HOT HOT HOT!!!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs in NOLA
Listen: “Chair” by Big Deal
This song is like, a cigarette and a nice cocktail buzz on a shitty plastic lawn chair on a really hot summer day.
Forever Young: Britney, Christina, Justin
Holy shit. Christina Aguilera was better at 8 than all of us now. Combined.
Britney at 10!!!! So cute!!! Great outfit, and she’s singing live! Love can build a bridge people, don’t you thing it’s time?
Justin, what a cute little kid. I don’t think anyone who was on Star Search and won did anything with their life. Seriously, from years of watching E! True Hollywood Story and VH1, nobody famous ever won that show, they always lost. It just goes to show, you can never, ever give up.
Listen: “Modern Man” by Kodacrome
“String the ducks along, lose your taste for charms
Then when things go wrong, make a joke in order to be strong.
Start at 245, end at 542
and when you arrive, ring the bell, cuz that’s what grown boys do.
Don’t be soft, like the hands of the modern man.”
This song changed my life for like 3 minutes in my car.
Forever Young: Usher
Is he doing A Clockwork Orange meets Grease plus R&B song and dance?! This video is way cooler now than it was when we were little. But then again, was Usher reading A Clockwork Orange when he was 16 and wanted to put it in his video? Probably not. But you never know. Maybe Usher is a literal genius.
We need more R&B these days. I miss these jams! Usher is going kind of an electronic route, which is cool when you think about him evolving into what’s current, but sad when you think about the state of R&B music. Where’s it at in popular culture? Everything is so loud and synthy. Which is fun, but sometimes a girls gotta slow jam to some D’angelo. I really miss some hot R&B.
Milkshakes and yards: A retrospective
Remember Kelis? Remember singing this song in high school and being like “What the fuck is she saying?!” but feeling cool anyways because it was high school and anything neat made you feel like a rockstar?
SUMMER ‘012!!!!!
Listen: Teen Daze “Treten”
Sounds like garageband from college. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing.
Music: Big Deal
Music: New Santigold album art and video
The album art for Santigold’s new album, Master of My Make-Believe, has been released, as well as a release date for the new album which is out May 1. YAY! In the meantime, check out the video for “Disparate Youth.” Sweet outfits, locale and song!!!
Clarissa Explains it All, the album
THIS IS REAL PEOPLE.
Apparently Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa from the 90s darling show Clarissa Explains it All RECORDED A ROCK ALBUM. This shit is so fucking awesome. This is the legitimately coolest kid/teen album I’ve ever heard. A hip lead singer, bass, guitar and drums. It’s annoying tween problems like stupid little brothers (we’re looking at you, Ferguson) and a longform version of the famous “na na na” theme song.
The coolest part is you can absolutely picture Clarissa singing and performing in a garage. Oh if only there were a VHS that was unreleased as well. That would make my YEAR.
I’m dying!!!!!!
I’m instantly 8 years old again. With a leather jacket on, a candy cigarette and dancing in my room to a brand new CD. Seriously amazing.
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