Beyonce Was Diagnosed With Tonsillitis During Mrs. Carter Show World Tour: Morning Mix

Carl Williott
May 22nd, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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:: Beyonce is a “Grown Woman,” but even grown women can get sick. The superstar recently postponed a show in Belgium under doctor’s orders, and now we learn before that, while still on tour for the Mrs. Carter Show, she was diagnosed with tonsillitis. Get this gal some chicken soup, stat! [Vibe Vixen]

:: Speaking of Bey, she recently posted an adorable photo of daughter Blue Ivy Carter on tour with her. The still-only child has her own mini monogrammed director’s chair and everything! [Beyonce Tumblr]

:: Demi Lovato was hawking her album, Demi, out of a limo in NYC when she drove by Ben Stiller and commanded him to buy it. “Ben Stiller, buy my new album on iTunes! It’s out now, it’ll give you a heart attack.” Solid pitch, Dem. [E!]

:: Justin Bieber‘s pet monkey, Malley, will stay in Germany. The capuchin monkey was quarantined there after Bieber failed to produce documentation for the pet in Munich. The deadline for Bieber to send over the paperwork has passed, and so Malley is now owned by the German government. The monkey has been staying in an animal shelter since March. [Rolling Stone]

:: At 73 years old, Giorgio Moroder is a legend, having achieved just about every feat possible in electronic music. That is, except for DJing. But Monday night (May 20), Moroder did his first-ever DJ set, for the Red Bull Music Academy in Brooklyn. The studio wiz spun for an hour, remixing some of his classics and even contributing vocodered vocals. [SPIN]

After the jump, find out which music acts you can catch on TV today. More »

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Miguel Reveals More Details About Next Batch Of ‘Art Dealer Chic’ EPs, Including Release Schedule

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Before landing a flying scissor kick on two unsuspecting fans at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday (May 19), Miguel hit up the pre-show blue carpet to talk about his next batch of Art Dealer Chic EPs. If you’ll recall, the singer first released three free EPs with that title in 2012 ahead of Kaleidoscope Dream, and earlier this year he promised he’d have three more installments. Speaking with Billboard, he confirmed that the next three volumes will be free, and that they should drop in July, August and September, respectively. More »

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Lil Wayne & T.I. Cruise Around Miami In “Wit Me” Video: Watch

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Ride W/ Them

T.I. and Lil Wayne take Miami by storm in the video for “Wit Me,” their new collaboration building buzz for their joint America’s Most Wanted tour. The video was directed by Philly FlyBoy, and finds the rappers cruising South Florida on land and on water in fast cars and fast boats, like a modern day Crockett and Tubbs from Miami Vice, except without all that distracting cop work.

Check it out up top. We know Weezy keeps saying he’s fine, but it’s good to see him bouncing around and yelping like a giddy child.

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Pharrell Channels Cee Lo Green For “Happy”: Hear His ‘Despicable Me 2′ Track

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Pharrell dialed into smooth ’70s disco with Daft Punk on two Random Access Memories tracks, “Get Lucky” and “Lose Yourself to Dance.” But for his new solo track, “Happy,” Mr. Williams digs back a little bit further, to the ’60s. The result is a soulful, catchy little jaunt reminiscent of Cee Lo Green‘s recent work – all handclaps and singalongs and retro pop simplicity.

“Happy” is off the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack, which Pharrell co-produced with composer Heitor Pereira (Pharrell also helmed the music for the first film). Coincidentally, the super-producer teams up with Cee Lo on another one of the movie’s tracks. But you can hear the peppy solo cut below. More »

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Pop Goes The World: Globetrot With Oh Land, Margaret Berger, Sinead Harnett, Lancelot & Kate Boy

Sam Lansky
May 21st, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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Ahoy! Let’s go around the world, shall we? As per usual in this week’s round-up of Pop Goes the World, I’ve lassoed some Scandinavians (no surprise there) — the lovely Oh Land from Denmark, Eurovision contestant Margaret Berger (spoiler alert: she didn’t win; spoiler alert 2: she’s amazing) and Swedish alt-popsters Kate Boy — as well as the ultra-hip Sinead Harnett (via the UK) and an Australian DJ named Lancelot who’s positively royal.

