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Twenty years ago, Blindside released their second major-label album, About a Burning Fire . The songs on the album helped to form the classic sound for which the band is remembered while pushing the band creatively. The album features a collaboration with The Smashing Pumpkins ’ Billy Corgan on “ Hooray, It’s L.A. ” The song “ Roads ” flirts with jazz and the song “ Shekina ” features orchestration and Swedish yodeling, molding Blindside into more than a hardcore band with a softened sound for radio potential with some of the mellowest songs in their discography. The album’s final song, though, the title track “ About a Burning Fire ,” features mostly unclean vocals similar to the band’s earlier work. Most of the songs on the album are heavy with lead singer Christian Lindskog balancing clean vocals with occasional screams The album’s lead single “ All of Us ” bubbled under the Modern Rock chart but the video was a hit on Fuse TV . The second single, “ Follow You Down ” was a hit o

" Grace " was one of the first hits for the South Korean electronic indie band  Adoy . The song opens their 2015 debut EP  Catnip .  In a recent interview with  Front Row Live   lead vocalist Oh Ju-hwan and keyboardist Zee talked with  Rob Herrera   while they were on their first U.S. tour.  The two musicians talked about their writing process in Adoy. Although Ju-hwan is the lead singer and sings in English, he is not fluent in conversation, so Zee often handles the English questions and translates the interview questions and answers. So why then, would a band choose to write their songs in a language their lead singer wasn't fluent in? WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME?  At   Cornerstone 2011, the year before the festival folded,  Blindside  flew from Sweden to sub-headline on Saturday, July 2nd, just before Anberlin closed out the main stage. The show was incredible. The band had just released their first album since 2007's   Black Rose EP ,    With Shivering Hearts We Wa