New Coldplay = absolute total shit. Dud Beyond Dud category.

Martian when is Medicine8's album out? They are the saviours of house. (well their two singles fucking rocked)

no date announced yet, due sometime in september - maybe october. Keep reading my weblog for the latest.

Miss Black America are OK, unless I'm confusing them with somebody else

You know, I'm one of the few people around here that actually thought that "Parachutes" was a brilliant record, but this new one is indefensable. Normally, I chalk up all the hell that they catch on ILM to playa hatin', but I must agree with the mob this time. For one thing, it's horribly overproduced. I loved the relatively quiet, spartan psychadelia of their debut, but now there's an abundance of overcooked strings and synths, plodding guitar riffs and what seems like the same damned drumbeat used for every song. The suprisingly lousy guitar playing really hurts as their debut had a great deal of clean, intricate guitar work, so what the fuck happened here? Maybe it's just me, but since it's been a couple of years since "Parachutes" shouldn't they sound more proficient and not less? The songs themselves don't really seem to be about much of anything, either. But maybe the lyrics ARE really good and I just can't hear them for the loud ass string arangements! There are 2 bright spots, though. "God put a smile upon your face" is beautiful if distant and the chorus to "Daylight" is so sweet that only a Nazi could hate it, but that's about it. This one ain't even a grower, folks. Now they sound like one of these schmaltzy, shitty ass American MOR bands like Default or Lifehouse. Grade=F-/ aka Goddamned Godawful.

coldplay=bad sedative.