Passports out? Cool. Let’s do it.

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Diplo Clarifies His Thoughts On Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’ Via Lengthy Facebook Letter

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // 1 Comment
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Last week, Diplo posted a string of tweets offering up his unflattering thoughts on Daft Punk‘s Random Access Memories. We felt they were pretty entertaining, even though they were lightly jabbing an album which we enjoyed quite a lot. Daft Punk diehards didn’t find the comments so funny, though, and apparently stormed Diplo’s Twitter and Facebook to the point that the DJ-producer felt the need to respond.

Today (May 21), Diplo posted a letter clarifying his thoughts on RAM. ”My all time favorite daft punk song was ‘make love’ from the last album, not the bangers that you might expect but the subtlety of that record was amazing and i love the production on it[...] the new album i do like a lot as well.. my favorite song being doing it right with panda bear i think its my favorite tune of the year so far. i quite like the album .. my twitters were sarcastic.”

Diplo’s main issue with the album, then, was the cheesy, good vibin’ image of L.A. that it conjures. “I don’t want music that represents excessive blissed out easy listening. I grew up being forced to listen to hotel california[...] And Im also not into the white bearded rich malibu palm tree los angeles that it paints.. LA is great because its real and gritty so that just turned me off[...] this album was obviously for people that enjoy breazy walks with their pets and smoking cigarettes in malibu.. I do not.”

Head below to see more select quotes from the letter, and for Diplo’s subsequent tweet telling people not to read it. More »

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Jonas Brothers To Perform At Miss USA Pageant, Nick Jonas To Co-Host

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // 3 Comments
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We’re not gonna pretend like we know the difference between Miss USA and Miss America, but now we have a handy device to distinguish the two (for this year, at least): Miss USA is the one that will have a Jonas Brothers performance. The JoBros will try to get all the contestants at this year’s Miss USA pageant to put their pom poms down on June 16, and Nick Jonas is co-hosting the whole broadcast with Giuliana Rancic.

This performance comes about a month before the Bros head on a national tour, which should feature more new material from their forthcoming album. Head below to see their tweets with the Miss USA announcements. More »

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Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum & Keith Urban Added To 2013 CMT Music Awards Roster

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // Leave a Comment

Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum and Keith Urban have joined the roster of country superstars performing at this year’s CMT Music Awards. Underwood adds this to her list of upcoming marquee TV appearances (The Sound of Music special and the Sunday Night Football theme song, both for NBC), while Lady Antebellum was recently seen performing on The Voice.

Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, George Strait and Jason Aldean are confirmed to perform as well. In addition to his set, Aldean is sharing hosting duties with actress Kristen Bell. Previously announced performers for the Nashville ceremony include Taylor Swift, Hunter Hayes, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan and the Pistol Annies. More »

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Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’: Review Revue

Robbie Daw
May 21st, 2013 // Leave a Comment
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In our own review of Daft Punk‘s much-hyped and uber-buzzed-about fourth album, we noted that “Random Access Memories is many things: a gamble, a Genesis scroll of Daft Punk’s musical DNA, a mesmerizing summation of their career to this point and a dynamic jumping-off point for the next phase of their creative evolution. Oh, and also, it’s fun.” And for the most part, online critics seem to agree that by abandoning the use of samples and digital technology this time around, the arbiters of French electro-pop have presented us with sonic, cerebral journey through time that is as thrilling as it is ambitious.

Head below for our roundup of what the Internet at large had to say about Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. More »

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Robin Thicke Tones It Down On “4 The Rest Of My Life”: Hear The New Ballad

Carl Williott
May 21st, 2013 // 2 Comments
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Robin Thicke has dropped another Blurred Lines song, but unlike the bouncy, breezy title track or the buzzing “Give It to You,” this one is has no guest spots and no dance beats. “4 the Rest of My Life” is a blue-eyed soul ballad, the chorus riding along with a ’50s-style canned orchestra and eventually building to a guitar solo, as Thicke celebrates his (love) life sentence. So, yeah, time to break out those Justin Timberlake comparisons again.

It’s not as exciting as Thicke’s two prior cuts, but damn it’s a pretty listen. Hear it below. More »

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