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Last week, Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness announced their upcoming sophomore album, Zombies On Broadway. Today that record is available for pre-order, and it comes with a new song, "Brooklyn, You're Killing Me." Fans may be surprised by the song at first. It's not your traditional Andrew McMahon song with piano and earnestly sung lyrics. Instead, the…
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Every month, tons of great new music comes out from a range of artists and genres. Sometimes life is busy and you may miss some songs. So we created a playlist of some of the best new songs that came out in October 2016. Warning: It’s a fairly eclectic mix, so don’t worry if some of these songs…
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Green Day just released their excellent 12th studio album, Revolution Radio, earlier this month. In our review we highlighted "Say Goodbye" as a standout track, and its new lyric video keeps up the impression. The song is musically different for Green Day, treading into rather bluesy and bombastic new territory. But lyrically it's right up…
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Green Day just released their new album, Revolution Radio, last week. It's an excellent record that combines their 21st century political awareness with their earlier straightforward punch. Songs like "Bang Bang" and "Revolution Radio" are energetic and raise important social questions, but the album actually ends on a more reflective note. "Ordinary World" is an acoustic…
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Green Day's highly anticipated new album, Revolution Radio, just came out today. Songs like "Bang Bang" and the title track hinted at its social and political themes, while "Still Breathing" continued the heavy mood. But today the band is celebrating with a lyric video for perhaps the happiest song on the album. "Youngblood" is an energetic…
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Kelly Clarkson is known for her powerhouse vocals and empowering anthems, so everyone was a little surprised when she announced a children's book earlier this year. River Rose And The Magical Lullaby was inspired by and written for Kelly's daughter, River Rose. As Kelly has described in many recent interviews, her two-year-old daughter has already…
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Every month, tons of great new music comes out from a range of artists and genres. Sometimes life is busy and you may miss some songs. So we created a playlist of some of the best new songs that came out in September 2016. Warning: It’s a fairly eclectic mix, so don’t worry if some of these songs…
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Green Day is getting ready to release their first new album in four years, Revolution Radio. Following the aggressive first single "Bang Bang" and the riotous title track, fans can now hear a third preview of the album. "Still Breathing" is the most personal song we've heard yet, one that fans may find particularly poignant. It…
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After four long years, Green Day finally made their comeback last month with their topical new single, "Bang Bang." Now, just weeks ahead of their upcoming 12th album, Green Day has released its title track, "Revolution Radio." It's a rollicking song for the protestors and rebels fighting against recent issues. If "Bang Bang" was from the enemy's eyes,…
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Earlier this year, just as Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness was beginning a tour in June, he debuted a brand new song called "Fire Escape." It was our first taste of the new music he'd been cooking up in New York City in the prior months as he began working on his second studio album. As we…
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Every month, tons of great new music comes out from a range of artists and genres. Sometimes life is busy and you may miss some songs. Here's a playlist of some of the best new songs that were released in August 2016. Warning: It's a fairly eclectic mix, so don't worry if some of these…
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Earlier this year, Simple Plan released their 5th studio album, Taking One For The Team. The album launched upbeat singles like "Boom," "I Don't Wanna Go To Bed," and "Singing In The Rain," but the tracklist also included softer songs. One of the album's highlights is a ballad called "Perfectly Perfect." Singer Pierre Bouvier sings…
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We knew we were getting a new Green Day single today, but there's tons more! This morning right at 7:00 am PST, radios nationwide premiered Green Day's brand new single, "Bang Bang." Early reviews compared the song to Dookie and Insomniac, but that's only half the story. "Bang Bang" has the raw energy and aggression of Green…
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Last Friday, Gavin DeGraw teased fans about some exciting news that was coming the next Monday. Fans survived the weekend, but Monday just brought more teasing. It looked like it would be a long week. After sharing a short clip of a new song on Thursday, today Gavin finally released his new single, "She Sets…
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Synthpop band CHVRCHES released their second album, Every Open Eye, in September last year. Following singles like "Leave A Trace" and "Clearest Blue," their latest single is an updated version "Bury It." Although the original album recording is all sung by CHVRCHES frontwoman Lauren Mayberry, the reworked single version now features Paramore's Hayley Williams as well. Lauren…
