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Please just stop everything you are doing right now and watch this brand new music video from Kylie Minogue for her latest track Timebomb which dropped earlier today. Not only does she look completely amazing, this song is incredible. What a nice unexpected treat from one of my favorite ladies of pop.
Kylie Timebomb is available on iTunes now.
Click here to buy. Directed & Edited by Christian Larson
Ingrid Michaelson has been happily skipping along the border between indie and mainstream for a while now, and her new music video for Blood Brothers does a pretty good job of really straddling that line. In the video, a team of hair and makeup geniuses turn her into Marilyn Monroe, John Lennon, Lady Gaga, Gene Simmons, Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé and David Bowie. It’s kind of cool, really, and the song is cheerful and pretty, just like Ingrid!
If you haven’t bought Sleigh Bells‘ album Reign of Terror yet, please do because it’s so damn sweet. They’ve finally released a music video the standout track, Demons, it’s way cool. That being said, they really need to make one for End of the Line because it’s by far the best song of the year!
Hey hey! Here’s a new lyric music video from Katy Perry for her latest track Wide Awake (written for her upcoming 3D film Katy Perry: Part Of Me) that appears on the special edition release, Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection. I actually love this track, and this video is quite clever using Katy’s Facebook timeline to showcase the lyrics. I still remember when I couldn’t stand her one bit, and now I would call myself a fan, not her hugest fan but she somehow managed to win me over in the end.
If you haven’t heard of Kreayshawn yet … meh. I really have no strong feelings either way. Her first single Gucci Gucci was bizarre enough that it crossed over into being awesome, but after a while, it seemed like she was succeeding in spite of herself. Case in point: her new single, Breakfast (Syrup) (featuring 2 Chainz). Don’t get me wrong, it’s decent, but for the all the accolades she received off of Gucci, I wanted more than something that sounds like the end product of Minnie Mouse entering a battery eating contest.
Earlier today, Feist dropped a new music video for my favorite song off of Metals called Cicadas and Gulls, which true to the song’s nature, is pretty stripped down, as she plays on a street at night with a crowd behind her along with some vocalists backing her up. Also, there’s two guys who sort of dance in front of her the entire time. Which seems a bit … off. If this were the dubstep remix, I guess this would make more sense. Hmmmmm … actually, it sort of coalesces if you just go “wubwubwub” over it the whole time. Other than that, the song and video are both AMAZING.
Earlier this year, we got Mirror, Mirror, the version of Snow White where Julia Roberts tried, and failed, to carry an English accent for an entire movie. If that’s just not your cup of tea (or you’re not eight-years-old), then maybe the darker Snow White and the Huntsman (in theaters on June 1st) with Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart is more your thing. And if you’re still not convinced, Florence + The Machine have a tie-in single called Breath of Life for the soundtrack, and it’s kind of amazing. Also, the video features lots of Aussie Chris Hemsworth, which is always a good thing.
I know a lot of people have been hating on Canadian singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado‘s latest single Big Hoops (Bigger The Better) but I think it’s totally fantastic and it’s one of my favorite tracks right now! I cannot wait for The Spirit Indestructible, her brand-new album, to drop next month on June 19th. Watch the music video below which was just released earlier this morning, Ms. Furtado looks super amazing, I really hope she’s planning a tour to promote the album, I still haven’t seen her perform live yet!
That’s right, Boyfriend is another song of the summer contender, this time from Justin Bieber. And I am incredibly confused by all of it. I’ll concede that Justin is plenty talented, but since I’m not the target demographic I don’t really listen to him. So Beliebers, humor me here: When did Justin’s voice break? He actually sounds grown up now, and it’s wrinkling my brain. Also, this one is on the music video’s makeup artist, but you really don’t need to put that much mascara on a man. Just putting that out there.
Fun little factoid here: Metric‘s 2003 release Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? was the first album I ever bought, back when I was 13, and I still consider it as one of my favorites. So it makes me happy that Metric is coming out with their fifth studio album, Synthetica, the follow-up to 2009′s Fantasies. Here’s the first single from the upcoming album, Youth Without Youth, it’s ridiculously awesome.
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