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V V Brown is finally back! After scrapping her sophomore album Lollipops & Politics (which I thought was fantastic) because she "didn't feel it was right as an artist," Ms. Brown is now gearing up to release her official second album Samson and Delilah in September on her newly formed label, YOY Records. I've been a huge fan of V V ever since she dropped her stellar debut album Travelling Like The Light back in 2009, which spawned the super MORE
It's Friday (FINALLY) so let's close off the slowest week in the history of forever right? Well, except for Beyoncé getting pregnant again! Anyways, here's the latest music video from RuPaul for her brand-new single "Lick It Lollipop" (iTunes) featuring Lady Bunny. If you didn't catch the reference there: Don't quote me on this one but I think it might be about penises? I think. Don't hold me to that one. MORE
Director Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby opens today, and despite some mixed reviews, it at least looks like a fun movie. It's got flashy colors, extravagant sets in 3D and a killer soundtrack. Speaking of, here's the latest single from Gatsby's soundtrack, chanteuse Lana Del Rey's haunting track "Young and Beautiful." It's a really great number and, as far as I can tell, this is an original song which means Lana could potentially line herself up MORE
Here's Mariah Carey looking and sounding totally fab in her brand-new music video for "#Beautiful" (featuring Miguel), released earlier this week! I do really like the song (I'm sorry but it's not the song of the summer as some people are proclaiming, that honor belongs to Daft Punk's "Get Lucky") but I just wish Mariah would drop a single all on her own. Girlfriend has sold millions upon millions of records, Mariah doesn't need to feature MORE
SPOILER ALERT: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new music video for "Mosquito" (the title cut from their latest album) is about three minutes of a CGI mosquito drinking blood. It's kinda creepy, but also kinda cool, and the song is really good so it has that going for it. SO YAY! MORE
Sure, Detox may not have won the crown on this season of RuPaul's Drag Race, but at least she has her music career to fall back on. Here she is, re-teaming with Willam Belli and Vicky Vox for "Silicone," her ode to plastic surgery set to the tune of Robyn's "Dancing On My Own." Not to pull focus from Detox here, who does an amazing job, but gawd dammit, Vicky seriously needs to be on the sixth season of Drag Race. MAKE IT HAPPEN, RU! MAKE IT MORE
Australian duo Empire of the Sun (aka Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore) are finally back with new material! I totally loved their 2008 debut Walking On A Dream, and now they're gearing up to release their sophomore effort, Ice On The Dune, due out on June 18th, now available for pre-order on iTunes. Catch the hypnotic and colorful music video below for the first single off the album, "Alive." MORE
Last night I was watching Fuse before bed and Kat Dahlia's music video for "Gangsta" came on and it blew me away! She's a Cuban-American rapper / singer / songwriter based out of Miami, and she's on fire! This song is incredible, Kat is someone to definitely keep your eyes and ears on, girlfriend has loads of potential to become a huge star. Her Gangsta EP is now available on iTunes, don't miss out! PS If you head to Kat's website, you can get MORE
I've been a fan of Janelle Monáe's ever since she popped on the scene in 2007 with her Metropolis EP, and her new single "Q.U.E.E.N." (iTunes) featuring the incredibly awesome Erykah Badu is basically everything! It's beyond awesome and the just released music video is ridiculously well done, both ladies look absolutely gorgeous! It all can be summed up with one simple word ... FLAWLESS! MORE
OMG, I'm totally obsessed with English electropop artist Little Boots' latest single "Broken Record," I literally can't stop listening to it! Now here's the music video (rollerskating!) which only made me love the song more than I already did. I'll be seeing her live this Thursday at The Echoplex, and when she sings "Broken Record," my head may just explode! The track is off her upcoming second studio album, Nocturnes, which drops next Tuesday MORE
One of the biggest problems about music today is that no one really knows how to make a song seem anthemic. Seriously, turn on the radio: Does anything really seem like it's striving for greater things, or is it just another track meant to fill the sound void in a club? Exactly. One of the things RuPaul did right with "The Beginning" (off her album Glamazon) is that it sounds larger than itself. There's a message behind it, and it sounds like MORE
Last week Canadian twin sister duo Tegan and Sara debuted their brand-new music video for "I Was A Fool," one of the best cuts off Heartthrob (the girls' seventh studio release), which has definitely secured a spot in my top favorite albums of 2013 list. The entire album is fantastic, and I'm thrilled this song was picked out to be a single, the choice simply couldn't be more perfect. MORE
British singer/songwriter Kate Nash recently debuted her cheeky new music video for "OMYGOD!" which happens to be one of my favorite cuts off her (divisive) third self-released studio album Girl Talk (iTunes). Kate is currently touring to support the album, and she'll be stopping by Los Angeles on May 10th (at the Troubadour), I'm hoping to be there since Kate is totally amazing live! I had the chance to interview here in person back in 2010, you MORE
Because it's not like he's famous for anything else, here's the music video for Ray J's song, "I Hit It First," where he brags about the fact that he had sex with Kim Kardashian before she was famous. Which is sort of like saying, "hey, you know that blight in the media that won't go away no matter how low it sinks our entire culture? That was because of me! I'm responsible for that!" Honestly, that's like bragging that you fed your Gremlin after MORE
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