tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22029175488773811452011-07-28T14:01:26.102-04:00The New Music Blog that's all about New Music!Melodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12717464533075310309noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202917548877381145.post-14972801061922490832010-06-02T03:52:00.004-04:002010-06-02T04:02:58.717-04:00

A simple, easy on the ears, slightly country cover of "Fools Rush In" performed by the talented M. Ward and the melodic Zooey Deschanel of two-piece band She & Him. Originally by Rick Nelson. Keep your eye on this series they're part of called the Levi's Pioneer Sessions. I'm very much looking forward to hearing what The Kills and John Legend and The Roots are going to cover.

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"The Suburbs" by Arcade FireKinda calm and toned down... sleepy almost. A slow driving song. Or something you can clean the house to. But only if you live in The Suburbs. Kidding. Lame joke. I guess it's a good single for a third album, but I didn't just love it. Put "The Suburbs" on at night and it'll probably lull you into a pretty dream state. Get your hammock ready."Month of May" by Arcade

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I thought that I'd enjoy a song and video with Slash and Travis Barker in it and after several months "Rude Boy" has finally grown on me. However, this "Rockstar 101" song? Meh.It's exactly what I've come to expect from Rihanna. The same old, same old. I was turned off by it when I heard the "I never play the victim" line set to images of her writhing around a snow-blanketed forest in black. Not

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"Figure It Out" by VersaEmergeHonestly, this isn't an impressive song. Sounds like all the other tracks they've already put out. That's bad since this is one of the songs from their new album. It's as if the band is testing their experimental ability to be creepy and then it automatically rebounds back into their pop rock comfort zone.AM/FM by !!!I have no idea how you verbally say three

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Part of Pop Star SundayThis took some time to grow on me (especially knowing this song is about Russell Brand... ew). But the second time I was completely into the chorus. It's probably the only pop song I'll ever applaude for being over-produced. I mean it's called "E.T." What better song to slap a bunch of cymbols and electric keyboards over?It's the second track leaked from her upcoming

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5 piece Alabama-based band The Arrival isn't what you think they are. I wanted to immediately stick them into the same pop rock, Alt. Press box that's already packed to the seams with sceney-boppers and All Time Low wannabes.However, there is one thing I had to remind myself of inbetween every song: The Arrival is unsigned. It's kinda crazy that a band recording out of somebody's house sounds

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Part of Pop Star Sunday(Even though she's not technically pop anymore...) I remember when I used to watch Instant Star on The N as a high schooler. After every episode I'd go online and listen to all the Jude Harrison songs, performed by a then red-headed Alexz Johnson. Her voice always stood out to me, despite the falling quality of the songs after Season 2.Upon hearing all her incredible new

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Woohoo! Champagne time.Who the heck am I? In the good words of Jay-Z, allow me to reintroduce myself. I'm Melody. And my blog Sounds Good for a lot of different reasons.1. I love great music and I wouldn't recommend that you listen to anything that I wouldn't listen to.2. The only thing better than music in general is new music.3. I always tell you why it's good. And if it's bad I tell you why

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I know, I'm terrible. But final exams take precedence. So hold on a little while longer. I want to polish the new layout some more, possibly even experiment with the new name some more and get my new posts more organized.I have a list of things ready to go - but not until all these other little nuances are done first.

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Anyone with Prince as a fan has to be working with something crazy original. From just one song you can hear how funky Janelle Monae is. It's like there's a brass section playing in her veins.To be fair, she isn't brand spanking new. She's done past projects like the "Open Happiness" Coke campaign and Outkast's 2006 film Idlewild. Her latest is the super danceable "Tightrope" and it's equally

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They called her xXxtina back in the day for a reason. Good Lord.The video for 'Not Myself Tonight' is Christina Aguilera's return to the business after her concept album 'Back to Basics.' It's also her first single from her new album.And while all the Lady Gaga and Rihanna fans are probably on YouTube right now claiming that Christina is just trying to jump on the Bad Romance bandwagon, let's be

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Yes ma'am. Or sir. I'm currently working a revamp and I've got ideas popping off left and right.I'm looking into new layouts, considering ways I can specialize the site to give it an exclusive music review focus and all the new artists, bands and groups I want to talk about. And two of the best things I have in store (or I think it's the best thing).1) Free music downloads! I've been stumbling

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Click here for the New York Times Obit Video! It wouldn't let me embed :(Innovator, icon and victim of a broken eardrum. Music as we know it today, contemporary audio recordings especially, would not exist without this man, Les Paul. Show your appreciation with any combination of Paul made or inspired songs and artists.Tennessee Waltz - Les Paul and Mary FordAll Day and All of the Night - The

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They look like the masked wrestlers of trip-hop. And the archnemesis' to everything cute and/or bubblegum. But they sound like every club hoppers dream date. Never thought I'd be leaving the future of underground dance music in the hands of two identity-phobe Italian DJs - whose legal names are Bobby and Tommy. Then again that just goes to show how much I think I know.As the saying goes, if it

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Paramore - New Music - More Music VideosLove the lightbulb and how it ends with her wrapped up in cables. Makes me even more excited for this album. For the fans: SPIN has already heard some of the new Paramore tracks. Get jealous.

