By Brad van Haastregt (Contributor/CIVL DJ) – Email
Date Posted: September 16, 2011
Print Edition: September 14, 2011
Brad van Haastregt is the host of Haters Gonna Hate which airs from 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. on Tuesdays. The show mostly plays a variety of new indie and alternative music, as well as a weekly mash-up and The Wisdom of Weezer.
Foster the People – “Helena Beat”
Despite “Helena Beat”’s somewhat dark content, Mark Foster sings in an unavoidably infectious way, complete with hand claps and “woo’s”. “Helena Beat” opens Foster the People’s first studio album Torches, and was also released the same day as the iTunes free single.
Mother Mother – “Chasing It Down”
“Chasing It Down” is off Mother Mother’s third LP, Eureka, in which Mother Mother are concerned with more down-to-Earth “Problems”, albeit “not just ones that are little”. These issues include trying to pin down one’s sense of self in a fast-moving world, “Chasing it Down” and having a girlfriend who is reluctant to let herself go “Baby Don’t Dance.”
Hot Hot Heat – “YVR”
Opening Hot Hot Heat’s fourth studio album, Future Breeds, YVR holds true to their albeit ever fluxing style. The post punkers recently dropped their first new album in three years. With plenty of synth and guitar “YVR” a pleasant change from more played Hot Hot Heat such as “Goddess on the Prairie.”
Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire”
In an interview, Nathan Followill explained that the band never intended the song to be named “Sex on Fire.” “It was actually going to be ‘Set Us on Fire,’ but one of the sound mixers in the studio walked in as we were playing and said, ‘”Sex on Fire,” huh?’ and it just kind of became a running joke, and we stuck with it.” “Sex on Fire” spent an unbroken 42 weeks on the UK singles chart, only dropping out due to the surge in sales of Michael Jackson titles immediately after his death, but after a two-week absence it was back for another 37 weeks, peaking at #6. It has reappeared on further occasions since.
