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MOTHERFUCKING ZZWARD was on Jay Leno last night singing her new song, PUT THE GUN DOWN ! Obvi I love her x5 Trillion and then some. Make sure you drop what you are doing and buy her AMAZING record HERE now!!! If you are in NY on Monday go to the Bowery Ballroom!! All tour dates below! Step!  [...]

Plan B decided to mix it back up to his old school rap roots with his current release, "Ill Manors." To be honest, I did not care much for the record after giving it a once over. I think Atlantic felt the same because the US push of the record was null-and-void. It was a real bother to me too cause I was majorly crushing it on the last record. The new one did however create some UK buzz and garnered him a #1 spot across the pond. Little to my knowledge, [...]

Lana Del Rey is the new face of Versace and I just don't get this shit at all. It's not even her face... Check the first image below.  Tweet

Overall albums sales are up 18.8% & Digital album sales are up 15.8% compared to last week, thanks to Taylor Swift no doubt. NO ONE CAN deny the strength Taylor Swift has. She is unstoppable. Kendrick Lamar is undoubtedly the happiest rapper on earth right now. What an impressive and solid buildup. Honest to god thought Tony Bennett was dead, no disrespect, props papa. Gary Clark Jr is the man with his 34K debut this week.  Love that dude.   TOP TEN ALBUMS [...]

The Wanted garner total sit-on-my-face privileges all year round and this new cover of Fabulous Magazine is no exception to the rule.   Tweet

The AMAZING Selena Gomez graces the cover of the December issue of Glamour Magazine .  This year end issue celebrates Selena as one of Glamour’s Women of the Year & she looks stunning... CAN-NOT-WAIT-UNTIL-THE-NEW-REC ORD-IS-DONE!!!! The new issue hits newsstands nationwide tomorrow. Check out the spread below:  [...]

Miss Jessie J has returned to sing the title track, " Silver Lining (Crazy 'Bout You) " for the upcoming movie,  Silver Linings Playbook featuring the Bradley Cooper.  I am a Jessie J fan but this song is somewhat lacklaster. Maybe its a shower, not a grower. Time will tell. Give it a listen below & decide for yourself.  Call me crazy [...]

In its 3th week of release ARGO tops the chart for the second time. Unfortunately that comes with an over drop of ticket sales for the week. Last weeks Paranormal Activity 4 dropped three positions with 70% decrease its box office positioning. The overbudget multiplatform flick, Cloud Atlas was a total box office failure with its #3 position. I blame it on bad marketing, what the hell is this movie about anyway? - TOP TEN BELOW!  1. Argo $12,355,000 // [...]

Joseph Kahn directed & served us some real fucking fierceness in the new Ciara video for “ Got Me Good .”  The track is lifted from her upcoming fifth studio LP, One Woman Army (which still has no release date). The song is something beyond anything that I expected she could deliver. It's one part JJ Fad , one part Janet Jackson , and two parts fierce. Watch below:  [...]

Miss Taytay has just announced her upcoming U.S. tour for  Red which   kicks off in March 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska and continues through September. I am sure a lot of dates will be added as these blow out. WOOT... Check it below with a video to accompany it. March 13 & 14 Omaha, Nebraska March 18 & 19 St. Louis, Missouri March 22 Charlotte, North Carolina March 23 Columbia, South Carolina March 27 & 28 & 29 [...]

Dear Depeche Mode I STILL LOVE YOU & this just got me excited. I know I'm a day late on this, but I can't wait to hear this long-one.  The band is about to celebrate over three decades at the top of the musical landscape, with over 100 million record sales. Depeche have spent much of this year working on their still untitled and anticipated 13th studio album due for release next Spring , the follow-up to 2009’s hypnotic ‘ Sounds Of The Universe ’. However this track reminds me of the amazing  [...]

It's a good week for the record business when so many different genres can make a mark with overall album sales up 3.6% . Digital albums are up and tracks are down. There is no rhyme or reason anymore, GOLDFISH!  TOP TEN ALBUMS 1. JASON ALDEAN - NIGHT TRAIN 409,303 // DEBUT 2. MUMFORD & SONS - BABEL 73,583 // 95,960 // 938,380 3. BRANDY - TWO ELEVEN [...]

Yes this is my favorite song off Taylor Swift 's new record, RED . But to be honest, there are so many good singles off that record that its really hard to choose. There is no denying that Taytay made her best record to date. The fact that she is going to sell close to a MILLION records in her first week is beyond astonishing. Good for her. I know I poke fun, but hey, she can take it. Suck it up and watch this video [...]

Watch "Mr. Frosty Man"  (which you can grab FREE HERE ) by Sufjan Stevens from his upcoming "Silver & Gold" box set. This video is amazing and wonderful and YAYYYYY!!!! Pre-order the limited edition BOX SET and get his new Digital Record immediately. DO IT NOW HERE ...  Tweet

The Devil wouldn't recognize you. I canNOT wait to see Paranormal Activity 4 & apparently everyone else wanted to see it this weekend too, 30 Million bitches!!!!  1. Paranormal Activity 4 $30,200,000 // DEBUT 2. Argo $16,625,000 // $43,191,000 3. Hotel Transylvania $13,500,000 // $119,000,000 4. Taken 2 $13,400,000 // $105,971,000 5. Alex Cross $11,750,000 // DEBUT 6. Sinister [...]

Last night Alicia Keys debuted her new short-form MP4 for "Girl On Fire."  This track marks the start of her campaign to the road to popularityvile, aka her upcoming long one (same title) which drops on the 27th of November .  The video was directed by the incredible  Sophie Muller (even though it looks like Sade's "Babyfather" video) and features a way hotter [...]

What on earth is going on with the top 10 this week?? Metal, Ambient, Rap, Rock, Indie, Old School??? WOWZ! Get it!  TOP TEN ALBUMS 1. MUMFORD & SONS - BABEL 95,960 // 168,909 // 864,797 2. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS - THE HEIST 78,479 // DEBUT 3. KISS - MONSTER 55,996 // DEBUT 4. MGK - LACE UP 50,552 // DEBUT [...]

Which of these mates do you think had to splooge on Justin Bieber 's face to get signed to his label? All of them maybe? Well regardless, I'd probably do them all again too. I mean, he would. I mean, she would. I mean, who is this band???? Oh yeah, The Wanted found some bitch and thought he was he, when she was a she, and bound and gagged her so she could tell no one. However, someone filmed them and posted it online. I hear it may be a Kardashian [...]

The new Kazaky single, " Last Night " may not be a huge hit maker for the Ukrainian band. But like their past videos, you should press PLAY for their visually stunning & half naked bodies. You're welcome!  Tweet

 The incredible xx has just released a new video for their track, " Chained ." It's simple, clean, and quite breathtaking. Their new record is pretty amazing. It's somewhat more mellow then their last record, but still moving. Watch below & buy their record now, HERE (iTunes) or HERE (Amazon).  Tweet