In early November 2011, Colorado Springs Air Force Academy cadets jumped on the LMFAO-spirited Party Rock wagon for a tribute to the band’s song, “Sexy and I Know It.” In a lip-dub-style video honoring RedFoo and SkyBlu’s comedic clip, the cadets face the Army soldiers in a dance-off full of…
The Scissor Sisters have two incarnations: campy, carefree guitar-driven band, as was the case for early cuts like “Take Your Mama” and “I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’,” and a new, more hedonistic synth band with one ear to the dance floor and another in the bedroom. The latter vibe dominated…
Michael Buble put out a killer Christmas record, and it could not have come at a better time. While the charts are currently flooded with dance-pop beats, synthesizers-laden hooks and auto-tuned vocals, Buble releases an album of Christmas standards — an album so strong Bing Crosby himself could have it…
With major comebacks and massive hits, 2011 was the year of the women, from Beyoncé to Miley Cyrus. Without singers like Adele, we wouldn’t have songs to cry along with, and without Katy Perry, we wouldn’t have any songs to hum at our nine-to-five. So what, exactly, were the biggest…
For a pop star whose boobs were their own punchline on a previous appearance of Saturday Night Live, Katy Perry fell flat on Saturday. Instead of creating any memorable new characters — a la Justin Timberlake — the writers of SNL had Perry showcasing her singing talents instead of her…
“Marry The Night,” Lady Gaga’s new video has racked up eleven million views and counting since debuting this past Friday. The most surprising part isn’t how many views the clip has registered as much as the fact that that many people are willing to watch a fourteen-minute music video in…
Antarctica is apparently brimming with bass players. That’s what prompted Frank Abbatecola, who spent the better part of a decade there building runways for the National Science Foundation, to switch instruments. “I went down there as a bass player and came back as a singer and guitar player,” notes Monroe…
With dubstep’s surging (and some might say waning) popularity, it’s not surprising to hear explosive dubstep breakdowns bleeding into pop. Turn on Top 40 radio today, and there’s a great chance you’ll hear dubstep elements borrowed in one form or another to create a hook, verse, chorus or bridge. Below…
Grammy nominations for 2012 were announced last night during the Grammys Nomination Concert — which was, oddly, just that: a concert, not a nominations show. Nominations in four major categories were announced, plus performances by major players in mainstream music like Lady Gaga, who performed twice (once for “Marry The…
Despite being a judge on the American version of X Factor, Nicole Scherzinger has had a rough go in the music industry ever since leaving the Pussycat Dolls. This week, word came down that the release date for her debut album Killer Love, originally slated for November 15, has been…
It was a big week for female pop music. Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Madonna were all in the spotlight this week. Perry’s new video for “The One That Got Away” garnered six million YouTube views over the weekend. The song is her sixth single from Teenage Dream, and if…
This Friday, on the magical, mystical date of 11/11/11, Katy Perry is planning to premiere the video for her sixth single, “The One That Got Away,” from Teenage Dream, the album that keeps on producing hit singles. In an attempt to break Michael Jackson’s record of five number-one singles from…
What do you do if you release a music video and get slammed with plagiarism accusations? If you’re Beyoncé, you release another video. And then another. First Beyoncé released a video for “Countdown,” her third official single (after “Run The World (Girls)” and “Best I Never Had”), then she released…
In less than a week (four days, to be exact), Rihanna has racked up over eight million views with her “We Found Love” video. And deservedly so. The song is catchy as hell, and the video, like the others the pop star has produced recently, is thought provoking. Rihanna is…
Scotty McCreery’s new album, Clear As Day, broke records this week by debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, proving that American Idol can still produce stars, even if it’s been a while. Clear As Day is the first debut release from an American Idol winner to catapult to…
When did Adam Levine become such a pop god? Really? Throw the Maroon 5 singer’s vocal on any track, and watch it hit the top ten right now. Case in point: “Stereo Hearts.” It isn’t the strongest Gym Class Heroes track (that distinction belongs to “Peace Sign/Index Down” with Busta…
As if drugs didn’t you make animalistic enough, there’s a new one on the market that will make a raccoon out of you. Or at least that’s the premise of a new horror flick from Monkey Angel Studios called Red Raccoon. The name comes from a drug that ravages whole…
LMFAO is a love-’em-or-hate-’em act. You either love “Party Rock Anthem” or you hate it with every fiber of your party-rockin’ being. You either love “Shots,” or you think the devil would play it on loop in hell. LMFAO is that polarizing. The act’s newest single, “Sexy and I Know…
In a weird twist of unexpected collaborations, Rihanna just released her newest single, “We Found Love,” which features Calvin Harris on production, last week. Somehow it manages to sound both like a Rihanna song and a Calvin Harris song, and both in their own merit. Could Harris be the new…
Her name is Dev. She may roll like a G6, but her sex-drive shtick is totally hot. And the sea of hands touching her naked body doesn’t hurt either. Unlike other dance-pop starlets of today, Dev comes out of left field with a sound that’s more Euro club than Euro…
If you’re looking for the perfect date-night destination, keep on looking. Love, Sex & the Second City isn’t a show for a first date — because it’s about first dates and why we never make it to that second one… or the third…or the fourth. Love, Sex & the Second…
There may not be a sea in Denver — much less seven of them — but Colorado pirates need not worry. BrethrenCon II has all yer bases covered, and then some. Arrrrrrrgh! BrethrenCon II has everything that pirates, or non-pirates, could want for a weekend of land-based fun: pirate panels,…
