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Adele performs “Rolling In The Deep” on Soundcheck
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Omar Afuni does “Born This Way / Express Yourself / Jump” mash-up!
5High quality cover artwork of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”
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Name something that gets passed around…
2Introducing… Hanni El Khatib
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The son of Palestinian and Filipino immigrants (and the first American in his family), Hanni El Khatib grew up in San Francisco and was obsessed with classic Americana and pop culture of the 1950s and 60s. Influenced by pioneers of early Rock and R&B, the multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band (live he is joined by drummer Nicky Fleming) mixing a unique sound of ‘50/’60s blues, soul, garage rock & doo whop. Or in Hanni’s words “these songs were written for anyone who’s ever been shot or hit by a train. Knife fight music.” With his sinewy guitar and wry, whiskey-glazed voice, Hanni El Khatib creates malt shop music for those who drink them spiked with bourbon. As the creative director for skateboard powerhouse HUF and lifelong skater, Hanni El Khatib professes to a love for well-crafted objects: classsic cars, cans pomade and stiletto switchblades. This craftsmanship carries over into his music, where El Khatib is inspired and informed by the specificity of a guitar tone or the fuzziness of an amp sound. His background in DIY and skate culture manifests as a desire to “keep mistakes in” and make things “as raw as possible.” Merging primitive rock sounds with punk aesthetics, El Khatib toes lines between all genres and ends up firmly in his own. Debut record will drop June 2011 on Innovative Leisure Records.
Clare Maguire performs “This Is Not The End” from her debut live!
1Clare Maguire is winning us over bit by bit. Beautiful vocals on this robust sombre track.
Haiku Review: “Let England Shake” by PJ Harvey
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From PJ Harvey,
Comes the shaking of England.
Her return to form.
Video Premiere: “Thank You” by Claudia Brücken
2Lofty Prediction: Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” video will make you like the song
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Okay, so the first single of Lady Gaga’s highly-hyped third album is out and many people are unhappy with it. Many say that is sounds too close to “Express Yourself” by Madonna and we can see the resemblance in chord progression, but that’s not enough to say she copied it. Nonetheless, Gaga said before that she is heading to a rockier route and this is a pretty heavy song. The lyrics are lackluster, but it could (and probably will) grow by the time it hits radio hard. Cover versions are already flowing in. But, the true catch in Gaga’s music is the visual accompaniment and that has yet to surface, much like the fact that Britney Spears‘ “Hold It Against Me” will go better with a video. So, hold on to your Gaga complaints and wait for the music video, which will probably titillate or even invigorate.
The Pretty Reckless cover Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”
2Oh, how we are in deep yearning of some new Fiona Apple songs.
RuPaul’s Drag Race season 3 gifs!
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PJ Harvey talks about England’s violent history, lyrical poetry
5Britney Spears working with Ke$ha on new album!
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News is out that the very “Sleazy” Ke$ha is actually working with Britney Spears on her new album Femme Fatale. The track is called ”Till the World Ends” with executive producer Dr. Luke. ”That song is me imagining her and any female musician touring the world,” she says. “You know, when you got out, and you’re having an amazing, magical night and you don’t want to go to sleep and you want it to last until the world ends.”
Whatever happened to Ke$ha dissing Britney for lip-syncing?
Adam Lambert performs “Fever” live for VEVO!
2Introducing… Kay
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In a natural progression from Lady Gaga to Ke$ha, Kay arrives. She’s signed to Interscope. Currently finishing up her album – out later this year. Working with Ryan Tedder, Danja, organized noize (Outkast), Bangladesh, Tiesto, Steve Aoki, Pharrell, Rusko,, Swedish House Mafia and more. There isn’t a single biography of her on the web, so we’ll just weight for her to get bigger. Meanwhile, listen to her music below.
Must-Watch: Video Premiere: “Good Man” by Raphael Saadiq
3We never got into Raphael Saadiq’s oeuvre really, although it’s been recommended to us, but this video is just so powerful and tells and good tale.
