We didn't think this was strong enough to be a single, but she needs to shift some copies of her new greatest hits compilation Number Ones . The video is all kinds of hotness incorporating everything Janet is known for: great choreography, nice visual, high fashion and that smile. It kind of reminds us of "Scream" with a much lower budget. Posted in Beats, Clip, Yankee Panky Tagged: downloa, download, jackson, janet, leak, new, number, ONES, video

There are times when Beyonce goes on one of her overly-flamboyant, "tomorrow's R&B"-soundtracked tangents that modern pop/ R&B brilliance emerges. We've experienced that with "Upgrade U" and "Single Ladies" , two tracks that tested the limits of our comfort with sultry vocals being lain atop the most oddly-constructed, mechanized-hip hop-soul grooves, and ultimately won out by having sturdy enough hooks and themes at their core. But for every one of those gems, there's a handful of others within that same style that largely fail at justifying the point in her trying so hard to [...]

Today, it's exactly 15 years since I first heard the debut album by dEUS . Now, you may be wondering how I can be so precise on the timing, so I'll explain. 'Worst Case Scenario' was one of the CD shaped presents I ripped the wrapping off on my 17th birthday. Today is 15 years since my 17th birthday. Hence it's also 15 years since I heard that record. All of which is my completely unsubtle way of saying that today is my birthday. Hurrah for me. There is however an ulterior [...]
MAKE ME music video Check out the just released new video for Janet Jackson new single Make Me , taken from her Number Ones album. Love it, right???

I was talking to someone today about music and the discussion led to an argument about the weak points of hip-hop versus the strength of indie rock. He said he thought one of the strong points of indie rock was the extreme creativity that exists in bands like Animal Collective. They are undoubtedly one of the captains of indie rock, and at the same time they push the limits of the genre to an extreme that few others have reached. He argued that in hip-hop, the popular artists were all repetitive and tame, and the "indie" or "underground" artists were [...]

For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] [ #45-41 ] [ #40-36 ] [ #35-31 ] [ #30-26 ] 25. Kid A - Radiohead (2000) While I completely understand my own enthusiasm for this album, I can't say that I really get why everyone else loves it so much. I've noticed that it's already topped some other 'best of the decade' [...]
So much Janet in my life lately. Ever since I purchased the Number Ones collection, I just can't stop ('til I get enough, as it were.) The video for "Make Me" is essentially all one could hope for in a video to promote her greatest hits collection: Glamour shots, solid choreography, stylized camera techniques and edgy fashion. It's just the right mix of all the essential Jackson elements, recalling the best moments of "Rhythm Nation," "Scream," and "Feedback" (amongst others) to remind us why she has always been the premiere princess of Pop. [...]

a chill mix for the hot weekend from super sydney stud U-Go-B. 1. Kool & The Gang – Open Sesame 2. Frankie Valli – Grease Is The Word 3. Yacht – Psychic City (Classixx Remix) 4. Headman – Dirt (Shazam Remix) 5. Miike Snow – Burial (DJ Mehdi Remix) 6. Alan Parsons Project – Mammagamma (Instrumental) 7. Coyote – Too Hard (Aeroplane Remix) 8. Antena – Camino Del Sol (Todd Terje Remix) 9. Champ's Boys Orchestra – Tubular Bells (Cosmic Mix) 10. Jamie Lidell – Little Bit of Feel [...]
Friday, November 20, 2009 We are creeping, quite quickly actually in to the looming holiday season and the studios are sort of coughing up the small game in lieu of the enormous money makers to come. Of course, this is the weekend of Twilight, so perhaps I'm just talking out of my ass, but this feels like the calm before the storm. An animated flick from the creators of Shrek, a slightly chintzy looking sports flick, and of course Bela and Edward - consider me non-plussed. It's the limited films I'm interested in this [...]

