"Spiders" by Lovedrug, Thursday, November 21, 2024 (repost)
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First appearing in 2001,Lovedrugreleased theireponymous EPin 2002 and theirRocknrollEP in 2004 before releasing their debut record,Pretend You're Alive, in June 2004. Selling over 20,000 records soon after the record was released, the band was signed toColumbia Records,and their song "Spiders" was intended to be marketed as a radio hit. But rock star grandeur was never really in Lovedrug's reach, as the label dropped the band in the middle of restructuring. Lovedrug was a hard-working band, touring with acts such asThe Killers,Robert Plant,Sam Phillips,Switchfoot, andCopeland. They would enjoy some success with their follow-up record,Everything Starts Where It Ends, but would continue making music until 2020, although they are probably best remembered for their first two records.
SEARCHING ON A WIRE FOR A WIRE. The Militia Group was a record label founded by former Tooth & Nail Records employee Chad Pearson. Pearson founded the label in 1998, and some artists in Tooth & Nail's sphere signed to The Militia Group. Pearson who grew up overseas in Papua New Guinea in a missionary family had discovered Christian rock through Tooth & Nail Records. Pearson curated a group of artists who were ambiguously faith-based or ambiguously agnostic. Lakes (Watashi Wa's Seth Roberts' band post-Eager Seas' failure on Tooth & Nail), Waking Ashland's Jonathan Jones' We Shot the Moon, and Denison Witmer all called The Militia Group their home along with groups like The Beautiful Mistake, Copeland, The Rocket Summer, Quietdrive, Rufio, The Summer Set, Acceptance, and their most successful act, Cartel. At one point, they almost signed Fall Out Boy. In this context, Lovedrug signed with The Militia Group. They toured with fellow Militia Group acts and played at Cornerstone, which led many fans to think that they were a faith-based band. However, in a 2011 interview with IndieVision, the interviewer is awkwardly shut down when guitarist Jeremy Gifford explains that the band is not Christian, though he doesn't claim to speak on behalf of everyone in the band's beliefs. In fact, Christian media, back in the late '00s were keen to include bands with any kind of faith into the fold. Jesusfreakhideout included Lovedrug's Everything Starts Where It Ends and Paramore's Riot!on their best of 2007 list.
CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF THIS TWISTED FREQUENCY I'VE SPUN.Joan Osborne asked the question "What If God Was One of Us?" Plumb tells us that "There's a God Shaped Hole in all of us." Both of these songs were on the Bruce Almightysoundtrack, a movie that was both praised and condemned by Christians for handling the lesson that no human could do a better job than God. Or Morgan Freeman for that matter. When an overtly religious song evokes God, there's a theological agenda. Sometimes a Christian band tries to be cool, singing about girls and nonsense for fourteen songs and tacks on a ballad about being lost without any direction until finding God. This track is either in the center of the album or attached to the end as sort of an epilogue to the album, either to be skipped or included to fulfill a contract. Sometimes, the band feels that this inclusion--no longer having to meet the j's per minute quota of the '90s--is the real purpose of the album. They would usually give a 15-minute speech toward the end of their set, saying something like, "You know guys, our band believes that you are here for a reason" or something like what Roma Downey said on every episode of Touched By an Angel. Using God in a song, though, whether by an evangelical band or by one that is agnostic immediately triggers a confirmation bias in listeners' minds. "But God doesn't it feel so good?" Paramore declares in their breakthrough hit "Misery Business." "I've found God," The Fray declares in "You Found Me." Hundreds of examples would make the band palatable to a Christian audience. When Michael Sheppard imagines "If God (or god) was on the radio," listeners at Cornerstone, at the Copeland tour, and at the Nothing Is Sound Tour with Switchfoot heard what they wanted to hear. God was on the radio, speaking to them, telling them exactly what they already knew. Funny how that happens.
The Beaches are a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of sisters Jordan and Kylie Miller , Leandra Earl , and Eliza Enman-McDaniel . They have released two studio albums The Late Show in 2017 and Blame Ex this year. The band has been praised for their catchy hooks, energetic live shows, and feminist lyrics. The band, originally named Done with Dolls , came to fame in Canada when they performed the theme to the teen drama Really Me in 2011. The band evolved into more of a rock sound with the addition of guitarist Leandra Earl. The band has had two number 1 songs on Canadian Rock radio, “ T-Shirt ” from The Late Show and “ Blame Brett ” from their latest record. I’M DONE DATING ROCKSTARS. The Beaches have been included on a number of Spotify playlists, growing their listenership outside of Canada, the only country in which they have charted. Their sophomore and self-released record Blame My Ex offers summertime vibes punctuated with breezy guita...
Before " Shape of You ," Ed Sheeran was known primarily as a singer-songwriter. His albums + and X took clear influence from The Beatles , Carole King , Elton John , James Taylor , and the ballad writers of yesteryear. But he had a knack for throwing in a few rap bars along the way. With every record, Sheeran gained more acclaim. His sophomore record produced the mega Billboard #2 hit , " Thinking Out Loud ," which won two Grammys including Song of the Year. The final single from the album, " Photograph " was written in collaboration with Snow Patrol 's Johnny McDaid . Sheeran drew inspiration from his long distance relationship with singer/songwriter Nina Nesbitt (the featured musician on Kodaline ’s acoustic version of “Brand New Day” ). The two spent five months apart. They would eventually break up, but the song remains a gem on Sheeran's second best-selling record. LOVING CAN HURT . "Photograph" was the song that introduced m...
n 2017, it had been five years since The Killers released new music, and even longer since they were a “household name.” Lead singer Brandon Flowers talks about starting with the song “ Rut ,” Wonderful, Wonderful ’s third track, which defined the band’s new direction. While The Killers had been on hiatus had released his second solo record, The Desired Effect . Also before recording The Killers’ fifth record, Flowers moved out of his beloved hometown of “ The Fabulous Las Vegas ” which turned out to be a bad place to raise a family in the ‘10s. Still, digging out of the musical rut wasn’t easy. Flowers found on Wonderful, Wonderful it was ok to write about his family. DON’T NEED NO ADVICE, I GOT A PLAN. The first single from Wonderful, Wonderful, though, " The Man ," doesn't fall into the typical storytelling songs we come to expect from The Killers, rather "The Man" is a bragging song. The song was featured in the Netflix original film T...
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