Garbage Announces New Album, ‘Strange Little Birds’

Back in 2014, Garbage began working on their sixth studio album, the follow-up to their 2012 comeback, Not Your Kind Of People. At the time things were moving fast, and the band revealed more than 20 new song titles, but in 2015 Garbage took their time a bit more as they finished up and began…

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Natasha Bedingfield & Basto Share Magical New Single, “Unicorn”

Six weeks ago, Natasha Bedingfield suddenly teased fans about a new "surprise project" video shoot for something relating to unicorns. We quickly remembered that "Unicorn" was a song that Natasha had written by October 2013 with the help of Toby Gad and Jef Martens - aka Basto (of Lazy Jay), who has since confirmed his part in the…

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Hayley Williams & Chad Gilbert Just Got Married!

At the end of 2014, Paramore's Hayley Williams and her longtime boyfriend Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory announced their engagement. They'd been together for six years already - since 2008 - and became engaged on Christmas day. Now, after more than a year of planning for the big day, the couple is officially married! They…

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Review: Simple Plan’s ‘Taking One For The Team’ Perfectly Blends Familiar Pop Punk & New Experimentation

Simple Plan's new album, Taking One For The Team, has been long in the making. The band first started writing for it in 2014, and after premiering "Boom" live at the end of the year, they kicked off 2015 by entering the studio to officially begin recording. Since last spring, Simple Plan has released a…

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Kelly Clarkson Records Song For Upcoming Film, ‘The Secret Scripture’

Composer Brian Byrne has confirmed that Kelly Clarkson recently recorded the soundtrack song for an upcoming film called The Secret Scripture. He wrote the song with the film's director, Jim Sheridan. We don't have any details on Kelly's new song yet, but it will evidently share the same title as the movie itself. The Secret Scripture…

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Gwen Stefani Films “Make Me Like You” Music Video Live During Grammys

Gwen Stefani just premiered the music video for her new single, "Make Me Like You" - created live on national television! Directed by longtime collaborator Sophie Muller, it is the first music video ever to be filmed and produced live. The "Make Me Like You" music video aired live during a commercial break for the…

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Music and My Mental Health

When Amanda asked me to write a guest blog for this week, my first thought was, “what do I know about music?” As I wrote in a previous post, Amanda is the one between us that has the real passion for music. I jokingly proposed “I Depend on My Sister for Literally Everything Music-Related” as…

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Gwen Stefani Releases Upbeat New Single, “Make Me Like You”

Gwen Stefani just announced that her new album, This Is What The Truth Feels Like, will be released next month. Now, following the lead single "Used To Love You," we get our second taste of the new record with Gwen's latest single, "Make Me Like You." In contrast to the emotional divorce woes of the…

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OK Go Impress With Zero-Gravity Video For “Upside Down & Inside Out”

OK Go have been the kings of viral videos for the last decade, and their latest offering is among their most impressive yet. For "Upside Down & Inside Out," OK Go decided to forgo gravity while keeping with their one-take reputation; this fits the energetic, frenzied song as frontman Damian Kulash sings, "Gravity's just a habit…

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Vanessa Carlton Shares Live “Matter Of Time” Video

Vanessa Carlton has been on tour for most of the fall and winter, and during that time a song of hers was filmed for all to enjoy: "Matter Of Time" is a lovely ballad off of her latest album, Liberman, and it forgoes her signature piano for a simple guitar accompaniment. Vanessa is a singer who…

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Gwen Stefani Shares Tracklist For Upcoming Album, ‘This Is What The Truth Feels Like’

Gwen Stefani has been hard at work on her third solo album for more than a year now, but we are finally going to be able to get the full record. Just ahead of her upcoming single, "Make Me Like You," Gwen has shared a 12-song tracklist and album title for her highly-anticipated release. Her new…

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Kelly Clarkson Announces New Children’s Book, “River Rose And The Magical Lullaby”

Kelly Clarkson began teasing a new project last weekend, and for a while all we knew was that it was magical, fun, and involved her daughter, River. Today Kelly finally shared the big news: She can now add "author" to her list of accomplishments, because she has a new children's book coming out! Her book,…

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Why Don’t Artists Release All The Songs They Record?

Most music fans I know are always excited to hear more music from their favorite singers and bands. Anticipation builds into a giddy frenzy as a new album's release date approaches. When an artist performs a new song, half the audience films a video of it so fans can search it out on YouTube a…

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Simple Plan Drops Music Video For New Single, “Opinion Overload”

Simple Plan's new album, Taking One For The Team, is just two weeks away, and we already have another new song to enjoy! "Opinion Overload" is the latest single from the band, and the most rock out of the four songs we've heard so far. It has an old-school Simple Plan sound that's straightforward and…

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