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Carolina Liar’s ‘Wild Blessed Freedom’ Album Cover: The Idolator Premiere
Fri Jul 8 2011 by Robbie Daw
"Show Me What I'm Looking For" hit-makers Carolina Liar are set to self-release sophomore album Wild Blessed Freedom on September 27. And as you might guess from the LP's title and allusions to "running wild" and being "set free" in lead single "Drown" (available on iTunes July 12), the band is all about turning a new page with their new material, on which they worked with producers like Max Martin and Shellback. “Setting yourself free is the overall theme of the record," frontman Chad Wolf tells Idolator. "It’s part of every song, from 'Salvation' to 'Drown' and even the cover art."
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VH1’s Best Cruise Ever Is So Not The Best Cruise Ever: Or, How Would You Like To Be Trapped At Sea With Shinedown?
Tue Jul 14 2009 by Maura
VH1 put its talking-head yakfest Best Week Ever on very long hiatus a few weeks ago, but they haven’t completely retired the “Best Ever” brand just yet. The show’s attendant blog is still alive, and today came the news that the channel would be sponsoring its own Best Cruise Ever, which promises to have “non-stop concerts from your favorite artists, VH1-themed activities and contests, plus the chance to hang with your favorite bands” for those people on board. (There will probably also be at least one chance to play Texas Hold ‘Em.) So who are these awesome bands scheduled to set sail to Grand Cayman next April? More »
No. 40: Max Martin And Dr. Luke Infiltrate Rock Radio
Thu Dec 18 2008 by Al Shipley
One of the stranger turning points in recent pop history occurred around 2004, when songs like Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” signaled a full shift in white Top 40 toward uptempo guitar rock, completing the trend that had begun a few years earlier with Avril Lavigne’s first hits. It felt like a regime change from the bombastic synth pop of the Britney/Backstreet era, and it would’ve been, if not for the fact that the same producer, Swedish pop mastermind Max Martin, was behind both “…Baby One More Time” and “Since U Been Gone.” Along with songwriter and co-producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, Martin reinvented his signature sound with a campaign of chugging guitar riffs and shout-along choruses that shared more musical common ground with Fall Out Boy than Jessica Simpson, although his hits remained the sole province of Top 40 radio.
Carolina Liar Gives Fans Of Its Music Yet Another Rorschach Test
Wed Jul 16 2008 by Maura
Clear Channel Gives Your Mersh Rock Correspondent A Considerate Gift
Thu Jun 12 2008 by Al Shipley
Many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock. To help figure out which is which, here’s “Corporate Rock Still Sells,” where Al “GovernmentNames” Shipley examines what’s good, bad, and ugly in the world of rock and roll. This time around, he celebrates the return of modern-rock radio to his home city of Baltimore with a look at the newest crop of artists to hit the rock charts, and reveals superproducer Max Martin’s stealth assault on the corporate-rock airwaves.
