We've been hearing about Beyonce's single "Grown Woman" for a long time - after teasing it in her Pepsi commercial and performing it on her recent world tour, she and her label promised an April 8 release date for the full track, but it's just now making its way to the internet. It's worth the wait - a breezy, irresistible afro-pop beat courtesy Timbaland anchors Queen B's ( Kelly Rowland -inspired ?) assertions that she's, well, a grown woman. Get ready to roll all the windows down in your car and sing along with [...]
The Jet Age of Tomorrow , the awesomely named project from Odd Future comrades Matt Martians ( The Internet ) and Hal Williams ( Pyramid Vritra ), has a new mixtape coming out on Friday, May 24th, called The JellyFish Mentality . The tape will be distributed freely through Oddfuture.com . Its tracklist, while formidable and lengthy, features some exciting names like Earl Sweatshirt , SBTRKT and the Stepkids . Hodgy Beats, Domo Genesis, Mike G, Mac Miller and others are set [...]
Smith Westerns are a great young band – we knew this much coming out of their breakthrough 2011 album, Dye It Blonde – but we didn't know they were capable of the John Lennon -inspired melancholy gorgeousness on display here. "3AM Spiritual" is the opening track to Smith Westerns' new album, Soft Will , due out June 25th. We've already heard the album's excellent album closer, "Varsity." Soft Will : 01. 3am Spiritual 02. [...]
This Glass Candy single from 2011 is revived and put in glittery, neon context in Johnny Jewel's stunning new label compilation After Dark 2 . Read more articles like " Glass Candy - "Warm in the Winter" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Glass Candy
Kim Kardashian Instagrammed a sneak peak of this a few days ago, but here is the official album art for Kanye West's long-awaited follow-up to his towering My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy . Like we found out last weekend , the new set will be called Yeezus and it will be out June 18th, per pre-order listings on KanyeWest.com and iTunes, both of which have been taken down for some reason. On Saturday Night Live , Kanye performed two songs from the album, "Black Skin Head" and "New Slaves." [...]
#PMAVILLAGE alums, Goldroom lend their talents to an upcoming remix EP from Australia's Owl Eyes . They merge on this remix of "Jewels & Sapphires," which takes a turn for the hypnotic under Goldroom's direction. Things are never stale though, due in no small part to an infectious, dancing bass line and Owl Eyes' earnest and airy vocals. We're psyched to premiere the stream below: Read more articles like " Premiere: Goldroom [...]
by PETER TABAKIS Every sentient being in the cosmos has been ripping fistfuls of hair, feathers, fur, scales, tentacles, and metal protuberances from his or her or its body in anticipation of the new Daft Punk album Random Access Memories . After teasing us with snippets of guitar licks and hagiographic videos from their luminary collaborators, the robots have finally landed on Earth to present their stunning magnum opus , a tribute to the very un-punk 1970s: disco and L.A. soft rock, in particular, and lavish studio craftsmanship, in general. Daft [...]
In which The Lonely Island boast about fatherhood and marriage the way Jay-Z boasts about having a Rothko in his bathroom. The Wack Album is out June 11. Read more articles like " The Lonely Island - "Diaper Money" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: The Lonely Island
Here is another track from Kanye West's new album, Yeezus . "Black Skinhead" was premiered on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Read more articles like " Kanye West debuts "Black Skinhead" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Kanye West
Is Kanye West's follow up to My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy called Yezus ? According to some reports and Kim Kardashian , it is. This follows up last night's incredible spectacle , in which Kanye premiered his new single "New Slaves," literally on a global stage. West is hitting the SNL stage later tonight. Read more articles like " Kanye West's New Album is Called... Yeezus ? " [...]
Kanye West , always the visionary, has debuted his new single "New Slave" via... video projections taking place around the world . The first projection was found on the corner of Bedford and North 7th in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but Kanye's website has shared a map with 65 other projections going on globally. We can't even begin to imagine what dude has in store for us when he hits SNL tomorrow night. Watch "New Slaves" projected in Brooklyn for the first time below: [...]
Kanye West , always the visionary, has debuted his new single "New Slave" via... video projections taking place around the world . The first projection was found on the corner of Bedford and North 7th in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but Kanye's website has shared a map with 65 other projections going on globally. We can't even begin to imagine what dude has in store for us when he hits SNL tomorrow night. Watch "New Slaves" projected in Brooklyn for the first time below: [...]
After months of teasing, Johnny Jewel's record label, Italians Do It Better, has finally released the soundtrack to your next dozen midnight drives, After Dark 2 . A compilation worth waiting for, a rare beast in today's playlist-heavy social media landscape, After Dark 2 comes six years behind the seminal After Dark ( free download ), and is packed with new music from bands steered by visionary producer Johnny Jewel , including Chromatics , Glass Candy , Desire and others. It's out on iTunes now. Check [...]
Listen to the first single and title track from The Weeknd's first official full-length album, Kiss Land . It's a near-eight minute epic, complete with horror movie screams, chopped samples and Abel Tesfaye's signature pleading-menacing vocal delivery. And that's just the first half. Like Frank Ocean's "Pyramids" last year, "Kiss Land" picks up in its confessional, drum machine-led second part. Stream it below: Read more articles like " The Weeknd - "Kiss Land" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: [...]
All weekend long, the Hangout Music Festival in Golf Shores, Alabama will be streaming key sets via MTV. Tune in for Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Kendrick Lamar, Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear, The Shins, Kings of Leon, Dirty Projectors, Holy Ghost!, Bloc Party, Stevie Wonder and more. The schedule is found below (all times EST). Watch it all go down here . Friday, May 17th: 12:30 – Twin Sister 12:30 – Lance Herbstrong 01:30 – Lissie 01:30 – Twenty One Pilots 02:30 – [...]
Liars mark the beginning of their European/NYC tour with two songs that have an overwhelming sense of immediacy. I played it after finishing another spin of Random Access Memories , and the music almost felt suffocating-but in a positive way. Unlike the material on their recent WIXIW , the music was "not labored over or scrutinized," but rather produced "on the fly." Get into the moment with Liars below. Here are the mp3s . Plus tour dates. Liars: 05/18 – New York, NY [...]
Another day, another creepily animated video from Queens of the Stone Age . This one's for the previously heard "My God is the Sun." You can check out four other post-apocalyptic videos honoring the band's new album ...Like Clockwork here . ...Like Clockwork is out June 4. Read more articles like " Queens of the Stone Age - "My God is the Sun" " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Queens of the Stone Age
As fans of Sleater-Kinney / Wild Flag , Portlandia and American Express, we think this is awesome. carrie Read more articles like " Carrie Brownstein's American Express Commercial " on PMA - Pretty Much Amazing . Tags: Carrie Brownstein , Portlandia , Sleater-Kinney
After months of teasing, Johnny Jewel's record label, Italians Do It Better, has finally released the soundtrack to your next dozen midnight drives, After Dark 2 . A compilation worth waiting for, a rare beast in today's playlist-heavy social media landscape, After Dark 2 comes six years behind the seminal After Dark ( free download ), and is packed with new music from bands steered by visionary producer Johnny Jewel , including Chromatics , Glass Candy , Desire and others. It's out on iTunes now. Check [...]
by DREW MALMUTH On Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers , Matt Berninger said that “if she knows you're paper, she'll know she has to burn you.” His lyrics are filled with sentiments that can't be ascribed to Berninger himself, yet, in light of how The National has progressed over the last decade, this line feels distinctly personal. It neatly expresses the deep insecurity that comes with showing someone what kind of person you are. Throughout their early output, The National seemingly struggled to play the exact music that they wanted to play, caught [...]
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