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This is pop in the best sense of the word. And unlike a lot of pop in the last few years, this doesn't sound like a cut-and-paste job using ProTools, where they record four bars and just loop it - this sounds like the drummer actually got to play. On "You Owe Me an I.O.U.," you get the Cure's quirkiness in the keyboards and Robert Smith's influence in the vocals. Warner is putting out their new album, "Elevator," early next month. I was raised, professionally and aesthetically, on the Cure so it's a compliment when I say that Hot Hot Heat does the Cure really well. I think it's going to be their breakthrough album. It has this huge, reverberating production - like it was recorded in a three-story warehouse.

Their third album, "Some Cities," just came out on Capitol last week. There's something distinctly European about the Doves' sound - it's lush with these gorgeous swirling guitars. But I think bands like Emanuel are starting to emulate Tool and Rage Against the Machine with rock that's defiant and isn't watered down to get on the radio. Much as I'm proud of Good Charlotte and E.A.'s role in breaking them, a lot of bands in their mold have just become pop bands in the worst sense of the word. It's real hard rock - the guitars are turned up, there's edge to the vocals, no homogenization in the mix. Their new album, "Soundtrack to a Headrush," comes out next week on Vagrant.

I guess it's a cliché to say that rock is back, but this is really it. It sounds like they just pressed "Record" and played - which could be an insult to the producer, but I think it's really refreshing. I love the first song on it, which is actually called "Louis XIV." It's just very sexy and really glam - almost Mott the Hoople - with hand-claps in the chorus and a very raw production. Their new album, "The Best Little Secrets Are Kept" (Atlantic), comes out later this month. Think Velvet Underground - even later Lou Reed - and Jet. I saw this band a couple weeks ago in San Diego. Listen to some of the best new recordings here.

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The difference is the live guitars and drums compared to so much that was synthetic in the 80's - this is the live rendition of what was good about 80's pop.įrom Lil Nas X to Mozart to Esperanza Spalding here is what we loved listening to this year. But more than anything you hear Depeche Mode - the looping, certainly the synthesizers. If you listen to "An Honest Mistake," from their self-titled album out this month from Island, you hear how much these guys are in line with the Killers and Franz Ferdinand in reaching back to the 80's. They're recording their label debut right now. game two years ago, and that was the song that got them signed to Warner Brothers. took a chance with - we put their song "Chapter Four" on the Madden N.F.L. They're one of the most melodic hard rock bands I've heard, and they have a fast-growing, enormously rabid fan base. When I was an intern at MTV, Metallica was just beginning to break - Avenged Sevenfold reminds me of that. Schnur talked about what he's listening to and why. In response to questions from Joel Topcik, Mr. As worldwide executive of music and audio for the video-game company Electronic Arts, Steve Schnur has been credited with transforming video-game soundtracks from Casio-composed afterthoughts into a vibrant forum for introducing new music to a willingly captive audience.