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Nov 27 2012 05:19 PM ET

Ke$ha, Iggy Pop mock Rick Santorum on 'Dirty Love' collab: Hear it here

“It’s Iggy Pop!”

That’s the first thing Ke$ha says on “Dirty Love,” her newly leaked duet with the storied Stooge. And she’s not wrong: Iggy cuts loose on the breezy little rave-up, throwing up jokey lines like “Cockroaches do it in garbage cans… Santorum did it in a V-neck sweater.” Between this and Dan Savage, the poor Pennsylvanian who hasn’t held office in five years just can’t catch a break!

Of course, there’s even more frivolity going on in the song. Take in Ke$ha’s empty calories with the video below:

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Nov 19 2012 11:13 AM ET

Rihanna and Eminem get 'Numb': Hear the leak here

Let the Unapologetic era begin.

Now that Rihanna’s seventh album in seven years is hitting streets, people are getting a jump on assessing the record’s other, non-Chris Brown collaborations — particularly the Eminem track, “Numb.”

Fans expecting something in the vein of “Love the Way You Lie” will likely be disappointed. The trippy track is built around a syrupy, slowed-and-throwed beat and a distorted vocal sample from Kanye West’s oldie-but-goodie hit “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” The song trudges along for two-plus warped minutes before Eminem jumps in, spiking the cut with a quick but effectively weird verse.

Give “Numb” a listen below and let us know what you think: READ FULL STORY »

Nov 15 2012 03:55 PM ET

Twilight Breaking Dawn Pt 2 Soundtrack feat. Green Day, Ellie Goulding, St. Vincent and more -- EW's review

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The Twilight Sara: Breaking Dawn—Part 2
Soundtrack (Chop Shop/Atlantic)
Good news, Twihards: Any of these indie-pop songs could be the first dance at your wedding. From the twinkling church bells of Passion Pit’s “Where I Come From” to the Pachabel-inspired violins of Christina Perri’s “A Thousand Years (Part 2)”—which sounds exactly like the first “A Thousand Years,” except it’s about 500 years longer—there’s one grand-ballroom epic after another.

The mood mostly ranges from ethereal (Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark star Reeve Carney’s “New For You”) to even more ethereal (Ellie Goulding’s “Bittersweet”), but the lovesick vibe only reaches “yuck” level twice: once, when the Boom Circuits serenade “an angel learning how to fly” on the excruciatingly twee “Everything and Nothing,” and again when Twilight actress Nikki Reed harmonizes with her real-life husband, American Idol alum Paul McDonald, on the get-a-room ballad “All I’ve Ever Needed.”

Good thing St Vincent and Green Day drop by to rough things up a bit.The former’s Annie Clark might have the best song on the album with “Antidote,” a sludge-rock anthem that pokes fun at vampire lore. (“I’ll show you where it really hurts,” she coos.) And the latter’s Billie Joe Armstrong manages to turn a stately piano ballad into an awesomely bitter love song. “Where in the world did the time go?” he wonders. Poor Edward Cullen. It’s tough to be 17 for 94 years. B

 

More on EW.com:
Vampire Weekend, The Walkmen, Dirty Projectors and more to play Hurricane Sandy benefit concert in Brooklyn
Rihanna, Katy Perry, Billy Joel, and a hundred others going after Pandora in open letter
Lady Gaga dances around in her underwear for ‘Cake’ video: Watch the teaser here

Nov 12 2012 01:19 PM ET

Hear a 'Silver Linings Playbook' exclusive track, 'Buffalo,' from Mercury Prize-winning rockers Alt-J -- EXCLUSIVE

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Things are looking good for Silver Linings Playbook – the David O. Russell-directed Bradley Cooper/Jennifer Lawrence drama already garnering serious critical raves in advance of its Nov. 21 release — and for Alt-J, the British indie rock outfit that recently took home England’s esteemed Mercury Prize for their debut, An Awesome Wave.

Winners like to come together, apparently: Alt-J has penned a song for Silver Linings, “Buffalo,” for the the official soundtrack, which also contains previously released tracks from Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, and Alabama Shakes, as well as a new score by Danny Elfman.

You can buy the song when the soundtrack is released Nov. 19, or stream it right here a full week early: READ FULL STORY »

Nov 6 2012 12:49 PM ET

Backstreet Boys release new Christmas song: Listen here (and get filled with joy)

Christmas has come early for your inner 13-year-old!

In anticipation of the holidays, the Backstreet Boys have released a new Christmas song, and, if you’re anything like yours truly, the tune will fill you with the cheer that you and Nordstroms normally reserve until after Thanksgiving. But once you listen to the infectiously sweet track, titled “It’s Christmas Time Again,” we think you’ll have no complaints about a little premature Christmasfication.

