We adore Nicki Minaj. She has fun with pronouncing words, she simultaneously makes fun of her pop collaborators while dueting with them (Mariah, Thicke), and she has a pretty fierce flow. However, at the end of her adorable “Itty Bitty Piggy,” a catchy tune pulled from her 2009 mixtape, she claims to have “single handedly annihilated every rap bitch in the building.” Keys, a “rap bitch” from Baltimore has shot back (thanks to the good people of Bossip for throwing this up). Naturally, we thought a side by side comparison was in order. Watch the videos below then check out the play by play.
If you have an early bedtime you might have missed Little Boots‘ post-show DJ sets on this current tour. Under the moniker Lovers & Gamblers, boots drops a mix that seems to draw influence from unicorns, Atari, 80s powersuits, and glitter. With a finely-hued mix of disco, Italo-soul, and a little Sebastien Tellier, this is the perfect late night soundtrack for your side-room lounging. On her blog, Boots has promised more summer DJ sets, but still, there has been no formal explanation as to why a string of east coast dates on this tour were axed. Hmmm…
It seems like just yesterday that Semi Precious Weapons were playing an opening slot at the Viper Room and shouting the the crowd “hello all you Los Annnngeleeees cunts!” (it wasn’t an insult, don’t worry). After bemoaning “I can’t pay my rent but I’m so fucking gorgeous,” they now tour with Lady Gaga and even make cameos in her videos. Label mates and partners in unabashed grasps at fame indeed. SPW have some tour diaries that showcase the band being utterly entertaining and still very annoying (see below).
If you don’t have ten minutes to watch the most hyped music video of the decade, we have given you its essence with the below list of lessons to be learned from Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s “Telephone” directed by Jonas Åkerlund.
1. Female prisoners use Virgin Mobile phones (pre-paid we imagine) to text their honeys outside the klink. They also might start looking like Amy Winehouse trying to look like an 80s Madonna, but that’s another issue.
2. Lady Gaga is single-handedly hoarding all remaining Polaroid instant film and she has the audacity to throw those Polaroids out the car window! Although, Lady Gaga may also single-handedly bring back the product from supposed extinction. […keep reading…]
In an announcement that surprised nobody, Capitol/EMI and OK Go revealed their separation yesterday and today, OK Go unveiled their own label, named Paracadute. Last month, Damian Kulash, the band’s frontman, wrote a spirited editorial in the New York Times bemoaning EMI’s policy of not allowing certain music videos to be embedded by third party hosts. Kulash is a smart guy and was able to connect his band’s influence in the popularity of YouTube four years ago and the subsequent institutionalizing of the medium by corporate labels. While it would have been interesting if perhaps beneficial to see Kulash and his band fight the machine from within, it was probably (understandably) intolerable. By taking the walk offer from EMI, OK Go is now able to promote their new album (Capitol has seemed somewhat uninterested in this – the band had outside promotion in place already) and their elaborate video for “This Too Shall Pass.”
Here’s the deal, Bloc Party has done the official remix for Tunng’s new track “Hustle,” but YOU can do a better one. The band is holding a contest for remixes of the track with the winner featured on the band’s next single. Other prizes listed below. You can check out your competition here, or listen to Bloc Party’s rendition below. Be sure to listen to the original version of the track… it’s pretty different form the BP remix. Elements are available here. Tunng’s album, …And Then We Saw Land, drops on April 6.
New material from Neon Indian is most welcome, even though it’s only been 5 months since the release of NI’s debut, Psychic Chasms. Still, it seems like Alan Palomo (the man behind the Indian as well as Vega) is making next week’s drop of “Sleep Paralyst” kind of a big deal. Maybe it is. Or [...]
Keane will release a new collection of material this spring. Night Train will be an eight track “album” of songs the band wrote while on tour for their previous release, Perfect Symmetry. The collection includes live fave “My Shadow” as well as two collabos with K’naan – “Stop for a Minute” and “Looking Back” – [...]
If you have an early bedtime you might have missed Little Boots‘ post-show DJ sets on this current tour. Under the moniker Lovers & Gamblers, boots drops a mix that seems to draw influence from unicorns, Atari, 80s powersuits, and glitter. With a finely-hued mix of disco, Italo-soul, and a little Sebastien Tellier, this is the perfect late night soundtrack for your side-room lounging. On her 
Here’s the deal, Bloc Party has done the official remix for Tunng’s new track “Hustle,” but YOU can do a better one. The band is holding a contest for remixes of the track with the winner featured on the band’s next single. Other prizes listed below. You can check out your competition 
