The Killers, ‘Day and Age’ (Island)
Hunter S. Thompson would not have liked this album. Which isn’t saying much, considering he spent the majority of his time face-up spewing vitriolic rants about these shallow kids today and their endless entitlement. “A generation of dancers,” he once seethed. And yet, this quote has inspired a boastful band from Las Vegas to bow their heads and once again make a respectably vivacious dance-rock album.
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