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Aug 30 2012 03:15 PM ET

'American Idol' runner up Jessica Sanchez announces she's signed to Interscope, performs new song 'Fairytale'

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American Idol runner up Jessica Sanchez, the powerhouse diva-in-training who almost got eaten by Jennifer Holliday once upon a time, made a big announcement at the iHeartRadio American Idol tour stop in New York City last night.

“After the show, I got signed to Interscope Records,” she said.

The news isn’t all that surprising. Interscope has first dibs on all the Idol kids, and Jimmy Iovine wasn’t about to let a voice like Sanchez’s out the door.

More surprising, though, was the fact that Sanchez debuted a new song called “Fairytale” for the crowd. The track has less of a sassy, urban feel than expected considering how frequently Sanchez has expressed her desire to head in that direction musically, but it is a young, bouncy pop ditty that feels about a million times more legit than her potential Idol coronation “Change Nothing.” Still, it sounds awfully generic.

Give it a listen below (videos via MJ’s Big Blog): READ FULL STORY »

Aug 29 2012 01:19 PM ET

Deadmau5 battles My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way in crazy expensive 'Professional Griefers' video -- Watch it here

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Think Reel Steel meets Electric Daisy Carnival, and you’re almost close to visualizing Deadmau5′s new video for “Professional Griefers.” I say “almost” because even the most vivid imagination would be missing one of the UFC-themed clip’s key ingredients: So. Much. Money.

In a recent interview with Spin.com (also known as the only Spin), Deadmau5 helmet-wearer Joel Zimmerman claims that the video “is one of the highest-budget electronic music videos of all time,” saying that the budget is “in the seven-digit range.”

So, what did all of that money go toward? A giant, future-primitive Ultimate Fighting thunderdome in which the EDM hero battles My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way with massive, remote-controlled metal avatars. Oh, and there’s a cute little puppy! Sort of…

See all seven digits of this electronic madness in the video below:

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Aug 28 2012 01:59 PM ET

Missy Elliott to release two new singles over Labor Day weekend

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Missy fans, rejoice! And prepare to get ur long-delayed freak on this weekend.

After largely keeping out of the limelight for the last seven years, Missy Elliott has announced that she will release two new singles this weekend.

The tracks, “9th Inning” and “Triple Threat,” mark Elliott’s first solo releases since 2005′s Gold-certified The Cookbook.

In the interim, Elliott has toured, collaborated with the likes of J. Cole and Demi Lovato, and recorded her own Behind the Music with VH1 — but for the most part she has retreated significantly from her prior public stature.

(Last year, she told People magazine that her absence was due to an ongoing battle with Graves’ Disease, an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.)

The two singles are from her upcoming record, still tentatively titled Block Party and pushed back from its original 2008 and June 2012 release dates.  Elliott previewed “Triple Threat” in April at a performance with longtime collaborator Timbaland.

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Aug 21 2012 09:00 PM ET

Mariah Carey's 'Triumphant' video takes her to the boxing ring -- VIDEO

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Mimi may be emancipated, but she’s on the ropes — into the boxing ring, specifically — in the just released a new video for her current single “Triumphant (Get ‘Em),” which also features rappers Rick Ross and Meek Mill.

As with anything from Carey’s universe, there’s a distinct level of Mimi fabulosity to the clip. Dressed to the nines in a couple of chic, midriff-baring dresses — girl looks good! — Carey is a part of rapper Meek Mill’s entourage (he plays the boxer at the center of the action). Rick Ross is also a sundry member of the boxer’s crew. Do you get it? The winner of the match will be triumphant!

The best part is when Carey plays the role of a “boxing ring girl” (yes, this is a technical term — I looked it up) and holds up various cards announcing rounds. The oddest part is that, while Carey is clearly the star of the show, she relinquishes lots of precious screen time over to Meek Mill and Rick Ross for their rapping interludes. Carey would be nothing more than a pretty-girl afterthought if it weren’t for those card-carrying moments and the cuts to her in front of a — you guessed it — glittery screen (inventive!). But, in the end, it’s all very fitting for the song’s vibe.

Watch the video here:

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Aug 16 2012 12:17 PM ET

Green Day performs for bored models in 'Oh Love' video -- VIDEO

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What does a band have to do to impress a model these days? After all these years, it looks like Green Day’s still trying to figure that out.

To help jumpstart their upcoming ¡Uno!-¡Dos!-¡Tre! blitz, Billie Joe Armstrong and the boys have dropped a relaxed, tomfoolery-filled video for their album trilogy’s first single, “Oh Love.” The Samuel Bayer-directed clip shows the band performing in a rehearsal space for a small audience of boreder-than-thou pretty ladies. Only after the punk-y single starts kicking into gear do the women start acknowledging that a multi-platinum rock band is playing 10 feet away from them — but even then, they seem pretty over it.

