Tag Archives: pop music

This week’s Swag Tuesday prize is Forget The World, the debut album from Grammy-winning EDM artist Afrojack, which is now available for download and at physical retailers nationwide. Magnetic Mag has a review: Afrojack’s debut album Forget the World may feel long overdue for the Dutch DJ seeing how he’s been in the game for four years now and is …

The Birmingham Mail has the details: The 11-date UK tour will be the band’s first shows for more than 15 years and will feature the original line-up, including Jon Moss (drums), Mikey Craig (bass) and guitarist Ray Hay. Prior to the live dates Culture Club, who sold millions of singles with songs such as Do You Really Want To Hurt …

There’s a tween civil war going on at YouTube.

Stereogum reports: Morrissey has never been shy about any of his views, but he’s been an especially vocal advocate of animal rights over the past 30 years. The latest manifestation of this crusade is a PETA-produced animated video to be aired during Morrissey’s upcoming tour dates. As explained on YouTube, “The video takes viewers on a harrowing journey as they …

Via Mashable: Trying ever so hard to put the Met Gala elevator fight behind them, power couple Beyonce and Jay Z delivered a dramatic star-studded mini movie to fans this weekend to shift the conversation to their upcoming On the Run Tour. The all-guns-blazing video, simply titled “Run” and set to the duo’s song “Part II (On the Run),” throws …

Via Britain’s Express: The 25-year-old Eurovision winner – whose real name is Tom Neuwirth – made her first ever UK television appearance on The Graham Norton Show this week, and revealed that Elton John had left flowers in his dressing room at the BBC studios. Speaking of the card which he found with the bouquet, Conchita said: “The card read, …

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Via Rolling Stone: Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Andrew Garfield plays a whole different kind of superhero in Arcade Fire’s inspirational (and psychedelic) video for “We Exist.” Dressing in a woman’s wig and short jean shorts, Garfield’s character heads down to a local bar, where he defends himself against a hoard of violent drunks – and embraces his destiny. Overall, the …

Moscow authorities have banned a parade that would have honored Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst. Although homosexuality was decriminalized in Russia in 1990s, animosity toward gays remains strong in Russia. The county last year passed a law banning the dissemination to minors of so-called “gay propaganda” and routinely rejects applications to hold gay rights demonstrations. Alexei Maiorov, head of Moscow’s security …

Last night Debbie Harry held up the above sign at the end of a Daily Show “celebrity elevator violence” PSA.  Watch the clip here.

“The ROC [Russian Orthodox Church] categorically opposes bearded men in dresses!” – Popular Russian blogger Rustem Agadamov, reacting to the church’s denouncement of Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst. Vladimir Legoyda, the chairman of the ROC, described Wurst’s win as a “sign of the world’s moral decline” and “part of the aggressive assertion of Western cultural norms.” He told Interfax: “The process …

The Hollywood Reporter reviews the clip: The music video for the Michael Jackson posthumous duet with Justin Timberlake debuted on Wednesday morning, and it’s a careful visual tribute of the late pop singer’s lasting legacy on future generations. “Love Never Felt So Good” — the first single off of Xscape — features archival footage of Jackson’s many music videos, including …

Via press release: Teaming up with Michael Serrato (Big Gay Sketch Show, Neil’s Puppet Dreams, DWV Music Videos), the video was shot in two days in Los Angeles. The video features veteran turned model and actor Alex Minsky, whose motivational story of losing his leg at war has landed him on The View, The Today Show, GMA, and Jay Leno. …

Communist Party MP Valerii Rishkin is so upset about Conchita Wurst, he is calling for Russia to pull out of Eurovision and stage its own contest. “The results of the latest Eurovision were the last straw,” he said. “We must leave this contest immediately, it is high time that we stop tolerating this madness. Each year Russia spends EUR 40 …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is Unrepentant Geraldines, the new studio album from Tori Amos which is now available for download and at physical retailers nationwide. Paste Magazine has a great review: Rather than lushly arranged, these songs are musically sparse, primarily featuring piano and voice, with flourishes of drum loops and synths serving as ambience …

Covers and parodies are pouring onto YouTube following Conchita Wurst’s win at Eurovision on Saturday. I especially enjoyed this sign language rendition. The drama! 

Conchita Wurst’s winning Eurovision entry is #1 today on Russia’s iTunes chart. The track is from the official Eurovision album released yesterday after the contest. At #4 on Russia’s chart is the original version of Rise Like A Phoenix, which was released last month. Russia’s own Eurovision entry is at #8.

VIDEO: Conchita emerges from the jetway at 1:00.

“There’s no limit to our outrage. It’s the end of Europe. It has turned wild. They don’t have men and women any more. They have ‘it’.  Fifty years ago the Soviet army occupied Austria. We made a mistake in freeing Austria. We should have stayed.” – Former Duma vice chairman Vladimir Zhirinovsky, reacting to the Eurovision win of Conchita Wurst. …