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Kidz Bop's Sanitized 'Thrift Shop' Is Not 'Really Awesome'
Kidz Bop, the series of "kid-friendly" pop covers compilations, is due to release Kidz Bop 24 on July 16. The opening track, a rendition of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' inescapable "Thrift Shop," is on sale now over at iTunes, and man. The Ki...
No Age Stay True to Their Off-Kilter Punk Muse on Defiant 'No Ground'
No Age wanna know: "Who do you think you are?!" That question is the first lyric from the Los Angeles duo's August 20 Sub Pop album An Object, bellowed over hard-charging shimmer on just-unveiled "No Ground." Singer-drummer Dean Spunt recently i...
Eminem Rages Again (and Compares Himself to Beethoven) on Fiery 'Symphony in H'
Eminem won an Oscar way back in 2003, but he's here to show he's "still a grouch." Slim Shady bares his cranky side on "Symphony in H," a 90-second track from early Em champion DJ Tony Touch's upcoming mixtape, Piecemaker 3: The Return of the 50...
Mikky Ekko's Uplifting 'Kids' Stays Humble Despite Benny Blanco's Hit-Making Touch
After teasing us with seven months of videos and remixes for his excellent Clams Casino-produced single "Pull Me Down," Mikky Ekko has at last let slip a brand new official cut. Of course, the Nashville-based singer hasn't been idle exactly. He co-wr...
Stream Blouse's Plush Dream-Pop Single 'No Shelter'
Blouse's 2011 self-titled debut album was a full-length exploration of foggy, pink-tinted dreamscapes, equal parts lipstick kisses and Lynchian intrigue. On September 17, the Portland threesome — composed of frontwoman Charlie Hilton, par...
Download a Dub Version of John Talabot and Pional's Dreamy 'Destiny'
Germany's Permanent Vacation label recently released a punchier club edit (on bright green wax!) of John Talabot's "So Will Be Now," one of the highlights of the Barcelona producer's 2012 album, ƒIN; now Talabot is giving away a dub version of the a...
Did John Mayer Just Pull a Taylor Swift on Taylor Swift?
Taylor Swift has mastered the trick of getting extra mileage out of her songs by leaving them open to tabloid speculation, and now John Mayer has turned the tables. Though she has never acknowledged whether "Dear John," off of 2010's stirring Speak N...
Kitty Drops Bumps for Your 'Barbie Jeep' via Adult Swim's Singles Series
The 2013 Adult Swim Singles Series continues with a strong entry from Tumblr queen Kitty (née Pryde). Over a New Age-y beat by Hot Sugar, the Floridian MC rhymes, "I can be your Nancy, and you can be my Sid," to a would-be suitor on the dance f...
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