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NKOTBSB?! Mind. Blown. So NKOTB were a bit before my time, well I mean I knew girls who were obsessed with them, but at the time I was more of a Green Day girl (Dookie was one of my first albums, totes had the poster hanging up over my bed and everything; man I was a cool 8 year old…), however I was all about BSB (“I Want It That Way”, “Quit Playing Games With My Heart”?! Oh I could die. Such tunes!) so part of me is totally excited about this collaboration of ex-boyband heartthrobs. And their first single is undeniably catchy. This insanity drops May 24th.
Ooooh the sun is shining, the weather is beautiful here in the NYSheezy (it’s about damn time), Friday is finally here and two of my favorites get into town from good ol’ London this weekend! All of which makes for a very excited panda. So, let’s kick off this week’s music news with a track from the immensely talented, Skream! Stream. Check out his remix of Miles Kanes’ (formally of the Last Shadow Puppets, now doing his own thing) “Rearrange” after the jump.
Lady Gaga released her song “Born This Way” today and HOMEGIRL TOTES STOLE MY LINE: “…put your paws up.” I’ve been saying paws instead of hands for ages now (because “paws” is such an adorable word)! Feeling kind of “eh” about the song but I reckon it’ll grow on me; reminds me of something I would have loved when I was 16 – you know, the kind of song you blast in the car with your friends when you first get your license and you drive around listening to music as loud as you want just for the sake of driving around and listening to music? Good times…
There’s a ludicrous amount of snow here in the NYSheezy, so what better way to warm up from playing and making snowmen than to jump into this week’s magical music update?
There’s something quite wonderful about pure pop songs; tunes that force one to throw whatever musical pretentiousness one might have to the wind and just enjoy an upbeat song for what it is and nothing more. As someone who has a tendency to be over analytical and at times get far too into my own pandahead, pop songs are like a breath of fresh air. I have such respect for those who have the ability to create things that make people smile, to uplift moods. It’s far easier to get tears out of someone than it is to make them laugh. With that in mind, check out the latest from The Go! Team featuring Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino “Buy Nothing Day” and Peter Bjorn & John’s “Second Chance;” two infectious tracks that you can’t help but getting up and rocking out to (just a little bit).
And how is everyone doing on this fine Friday? Doubtless even better now that you’re reading this gloriousness, no?
So the first single off Watch The Throne, the collaboration album between Jay-Z and Kanye West, “H.A.M.”, was released this week and it’s such a let down. The beat, produced by 19 year old Lex Luger, (I know, ridic.) is gorgeous but Kanye’s first verse doesn’t flow with it at all, Jay’s was good but nothing spectacular… I don’t know, I guess considering the immense talent these boys possess, I expected something better. Paws crossed the rest of Watch The Throne is far better. Check it out for yourself below.
Another gem from croontastic crooner, Cee-Lo Green off his upcoming The Lady Killer (out November 3)! Pretty Much Amazing has it exactly right when they say “… ‘Old Fashion’ sounds like a classic, like a song you’ve known all your life.” Loving this track; makes me want to get dolled up 1960s / “Mad Men” steez, sip an Old Fashioned in some dark bar and dance with Don Draper (He’s so dreamy… Apparently this song also makes me use word’s like “dreamy”).
What’s a perfect remedy to a less than stellar start to a morning when one is woken up at 5am to a ludicrously loud garbage truck that beeps incessantly for (no joke) 30 minutes? Discovering the full album stream for Kings of Leon’s Come Around Sundown a full week before it’s release! I have been looking forward to this for months and totes did a little (okay major) happy dance upon said discovery.
As a whole, the album doesn’t sound all that different from Only By The Night, but that doesn’t bother me in the slightest as I loved OBTN. It really frustrates me when people complain how their new stuff sounds so different from albums past and they refuse to like it purely on that basis alone. It’s a good thing that it sounds different. Their first EP, Holly Roller Novocaine came out in 2003, and frankly, if their sound hadn’t grown and changed, they wouldn’t be as successful and people would be complaining that every song sounded the same, and to be honest, their music hasn’t changed that dramatically – which is one of the great things about KoL, in my opinion – they continue to grow and try new things, yet are still able to maintain a distinctive sound.
Today’s bloggin best…
- Lil Wayne is burning down the [court] house. Prefix
- Guru of Gang Starr is expected to make a full recovery, thank goodness. Hypetrak
- Banksy just ain’t as mysterious as he used to be. Format Mag
- Nirvana On Ice. No really, Nirvana on ice. Boing Boing
- It’s about time someone sued Prince for being a buzz kill. Prefix
- New York Times lied, the Arcade Fire’s credibility died. Pitchfork
- The Clash Converse are the punkness. Converse Blog
- Will people pay to hear Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook talk? Spinner