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1. The Killers - "Human" • The Best Music, Movies and Photos of 2008 The Killers, Weezer, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Beyonce - the year's best clips, as voted by the readers of Rolling Stone 1. The Killers - "Human" 2. Radiohead - "House of Cards" • The Best Music, Movies and Photos of 2008
• Random Notes: The Week in Rock Photos Photo: Nicholas Roberts In yet another week of amusing pairings, Lou Reed smooched Rufus Wainwright at the latter’s Christmas show at Carnegie Hall, Mickey Rourke chilled with 50 Cent and Dr. Drew spent some QT with Scott Weiland. Plus the Killers kic...
In our penultimate Rock List of 2008, we’re asking readers for their favorite songs of the past year. We revealed our list of the Top 100 Singles of 2008 with Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” at the top, but we know the readers will have a massively different list. The Killers swept both the Readers’...
Thu, Dec 18 2008 09:39 PST Rihanna, Scott Weiland, Madonna and the week in rock
Last week, after revealing Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Albums of 2008, we asked the readers to tell us their favorites. As predicted, the Killers fans came out in full force to ensure the band’s third album Day & Age made it to the top of the readers’ list, and it did by a landslide, beating out C...
“When You Were Young” Photo: Miller/Getty From the Springsteen-like bluster of 2006’s Sam’s Town to the fist-pumping restlessness of leader Brandon Flowers, the Killers exude arena-rock excess like no other post-punk revivalists. So it was thrilling to see them squeeze their outsiz...
Brandon Flowers is having trouble explaining himself. Maybe it's because nothing about him adds up: a couture-wearing synth-pop fanatic who wants to be Bruce Springsteen; a devout Mormon who sings in a decadent Las Vegas rock band. Maybe it's because when Flowers talks, he tends to get in...
Mon, Dec 08 2008 03:33 PST The Killers, Mars Volta, Fleet Foxes, Metallica, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails and more
• Rock’s Rarest Artifacts In this week’s New Music Report, Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard takes a look at the new releases from the Killers and Los Campesinos, as well as the latest news featuring the Flaming Lips, Madonna and Paul McCartney. Click above for the full video. Related Storie...
It’s a huge week for new releases, lead by the long-awaited Chinese Democracy and Kanye West’s genre-bending 808s & Heartbreak. Rolling Stone’s Jody Rosen calls 808s a “fascinating” experiment. “With Kanye largely abandoning rapping in favor of digitally altered crooning, his fo...
• Brandon Flowers Wound Up Over Misquoting of Killers Lyric • Killers, Kanye, Ludacris Push Up Release Dates By 24 Hours • The Killers Take On Alien Abduction With “Spaceman” • The Killers Mix Sublime, Ridiculous With a Touch of Camp in New York
• Flowers Upset Over “Human” Confusion • Fall Out Boy Planning Folie Concert • Ryan Adams Tosses Barbs at The Killers, R.E.M. • New Reviews: Beyoncé, David Cook • New Music Report: Guns N’ Roses, The Who • Rob Zombie on Box Set, Film Projects • Rock’s Rarest Artifacts
Next, Adams took aim at the Killers. “Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it. I mean, really, does anyone want to sit through a show by the Killers?” Adams says. ...
• Gonzo For Beginners: A Hunter S. Thompson Reading Guide Photo: Getty The Killers’ Brandon Flowers continues to be frustrated by fans being frustrated with the lyrics to the chorus of his new single “Human.” “Are we human, or are we dancer,” Flowers sings, imploring that the ambiguous wor...
Like their hometown of Las Vegas, the Killers have a flair for anything supersize, sparkly and over-the-top: soaring synth-pop operas, multipart arena-rock anthems, "Bohemian Rhapsody"-style choirs. So it makes sense that, after 2006's massively ambitious Sam's Town, their third...
Disturbed’s tour proves to be Indestructible, the Killers hit the road in support of Day & Age and American Idol reject Josiah Leming loads all his gear into his car and treks across the country. Follow the jump for the complete set of dates.
• In the Studio: Killers Fight Back With “Stripped-Down” Third CD Maybe we’re late on this revelation, but yesterday while watching the New York Jets’ Brett Favre play catch with the Kansas City Chiefs, one of the beneficiaries of Favre’s interception party was a Chiefs cornerback name...
We are happy to announce that two of our pals — Dave Matthews and Killers frontman Brandom Flowers — are expecting babies (separately)! “It’s a boy,” says Flowers, whose wife is eight months pregnant. “I’m so excited.” Matthews will welcome child number three, sex currently unknown. “We’l...