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10 Break Up Songs For Those Not Rushing To See ‘Valentine’s Day’
11:59 AM on Thu Feb 11 2010 by Becky Bain
Taylor Swift might have been fortunate to land a role in the romantic hodgepodge that is Valentine's Day, but the fairytale-obsessed singer with the Album of the Year isn't always lucky in love. (Just ask Joe Jonas.) Since she specializes in lyrics about unrequited love and being kicked to the curb by a boy, it's no surprise that Swift landed a song on AOL's The Boot countdown of the 10 Best Break Up Songs country music has to offer. The site's top 5 picks below: More »
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‘Time’ Picks Its Top 10 Albums Of 2009
8:05 AM on Fri Dec 11 2009 by Robbie Daw
It’s been quite the high profile week for The-Dream. Not only did a wedding photo of the hit-making songwriter-producer and Christina Milian just surface, his Love vs. Money was also singled out in Time’s picks for the top albums of the year. Hopefully this calms him down after his recent Grammy snub.
Dirty Projectors, a favorite of Solange Knowles, ranked pretty high on the list, as did Lilith Fair 2010 performer Miranda Lambert.
Lady Gaga just managed to scrape in at #10 with The Fame Monster, and the publication notes “there’s still a little too much filler for global domination to be a real goal. But the hits… are towering and undeniable.”
Hop below the jump to see the 10 albums that Time magazine felt were worth their salt in 2009. More »
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Lilith Fair 2010 Lineup Includes More Than Pretty Faces
4:57 PM on Thu Dec 10 2009 by Becky Bain
It’s been eleven years since the last Lilith Fair toured the country, and it’s interesting to note who’s still making relevant music over a decade later: past performers Sheryl Crow, Tegan & Sara (they played one date of the last incarnation), Erykah Badu, The Indigo Girls and Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan are all coming back for the return of the ladies-only music fest. (Paula Cole and Meredith Brooks, however, are still MIA.)
The newcomers include top names from across the spectrum: soul songstresses Mary J. Blige and Jill Scott (and pop-soul android Janelle Monae), country firecrackers Sugarland and Miranda Lambert and pop dolls such as Sarah Bareilles and the ever-so-quotable Ke$ha. (Who wants to be the one to tell her Jack Daniels isn’t a sponsor?) Check out the first group of artists on the lineup after the jump. More »
In Conversation
5 Albums To Look Forward To
4:30 PM on Mon Sep 7 2009 by Maura
Popping in on this Labor Day to say that if you missed me chatting with National Public Radio’s Guy Raz yesterday about five albums to look forward to this fall—including this Friday’s release of Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3, as well as albums by Miranda Lambert, Annie, the Roots, and Hope Sandoval—you can hit up NPR’s Web site to hear it. And feel free to tell me what you thought I forgot! Time constraints, you know. [NPR] More »
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The Five Best Sales Showdowns Taking Place This Fall
4:00 PM on Fri Aug 28 2009 by Maura
The folks at industry rag Hits have a handy chart of the albums coming out in the last months of the year, which, who knows, may be the last one in which a chart like this is even necessary! But even though we’re a long way from the days of 50 Cent and Kanye West squaring off on the anniversary of 9/11, it’s still sort of fun to see what CDs will be landing at America’s retailers on the same day. After the jump, five of the best battles that could arise from the coming release-date schedule. (Marketing departments, get your beef stew recipes ready!) More »
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What Would Be On Your “2009 Awesomeness” Playlist Right Now?
6:00 PM on Fri Jul 17 2009 by Maura
As promised: The state of my “2009 awesomeness” playlist, in which I collect the songs that catch my ear as the year progresses in order to not make my best-of list a last-minute-of-December clusterfuck sort of thing. (It inevitably winds up being like that, but you know, I have noble intentions.) It’s after the jump, and has some contextual links added in. Feel free to make your own and share it here! More »
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Miranda Lambert Rages Against The Wind Machine
1:00 PM on Fri Jul 17 2009 by Maura
Country spitfire Miranda Lambert’s new-ish single “Dead Flowers” is a stunner, a slow-burn lament over a relationship that’s calcified into little more than wondering just when the good times ended. The clip for “Flowers” uses the metaphors with which Lambert describes her love’s slow decay—dead flowers, burnt-out Christmas lights, hurricane winds—very literally, although I do wonder if a large reason behind that was because of the way her blonde tresses just go insane when the wind machine (representing the aforementioned gale-force gusts) is turned on them. Clip after the jump. More »
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Miranda Lambert Is On The Verge Of A Spring Cleaning Spree
6:30 PM on Wed May 13 2009 by Maura
I missed Miranda Lambert’s “Dead Flowers” when she premiered it at the ACM Awards last month; it showed up in the iTunes Store yesterday, and holy cow does it pack a punch. It’s a messy, sad song about a relationship that hung on just a little bit past its prime, with lyrics that are plainspoken, yet rich in metaphor, and Lambert’s voice sounds as clear as a bell, even as her emotions sink into a knotted, rotting mess. [YouTube via Nashville Gab] More »
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Miranda Lambert Is A Caged Bird Who Sings
4:00 AM on Thu Oct 2 2008 by Maura
The clip for Miranda Lambert’s other-woman lament… More »
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Glimmers Of Light: Other Formats’ Top 10s Juice Up Sleepy Summer Charts
5:00 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008 by Chris Molanphy
The singles charts have settled into what we hope will be a momentary midsummer slumber. And that starts with the song in its fourth week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
Idolator’s distaste for Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” is well-documented, but I nonetheless have to acknowledge that this blandly titillating dance-pop smash is emerging as the nation’s song of this summer, its chart run perfectly timed for the season of moist, exposed flesh.
Perry seems likely to hold the keys to the penthouse for a few more weeks, unless Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” regains its bullet at No. 2, or Chris Brown’s gradually rising, more enjoyably summery “Forever” (up two slots to No. 4 this week) experiences a left-field surge. Otherwise, it’s a wasteland out there.
For those of us seeking good news, however, the simultaneous Top 10 entry of three cool songs on three different flagship Billboard charts–Hot 100, R&B/Hip-Hop, and Country–provide a small dose of encouragement.
