November 16, 2011  ⋅  Comments

New Live Performance: ”You Make Me Feel…(Ft. Sabi)” // Cobra Starship

October 13, 2011  ⋅  Comments

New Cover: “The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades (Originally by Timbuk3)” // Cobra Starship

September 19, 2011  ⋅  14 notes  ⋅  Comments

Cobra Starship mastermind Gabe Saporta has progressively toed closer to the pop waters over the course of his band’s first three albums. Cobra’s debut was seen by most as a sharp left turn from Saporta’s previous work with Drive-Thru punks Midtown, but while the brushes may have changed, the palate—big guitars with big hooks, frenetic energy and a heaping helping of sass—wasn’t really that unfamiliar. Even as recently as 2009’s Hot Mess, the band’s increasingly synth heavy sound was still supplemented with plenty of guitar muscle. It has been clear from the start of the Cobra Starship project that radio pop was Saporta’s ultimate goal; it’s only now, with the release of Night Shades, that he’s fully committed.

But pop is, at its utmost, an all-subsuming force; the largest personalities—the Lady Gagas and Katy Perrys and Cee-Lo Greens of the world—succeed most of all in that (nay, because that) they retain some small, visible portion of themselves after delivering the beast its tithe. Woe be to those of inferior stuff; does anyone expect that, say, Taio Cruz’s next twenty years will be any different than Jon Secada’s last twenty? On Night Shades, praise Saporta for mustering up the guts to jump on in; mourn his drowning.

Not that Saporta’s getting much help from the cavalry here. Single “You Make Me Feel…” features someone named Sabi according to the liner notes, but if it were really Cascada or Dev belting the hook instead, would anyone notice the discrepancy? House music has long been the province of the anonymous diva, but we haven’t seen this kind of vocal genericization in mainstream pop since the days of Cathy Dennis and Corina. Meanwhile, third-rate frat rapper Mac Miller drops a rhyme on “Middle Finger” that’s so lame, he’s moved to acknowledge its lameness in the very next line. These folks aren’t life preservers, they’re anchors.

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September 11, 2011  ⋅  28 notes  ⋅  Comments

New Cover: ”Peggy Sue (Originally by Buddy Holly)” // Cobra Starship

August 31, 2011  ⋅  Comments

New Cover: ”Become What You Hate (Originally by Midtown)” // William Beckett (of The Academy Is…)

August 23, 2011  ⋅  19 notes  ⋅  Comments

New Song: ”Middle Finger (Ft. Mac Miller)” // Cobra Starship // Night Shades

August 15, 2011  ⋅  47 notes  ⋅  Comments

Cobra Starship will be heading to South America in October to open for Justin Bieber. The band will be releasing a new album on August 30th called Night Shades. You can check out the dates below by clicking “Read More”.

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August 9, 2011  ⋅  12 notes  ⋅  Comments

Cobra Starship have released another new song called “Fool Like Me.” The track will formally be released on the band’s new album, Night Shades, which hits stores on August 30th. You can stream “Fool Like Me” below by clicking “Read More”.

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July 20, 2011  ⋅  Comments

Cobra Starship will be releasing Night Shades via Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen Records on August 30th. You can check out the track listing for the record below by clicking “Read More”.

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October 28, 2009

Check it out, Pete Wentz got a tattoo of Gabe Saporta on his leg.

September 15, 2009  ⋅  Comments

When MTV told Pete he couldn’t expose Cobra Starship singer Gabe Saporta’s personal phone number during the VMAs with this t-shirt, he was forced to cover the actual number with duct tape. But like a man wrongly convicted of murder finding a piece of evidence to set him free, a day of vindication upon us. We made these shirts to right MTV’s wrong, because Gabe Saporta deserves to be harassed by fans. His personal phone number on the front, personal email on the back. Good luck, Gabe. Limited Edition (a.k.a. until Gabe totally freaks out). (100% Cotton, Machine Wash Cold. Made in USA.)
Buy it here.