Justin Meldal-Johnson

REVIEW: ‘Junk’ is M83’s newest masterpiece

Artist: M83 Album: Junk Label: Naïve Records, Mute Records Genre: Synthpop I still remember when I first heard “Midnight City.” It was the end of August 2011, and I was just starting college. I was in my dorm room, and someone across the hall had the song on. I couldn’t hear it very well, and […]

Young The Giant Announce New Album, Release New Music Video

It was hard to avoid Young the Giant in the fall of 2010. The Irvine, CA group’s self-titled debut album had spawned hits like “My Body” and “Cough Syrup” and placed them solidly in the upper echelon of indie rock bands with obvious mainstream appeal. Despite a fair amount of touring, they have been pretty […]

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Paramore Release Self-Titled Album Details, Will Be Released On April 9

Scene kings (and queen) Paramore have been working in their studio on their next album with producer Justin Meldal-Johnson (who may be best known as Beck‘s band leader). Today, they’ve announced that the album will be self-titled, Paramore, and will come out on April 9, 2013 on Fueled By Ramen Records. You can read their […]