It’s always nice to see lyric videos that have had this much effort put into making them! For Taylor Swift’s ‘Eyes Open’, a wonderful stop-motion animation has been created using stationary and paper. The track is one of two tracks the singer recorded for The Hunger Games, the other of course being ‘Safe And Sound’.
Sweden might be known as the current home of electro-pop, and rightly so, but it’s also the place to find sublime folk artists like First Aid Kit, Lykke Li and my personal favourite, The Tallest Man On Earth (real name Kristian Matsson). Matsson will release his third album There’s No Leaving Now later this year (June 12). Have a listen to album track ‘1904’.
Following the fantastic ridiculousness of her ‘Starships’ video, Nicki Minaj dials down the crazy, and the colour pallet, for next single ‘Right By My Side’. Although the track features Chris Brown, it’s Nas that takes on leading man duty for this video. Elsewhere, with a wardrobe more understated than usual, Nicki Minaj herself nails every single outfit throughout. ‘Right By My Side’ is taken from Nicki Minaj’s latest album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
The upcoming Snow White And The Huntsman film is set to be an almighty cocktail of Gothic grandeur, huge action set pieces, and delicious drama. So who better to have on the soundtrack then the queen of all things epic and gloriously over-the-top! With it’s huge orchestral flourishes and Welch’s towering vocals, Florence + The Machine’s ‘Breath Of Life’ is tailor made for the part.
The penultimate episode of Glee’s third season and it was a good’n with several highlights throughout. However, it was the four minutes of watching The New Directions tackle the mighty Meat Loaf classic ‘Paradise By The Dashboard Light’ that provided one of the musical highlights of the entire series — it was simply electric! The high-energy choreography was particularly exciting. It also helped that the song itself is a total knock-out. Amazing.
Remember Bonde Do Rolê? They are of course the Brazilian Funk trio that released the hugely infectious ‘Solta O Frango’ back in 2007. Well they were then signed to Mad Decent by Diplo and will release their follow-up to 2007’s With Lasers this year! The album, titled Tropicalbacanal, will feature new single ‘Kilo’; the band join Diplo in the colourful video–gamed inspired visuals which see them dressed as Cowboys and Indians and throwing around fruit!
You’ve heard the Journey original; you’ve heard it in a Glee mash-up; now get ready for Mary J Blige to sing the living daylights out of it for the upcoming Rock Of Ages movie. Other stars you can look forward to in this rock musical extravaganza include Catherine Zeta-Jones, Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Paul Giamatti, and of course Tom Cruise.
The Temper Trap will release their self-titled sophomore effort in just over a week on May 21st. While current single ‘Need Your Love’ works the airwaves, why not listen to the equally epic ‘Trembling Hands’ too.
Gossip will release their latest studio album Joyful Noise on Monday and to give you a taste of what to expect beyond their current single ‘Perfect World’, here’s a another track for your listening pleasure; ‘Move In The Right Direction’ was co-written with producer Brian Higgins.
