Brandon Flowers

The Killers: Day & Age

source: Sunday Times

The Killers: Day & Age  South Africa The Killers’ debut album Hot Fuss rocketed out of nowhere with its thundering pace and Brandon Flowers’s tortured vocals. Sam’s Town was just … weird. Now, with Day & Age, they iconicise the new synth-rock sound that’s coming out of London. ...

Published Sat, Mar 7

The Killers Make Life Worth Living

source: Spin

It takes a special kind of unselfconsciousness to come up with the phrase "I got soul but I'm not a soldier," as Flowers did on Hot Fuss' "All These Things That I've Done." What does that even mean? Who cares? Shouted in the middle of a gleaming, dramatic, catchy rock song, that line feels like...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Killers’ Brandon Flowers Discusses New Sound On Album

source: Revolt Media

The Killers release their third studio album today (November 24th), titled Day And Age. The disc follows up the Las Vegas-based act’s 2006 sophomore set, Sam’s Town, which got some criticism for veering away from the dance-rock sounds of the group’s 2004 debut, Hot Fuss. The sound has changed again on the new record, but frontman Brandon Flowers told us that’s exactly what the Killers want to accomplish: “Hopefully, it’s evolving, would be the best way to describe it, because we want to be able to change. People that we like, like David Bowie and the Beatles, you know, they were able to change the way they looked and give you something fresh, and we really admire that.”

Published Mon, Nov 24

Stories In High Fidelity » Blog Archive » How <b>Brandon Flowers</b> Got <b>...</b>

source: Stories In High Fidelity

While I don’t think it’s as good as Hot Fuss, it certainly brings back the charisma and energy that made The Killers such a fun band to begin with. I know it’s unfair to blame all of the problem’s with Sam’s Town on Brandon’s mustache, ...

Published Mon, Oct 27

<b>THE KILLERS</b>: Vital Signs | American Songwriter

source: American Songwriter

The Killers-Brandon Flowers (vocals/keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitars), Mark Stoermer (bass) and Ronnie Vannucci (drums)-have conquered the world in the four short years since their debut album Hot Fuss lived up to its name. ...

Published Mon, Oct 27

Podcast: Vegas' Biggest Band Ever

source: The Strip

They’re the biggest band ever to emerge from Las Vegas. The Killers exploded on the worldwide music scene in 2004 with a debut album, "Hot Fuss," that sold more than six million records and drew comparisons to U2 and the Rolling Stones. This week, as the band returns home for the final concert...

Published Thu, May 31

Videodrone: The Killers' "When You Were Young"

source: Idolator

There's very little Killers-bashing to be found at Idolator's island-resort HQ: Hot Fuss was a great record, and even though Brandon Flowers has some goofily grandiose ambitions at times (such as when he employed an oversized gospel choir for the band's 2004 Coachella set), we had high...

Published Mon, Aug 21