Pop Music

The video for Adam Lambert’s latest single follows four lonely Las Vegas performers as they go through their day. One of them is a male stripper, because sure why not?

Perhaps inspired by a recent scathing report by John Oliver, Australian sampling wunderkind Pogo has turned the tongue-babblings of scamvangelist Robert Tilton into a dance track. You’ll like this.

“I’ll state the obvious and say that he seems like he’s a much more open-minded individual, who seems to be moving outside of the dogma of the Catholic Church that has been set in stone since the days of Constantine. So I think it’s good. It’s good to look out into the big, wide world and see that we have …

The production video for a new Gladys Knight dance single is out this week. Via Billboard: The upbeat track teams the seven-time Grammy Award winner with fellow Grammy winner and producer Symbolyc One, aka S1 (Kanye West’s “Power,” Beyoncé’s “Best Thing I Never Had.”). Written and vocal-produced by Knight protégé/R&B singer Avehre, “Just a Little” is the lead single from …

Sam Smith’s song from the upcoming James Bond flick Spectre has become the first-ever Bond theme to top the British pop singles chart. (Adele’s Skyfall and Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill both peaked at #2 in the UK.) Last week we got the audio for the track and out today is the production video which includes scenes from …

With an assist from Nile Rodgers, Lady Gaga has covered the 1979 Chic classic as a promotion of Tom Ford’s latest line. Rolling Stone reports: In the Nick Knight-directed video to accompany the Chic cover, models dance down the runway like it was a Soul Train dance line, with Gaga herself showing up to showcase some of Ford’s skimpier designs. …

Well-Strung’s new studio album Popssical is out today and with it comes a video take on the 1979 Charlie Daniels Band classic.

The Examiner reports: The Beatles have allowed the controversial animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) to use one of their best-known songs, “Can’t Buy Me Love,” for a campaign to promote the adoption of animals, the organization announced Sept. 29. The video was directed by Steven Willis and features cats and dogs who have been …

2.3M views in one day. Rolling Stone reviews the new clip: Lorde leaves an illicit lover lasciviously devoted and enflamed in the striking new video for “Magnets,” the New Zealand singer’s collaboration with UK production duo Disclosure. “Magnets” is one of a number of high-profile collaborations on Disclosure’s new LP, Caracal, which also features The Weeknd, Sam Smith, Miguel and …

Morrissey has followed up his much talked about autobiography with a short novel that’s getting wide notice for all the wrong reasons. From a scathing review in the Guardian: Morrissey’s ego remains untrammelled. That, surely, is the only reason for the publication of List of the Lost in this form. It appears to be unedited, the curse of the writer …

If you can believe it, Rolling Stone has the exclusive audio. They write: As Pope Francis embarks on his historic visit to the United States, His Holiness will spread his message of hope, faith and unity in the form of a prog-rock-infused album titled Wake Up! this November. The Vatican-approved LP, a collaboration with Believe Digital, features the Pontiff delivering …

Broadcasters and filmmakers may finally use Happy Birthday To You without paying royalties to Warner Music. Via the Guardian: A federal court judge in Los Angeles has declared the song Happy Birthday To You belongs in the public domain, dealing a blow to the music publishing company that has been collecting royalties from the song for decades. US district judge …

I really like this. Stereogum agrees: Listening to PWR BTTM will fuck you up — that’s the whole point. Liv Bruce and Ben Hopkins make the kind of music that challenges you to dig into your own pain, to really get inside of your wounds, and emerge stronger for having done so. Their debut album Ugly Cherries is out today, …

Canadian electronic popsters Young Galaxy are out with a gorgeous new single from their forthcoming album Falseworks, due on October 30th. Vocalist Catherine McCandless might remind you of Annie Lennox and this latest track evokes some of that glorious Chicane melancholy. I cannot stop playing this. Already on my best of 2015 playlist. Their 2013 track Pretty Boy made my …