At Wango Tango this year I had a great conversation with Will I Am.  He came to the party to support his girl Fergie.  He was telling me that KIIS FM is just like him.  We hang with all sorts of people and love all kinds of music!  From "Lean Like A Cholo" to "Rehab" there's a lot of variety and GOOD new music out!

This week we added some hot cuts to the station.  Like... Shop Boyz "Party Like A Rockstar" and Paula Deanda "Easy!" 

Last night Sean Kingston was in KIIS with super producer JR Rodam. 

 

 Hear his JoJo interview HERE!  He has some pretty funny stories.  He not only told all of L.A. EXACTLY where he's living - but also has stories about his first autograph.  I'm excited to see more from that kid!

 This weekend will be FUN.  I'm going to see Maroon 5 at Troubadour tomorrow night.  It's going to be hectic.  Sunday night I'm going to hit up the Mtv Movie Awards and then the Rihanna "Good Girl Gone Bad" after party.  If you don't know - you can hear her entire CD now on kiisfm.com!

 Have a good weekend!!!!  Word on the street is I might even get to hear some of Will I Am's new music early next week.  I will let you know ;)

It has been four years since Linkin Park released their last album of all new material, 2003's Meteora, and fans have been waiting patiently for a new album. Enter Minutes to Midnight, the band's new album produced by Rick Rubin (Dixie Chicks, Red Hot Chili Peppers). Those that were hoping to have another album that sounded similar to Meteora or their break-out Hybrid Theory, will be mighty disappointed. But those that were waiting to see Linkin Park take a chance and do something different will find that this new album is a welcomed departure from their previous work.

Linkin Park has never been shy about sharing their political views and they continue to do so in this album. Tracks like "Hands Held High" and "No More Sorrow" take aim at a "stuttering and mumbling" leader with the band wondering why "when the rich wage war it's the poor who die." "The Little Things Give You Away" is a deeply emotional song written after the band visited New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina prompting one of the most poignant lyrics in album: "all you've ever wanted was someone to truly look up to you, and six feet underwater, I do."

Deeply emotional lyrics in tracks like "Valentine's Day" will keep the emo kids happy while singing along "and the clouds move closer, looking so dissatisfied, but the heartless wind kept blowing." Most of the album is undeniably a slower tempo than their previous album, including "Shadow of the Day," which could easily be a U2 track. However, there are a few ass-kicking tracks that save the record from being entirely boring, like "Given Up," that will be screamed by fans across the country. Still it might not be an album to keep you pumped at the gym.

The one question one might have after listening to the new album has to do with the presence, or lack their, of Mike Shinoda. The Fort Minor front-man and one-half of the lyrical presence behind Linkin Park barely appears in the record. In fact, he appears in only three songs, one where he sings it entirely. The mix of Chester Bennington's vocals and Shinoda's hip-hop styles was what made Linkin Park's sound unique. It is nice that they did go a new direction with the album, but it would have been nice to hear more of Shinoda.

 

Favortie Tracks: "Bleed It Out" & "In Pieces"

The new Maroon 5 CD which comes out on Tuesday!

It's called... It will be soon before long...

Makes Me Wonder is great & already getting phones on KIIS.  Watch Video

The entire album sounds great because I think... I'm just addicted to Adam Lavine's voice!  It's a great continuation of their last album with lots of pop rock songs.  I kinda wish they would've thrown a rhythm/hip hop gem in there since Adam did the Kanye & Ying Yang Twins tracks.

 

 Meanwhile... there is one song I'm completely obsessing over.  It's track 8 called "Goodnight, Goodnight."  It's a break up song!  He's talking about how he didn't mean to "hurt his little girl" and the whole song sounds like he's having an internal conversation over "what happened."

 I think I've listened to it 2000 times in the last 24 hours.  Meanwhile - more great news!

Maroon 5 will be On Air with Ryan Seacrest Monday morning at 8AM! 

 

We put two hot new songs on the airwaves...

Just got a SUPER hot brand new mix of Amy Winehouse "Rehab" featuring Jay-Z!

Also put in the new Fergie "Big Girls Don't Cry" - HOT new music!!