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Kanye Releases Christmas Good Friday Track

December 15th, 2010

Through the fog of bad celebrity Christmas songs comes Kanye West’s latest Good Friday track, “Christmas in Harlem.” The song isn’t lacking in Christmas song cheese but it still has the polish and creativity which is the signature of Kanye’s songs. The song features contributors CyHi Da Prynce and Teyana Taylor. Kanye has released a [...]

Tags: CyHi Da Prynce, Kanye West, Teyana Taylor
Posted in Blog, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Jessica F

New Pornographers Make A Video To Remind People of Oil Spill

December 15th, 2010

Canadian rockers The New Pornographers have teamed up with Oxfam and created a new video about the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast for their song “Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk.” The video mixes images of animals in their oil filled habitat and of the people on the coast. Some of the people in the [...]

Tags: the new pornographers
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Jessica F

Justin Bieber Will Grace The Cover of Vanity Fair in 2011

December 15th, 2010

Justin Bieber is jumping from the covers of J-14 and Tiger Beat and onto the cover of Vanity Fair. Bieber will grace the front page of the culture setting magazine in either February or March 2011. Bieber has been in other high end magazines this year like W, VMan and Love. The article will likely [...]

Tags: justin bieber, miley cyrus, vanity fair
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F

New.Music.Live.: Behind the Scenes at Rehearsal Day 2

December 10th, 2010

Friday was our last day of rehearsals for New.Music.Live. before we go live, yes LIVE, on Monday at 5 pm/ET. Today we smoothed out all of the kinks and actually rehearsed it non-stop like we were doing it live on air. The hosts were better than ever and are all set for the big day [...]

Tags: New.Music.Live., playlist
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F

New.Music.Live.: Re-work it Katy Perry

December 10th, 2010

Hey everyone. It is Jessica from the New.Music.Live. team. Katy Perry was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Thursday and reworked her pop song “Firework” into a country jam. I have to say, it is actually pretty cool. Throw a little country twang in behind Katy and lady is a regular T-Swift. This got us [...]

Tags: bob dylan, Guns N' Roses, justin timberlake, katy perry, Lauryn Hill, playlist
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Jessica F

New.Music.Live.: Behind the Scenes At Rehearsal Day 1

December 9th, 2010

Thursday marked the first day of rehearsal on our awesome new show New.Music.Live. and it went so well. We had a great audience and our new hosts made it seem like they have been doing it for longer than they’ve been alive while keeping it fresh. We have one more day of rehearsals until we [...]

Tags: New.Music.Live., playlist
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Jessica F

New.Music.Live.: Raise a Flag and Call a Holiday

December 9th, 2010

Mash-up super star Girl Talk has a huge fan in Pittsburgh, city councilman Bill Peduto. Girl Talk, a.k.a. Gregg Gillis, posted on his Twitter on Tuesday a photo of the paperwork which proclaimed December 7 as “Gregg Gillis Day” thanks to Peduto and a picture of him with city council. We can’t deny that he [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Girl Talk, justin bieber, lady gaga, playlist, The Smiths, the white stripes
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Music & Videos | Posted by Jessica F

New.Music.Live.: Why You Worryin’ Bout Those Breakups?

December 7th, 2010

Hey ya’ll. It’s Jessica from the New.Music.Live. team. Today’s daily band break-up teaser comes from Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn. Albarn told Theage.com that after their current tour, the band is going to have a hard time to “keep going at this size and pace” in the future. Doesn’t it seem like everyday another band makes projections [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Death From Above 1979, Gorillaz, playlist
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Jessica F

Cold War Kids to Do a Live Session at Third Man Records

December 3rd, 2010

In awesome news, SoCal rockers Cold War Kids will be stopping by Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville on December 12 to record a live session. The music blog Spinner reports that the set will be recorded live on analog for a limited edition vinyl. Unfortunately, only fans in attendance will be able to [...]

Tags: Cold War Kids, Jack White, Third Man Records
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New.Music.Live.: Pre-pre-pre Movie Award Predictions

December 3rd, 2010

Hey, it’s Jessica from the New.Music.Live. team and I am movie obsessed. It is the start of December and believe it or not the movie awards are already being handed out. This week, the National Board of Review in the US gave The Social Network pretty much every award…pretty much. On top of being named [...]

Tags: Hailee Steinfeld, Jesse Eisenberg, playlist, The Social Network, True Grit, Winter's Bone
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Movies, nml | Posted by Jessica F