Formed in June 2002, Ohio quartet Lovedrug took only 2 months before releasing their first EP. Fronted by Michael Shepard, they’ve shared stages with Something Corporate, The Killers, and the legendary Robert Plant.
“Pretend You’re Alive” has an intro not unlike Coldplay’s “In My Place”, and then the band, seemingly from nowhere, throw out a massive kick-ass riff for the imposing but disjointed “Pandamoranda”.
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When Michael Hutchence was found dead in a hotel room in 1997, the other members of INXS lost a childhood friend, their frontman, and a key songwriter, while the world was left without a true rock star icon. After an understandable hiatus, the Australian band decided to find a new singer, utilising the obsession with ‘reality’ television to hold auditions across the globe. J.D. Fortune landed the role, and now INXS have returned with their first album of new material in 9 years, produced by Robbie Williams cohort Guy Chambers.
A tribute to Hutchence, it’s reminiscent of the recent work of Coldplay, beautiful musically and lyrically. It’s a positive way to end a record on which INXS don’t come anywhere near close to their classic work, but they also show that they made the correct decision in carrying on with the band.
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