Posts tagged "Linkin Park"
The Best Albums of 2012: Cassandra Weighs In

The Best Albums of 2012: Cassandra Weighs In

For the second year, I got to use my music critiquing to pick my favorite and best albums of 2012. Did my favorite artists make the cut, or get beat by new loves? See what I ranked where!

Spin Cycle: Linkin Park, Living Things

Spin Cycle: Linkin Park, Living Things

Linkin Park returns with their fifth studio album, “Living Things.” Does their new set mark an improvement over their disappointing “A Thousand Suns?” We’ve got the scoop.

New Release Report 6/26/12: Maroon 5 Overexpose Themselves

New Release Report 6/26/12: Maroon 5 Overexpose Themselves

Adam Levine and his Merry Maroons are back for Round 4 with “Overexposed.” It’s the biggest release in a week full of biggies. Read our latest New Release Report to find out who else has got new music out!

The Singles Bar: Linkin Park’s “Burn It Down”

Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has promised big choruses and heavy electronics for the band’s forthcoming album Living Things. True to his word, first single “Burn It Down” is coated in a layer of icy Depeche Mode synths and features one of Bennington’s patented full-bore refrains; it also boasts a rap by Mike Shinoda, a Linkin Park staple that’s increasingly more scarce than it used to be. Living Things looks to continue the “One Step Closer” hitmakers’ journey into music for […]

Award Show Sundays: Hov, Linkin Park & Macca Give You an Encore (Do You Want More?)

Yesterday marked the 69th birthday of one of the greatest songwriters in history-Paul McCartney. For almost fifty years, the cute Beatle has maintained and polished his legacy with very few hiccups. Think about it, Paul’s least-liked period (critically) came at a point when he was enjoying a great deal of commercial success (post-Wings, early ’80s, “Ebony & Ivory”/”Say Say Say”). While he’s not selling records at the level that he was thirty years ago, his new albums routinely debut in […]

Who the Hell is…Skylar Grey?

Out of nowhere, the name Skylar Grey has been attached to some of the biggest pop records on the radio. She co-wrote Eminem & Rihanna’s hit “Love the Way You Lie”. She is a featured vocalist on Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home” and most recently, she’s provided the hooks for Dr. Dre’s “I Need a Doctor” and Lupe Fiasco’s “Words I Never Said”. She also appeared on the recent Grammy Awards along side Dre and Em. Still, the question remains…who the […]

Chart Stalker 1/5/10: 2010 in Review

Eminem leads the list of the 50 best-selling albums of 2010.

Chart Chat 9/23/10: Linkin Park and Trey Songz In A Photo Finish!

1,005 units separate this week’s #1 and #2 albums in one of the closest races for the top spot in history. The eventual victor? Rock giants Linkin Park score the top spot with 241,000 units sold of their fourth studio album, “A Thousand Suns”. While that sum is healthy, it is cause for alarm considering that LP’s last album, “Minutes to Midnight”, debuted with triple that sum just three short years ago. Linkin Park’s sound has gradually evolved over the […]

Chart Stalker 9/15/10: I Need a Witty Sara Bareilles Reference?

This week’s Billboard album chart crowns a new leader, and her name is…Sara Bareilles?? The unassuming singer-songwriter, who initially made waves when her hit single “Love Song” was featured in a TV commercial, sells 90,000 copies of her sophomore effort, “Kaleidoscope Heart”, leading the pack of four debuts in the Top 10. Slipknot side project Stone Sour starts off at #6 with their latest effort, “Audio Secrecy”, and they are followed by indie rock titans Interpol at #7 and alt-rock […]

New Release Report 9/14/10: The Floodgates Open

The last couple of weeks have been pretty quiet on the new release front. Well, folks, brace yourselves. ‘Cause there’s a TON of stuff coming out this Tuesday and for the next several Tuesdays. Let’s jump right into it, huh? Linkin Park occasionally gets lumped in with the whole nu-metal movement, which is kinda sad, because I think Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda have more musical talent in their pinkie fingers than Fred Durst has in his whole body. At […]

Chart Stalker 9/8/10: Chart Happenings That Leave Me Disturbed

…not really, but I like the title. Sue me. As one would infer from my attempt to compose a witty headline, hard rock band Disturbed bows atop the Billboard 200 Album chart for the fourth time (out of five albums) with their latest effort, “Asylum”. 179,000 folks decided to purchase the latest effort by the Chicago band. It’s one of two albums in six figures this week, with the #2 album being the 35th installment of the “Now That’s What […]

Yep, They’re Still Angry: Linkin Park’s “The Catalyst”

I was never big on the nu-metal thing that seemed to be everywhere a decade or so ago. However, the one band that came out of that scene I wound up gravitating to was Linkin Park. To this day, I can’t tell you why they stuck out from all the Korns and the Limp Bizkits, but I can definitely tell you I’m glad I bet on them-because they’re the only band left from that era with a sizable audience. It’s […]