See it all go down in the video below:

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Aug 11 2012 12:11 PM ET

Neil Young, Foo Fighters rock S.F.'s Outside Lands festival: On the scene

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The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is unlike any other festival in America, and that’s partially because it reflects its location: San Francisco.

The event, held in Golden Gate Park, is fully greened-up, and the city’s foodie culture is represented in the 65 on-site restaurants, 49 wineries, and 19 breweries.  This year, there was even fog.

But for all of that, what Outside Lands is mostly about is the music – more than 60 bands over the course of 3 days — and on Day 1, the music was all about Neil Young.

You could hear Neil’s influence in Two Gallants, a powerful two piece who played early on Friday (and even though there’s no Neil in L.A.’s Fitz and the Tantrums, it was hard not to think the latter were booked to provide angst-free modern-soul diversity).  Beck covered “After The Gold Rush” mid-way through a typically brilliant set, and Dave Grohl started talking about Neil three songs into the Foos show. “We’ve got a lot of songs to play, and the quicker we play them, the faster I get to see Neil fu*king Young,” he said.  The crowd cheered, which was slightly surprising – for a lot of people at the festival, Grohl & Co. were the big ticket, and an abbreviated set wasn’t what they were looking for. READ FULL STORY »

Aug 9 2012 04:53 PM ET

Four unreleased Lana Del Rey songs have emerged: Hear them here

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Well, this was an unexpected surprise.

The Internet has dug up four — count ‘em, four! — previously unheard Lana Del Rey songs, all as-yet unreleased. Del Rey’s major-label debut, last spring’s Born to Die, is getting an expanded “Paradise edition” rerelease this fall, so that’s likely the source of these tracks.

One of the cuts, “Ghetto Baby,” is actually a demo of a song Del Rey wrote for Cheryl Cole, but, honestly, we might prefer this version better. Then there’s “Summer of Sam,” a more fun-and-breezy number with a playful bounce and those classic braggy Del Rey lyrics (“I’m the baddest girl in NYC” and “I be murderin’ ‘em,” says the self-proclaimed gangsta Nancy Sinatra). But “Serial Killer” has the best chance of pleasing fans who love Lana for those cinematic “Video Games”-type songs, while “Ooh Baby” is probably our least favorite of the bunch, with the singer’s vocal style slipping into that faux-sex kitten whine that irked many Born to Die listeners.

Anyway, give all four of ‘em a listen below and let us know what you think in the comments.

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Aug 7 2012 04:58 PM ET

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill announce series of Las Vegas shows

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For the first time in six years, married country superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will be performing together in a long series of shows in Las Vegas this winter.

The mini-residency, dubbed Soul2Soul, will begin on Dec. 7 at the Venetian Hotel and continue over ten nonconsecutive weekends through April of next year.

In a joint statement, the McGraw-Hill duo hinted that these concerts might be the last chance for fans to see them play together. “We are creating a show that will be completely different from what we’ve done before – and might ever do again,” the statement read.

“Everyone will be close,” they added, referring to the scant 1,815 seats available in the Venetian Theater. “So it opens up all kinds of creative possibilities, and we’re looking forward to exploring those so that we can really give our fans something truly special.”

Tickets, which range from $95 all the way up to $295 (or $1,000 for a VIP package), go on presale tomorrow and general sale next Monday.

The dates of their residency are as follows:

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Aug 6 2012 01:46 PM ET

Drake releases his Aaliyah collaboration 'Enough Said': Hear it here

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Drake’s been promising it for some time now, and yesterday, he finally delivered: his collaboration with the late R&B great Aaliyah.

The low-key track, titled “Enough Said” and produced by Drizzy pal Noah “40″ Shebib, features never-before-heard vocals from Aaliyah, 11 years after her death. Take a listen below:

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Aug 6 2012 12:24 PM ET

Sir Elton John on Madonna: 'She looks like a f-king fairground stripper'

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As sure as water is wet and as sure as there will always be an England, Elton John will always hate Madonna.

The two stars’ longtime feud was revived last night when John appeared in an interview with Australia’s Channel 7, where he proceeded to lob a bevy of nasty insults at his rival.

“She’s such a nightmare” John said of Madge. “Her career is over, I can tell you that. Her tour has been a disaster and it couldn’t happen to a bigger c—.”

But you better believe Sir Elton wasn’t done there: “And she looks like a f—ing fairground stripper.” Hey-O! Music Mix has never been to a fairground that had strippers, but we’ll go ahead and assume that that was an insult.

If you’re wondering why John’s letting loose on Madonna, he did drop a big hint: “She’s been so horrible to Gaga,” he said, referring of course to Lady Gaga — his son Zachary’s godmother.

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