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Part of Pop Star SundayIn a couple months this song should do for the Paradiso Girls, what 'Just Dance' did for Lady Gaga. The beat begs to be played at a party. You've got these bongo-like drums and of course, Lil Jon shouting 'YEAHHH!' The title alone should tell you what the whole song is about: drinking. Except their let's get fucked up anthem is about 10 million times better than the one the

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Part of Pop Star SundayPop singers with unconventional voices tend to get a lot of flack for being... well, unconventional. Amie is about as unconventional as most pop singers get. She's kind of blusey with a pinch of indie. I want to say her rough texture is kind of country, too. Amie's not the kind of thing you'd hear on a TV reality show too easily - she is getting lots of play in grocery

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Part of Pop Star SundayKimberly ColeThis opener for Katy Perry - which will automatically turn you off or hype you up depending on what you think about the musician - is very... well... typical. She's not fantastic or down-right awful. She's at that perfect level of mediocrity that makes her less than likable. She sings about guys and parties and sexy scenes set to artificial beats, which are the

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Mistah Fab - New Music - More Music VideosTwitter now has an unofficial theme song. Don't miss the Travis Barker cameo.

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Since my last couple posts have been too long for my liking, I'm keeping it short and sweet. LMFAO. Miami-based electrocrunk band. Yes, that's what they call their genre of music. They seem to be into the scene style of appearance as well, but that's another subject for another day. Their most popular song to date is 'I'm in Miami, Bitch!' A super-synced song with a better bass line than the

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He plays the harp, the mandolin and the keyboard. He also plays guitar, banjo and the glockenspiel. Oh and he sings too. Kevin M. Kirker is a solo artist and his songs - some on MySpace, the rest downloadable for free on his website - are a new kind of beautiful. He's unsigned and as horrible as this sounds - he's so far ahead of anything in the industry right now, he might be unsigned for a very

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If you haven't already heard this on the radio - shame on you! Or shame on whatever town you live in. 'You're A Jerk' by the New Boyz has become a viral video phenomenon in the last couple months. The jerk is this year's Superman. And if you didn't know, watch the video because you're already behind.Just to offer a little background information: the song, 'You're A Jerk' was made to accompany the

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100% synthesized and straight from a 1980s dancefloor, UVS is up in this! And for anyone opposed to the sound of frantic 808 drum beats - you will hate this band. With a passion. But for anyone who can tolerate an album full of club songs that average about 5-minutes in length per track will find them pretty sweet. I'm still on the fence, however.UltraViolet Sound is kinda clever though. Emphasis

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The standard 'Follow This Blog' widget provided by Blogger is so ugly in my opinion that I simply did away with it. However, I would love it if you followed me via Blogger in spite of that little widget problem!So here's what you should do in three easy steps.1) Sign into your Blogger account - and if you have Gmail, you automatically have a Blogger account.2) Under the 'Reading List' and 'Blogs

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They think they sound like "a frothing cauldron of gruel." They really sound like a frothing cauldron of symphony rock. Not sure if there's a such thing as symphony rock - but I officially coin the phrase. 'Ra Ra Riot,' which I mentioned the first time I wrote about indie two-piece pop band Discovery, is a rock band with a girl on violin and another girl on cello. The rest of the members play

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My latest obsession is the Radio 1's Live Lounge. Where a wide range of exceptional, well-known musicians perform a cover of a song from a polarizing genre. IE - The boys of McFly lay down a crazy bass line on their jazzy version of 'I Kissed A Girl'; Bats for Lashes' slow version of Use Somebody by Kings of Leon is almost gospel-like; Dizzee Rascal goes improv on his cover of 'That's Not My Name

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I know it probably is an unfair comparison, but The Morning Of is like Jack's Mannequin with a female vocalist thrown in for brownie points. And less emo. A LOT less emo.Actually, The Morning Of is just so... damn delightful! There's so much soul and rhythm in songs like 'Violins and Trees' and 'Let Your Spirit Soar'. Then you hear 'Reverie' which completely uplifts you and 'Shine' doesn't sound

