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SINGLE REVIEW: The Wanted – “Walks Like Rihanna”

Artist: The Wanted
Track: “Walks Like Rihanna”
Album: TBA

2012 brought the resurrection of boy bands and their ability to turn teen girls into deafening scream factories to the television sets, internet browsers, and social media feeds of pretty much everyone on the planet. Even if you’re obsessed with metal and live in a small farming community in South Dakota surrounded by locally-owned businesses and the occasional gas station, there is absolutely zero chance you have made it to this point without hearing the music of, or at least the name of one of the following groups: The Wanted, One …

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MUSIC VIDEO: We Came As Romans – “Glad You Came”

The best song cover on Punk Goes Pop 5 has become the first to be given the music video treatment. We Came As Romans took on The Wanted’s hit “Glad You Came” for the recently released Fearless Records compilation and the results are undeniably good. Unlike bands who try to hard to bring their cover into their own sound, or those who stick too closely to the source material, WCAR managed to find the perfect middle ground for this rendition and it puts many of the other tracks on the release to shame. You can view the video for “Glad …

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Plug In Stereo Covers The Wanted’s “Glad You Came”

Plug In Stereo has been filmed performing a fantastic cover of The Wanted’s hit single “Glad You Came” and can be viewed here on Under The Gun Review!

There is nothing we do not love about about Trevor Dahl’s version because it truly speaks to his keen ear for instrumentation. We will continue to cover this act as much as we can in the months to come.

Please check out Plug In Stereo’s rendition of “Glad You Came” after the jump and pick up Plug In Stereo’s new EP, The Patience, here on iTunes.

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REVIEW: The Wanted – Battleground

Artist: The Wanted
Album: Battleground
Genre: Pop
Label: Island (UK)

The Wanted are, apparently, kind of a big deal. I failed to notice this until I saw a poster for this album in the window of HMV in town this morning. Well, it’s not unusual for me to have never heard of anything that’s appeared on X-Factor, but it does mean I’ve to rethink some of my notes. At first glance, they seemed to be a very acquired taste catering for a certain niche market, not number one successes throughout the region. Then again, this is the same public keeping …