VIDEO PREMIERE: katy perry - bon appetit

katy perry - bon appetit
i swear, i veer from borderline liking this track to being totally ambivalent with it. you got to give props to katy, cause she is trying something new, but.... not good. it's repetitive and it's neither here nor there with little moments of pop miracle. who knows if this will be the crossover hit she wants, but for now this is the proposed song of the summer!

beyonce - lemonade (visual album)

beyonce - lemonade (album film)
seriously there are no words to describe the great album that is lemonade. between the raw tales of being cheated on, to the plight of black women in this world, to admitting true love, there is something both deeply personal and completely stellar as a storyteller to the masses. the woman is a queen bey for a reason and this visual album has taken her to a new level!

ALBUM STREAM: kendrick lamar - to pimp a butterfly

kendrick lamar - to pimp a butterfly
getting some of the best reviews of his career, kendrick lamar's new album 'to pimp a butterfly' is a complex hip hop album with some tracks that defies song structure yet completely captivates. it begs repeated listens and introduces new elements with each play. i'm hooked!

BEYONCE NEW ALBUM PREVIEW: highlights

as the clock turned to midnight, beyonce unexpectantly released a brand new album with no hype, no teaser campaign, nothing. just a 14 song album of new material and 14 accompanying videos to boot. featuring jay z, frank ocean and drake, bey just wants the music to speak for itself. how refreshing! check out the track listings and some of my fave tracks upon first listen (all in 30 second preview form) below:


1. Pretty Hurts


2. Haunted
3. Drunk In Love (feat. Jay Z)


4. Blow


5. No Angel
6. Partition
7. Jealous


8. Rocket


9. Mine (feat. Drake)
10. XO
11. Flawless (feat. Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche)


12. Superpower (feat. Frank Ocean)
13. Heaven


14. Blue (feat. Blue Ivy)

want more? check out this mini behind the scenes facebook video about the making of the album

Post by Beyoncé.

ALBUM LEAK: lykke li - wounded rhymes (full album stream)

lykke li - wounded rhymes (full album stream)
[lykke li just can't wait to share her album with you, so she offered up a full album stream a week prior to the album release. guess whats been on repeat for the past few hours?]

AUDIO LEAK: basement jaxx feat amp fiddler - a possibility / basement jaxx feat paloma faith - what's a girl gotta do?

basement jaxx feat amp fiddler - a possibility


basement jaxx feat paloma faith - what's a girl gotta do?
[two tracks from the upcoming album 'scars']

YOUTUBE HELLO: little boots - to the end (blur cover) / "hands" sizzle reel

little boots - to the end (blur cover)

[plus check out the sizzle reel for her new album 'Hands']

little boots - 'hands' sizzle reel

album leak: kate nash - made of bricks

it's been an amazing week with new albums by sia, m.i.a. and now kate nash all making it in my inbox!

the 20 year old singer songwriter (who has garnered her own music genre of "chavtronica") has moved from buzz act to being a full fledged chart sensation in the uk as her much loved "foundations" single has been stuck at #2 in the top 10 for what seems like eons (since june 26th to be exact). so much so, her label has moved up the release of kate's debut album made of bricks to next week!

we've been loving kate for quite some time now, so i'm kind of finished with superlatives, but my bud xolondon came up with a really nice review of the album here.

as for the album, the track listings are as follows:
1. Play
2. Foundations [link 2]
3. Mouthwash
4. Dickhead
5. Birds [link 2]
6. We Get On
7. Mariella
8. Shit Song
9. Pumpkin Soup
10. Skeleton Soup
11. Nicest Thing
12. Merry Happy/Little Red [link 2]

if you like what you hear, make sure you get the album made of bricks next week!