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Feb 27 2013 10:32 AM ET

Fun. deal with their baggage in 'Why Am I The One' video: Watch here!

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The boys from fun. have established themselves as a great contemporary video band. Having already introduced narratives involving Civil War reenactments and drinking with dudes from MTV, there was clearly only one thread left: the story of a sad suitcase.

Such is the story of the new video for “Why Am I The One,” a sweet, melancholy ballad from fun.’s hugely successful album Some Nights. Watch as the dudes dress in fancy suits and look wistful while their precious cargo gets tossed all over creation, lost in a poker game, and strapped to the back of a motorcycle. For a music video about a valise that sort of looks like it has a face, it’s surprisingly compelling.

Give it a spin below.  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 26 2013 10:55 AM ET

David Bowie rocks out, parties with Tilda Swinton on 'The Stars (Are Out Tonight)': Watch the video here

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Now this is more like it.

A few weeks ago, David Bowie announced the existence of his first album in 10 years with the first single “Where Are We Now?” It wasn’t necessarily disappointing, but there were concerns that a whole album of woozy dirges about the end of the world might be a bit much.

Luckily, the rest of The Next Day isn’t nearly as dour, and Bowie just released a new single called “The Stars (Are Out Tonight)” to prove it. It’s a driving, guitar-fueled charge that mixes together his ’70s glam instincts with the depth of the Berlin period and a touch of the jagged indie he clearly became obsessed with at the turn of the century.

What’s better is the video, which is directed by Floria Sigismondi (helmer of the punk biopic The Runaways and Marilyn Manson’s iconic clip for “The Beautiful People”). It stars Bowie, a bunch of androgynous models, and Oscar-winner Tilda Swinton in a performance that passively acknowledges that she and DB kind of look a lot alike.

Check it out below. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 25 2013 03:03 PM ET

Yeah Yeah Yeahs debut new single 'Sacrilege': Hear it here!

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It has been too long since the last time the Yeah Yeah Yeahs put out a single. Sure, we got to hear singer Karen O collaborate with Trent Reznor on that awesome cover of Led Zeppelin’s ”Immigrant Song” for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and guitarist Nick Zinner shredded all over that one Santigold song, but there’s a particular chemistry between the three members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that has yet to be replicated or duplicated.

“Sacrilege,” which just premiered on Zane Lowe’s BBC1 radio show, is the first single from the band’s upcoming album Mosquito. It has the same kind of noisey bounce the Yeahs seem to do effortlessly, and then the gospel choir comes in at the end to kick it up a notch. Give it a spin below.  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 25 2013 12:00 PM ET

Demi Lovato has a 'Heart Attack': Hear it here

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Don’t worry, Demi Lovato’s arteries aren’t clogged — “Heart Attack” is just the name of her new single.

The first single from Lovato’s new album (which doesn’t have a release date yet) was supposed to officially go wide on March 4, but the second-season X Factor judge decided to leak it out to fans late last night instead.

And it’s no wonder she couldn’t wait to share it: the song is a big one, with pounding beats, earnest wailing, and some interesting lyrical choices: “When I don’t care/I can play him like a Ken doll/Won’t wash my hair/Then make him bounce like a basketball.”

Interesting! Let’s give ‘er a listen below:

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Feb 22 2013 02:10 PM ET

Kendrick Lamar drops Drake-featuring 'Poetic Justice' video: Watch it here

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A few weeks ago, Kendrick Lamar wowed SNL audiences with his run through “Poetic Justice,” one of the standout tracks from his fantastic good kid, m.A.A.d. city. The song samples Janet Jackson’s “Any Time, Any Place” and also features a guest spot from Drake. Trifecta!

Earlier today, Lamar debuted the video for “Poetic Justice,” which is by far his most ambitious video both narratively and visually. Kendrick predictably macks on a lady until tragedy strikes; in the meantime, Drake raps into a cordless phone in a hotel room while a woman lies unconscious next to him.

Watch it below:

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Feb 22 2013 11:06 AM ET

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z officially announce summer stadium tour

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The rumor has been running since Jigga dropped another luxury verse on Justin Timberlake’s comeback single “Suit & Tie,” but now it’s official: Jay-Z and JT are spending the summer together.