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I keep hearing this on the radio and I gotta admit... I scramble to turn up the volume everytime. For some reason I can't explain it feels great to blast another Lil' Jon song where the sole purpose is to get you crunk. Not sexed up. Not high. Just crunk.And usually I can't stand when Swizz Beatz raps (mostly because he sucks at anything beyond catchy hooks), but I'm so happy to have another

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Yes, I'm a horrible person. And a bad fan. I'm attempting to find more leaked Paramore songs on YouTube from their soon-to-be released album 'Brand New Eyes.' This is the only one I could find. It's great and complete with snarky-lyrics and dancable, high energy guitar riffs. Just like their previous hits! Guess they're following the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mantra. Which I don't really

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The singer, songwriter, bass player, gypsy jazz musician and Memphis resident - Amy LaVere - kicks more ass than a Tai Chi class. She's finally getting some of the recognition she deserves thanks to MTV and Craig Brewer's fantastically amazing $5 Cover - a Memphis music and film series. And I'm not being bias. It's a very interesting show.Her track history is extensive. Amy's talent and lyrics

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Meet Usher's pre-teen protégé, Justin Bieber - the squeaky voiced version of former Mickey Mouse clubber J. Timberlake. Quite a few of his covers have struck YouTube gold and his channel has over 3 million views (and triple that per video).He isn't mainstream yet... exactly. So I'll call future hit for now, Toss Up for his career. Cause really it's only a matter of time before Radio Disney picks

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The new album doesn't drop until September 29, but you can pre-order it in five days at Paramore.net. Click here to read more about it and to see the song list.

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As you already know, the greatest and most controversial pop star to ever exist, Michael Jackson, passed away yesterday. I've been kind of glued to my TV watching all the details and all the music videos for the last 40-something hours. I have no links for you, other than this YouTube link to his videos if you want to watch them too.But I do have this pretty great picture of today's cover of USA

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Harley Knox - a random, but very likable pop-alternative?-rock cover of Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru the Phone"Doug Neumann - the jazzy Frank Sinatra version of Panic at the Disco's "But It's Better if You Do" (His album will have other covers from The Hush Sound, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes and The Academy Is...).Purplish Rain - SPIN's tribute issue to Prince came out on the 23rd. You gotta

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The second epic, amazing official music video of "21 Guns" from Green Day's latest album - 21st Century Breakdown - is on their MySpace page. In HD. For a limited time. Or until someone rips it from their page and puts it on YouTube.

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NOTE: Couldn't embed the actual video, but I did link it below.Now, this is not just a product of me watching Nocturnal State. I've been a Franz fan for about three years now. They first pulled me in with their insanely catchy songs 'Take Me Out' and 'Do You Want To'. Then I discovered 'Jacqueline,' 'I'm Your Villain,' 'Michael' and 'The Fallen'. Among others.They understand what pop is. They

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Carolina Liar - New Music - More Music VideosThis is Part 2 of the Mass Update I was just talking about. I first heard this song on an Overstock commercial. Then I heard it on the radio and I liked it, but not that much. Then I saw the music video (finally) and ended up loving it.Maybe because the lead singer of Carolina Liar looks like a faux Jesus. Maybe because I took the repeated 'Oh Lord' in

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VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & GossipThis mass update is courtesy of MTV and VH1. I was up at 6 AM watching Nocturnal State and AMTV, since that's the only time of day you can see actual music videos. And I actually saw some stuff I've been missing out on.Like The Airborne Toxic Event! Apparently Rolling Stone Magazine and U2 are fans. Pitchfork Media doesn't like them,

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Have you ever listened to a group for the first time and was shocked by how much you liked it? Although Fancy Me Yet, a Miami indie rock band, has cute guys and a former Latin Grammy-nominated singer going for them, I was skeptical. Three piece bands rarely have variety, crossover appeal or (in the case of MySpace) enough songs for an accurate feel of their real sound.Fancy Me Yet has all of

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What a weekend. Lost power after tornadoes went through the mid-south. Turned to radio for all my needs and ended up finding this awesome guy, Eric Price (fell hard for his new song "Still Holding On" - it's the first one on his MySpace, forgive the layout) while listening to a super exclusive one-hour radio show on 95.7 Hallelujah FM.The show is called Kingdom Party. And I'm very annoyed that

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http://twitter.com/soundsgoodblogFollow me and I'll follow you :)- Melody

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Considering all the free albums Prince gave away last year, he would approve of SPIN.com allowing free downloads of their tribute album on June 23. Save the date - cause I am!I can't wait to hear if they mess up the songs or not. But I have reason to believe it'll be okay after hearing their sample track, a cover of "When Doves Cry". There's even going to be a nice cover story about it in SPIN's

