
Listening to her music, an otherworldly edge, surprising twists and powerful, haunting vocals make her much more than just another pretty folk-pop-acoustic performer. In other words, in Scandinavian music terms that Americans can understand, she's no ABBA retread and not quite the enigmatic eccentric of Bjork , but carving her own unique and welcome niche in the music world. Atlanta Retro writes about my music, my upcoming show at the Drunken Unicorn [...]

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Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. "My plan here is very simple," Sony Music's new CEO recently told the New York Times. "To help create the pre-eminent record company in the world ". Keep reading , it gets even better... "In each company that I've gone to run, that's always been the same question" opined the 72 year old former UMG CEO. "And each company has gone to be the No. 1 company and the most innovative company. And I [...]
Joe Dowell stole one from Elvis a half centruy ago.
The music world was rocked on Saturday afternoon by the news that British singer and tabloid fixture Amy Winehouse had passed away in her London home. Results of an autopsy may be released as earl... Continue reading "The Music World Remembers Amy Winehouse On Twitter #amywinehouse" >
Tim Pawlenty took a break from campaigning for his GOP presidential candidacy in Ames, Iowa, yesterday to answer some "fun" questions from pop culture-heavy political site Gliterazzi. After answering
Moody River was Pat Boone's final number one hit.
It's that time again. It's the last weekend of March and if you're even the slightest fan of electronic music, you know what that means. Ultra Music Festival. Ultra returns to downtown Miami's Bicentennial Park for three awesome days this year; Friday March 25, Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27. This year is the [...]
Beginning tonight, Houston-based gospel and R&B record label Music World Entertainment will host a concert series every Wednesday called R&B Live at the House of Deréon Media Center. Conceived by... Continue reading "Music World Starts New R&B Live Concert Series Tonight" >
Well, the Arctic Monkeys surprised everyone in the music world a couple of days ago, when out of nowhere they release a video for a new song called, "Brick by Brick". Maybe after seeing how much success Radiohead had with their surprise announcement, the Monkeys thought they shoul have a go. The sound seems to be a progression from Humbug and continues in the pysch rock realm of that record. While I did enjoy Humbug , and credit the band for trying something different, I really do miss the Whatever People Say I Am, [...]

Nujabes - Letter from Yokosuka Today, February 7th - Jun Seba, known to the music world as Nujabes would of been 37 years old. The Japanese Hip Hop pioneer passed away last year on the 26th of Febuary. In addition to Japanese artists like Shing02, Clammbon and MINMI, he also collaborated with underground American hip-hop acts Cyne, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, Fat Jon and British rapper Funky DL to name a few. Nujabes was known for his diverse instrumentals and will be remembered for much more [...]

Check out the brand new Crystal Castles video for their most awaited single "Baptism" . Directed by Rob Hawkins , the clip features Alice screaming her heart out in front of creepy images as Ethan plays drums in a handmade Japanese sex mask. It's all madness, just watch the whole thing right over here:

Guess who's back? Oh yes, it's Yelle . With a brand new video for her brand new single "La Musique" . Honestly, the music coming from Yelle has dropped a few notches, but don't fret: the music videos are always really cool. Check out this great gif animation mash-up with your favorite celebrities made by right over here: DOWNLOAD: Yelle - La Musique (Lorenz Rhode Remix) (mediafire)

Imagine walking into a party, which turns into a zombie fest. This is exactly what The Count & Sinden portray in their brand new music video featuring Bashy for their track "Addicted To You" . Check out the zombie madness and get used to the catchy tune right over here: DOWNLOAD: The Count & Sinden ft. Bashy - Addicted To You (mediafire)

Check out the music video by Kid Cudi performing "Erase Me" with none-other than Kanye West . Appearances by familiar faces in the video, that looks like it was shot for 2$, and could someone explain to us what this hippie look is all about? Check out the madness right over here: DOWNLOAD: Kid Cudi ft. Kanye West - Erase Me (mediafire)

Uffie just dropped a brand new video for her single "Difficult" with a lot of "cult" symbolism if you know what we mean. Directed by AB/CD/CD , we are still trying to figure out why the recurring school hallways? Check out the madness and see for yourselves, right over here: DOWNLOAD: Uffie Difficult (mediafire)
Meet BOTNEK . A DJ/production duo from Montreal/Halifax, Canada to watch out for. They have been quietly developing their mix of funky house, tech house and afrobeat for several years, and are finally ready to release their first original records. With their early demos and remixes being supported by the likes of Felix Cartal , Congorock , Lazy Rich , Foamo, and Jaymo + Andy George (BBC Radio 1) it's a sure sign this duo have their sights set on big things. Currently BOTNEK are promoting their pre-EP release material as a [...]
Guess what? Die Antwoord just premiered the new video for their single "Evil Boy" produced by none-other than Mad Decent founder Diplo . Featuring enough fuzzy monsters, rat suites and boners to go around for everyone, we just can't get enough of this. Die Antwoord are back in Montreal on such a short delay and you for sure can't miss out on the events going down that night! Check out the crazy stuff right over here: DOWNLOAD: Die Antwoord - Evil Boy [...]

Our Hawaiian fave Kid Aloha just dropped a brand new mixtape to die for. Titled "Purple Sky" , that's exactly what it feels like. Dreamy out of this world music all put together in a different galaxy. Stream + Download the whole thang right over here: Purple Sky by Kid Aloha