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Following the first single, "Empty," Garbage has suddenly shared another new song from their upcoming album, Strange Little Birds. "Even Though Our Love Is Doomed" is a dark, slow-building song written by drummer Butch Vig; it also gave the album its name, and is said to be the centerpiece of Strange Little Birds. It comes with…
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Gwen Stefani's new album, This Is What The Truth Feels Like, will be out in exactly one week. After hearing the singles "Used To Love You" and "Make Me Like You," our newest taste of the new record comes in the form of "Misery." The first track on the album, "Misery" is a midtempo feel-good…
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Kelly Clarkson is feeling the holiday cheer this year with her cover of The Sound Of Music's "My Favorite Things." Kelly's cover is taken from her 2013 Christmas album, Wrapped In Red, and this year the merry show tune gets its own lyric video. As with the lyric video for "Underneath The Tree," adorable animation serves as…
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Ellie Goulding is getting ready to release her new album, Delirium, in just one month. After her massively successful hit "Love Me Like You Do" earlier this year, as well as her recent lead single, "On My Mind," we have now been gifted with another taste of Delirium: "Something In The Way You Move" is…
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One full year ago, Natasha Bedingfield debuted a new song called "Love Song To The Earth" when she performed it live at the United Nations 2014 Equator Prize Gala. It's an inspirational plea to keep the world clean and safe, and Natasha wrote it with Toby Gad specifically for that event. Now the song has finally been…
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Despite just releasing her third studio album just last year, Lana Del Rey is already finishing up a new record. Honeymoon is tentatively expected out this September, and to get fans ready, Lana just released the title track from the new album. "Honeymoon" is a slow, sensuous track much like the songs on Ultraviolence. As Lana told Billboard earlier…
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At this rate, we will have the whole new Muse album before Drones even comes out next week. Just hours after releasing the lyric video for "The Handler," Muse has now offered up a '60s styled lyric video for "[JFK]" and "Defector." The video opens with a John F. Kennedy speech backed by Muse's orchestral…
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Muse is pulling out all the stops in advance of their new album, Drones. The record drops next week, but we already have five of the songs to enjoy. The latest is "The Handler," a song with a heavy bass and refreshing old school Muse vibe. Matt lets his vocals slide up into his falsetto…
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Muse is back with another Drones surprise! After releasing a lyric video for "Mercy" only a week ago, Muse has already unveiled another new lyric video - this time for "Reapers." They debuted "Reapers" live back in March, but this is the first time we've gotten to hear the studio version of the song. The song…
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Muse's new album Drones will be out in just a few weeks, and already the trio has released another single from the record. "Mercy" is piano-driven and heartfelt, and slightly reminiscent of their 2006 power ballad "Starlight." Muse has already filmed the official music video for "Mercy," but to tide us over we have a…
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Kelly Clarkson's next single is an empowering anthem written by Sia. "Invincible" is coming to a radio near you, and will have a music video in the next few weeks. In the meantime, enjoy this colorful lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQpGaAwlrkA "Invincible" is an inspiring song, and it helps that it shows off Kelly's vocal range too! It…
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After announcing their new album, Drones, dropping an energetic new song called "Psycho," and debuting another song called "Reapers" during a mini UK tour, Muse has yet another surprise for fans: Their new lead single! "Dead Inside" opens Drones on a chill, rather '80s note. The song is most comparable to Muse's 2012 single, "Madness"…
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For the last month, Muse has been hyping up their upcoming 7th studio album, Drones. Now we get to hear the first full track from the record: "Psycho" is as heavy as they promised, and a throwback to their older style. This is a song that would have been at home on Showbiz, Origin Of…
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When Kelly Clarkson debuted her new single "Heartbeat Song" a couple of weeks ago, the excited singer couldn't help but announce a few more things in her radio interviews. Kelly revealed that her upcoming 6th regular studio album will be called Piece By Piece, keeping in line with the puzzle theme she suggested in 2014. She…
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Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams recently collaborated on a new song called "Shine," appearing in the upcoming children's movie Paddington. The duo wrote "Shine" from the title character's perspective as the Peruvian bear finds himself in England. "Shine" leaked in full a few weeks ago, but an official lyric video preview has now been released.…
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I bet you didn't see this coming! Gavin DeGraw just released a new single out of the blue called "Fire." And that's not all: The single comes from an upcoming album from Gavin called Finest Hour: The Best Of Gavin DeGraw. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. After more than a decade of sharing his sweet…
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