Mechanical Bull (Expanded Edition)
Recording a victory-lap album after a commercially successful breakthrough record is an expected and generally accepted step for a rock band. But tacking another victory lap onto the end of the first signals laziness; the ideas are beginning to run dry. With Kings Of Leon’s sixth album, Mechanical Bull, the group has…
With Kings of Leon’s sixth studio album, Mechanical Bull, the Followill boys wrap a collective fist around their Southern…
Album review: Clash covers the sixth album from Nashville rockers Kings Of Leon, 'Mechanical Bull'
Kings of Leon's sixth album finds them on bucking up their ideas, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
Kings of Leon manages to muster enough rigor and discipline to keep Mechanical Bull kicking.
In the '90s, after Metallica's Black Album led to an explosion in Metallica's mainstream popularity, the band was met with the obligatory accusations of...
Kings of Leon may be overstating the dramatic nature of their comeback, but they do sound on fine form, writes <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>
I once got quite excited by Kings Of Leon. Way back in 2007 I saw them play at the Astoria, and witnessed a band who appeared to be ready to parlay indie credibility and southern-states rocker charm into a genuinely interesting kind of mainstream success. And the album that followed, Because of the Times, seemed to live up to that, full of widescreen Springsteenian ambition while retaining just enough of the Strokes/Pixies buzziness they started out with.