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Music to Your Ears May Leave Ringing for Years - Clarity and The Ear Foundation Work to Prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss   Whether we’re blasting car stereos, rocking out at concerts or lying around the pool listening to our MP3 players, music, particularly loud music, is a staple of the American way of life. However, most people are unaware that by indulging in these high volume pastimes they may be irreversibly damaging their ability to hear.   In recent years, musicians like Sting, Pete Tow

(CBS News) NEW YORK From jazz to hip-hop, New Orleans has played an important role in the development of American music. Because of its rich history, it holds a special place in the hearts of musicians from all over the world.   When Hurricane Katrina devastated the region, musicians sprung into action – donating money, holding auctions and organizing benefit concerts.   Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005 and only a few days later, on September 2, musicians and celebrities from film and television gat

Dead! bounces manically from Queen-like bluster to stylish punk-pop.   Teenagers is a grandiose grind, built on testosterone and T. Rex-styled guitars. I Don’t Love You opens like Coldplay’s Yellow, before turning into an anthem like Green Day’s Wake Me When September Ends.   (Producer Rob Cavallo, who worked on Green Day’s American Idiot, helps My Chemical Romance build a concept album that’s just as good.)   Source: http://www.ohio.com

Spin Magazine are one of the first reputable sources (we're not including NME in that) to review Coldplay's forthcoming album. Although they don't go into great depth and don't say whether they've heard the album in full (or whether they went to the Parlophone playback event in London last week which we wrote about), they do give the album a 7/10. Compare this (or not) to the 9/10 they gave Viva la Vida three years ago. You can read more discussion on this new review at the Coldplay forum forum

We're into double figures now with our featured Mylo Xyloto reviews and how fitting it is to give way on our tenth review to Pitchfork - the score many people were waiting for. Their rating of 7/10 surprised many, given that no other Coldplay album has received a higher score from them. You can read earlier articles on the score previews and also the final poll results on what you thought the score might be. Well, now we know what they've given, you can read exactly what Pitchfolk thought to bac

Our latest featured review of Mylo Xyloto is from the San Francisco Weekly blogs site, who on their first listen of the new album have compared Coldplay with 1970's rock band, The Police, the 'never-cool band that nevertheless forced cool people to notice it in addition to the rest of the world'. PJ Harvey, M83, Robyn and the Pet Shop Boys all get a mention too. How do they arrive at these comparisons? Read on for their full review...   The No. 1 album in the country this week is by the biggest

Our latest featured review of Mylo Xyloto is from the Same Same website (Australian lifestyle magazine), who are another media outlet who enjoyed Mylo Xyloto. In fact, generally speaking although we try hard to reflect the general populous by posting a mix of good and bad reviews 'out there', we haven't actually found that many bad ones recently. Even the latest blog reviews we found over the last 48 hours have been highly positive, with only a couple posting mid-range scores. Read on for Same S

In continuation of our features involving less mainstream reviews of Coldplay's new album Mylo Xyloto, our next one comes from The Maneater, the official student newspaper of the University of Missouri. A short but succinct review that captures the feeling that tweaks to Coldplay's sound is more than good enough at this stage of their career. Oh and they love the collaboration with Rihanna too. They give the album overall a solid 3/5 stars. Read on for their review...   For some, Coldplay’s cont

In continuation of our features involving less mainstream reviews of Coldplay's new album Mylo Xyloto, our next one comes from PJ Media, a lifestyle blog from Los Angeles. With much more detailed review than we would expect of a new album over a month after its release, PJ Media not only casts their eye over the new songs, the review features why Coldplay will continue to craft addictive 'pop confections' long after their critics have put down their pens. Read on for their review...   Expectatio

Our next Mylo Xyloto review is one we've been waiting for for some time. It comes from Q Magazine (print-only), who have given the new album a perfect 5/5 stars, announcing that Britain's biggest band sound more alive than ever, and the fifth album will sustain Coldplay's imperial position for a long time to come. Read on for their top-notch review and scans...   On July 8th, 2011, the final historic flight of Nasa's space shuttle program scorched a hole through the clouds on its way to the Inte

Our next Mylo Xyloto on this Friday comes from The Harbinger - part of the My High School Journalism website. The Harbinger is based at Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami Lakes, FL. They note that even when Coldplay have clearly changed their sound, there are still old-school Coldplay in MX with songs such as Charlie Brown and UFO. But has their risky change of direction paid off? Find out below...   Ever since the release of Parachutes in 2000, Coldplay and its front man, Chris Martin, have

Q Magazine are the next of the reputable sources to review Coldplay's forthcoming album, Mylo Xyloto. It is the biggest and most in depth review found so far, but there is no rating to it - instead they have given a short paragraph to each of the songs with a promise of a complete review in issue Q305, out on 25th October. You can read more discussion on this new review at the Coldplay forum forum now. We'll try and cram in as many media review of the album before it drops...whenever. Read on f

