
The Killers have been controversial figures for me, their first album was one of the first in an onslaught of the return of the synthesizer in modern music. They are arguably one of the primary forces in modern contemporary music that energized me to go out and find out what was happening in the world of music these days. It was The Killers, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, stellastarr*and The Faint that reminded me that good music is still being made out there, you just have to look beyond the top 40 sound and production style. The [...]