Penned in part by BSBers Nick Carter and Howie Dorough, the tune — which is the band’s first new release since becoming whole again — follows every rule of Backstreet pop song-making. There’s a catchy tune, a little boy band hook (la-ta, la-ta, da-da, ta), a five-part harmony (as it should be), and lyrics in which they never call us fat.

Take a listen and tell us Mixers: New classic? READ FULL STORY »

Nov 5 2012 08:00 AM ET

T.I. on VH1's 'Behind the Music': 'Prison sucks' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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T.I. famously served two stints in prison at the near-height of his career, and that time is one of the many subjects the rapper delves into in tonight’s Behind the Music on VH1. The hour of television — which EW has an exclusive video sneak peek of below — is an update to the 2009 episode the series originally produced on T.I.

Of course, after T.I. (born Clifford Harris) was released from jail in 2010, he embarked on a media tour that found him talking about his time behind bars — and one of those appearances, a portion of a Larry King interview, is included in the exclusive clip below.

But T.I. also does a fresh interview with VH1, where he expresses some of the hardships of serving time. “I don’t think I have to sell the fact that prison sucks,” the rapper and father of six says in the exclusive clip below. “When you have your liberties and the loves of your life taken away from you, it puts a lot of things in perspective.”

You can catch the entire Behind the Music: T.I. episode tonight at 10 p.m. on VH1, but until then, whet your appetite with this exclusive sneak peek at the hour here on EW.com:

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Nov 1 2012 06:23 PM ET

Miley Cyrus has her cake and smears it all over herself too in new music video

If you had told me five years ago that Miley Cyrus would one day be featured on an Israeli DJ’s dubstep track, I would have scoffed and replied, “Hannah Montana? Are you serious? Also, what’s dubstep?”

But lo and behold, “just being Miley” apparently now means co-heading Borgore‘s latest — a club tune called “Decisions” that features these lyrics: “Decisions / But I want it all / So I get it all / I wanna eat the whole cake / I’m not sharin’ / I’m not sharin’ / You should have learned how to bake.” If you’ve ever yearned to see short-haired Miley get covered in very literal cake at one of Stefon‘s favorite night spots, then by all means, press play: READ FULL STORY »

Nov 1 2012 01:17 PM ET

Ashlee Simpson is attempting a comeback, releases teaser of new R-rated song

Chances are you haven’t thought much about Ashlee Simpson since, oh, around 2004, when her embarrassed “yes, I lipsynched” SNL jig introduced a generation to the concept of schadenfreude.

But the artist best known as “Jessica’s Sister” didn’t drop off the face of the earth after her live TV debacle. Over the past eight years, she’s released two more albums, married and divorced Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, spawned a human child named Bronx Mowgli, and starred in The CW’s ill-fated Melrose Place reboot. And now, four years after her last studio release, Simpson is trying to relaunch her music career. Does this mean it’s finally okay to admit that “Pieces of Me” is really, really catchy?

Late yesterday, Simpson uploaded a 50-second teaser of an upcoming music video to  her website. The clip appears above a countdown clock, which reveals that Simpson’s new single — called “Bat for a Heart” — will officially drop Nov. 21. Finally, something to look forward to in these troubled times! Press on only if you’re wearing headphones; as Simpson herself tweeted, “In this tease I do drop the F bomb so you’ve been warned!”

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Oct 26 2012 08:00 AM ET

'Behind the Music': Toni Braxton talks about launching her solo career, smoking weed for 'You're Makin' Me High' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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Next week, it will be Toni Braxton’s turn to get VH1′s Behind the Music treatment.

The multiplatinum R&B singer (and, more recently, reality-TV star) will take a long look back at her career in the upcoming episode, discussing everything from her brushes with bankruptcy, her son’s autism, and the moment she had a heart attack on stage. And in one scene that you can preview exclusively here, she explains how she made the decision to go solo and shed her gospel image.

“My sisters were devastated,” she says, referring to her decision to leave the Braxtons — the musical family act that included her siblings Traci, Towanda, Trina, and Tamar. Only 23 at the time, Toni left her Baltimore-area hometown for Atlanta, where she’d go on to work with industry powerhouses L.A. Reid and Babyface.

Take a look at how her solo career came to be in the exclusive clip below:

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Oct 23 2012 05:20 PM ET

fun. go wild in NYC in their new 'Carry On' video: Watch it here -- EXCLUSIVE

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Some nights are better than others — especially when fun. is involved.

In the video for their new Some Nights single “Carry On,” which you can watch exclusively here, Nate Ruess and the boys live like they’re young (oh look, there’s a song for that too!) in New York City.

The Big Apple tourism board might want to send the band a thank-you fruit basket — the trio hits up everything from Grand Central Station to a karaoke dive bar to a sold-out performance at West Side concert venue Terminal 5.

Fun. will also soon be cavorting at another New York institution: they’re set to play Saturday Night Live on Nov. 3, with Louis C.K. hosting.

Take a look at their “Carry On” video below:

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