Or at least part of the summer. This morning, the duo announced a 12-date tour that will take them into some of the country’s best baseball and football stadiums. The pairing will launch the trek—dubbed Legends of the Summer—at Toronto’s Rogers Centre on July 17 (a few days after they co-headline the Wireless Festival in London), and they’ll wrap up at Miami’s Sun Live Stadium on August 16.

In between, they’ll hit New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Baltimore, Detroit, Boston, Hershey, and Philadelphia. Sorry, most of the South and the non-California West—no Jay and Justin for you! Don’t feel bad though; Brooklyn also gets denied a show even though Jay-Z kinda sorta has his own arena there.

The complete list of tour dates is below. Tickets go on sale to the public on February 28, save for the concert at New York’s Yankee Stadium (the details on that one will come soon).  READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 05:24 PM ET

'Harlem Shake' hits number one, ushers in new world of YouTube-fueled charts

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After a five-week run with the number one song in the country, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” has finally abdicated its throne — thanks partly to a whole new chart formula.

As of this week, Billboard‘s Hot 100 now includes YouTube streams in its chart calculations, which means the king of the hill this week is Baauer’s nonstop meme instigator “Harlem Shake.”

Previously, the Hot 100 had used radio airplay, sales, and various forms of streaming through services like Spotify and Rhapsody to tabulate what the biggest song in the country was. Including YouTube numbers makes perfect sense, since in a way the online video service is the biggest streaming service available.

The extra numbers will undoubtedly mean a big boost for songs that do well with sales and streaming but can’t quite break into radio. “Harlem Shake,” for example, did an impressive 262,000 downloads last week, but is barely on satellite or terrestrial radio. It only scored a handful of impressions on radio, but its 103 million spins on YouTube easily confirm the track’s ubiquity.

The new tabulations have reconfigured the chart success of other songs that have been bigger than their old chart positions would have suggested. READ FULL STORY »

Feb 21 2013 11:08 AM ET

One Direction release self-shot video for 'One Way Or Another': Watch it here

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Fresh off their victory at the Brit Awards, British teen sensations One Direction have dropped a new video for their charity single “One Way Or Another,” a cover of the classic Blondie tune.

The track was released to support Comic Relief, a British charity that supports a number of causes in Africa and the U.K. As explained by the boys at the beginning of the clip, they decided to skip shooting a lavish video and instead record one themselves while on tour (with the money they saved also going to charity).

If you like the idea of One Direction but haven’t quite committed to them because they don’t do enough frolicking in airports, freestyle dancing in Times Square, hugging the Prime Minister, or leading an army of children in some sort of chicken dance, then you should reconsider — check out the video below:

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Feb 20 2013 11:47 AM ET

Frank Ocean has '10 or 11' songs done, which may include Depeche Mode collaboration - EXCLUSIVE

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In the weeks leading up to the Grammys, few were certain what Frank Ocean’s next move would be. Would he take a break from music  to focus on writing a novel, as he suggested to The Guardian last year? Or would he reinvent himself into something else entirely?

In an interview with BBC Radio radio yesterday, Ocean claimed that he is “10, 11 songs” into the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed Channel Orange: “It’s another cohesive thing, bordering on a concept record again.”

Ocean also said that Channel Orange collaborator Pharrell Williams has been with him in the studio, and that he hopes to work with Danger Mouse soon. Those are likely suspects, though another collaborator does seem a little more left field.

During a conversation about Depeche Mode’s upcoming album Delta Machine yesterday, singer Dave Gahan told EW that Ocean ended up in his legendary band’s orbit recently: READ FULL STORY »

Feb 18 2013 03:39 PM ET

Mariah Carey's new single 'Almost Home': Hear it here

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Mariah Carey’s new single “Almost Home,” from the soundtrack to the forthcoming film Oz The Great and Powerful, was supposed to arrive tomorrow for our listening pleasure. But seeing as nothing is secret for long in the digital realm, it arrived a day early.

The Stargate-produced track not only helps Carey launch the movie, but also gets her on the trail to the release of her upcoming new album.

Last year’s single “Triumphant (Get ‘Em)” was a bit of a letdown, so does “Almost Home” get us back into a Mariah kind of groove? Judge for yourself below:

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