Arresting, intense folk-rock Americana Lissie Maurus is a folk-rock singer from the southwest Illinois border town of Rock Island. Although there's a rustic Midwestern edge to her Americana, her transplantation to Los Angeles, and national and international gigs have elevated her music beyond coffee-house strumming. Her voice pulls you in close with confessional introductions and then attacks with arresting outbursts of emotion. The exclamation of "danger will follow me now everywhere I go, angels will fall on me and take me to my home" finds her bending back from the microphone to make room [...]

Adaline was recently chosen as one of the twenty finalists for the Peak Performance Project. The Peak Performance Project is sponsored by the 100.5 The Peak FM and Music BC. The PEAK Performance Project is a seven-year, $5.29 million contest open to all musicians in British Columbia. The project was created by 100.5 The PEAK and Music BC to develop BC based emerging artists. Every year, twenty finalists from BC will receive an intensive, one week training program in the music business, live performance, songwriting, marketing and [...]

He's on fire! © NBA Jams. NY seems to have done wonders for our favorite NO emcee, given the recent tracks that have hit the net showcasing his sharp wit and tongue. Reading the chatter between Spit Vicious and Cannon , it looks like Smokey Robinson is in the can. Early early today , he fired off the Mos-produced "Breakfast" into the ethers. Then with the audios released over the past few weeks , it's all Candyland around this motherfucker. Really, [...]
SOUNDS FAMILYRE RECORDS RELEASING ORTOLAN DEBUT FULL-LENGTH TIME ON A STRING ON MARCH 9, 2010 A hot minivan barreling down the highway, filled to the brim with siblings, sleeping bags, and travel checkers sets—this is the setting for a decades-old American tradition upheld by millions: arguing over the radio dial until consensus is happily found at that hallowed institution, the oldies station. Thus begins the story of Ortolan, four young women from Southern New Jersey with music-loving, art-teacher parents, devoted to each other in laughter, bickering, love, and play. Sisters Stephanie (16), Brianna (18), Lara (20), [...]

I owe you guys a ton of reviews this weekend, and since I'm pretty sure this is the one your most interested in, we'll lead off with it: The very image that the mind associates with the words "crooked vultures" should have given excited listeners a clue as to what to expect from the supergroup featuring Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme. Perhaps everyone was too excited about the names involved to think about that fact. But with the group's self-titled debut, Them Crooked Vultures cut the leash off of [...]

I'm not yet ready to anoint the 2009-10 edition of Syracuse Orange basketball the best team since their 2003 championship; heck, it's probably a little premature to call them better than last year's Sweet 16 version, led by lottery pick Jonny Flynn. But there's no doubt in my mind that this is one of the best defensive teams I've ever seen at the Cuse. And they are off to one hell of a start. One night after dominating #12 Cal, they dismantled defending national champion UNC by an 87-71 margin, sparked by a 20-1 start of the second half that [...]
NME.com is reporting that Them Crooked Vultures have confirmed that they are to start work on their second album. Despite their self-titled debut having only been released earlier this month, the three-piece say they are already thinking about its follow-up. "I felt we've only just started to pick up steam. Why would we want to stop now?" singer Josh Homme told The Sun, while bassist John Paul Jones agreed. "We all know we have so much more in us yet," he said. Dave Grohl said that "when we make our second record, [...]
My very good friend Randy Fuller has a really cool blog that is not about rock and roll. It's about wine, but he wrote an excellent piece recently on rock and roll wines. Actually, it's about good wine in bottles with rock and roll labels - Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is there, so are the Rolling Stones, and even a Woodstock poster bottle. As I said, very cool, and you can read it here . I've known Randy for many years now, we went [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. God damn you Vampire Weekend. Why do you make it so hard for me to defend my positive feelings towards your material? Why do you constantly feel the need to remind me that I didn't go to Princeton (or Cornell or Dartmouth or Bryn Mawr)? Why do you have to rub your madras shirts and clever ironicism and frenetic energy in my midwestern face? I understand that I would be 30% more clever with a degree from an Ivy League school (or even someplace that [...]
Here's another video of Lulu and the Lampshades playing You're Gonna Miss Me aka Cups, for no other reason than this band make me very happy. Watch the rest of their ace bandstand busk here.