New Music: Rihanna flirts with House Music on Bubble Pop

Rihanna – Bubble Pop
Rihanna – Bubble Pop – new song 2009 EXCLUby crispy-star
For the longest time, Rihanna has been one of my favorite pop stars. I’m not rushing out to see a concert or anything (unless it’s a private one–Giggity!), but I’ve always dig her songs and her sound.
The track “Bubble Pop” finds producer will.i.am [...]

New Music: Michael Jackson – This Is It

Michael Jackson – This Is It
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Much thanks for everybody who hit me up about this. From what I can imagine, this is the real official and promised Michael Jackson song, titled “This Is It,” which is set to drop with the movie and concert of the same name. All [...]

New Video: Major Lazer “Keep It Going Louder”

“Keep It Going Louder” is definitely one of my favorite tracks off of Major Lazer’s Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do. The track, which features Ricky Blaze and Nina Sky, is a feel good club song and the video matches it. But rather than keeping to the same old “Oh look…we’re in a club” kind of [...]

Who Is Wallpaper?

*Handing in my late pass*
I came across this video in BoardsMag.com’s screening room and I’m not really sure what to make of it. Wallpaper is Eric “Ricky Reed” Frederic and Arjun Singh, a duo out of the Bay Area that I am just hearing about for the first time. Apparently they’ve been around for a [...]

New Music: Anjulie

A month or so ago, I was in line at Starbucks paying for my coffee, when I noticed the cover of singer Anjulie’s album. It’s colorful and eyecatching, and being the magpie that I am, I was instantly intrigued. However, not wanting to purchase a CD impulsively and then be disappointed, I decided to turn [...]

New Video: Little Boots “Remedy”

UK popster (and Stone’s crush) Little Boots has a new video out for her latest single from her album “Hands”. The track, “Remedy”, is an electro-pop jam…and there will most likely be tons of remixes to follow. The video, directed by David Wilson, is literally a musical kaledioscope featuring Little Boots and her precious Tenori-On.

Seriously…I [...]

Video: Priscilla Renea – Hello My Apple

Most of y’all know that I’m falling in love with Atlanta’s Priscilla Renea. After being bombarded with over-autotuned in your face music, sometimes it’s nice to hear the utter simplicity of music. Ms. Renea combines pop vocals with some R&B and country, and has her sites set on mainstream success. Her track, “Hello My Apple” [...]

NEW MUSIC: Colin Munroe feat. Jim Jones – Piano Lessons (REMIX)

Colin Munroe feat. Jim Jones – Piano Lessons (REMIX)
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The stellar Black Milk production and most mainstream radio accessible track yet released from the crooning Torontonian known as the “Unsung Hero,” “Piano Lessons,” an artfully crafted tale of Munroe’s musically stressful upbringing, stalled two months ago after not gaining MTV2 [...]

New Colin Munroe

Colin Munroe feat. 88-Keys – Last Cause
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Colin Munroe feat. Young Buck – I’m Fine (Produced by K-Salaam & Beatnick)
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After dropping a hot mixtape last year, the Toronto-based artist Colin Munroe (who has more street cred than you do), dropped two more [...]

Review: Lykke Li at 6th and I Synagogue

Lykke Li wants to be a rapper.
I didn’t want to believe it at first. My boy told me about Lykke rapping at dive bars in Brooklyn and I couldn’t even picture it. But after Saturday night’s show it’s more than obvious that this is the case.
First and foremost, however, Lykke Li is a Swedish [...]

MIXTAPE: 2009: The Grammy Remix Project

Mick Boogie and Terry Urban present: The Grammy Remix Project
Mick Boogie and Terry Urban’s mixtapes have been fire, and this one is no exception. The duo’s newest target is the upcoming Grammy awards. Even though some of these tracks have been featured in other mixes, there is enough new ish in here to make it worth [...]

Video: Chester French – She Loves Everybody

“She Loves Everybody” has been getting multiple spins in my iPod for ages, and I’m glad to see that the Harvard boys have a new video for this track, which premeries on MTV tomorrow. The video is a good look, though I suggest you don’t cross that shorty though. you’re bound to hear more from [...]