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The sound quality is fantastic in this fan video from Mika's European acoustic concert in April (and the camera person has steady hands too) where he played a new song 'Good Gone Girl'. The following is a video of another song, 'Blame It On The Girls', which Mika also unveiled on tour as one of the two new songs from his upcoming sophomore album.The camera is pretty shaky - but you can hear the

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I apologize for the way I suddenly vanished! Computer problems forced me offline - but all is well now and I'm back with some new songs and videos!A couple things I'm working on: Some MySpace exclusives, more awesome unsigned music from The Independents, a YouTube channel and I've been wondering if I should start a Sounds Good Twitter. Decisions, decisions. I'll keep you posted!- Melody

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Billboard's 2009 Summer Music Guide has you covered.Bookmark that page, okay? So you can keep tabs on the 125 albums coming out between now and August, 40 Music Festivals you might be able to actually attend and 13 tours you probably didn't know about.My 2009 Summer Wishlist: new Cobra Starship, The JoBros, Daughtry, Lil' Wayne, Trey Songz, Colbie Caillat, Sean Paul, Jet, Bonnaroo Musicfest, The

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There was a music video somewhere, but I can't find it :(Well, at least Selena Gomez has a bigger 'featuring' part than Leighton Meester does in Cobra Starship's song...?And this is me trying to think of something positive to say about the song. And I'm failing. Just listen and judge for yourself.PS - Her other 'song' with Forever The Sickest Kids - an acoustic song - doesn't sound much better.

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Laughing WithThe song is serious, simple and quiet repetitive, but the truth in the lyrics is pretty undeniable. The video itself is an odd collection of reality-bending special effects and pictures of her looking pretty and singing sadly.Regina Spektor's new album drops June 23rd. This lovely pro-God single "Laughing With" is her latest.

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If you haven't already - swing by...THE SOUNDS GOOD MYSPACEJoin as a friends. Suggest some other friends I should have. And of course, leave a comment. Or send me a message. Cause I love both. And if you also haven't already...SUBSCRIBE TO THE SOUNDS GOOD RSS FEEDRSS Feed's are the future. Both the links are in the sidebar as well :]- Melody

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This wouldn't be a music blog of much respect if I didn't have Green Day on my playlist. 21st Century Breakdown is amazing, you know this already. I don't have to tell you anything.As a matter of fact - go their MySpace today and download 'Know Your Enemy' for free, if you don't already have it.And one more thing - New Green Day North American tour. 38 dates. Click here for the list.And just in

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Unsigned twin sisters Megan and Liz are YouTube cover-artists and small time video stars. Cover artists don't usually get a lot of respect. On places like YouTube they're especially common. But a Megan and Liz video averages between 90,000 and 200,000 views. They have 31,000 subscribers and they have new, original songs over at their MySpace page - where they also have a fansite and a street team

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I was compelled to listen to this after they were listed as a former top MySpace group. I was expecting some kind of artificial party sound, but it ended up sounding so bad, I had to warn people about them.Millionaires are bunch of scene queens who call themselves 'electro/pop.' I call it over-synthesized club music aiming for the ultimate pop prize - to be catchy - and landing in the valley of

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Also known as Aubrey Graham and also known as Jimmy from Degrassi, the stage name 'Drake' has been in everybody's mouth since the VMA's. Facebook and YouTube is lit up with his face and his music is beginning to even reach car stereos. And his buzz is only on the rise since he's supposedly dating Rihanna - but that's not really news to anybody.Drake has been in the business for yearsss (back when

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I remember writing a review of this chick's first album, Don't Look Away, for my school newspaper about 5 months before she showed up on One Tree Hill (the show that proved to be a useful launching pad for her musical career). It was weird, but it worked. She wasn't afraid to cross genres and her voice was beyond raw. I loved it.Her second studio album, A Fine Mess, is... appropriately named. The

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The first indie group I enjoyed enough to write about!With a band name like 'Battle Victorious,' you expect some kind of hard, guitar heavy alternative rock. Instead you get these eerie, oddly spiritual, folk-pop-rock harmonies that come off pure and powerful instead of loud and aggressive.I guess that's why they sound so good. Composed of The Marriotts, a husband and wife tag team, and based in

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French girls singing about Spain while trying to make it in America? Ambitious!Signed by NYLON Records (the same people who make pop-counter-culture rag, NYLON Magazine), this is The Plastiscines first single with the label. And not only does the video look like it was pulled straight from the pages of NYLON Magazine - it looks like they styled the whole thing, too (Look at those outfits! That