Over three months on from the release of Mylo Xyloto, reviews of Coldplay's latest album are still trickling in. The latest online review comes from The Daily Collegian - a magazine that hails from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA. Here is their review, spelling out that MX "leaves audiences in awe of its incredible whirlwind of musical brilliance"...   After almost three years of waiting, Coldplay fans finally have a reason to celebrate as of Oct. 21, when the band released its ne

Up next to review Mylo Xyloto is the BBC Music website with a short yet succinct and relatively positive article of the new album. There is no rating and no large song previews, but they do focus most of their attention on the balance of the album. You can read more discussion on this new review at the Coldplay forum forum now. We'll try and cram in as many media reviews of the album before and after it drops... whenever that may be. Read on for the BBC review... [thanks andrea25]   Don’t Coldpl

As we tweeted a few days ago, Rolling Stone rated Mylo Xyloto a 3.5/5, which according to their marking system gives Coldplay an album that's somewhere between 'good' and 'excellent'. Key tracks to look out for according to RS are Princess Of China and Hurts Like Heaven. The review comes with a colourful cartoon animated image which reflects the music. Choruses are bigger, textures grander and the optimism more optimistic. Overall an uplifting review for an uplifting album. You can read more dis

Our next Mylo Xyloto album review comes from our friends at The Upcoming (bookmark their site for everything - thought-provoking stories, cultural insights and interesting news!) They give the new album a perfect 5/5 rating. As well as short reviews for each of the tracks... their album review in a nutshell? It's: "This album is Coldplay’s most pop and widest work to date, it is a 44-minute adventure in the world of music: immersed in a waterfall of sounds and emotions, you just need to close yo

Our next featured Mylo Xyloto album review comes from the Daily Mail who have published their review of the new album today. For some their rating image isn't working so we don't know what they've given it - keep an eye on their link for that. Their review is positive and focuses on the collaboration with Rihanna, and the review is entitled "Coldplay are HOT: Rihanna cheers up Chris Martin, making his fifth album a triumph". However, they do criticise the flow of the concept storyline, writing:

The next of our featured Mylo Xyloto album review comes from the Globe and Mail from Canada who have published their review of the new album today. They have given the album a very good 3.5/5 and call Coldplay "the rising hope of album music," at a time when Coldplay themselves regularly throw doubt on the future of the LP format in interviews. Read on for their review...   We never saw this coming. Coldplay, the onetime Radiohead-lite with melancholic melodies that reached to heavens, cheap se

The next of our featured Mylo Xyloto album review comes from the Sabotage Times from London who write quirky articles. Their Mylo Xyloto review is no different - although they don't give a rating for the album, they bloody love it, with their standout track being Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall. Read on for their review...   Once upon a time I hated Coldplay, but their latest album 'Mylo Xyloto' contains a brand of non-X-Factor pop that I can't help but love. I used to think Chris Martin was a sof

Coldplay‘s manager Dave Holmes has confirmed the band’s latest album Mylo Xyloto will eventually appear on the popular music streaming site Spotify, but insists he remains ‘very concerned’ about the latest medium to offer a free listening service online. He told Business Week, "I am very concerned that Spotify competes with download stores. Like all of Coldplay’s other titles, the new album will be on Spotify eventually." (More discussion on the Spotify/streaming topic in the Coldplay forum now

Making a movie about 9/11 presents many challenges. There’s the need to remain faithful to the events and the people who died. There’s the need to be respectful to the survivors and the families while creating a compelling film. And that’s just what goes into the writing and filming of the movie – then you have to sell it, reports chud.com.   The film is tracking strongly with young women – 40% of women in their teens and 20s have “definite interest” in seeing the movie. The strong central love

Bands will be able to set their own prices when store opens in fall   Here's the thing about being the king of the mountain: It offers a great view for a while, but any time you look down, there's bound to be someone coming to try to knock you down. Just ask Tom Cruise. Or Apple.   The computer company, which has been the digital-music king for more than five years thanks to its iPods and market-leading iTunes store, will face what could be its biggest competition yet later this year when MySpac

Francisco Martin had a craving for new tunes. During postdoctorate study at Oregon State University in 2003, the Spanish native was looking to broaden his musical horizons, so he invented a way for the Internet community to help. The Web site and company he started, originally called MusicStrands, taps into the power of social networking to help users discover new songs, artists, or even whole genres.   The concept is deceptively simple. MusicStrands -- now renamed MyStrands -- installs softwar

We all know that Coldplay can have a pretty strong affect on their followers, and an Australian fan did his best to prove this point at the band’s recent visit down under for their Mylo Xyloto tour, writes Tone Deaf, Australian music magazine.   You will remember that Coldplay played a string of massive stadium shows last month, with the Tone Deaf reviewer labelling the Sydney leg a 'successful night of undying spirit and celebration [that] proved they’re worthy of the title of the biggest band

After 'disectomizing' the video for a while I've come to the conclusion that these are the following lyrics:   Sometimes you're happy, sometimes you frown With your hormones bouncing up and down   Sometimes you’re happy, sometimes your sad It’s a weird nine months that you have had...There’s shit going down that you can't disguise When you boobs gone up ten times in size Your cup’s gone up from an A to D, It's bad for you but its fun for me Now just because of a little rumpy-pump Now you