Jam (06/05/2011) - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
"Hide Yours, I'll Hide Mine" - Bobby Long
"War" - The Envy

I'm getting better at this control thing, unfortunately I'll blow it tonight ;)

Weekly Roundup: 5/25-5/31

Sorry this is late, but better late than never, right?

• "For Good" - Glee Cast


• "Edge of Glory (live)" - Lady Gaga


• "Rise Above (live)" - Reeve Carney, The Edge, Bono


• "If I Die Young" - The Band Perry


• "Barton Hollow" - The Civil Wars


• "Bad Things" - Jace Everett


• Live at Eddie's Attic - The Civil Wars


• "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" - John Mayer

Pretty random this week. Just filling in some holes in my collection (Glee, John Mayer), and giving in to my obsessions (The Band Perry, The Civil Wars).

Concert Review: Mountain Jam 2011

This weekend, 6/2-6/5, was the seventh annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain. I had never been before, but my best friend Sam, her mom, and I went this year because Civil Twilight was playing. We only got passes for Sunday, and saw 7 bands.

The first band we saw was The Wiyos. They are a very quirky band with a vintage sound. A bunch of their songs were inspired by the Wizard of Oz. Not bad, but not one of my favorites of the day.

The second band up was Civil Twilight. Sam and I worked our way down so we were close to the stage, near Andrew (guitar). This was the best that I've seen them play. I've never seen Steve (lead singer, bass, keyboard) so animated. He was dancing around, talking to the crowd, and joking with Rich (drums) and Andrew. They started off a bit slow, but about halfway through, they really amped it up, and really got the crowd into it. Their new songs ("Fire Escape" and "High") sounded really good, and "High" was completely appropriate for the setting ;) Highlight of their set was "Teardrop." Steve stayed on the stage this time (he usually goes into the crowd), and I actually prefered it. This way, he was able to stay on stage and jam out with the rest of the band. "Letters..." was awesome, as usual, but I'm really glad they decided not to close with it. Their cover of "Immigrant Song" was phenomenal!! I've seen videos online, but never seen them play it live, and they did not disappoint. I still have chills from their set. Every time I see them, I think that there is no way for them to top themselves, but they do! Their setlist from the show (I'm fairly certain of the order, but I may have a few mistakes):

Anybody Out There
Soldier
Fire Escape
Trouble
High
Teardrop
Letters From The Sky
Immigrant Song

While we were eating lunch, we listened to Dawes. I had never heard of them before, but I really like them. I can't wait to get their album. Highlight of their set was their new song "Fire Away" which really got everyone jamming.

We saw a bit of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros before heading over to another stage. Again, I was not familiar with thei music, but I really liked what little I heard. They were really laid back, and the lead singer spent a lot of time out in the crowd, singing. They also had amazing control over the crowd, getting everyone to sit down during one of their slower songs. I will have to check out more of their music.

Bobby Long was playing on a small acoustic stage. There were probably around 20-25 people watching him (including his girlfriend and her family). We originally went over to see him because he's hot and knows Robert Pattinson (shallow, I know), but he really impressed us. He sounded absolutely amazing. I loved the songs that he played, especially "Two Years Old" and "Who Have You Been Loving." He was also very entertaining between songs, telling stories, and using jokes as intros for the next song.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band was a nice break. It was nice to just sit back on the slope and listen to some awesome jazz music. Highlight was definitely when they got everyone to sing "You Are My Sunshine." So much fun!

Finally, we saw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. I was only familiar with one of their songs ("Paris"), but I was blown away by their performance. I don't know how Grace did it, but she didn't stop moving/dancing/jumping/headbanging/singing the entire time they were one. It was crazy! She sounded amazing too. Girl can wail! Highlights are definitely "Paris (Oh La La)" "Nothing But the Water" and "Sugar."

Overall, it was one of the best days ever. I can't wait for next year. I'm definitely going back!