Roosevelt Sykes Vol.8 1945-1947 - Roosevelt Skyes

Advantages: Catching, funny, moving album from an unsung artist
Disadvantages: Voice could irritate some

...to doing all those things you've been meaning to do, including getting over the man you love. "One of these days I'm gonna touch the sky, like that awful song "I believe I can fly" I believe I can fly!" 3. Lucy at the Gym A song about the anorexic girl at the gym who ends up in that great big gym in the sky…."Lucy at the gym, she's there every time I go, and I don't go that often, so she must live at the gym" 4. Claire A song about Alzheimer's disease, - no really, I mean it, a song that makes you wonder about the lives seemingly innocent old ladies may have led…"Dear Claire, I go and help her once a week, she tells me stories and I ask her what she needs, she told me back in '44 she slept with Eleanor [Roosevelt, I presume], Sometimes she gets confused, for all we know it's true" 5. Mexican Wrestler A song about getting... Read review

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Advantages: 17 really good songs, no fillers,
Disadvantages: Some songs will take you a while to warm to

...with brilliant guitar playing. The vocals are so simple, like the drums, and it’s a great song to listen to while driving. 3 - The Big Three Killed My Baby The “Big Three” Jack are referring to are GM, Ford, and Chrysler, motor companies, though some think he‘s referring to Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin . It’s a really bluesy, wild song which I love. The singing seems really passionate and the song is completely different from anything you’d hear from The White Stripes now-a-days. 4 - Suzy Lee This “Suzy Lee” character appears in several Stripe’s songs. Some think that Suzy Lee is a sort of pseudonym for Meg. It seems strange to be so close to someone you divorced. If you think this song is about Meg, then you’d probably think that Jack was sceptical about their relationship and wasn’t sure if he loved her or not. Although, Suzy Lee... Read review

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Advantages: Hard Rock, Amazing Vocals, Intriguing listen
Disadvantages: No Poppy Numbers

...An album that defines Roosevelts words of "Bold Experimentation". Hot Fuss was played safe with soft, playful melodies leaving you hooked on songs such as "Somebody told me", "Mr Brightside" and "Smile like you mean it" brightening up our summers. The playful side of The Killers has now however all but deceased along with the tagline of "The Best British Band to come out of America". Sams Town contains more meat and less fluff almost desperate to become a group renowned for hard, progressive rock getting rid of the cheesy image and beginning to write with deep ideology and meaning. The killers however fail to completely get rid of their former image with the clever and concise "read my mind" fulfilling fans with a recurring poppy chorous and a likeable sound. The dissapointing "bones" also follows the same formalitys although likeable... Read review

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