This is WAY cool: St. Vincent to guest on Gossip Girl

Fabulous. Photo via St. Vincent's flickr

I can’t believe St. Vincent, our beloved Annie Clark is going to be on Gossip Girl. It was cool enough when they got Lady Gaga and Lizzie Mcguire to be on their show, but this is just way too cool.

The episode featuring St. Vincent is going to air February 13, the Valentine’s day episode. I have to be honest: I haven’t been watching Gossip Girl. I should just turn in my life card right now. I turned away from Gossip Girl during… season 4 I believe. When Georgina was conning Dan into raising her baby that he thought was his… it was a little weird and far-fetched. Even for GG. +1 for Kristen Bell being Gossip Girl though. She is SO EFFING COOL.

Annie Clark, you are just so heavenly. Photo via St. Vincent's flickr

Now I hear Blair got a royal wedding and maybe, probably something dramatic happened there as well. You’d think they’d chill out and sit down once in a while and watch Netflix. But that would be boring television. Plus they need to show off their fabulous wardrobes. The stylist on that show is beyond fabulous.

St. Vincent will be playing her songs “Cruel” and “Cheerleader” off her latest album Strange Mercy. The album is awesome, and I bought tickets last weekend for her spring tour which I am mondo excited for. Plus they were only 20 bucks. Annie knows we are living on a 20something poor and fabulous budget. She is a queen.

She will also be on an upcoming episode of the brilliant Portlandia, where “the dream of the 90s is alive in Portland.”

Yay for Annie!!!!!!!

Listen: Marina & the Diamonds “Obsessions” oOoOO remix

Beauty. Photo via Flaunt Magazine
Beauty. Photo via Flaunt Magazine

This is definitely a close your eyes, headphones on type of remix.

Marina & the Diamonds “Obsessions” oOoOO remix

Also, oOoOO (pronounced “oh”) has a new album coming out on April 10 named Our Love is Hurting Us.

Check out “Hearts.”

oOoOO Photo via njuice.com
oOoOO Photo via njuice.com

Forever Young: Jenny Lewis on Golden Girls

My heart just melted. Jenny Lewis + Golden Girls = heart melted forever.

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Music: Bon Iver’s Grammy commercial

Photo via consequenceofsound.net
Photo via consequenceofsound.net

Ugh, the Grammys. They may be the absolute worst awards ceremony ever, due to it being more of a popularity contest than a talent contest. Except for that one time Arcade Fire awesomely won Album of the Year, sending Twitter Bieber fans into a tween-high-fructose-corn-syrup rage.

What the fuck IS the difference between Song and Record of the Year?? This is the shit I'm talking about, the awards aren't even clear! Photo via Twitter

Anyways, Midwest faves Bon Iver are nominated for 4 awards including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Alternative Album. It’s always exciting to be nominated for things. Plus, my friend has hung out in Justin Vernon’s kitchen, and has petted his cat. Yep, I’m connected.

Also, it’s fun to root for anyone who wasn’t fist-pumped to on last season’s Jersey Shore.

Here’s a commercial promoting the 54th Grammys using Bon Iver’s “Holocene” to some aesthetically pleasing leaves, trees and wind.

Listen: AlunaGeorge remixes Lana Del Rey’s “Born to Die”

Photo via afterid.com

Lana Del Rey is certainly a hot topic these days. The frenzy surrounding Lana Del Rey’s authenticity is an age old story really, because everything pop culture-big is coated in corporate lipgloss before it’s sent to make the monies. Truth.

It’s true, her album has been described as “a multiple choice test with every answer scanned “C.” and “music [that] doesn’t communicate actual feeling.” Ouch. However, it seems that critics have fallen on deaf ears, as her album Born to Die is number 1 in 11 countries.

I’ll admit that I can’t get “Video Games” out of my head. It is the best song to sing in your car. Trust me. Sometimes we like “B” things, and that’s okay man. Guilty or not, pleasures are pleasures.

If you’re already jonesin’ for remixes of her album, or have no idea who I’m talking about, take a gander at this amazing remix of her title track “Born to Die” by AlunaGeorge.

Music: Feist to go on spring tour

Photo via letfreedomrain.blogspot.com
Photo via letfreedomrain.blogspot.com

Yay for Feist fans! She’s going on tour this spring, and hopefully landing in a city near you. Unfortunately she’s not coming to my neck of the country, but that’s ok because I’ve got St. Vincent tickets to calm my cries. I’m still a little jealz though. I also stood in line for 40 minutes for Florence & the Machine tickets in Minneapolis, but they sold out in 40 minutes and weren’t being sold online. Which was pretty upsetting seeing as Ticketmaster should have gotten their shit together. Why don’t these lovely acts spend more time in our cities, hmm?! HINT HINT!

FEIST TOUR DATES

Sat April 14 & 21 – Indio, CA – Coachella
Sold Out

Sun April 22 – Phoenix, AZ – Orpheum
Presale 2/1 at 10AM / On-Sale 2/3 at 10AM
Presale pw: badeachother

Thurs April 26 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Presale 2/2 at 10AM / On-Sale 2/4 at 10AM
Presale pw: thebadineachother
Sat April 28 – New Orleans Jazz Fest
On Sale Now

Mon April 30 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: thebadineachother

Tues May 1 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: metals

Wed May 2 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolf Auditorium
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: METALS

Thurs May 3 – Raleigh, NC – Memorial Auditorium
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: TheBadInEachOther

Sat May 5 – New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
Presale Now for Feist fan club and AMEX EOS / On-Sale Sat Feb 4 at 10AM
Presale pw: thebadineachother

Mon May 7 – Boston, MA – House of Blues – Boston
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: thebadineachother

Tues May 8 – Philadelphia, PA – The Academy of Music
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: THEBADINEACHOTHER

Wed May 9 – Bethesda, MD – Strathmore
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: thebadineachother

Fri May 11 – Burlington, VT – Flynn Theater
Presale Feb 1st at 10AM / On-Sale Fri Feb 3 at 10AM
Presale pw: the bad in each other

Music: Madonna releases MDNA cover art

Photo via www.madonna.com
Hot Hot Hot! Photo via http://www.madonna.com

That’s some great cover art right there. Madonna’s MDNA, which is a play on her name and a popular drug. She explained the name a little more to Leno saying, “You’ve heard of this drug that produces euphoric feelings of love, MDMA…”

 

Listen: Ladyhawke “Black, White And Blue” (The Big Pink Remix)

Ladyhawke has a new album coming out March 27th stateside! Check out a remix of “Black, White and Blue” off of her upcoming album, Anxiety.

Music: Jack White to release new album!!

Hello, Jack. Photo via youtube.com
Hello, Jack. Photo via youtube.com

It’s been a while since we’ve had an album from Jack White, in any of his multiple forms (White Stripes, Raconteurs and the Dead Weather to be exact!) It has been reported that our fave White will  be releasing a solo album this year.

White comments on his new body of work, titled Blunderbuss, saying that:

“I’ve put off making records under my own name for a long time but these songs feel like they could only be presented under my name. These songs were written from scratch, had nothing to do with anyone or anything else but my own expression, my own colors on my own canvas.”

According to his youtube channel, the album will drop April 23/24. To tide you over you can download his new single “Love Interruption” on Jan. 31. EEP!

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