The Killers are killing it...as usual.

Thank God for the Holidays.

The Holiday Season is the time when every major label ups the ante and actually focuses on their "moneymakers". It's the all important 4th quarter, the most profitable time in the (almost) defunct Music Industry.

This is when they pull out the big guns.

Why?

Well, it's simple: Money. Christmas is just once a year, and it's the time of the year when otherwise moneyless tweens and young adults have the upper hand in purchases. They call the shots. They make the classic "Christmas List". And what do they want? Entertainment. They want DVDs, video games and consoles, ipods and of course, music to play on those Ipods.

This is the time of the year when the labels bring out the best. They save the high profile releases for the last two months of the year in an attempt to drive sales based on word of mouth and clueless parents who enter the record store(if they even exist anymore) asking the sales clerk what the "hot new release" is.

I like this time of year. I wait for this time of year. Because the other 10 months of the year, I'm usually subjected to garbage and singles that make me want to rip my ears off of my head and eat them.

Of all the high profile releases this Winter, there is one I'm the most amped about.

The Killers: The Day & Age




I love this band. They are the most original, decadent, creative force in Pop Music today, and they single handedly saved the Rock Genre two years ago with one massively catchy guitar riff from the genius track "When You Were Young".

The Killers have always borrowed from many different genres, and can be classified as anything from Modern Rock, to Alternative, Pop, Electronica or New Wave depending on the song you listen to.

Brandon Flowers, the front man for the group, is a star. He's one of the most charismatic, flamboyant vocalists since David Lee Roth or Bowie.



With his distinct style, baby face and penchant for eyeliner he's the glue that holds the group together. There is a sense that without Flowers in the spotlight, many of the genres the group jumps from wouldn't seem as organic. Though like any Pop Culture Icon, Brandon manages to shift and shape his image with every release.





I can't say enough about this group and my love for Brandon Flowers(whom I actually met one night at a private concert in the MTV Studios. I peed next to him at a urinal. Let's just say it was one of the highlights of life.)

Listen to the first two singles from "Day & Age" below: