Nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards, which take place Sept. 7 in Los Angeles:
1979: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps 1980: The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms 1981: Kix, Kix 1982: The Fall, Hex Enduction Hour 1983: Kix, Cool Kids 1984: The Replacements, Let It Be 1985: Cocteau Twins, The Pink Opaque 1986: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead 1987: Prince, Sign ‘O’ The Times… More »
Lloyd and Lil Wayne teamed for one of my favorite jams last year, the caddish “You,” and by lifting a classic beat and letting Lloyd’s falsetto fly, they’ve raised their own bar. More »
All the attention lavished on this new-model Dusty Springfield/Lulu concerns the sound of her voice (say it again: more Lulu than Dusty). More »
This song was a commenter favorite, and I’ll let chachwitablog take it away as to why: “The second I heard “loving you long time” I thought (a) this song is the perfect throwback to 90s Mariah, and (b) this song will take over my spring summer. More »
There’s really nothing to “Dangerous”: A simple synth line, an uncomplicated beat, Akon doing his Akon thing on the chorus, and Kardinall Offishall pulling off a mix of dancehall and Trick Daddy. More »
If alt-rock ever gave us a summer album, it was Weezer’s 1994 debut. And if Weezer has ever recorded a song since that captures the sound of that classic, it’s “Pork And Beans.” More »
Breezy, worldly, with a touch of East End slang, “American Boy” isn’t just a fine summer single, it’s a great example of R&B’s new post-disco vibe for the late aughts. More »
Scooter have been Falco-level züperztars in Germany for ages, and just last month “Jumping All Over The World”–named for the “jumpstyle” dancing that crazy Aryan kids are doing in the video–eclipsed Madonna atop the U.K. album chart, so the real question is: Why not the U.S.? More »
Two older brothers of Hannah Montana cast members team up to create the best rock bubblegum since the All-American Rejects got an actual drummer. There is an insane amount of fan videos for this song on YouTube, but this one is easily my favorite. More »