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Well, technically - considering that they've already recently debuted in Billboard's Top 15, #1 on the Christian Billboard Chart, #1 on the Heavy Music Chart, #1 on Indie Billboard Charts, #1 on iTunes Rock Charts and #4 on the Rock Billboard Charts... The Devil Wears Prada is already a hit.But I believe they're going to only get bigger from here. As the scripture reads, Let anything that have

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With album art that looks like a screenshot from a Daft Punk music video, it looks just as mystical and synthetic as it sounds (or as Daft Punk sounds - which is a down right wonderful group to be compared to).Family Force 5 - the world's best crunk rock Christian rap band ever - is getting ready to drop their funkified remix album on May 19. Slowly, it's been leaking onto the internet. Some

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And I was just talking about Gossip Girl Leighton Meester trading screenplays for microphones in relation to Taylor Momsen's supposed new demo. I stopped everything I was doing to listen to this one and while it was worth it to be able to hear new Cobra Starship... it wasn't for the Meester.Cobra Starship usually doesn't hype new songs on their MySpace unless they're amazing. I can understand why

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A Gossip Girl sings? And it's not Leighton Meester? And it's not Ed Westwick either??I've been hearing buzz about Taylor Momsen (who plays cute little Jenny Humphrey on everybody's guilty pleasure, 'GG') fronting an original rock band for a long, long while now.Her band, The Pretty Reckless (or The Reckless, depending on which circles you get your info from) is what she fronts. And their supposed

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By no means am I the authority on anything about country music. I'm growing to like it and I've been opening my music collection to more of it.So I think it says something when a person - new to country - ends up becoming attached to an act. It might be because they're waaay more pop than country, but whatever. Gloriana - currently on tour with Taylor Swift, but don't let that deter you if you

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Toss UpWhen it's too crazy to tell if it'll be a huge success or a huge flopFuture HitA NEW hot song, band, artist, video, etc.HeatseekersHas yet to become big, but it sounds like it will and it canThe IndependentsIndie groups, local acts and MySpace/YouTube/Alternative Internet stars you should knowPress StopUp and coming kids that are just downright terribleNEW TAGS!The Big ThingA song that

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Everybody loved Vampire Weekend when they first dropped last year, right? Pop-sweethearts and former college kids. The criteria for success in a post-Late Registration music landscape. Their second album is supposed to drop sometime this year.But until then here's something from Vampire Weekend's guitarist/keyboardist/sometimes backup singer and a friend of his from Ra Ra Riot (a band with a

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The video really could have done without everybody running up and dancing in the camera at the end. But whatever. The song itself is EPIC. Done in one take by college students. Things like this give me hope that rap isn't completely dead.This is a loose cover of Waynes 'Let The Beat Build'. Listen and compare. But be forewarned - Nyle's version is much, much, MUCH better.

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Hey Monday. All Time Low if they had a female front? Another Paramore knockoff? Future pop rock power players? I don't know. They have potential.It's easy to link any band with a female front and a poppy sound to Paramore. Mostly because Josh Farro and Hayley Williams changed the game (and because Hayley can EFFIN sing - I've seen this girl live and when you sound better live than you do in a

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I guess I didn't post this on the 29th cause I'm partial on the song. Love the video, though. So that pretty much guarantees that you'll love it too :)

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Meg & Dia - New Music - More Music VideosCatchy, delightfully morbid and shiny all in the space of 3 minutes.Love them. You should too, their old stuff (Lessons from New Jersey, Timmy, Cardigan Weather, Monster) is made of automatic win. "Here, Here and Here" just dropped. Might be one of the only albums this year I'll actually care enough to buy.

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Another rapper who gained notoriety by making hot beats and... lacing them with lukewarm lyrics.Hooking up with Kanye isn't a bad idea. It could get another hit out of a collaboration with him. OH WAIT - they already have another one out. Featuring Common and Kanye, 'I Poke Her Face' samples Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face' (clever play on words...? nah). All you have to do is guess what the song is

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For such a little set, they sounded epic. As one of the first musical acts to ever appear on the highly influential Colbert Report, his flock of impressionable viewers will make nice additions to The Decemberists fanbase, I think.

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1. Because my name is Melody and I love, love, love, LOVE music.2. Because the only thing better than music in general is new music.3. Because I promise to keep my posts short, sweet and straight to the point.4. Because I've predicted future music successes (and future failures) for my college newspaper for two years and I was on point (IE - Kate Voegele, Timbaland's Shock Value album, Lily Allen

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Cause it Sounds Good!

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