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When The Format broke up, I was rather upset, but when Nate Ruess formed Fun. I was elated. Fun. also includes Andrew Dost of Anathallo and Jack Antonoff of Steel Train. They’re the kind of band you listen to on a beautiful day with all the windows down with no particular destination in mind.
The music is simple, but it’s simple and FUN. (I had to.)
Recommended song: “All the Pretty Girls”
Morningwood‘s new video for “Snobby Little Elf” can be seen below. The video was created by Chantal from Morningwood who taught herself how to do claymation.
Aaron Gillespie has left UnderOath.
We are taking this opportunity to sadly inform you the six of us have decided at the end of the current european tour, Aaron will no longer be playing in Underoath. This was not a decision made in haste but a thought out and prayed upon group agreement. It in no way effects any of the shows left on this tour. They will still be our best efforts and enjoyable experiences for all. For the future, Aaron will be pursuing other musical and ministry endeavors. As for the rest of us we will continue to work hard on the new Underoath record. We appreciate the love and support from everyone in the past and hope that all of us will continue to receive your support on our future paths. We love you guys. Tim, Grant, Aaron, James, Chris, and Spencer
Come On, Come On is set to release their self-produced EP, Pop Fiction, this May on Authentik Artists. The band features Kelvin Cruz and Justin Powell, both formerly of rock/screamo group A Thorn For Every Heart. The band have posted a rough mix of a new song called “Life’s Been More Than Fair” and another song titled “So Much Love.”
The 6 song EP features a diverse range of electronic influenced pop/rock and will easily please fans of 3OH!3, Cobra Starship and I See Stars. Guest vocals on Pop Fiction include the popular So-Cal rapper Yultron! and Brittany Flickinger (Paris Hilton’s My New BFF).
Pop Fiction Track Listing
1.) Dear Sara
2.) Girls Night Out (Feat. Brittany Flickinger)
3.) Just Say Yes
4.) Life’s Been More Than Fair
5.) Pop Fiction
6.). So Much To Say (Feat. Yultron!)
Owl City continues to garner accolades at an unprecedented pace in 2010, with the RIAA awarding his smash album Ocean Eyes platinum certification this week for selling more than a million units of his Universal Republic debut.
Mayday Parade‘s new video for “Kids In Love” can be seen here. The video is NSFW so don’t be watching it when you shouldn’t be.
Weezer‘s new video for “I’m You Daddy” can be seen below. The song is off the bands new album, Raditude, in stores now.
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A quick little video update from Taking Back Sunday can be seen below featuring two very special guests..
I have always disliked the term ‘guilty pleasure’. I never fully grasped the concept. If you like something YOU LIKE SOMETHING. Who cares if it’s something no self-respecting person should listen to? You like it for some reason”¦even if that reason is completely invalid.
The Internet defines guilty pleasure as, “Something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo, unadvisable or lowbrow”. That or an Ashley Tisdale record. (Who?/Exactly.)
When thinking of guilty pleasures, my mind automatically jumps to the soundtrack of my swing set. (I love swing sets because I’m a pre-schooler.) I do not, under any circumstances swing to good music. I pick the worst of the worst. Though I enjoy it just as much if not more than some of my favorite music.
I cannot explain the attraction of the crappy music I listen to and in other circumstances, I would never dream of listening to. Almost daily, I find myself on the swings, listening to Destiny Child’s, Fergie, Panic! At the Disco and Mest.
Yes, I know every single word to Fergie’s The Dutchess and yes, I’m more than a little ashamed to write that sentence. Yet it’s true and hilarious.
Is it really a guilty pleasure if I’m willing to admit it? I’d like to think so. I have tried listening to these artists when not in motion and it’s not the same. In fact, I cannot handle it otherwise.
The strangest part is, I was never into these artists. I always imagined guilty pleasures were developed after someone was too old to listen to a particular genre or artist. This is rarely the case for me, so where does this leave me? I suppose, it simply means I notso secretly have bad taste.
When I listen to the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys, I can explain that. Those artists remind me of a wonderfully innocent and simple time in my life. For that, I will never stop.
Everyone has a guilty pleasure to some degree. But with me, I’m not entirely ashamed of any of it. It’s a part of me just as much as the “real” music I listen to. It’s time I came clean.
Do you have any guilty pleasures?
Soundtrack in Motion:
Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath/Say My Name/Jumpin’ Jumpin’
Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
Justin Timberlake – Cry Me a River
Amy Winehouse – You Know I’m Know Good
Usher – Burn/Yeah!
Spice Girls – Stop/Spice Up Your Life
Backstreet Boys – As Long As You Love Me
Panic! At the Disco – But It’s Better If You Do
Britney Spears – Outrageous/Stronger
“¦I can say no more without losing my dignity.
