So, um…what happened to the “Monster” video? A rough cut of the clip was floating around the net a month or so ago, but there was never an official release. Did “Monster” just not gain traction on the radio? Was the internet chatter about the video’s alleged misogyny enough to kill the video? (I don’t see that happening, but ya never know). Did the mercurial Kanye just have a change of heart? Who knows? At any rate, the third video […]
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The Viewfinder: Cee-Lo Green’s “Bodies”
Ya know something? Between this song and Gnarls Barkley’s “Necromancer”, I think I’d be a little worried if Cee-Lo Green asked me on a date. Fresh from his Muppet-heavy kid-friendly performance of “The Song Otherwise Known as Forget You” on the Grammy Awards, the video for his latest single, “Bodies”, has been released. Saying that this song gives me the creeps when I stay glued to the TV during “The First 48” probably doesn’t give off the ring of authenticity […]
The Viewfinder: Halston’s “Valentime’s Day”
Valentine’s Day is one of those days I’d rather not be bothered with sentiment, but when I heard this song by my favorites Halston celebrating the merits/acknowledging the hardships of the holiday, I felt a warm, fuzzy feeling creep up in my chest. Well, it turned out to be a pretty nasty case of the flu, but still, “Valentime’s Day” can now be added to the pantheon of great songs about the day that serves as a remembrance of the […]
The Viewfinder: “Moves” by The New Pornographers
Canadians are funny. Period. In the vein of “the rise to the top of a rock star/rock band” videos like Tom Petty’s “Into the Great Wide Open” comes the star-studded video for Canuck supergroup New Pornographers’ latest single “Moves”. Even if Horatio Sanz wasn’t completely unrecognizable by virtue of having lost 7,000 pounds since his “Saturday Night Live” days, you’d be hard-pressed to find him here. Even harder to find? Ted Leo in drag. This video, which I discovered thanks […]
The Viewfinder: R.E.M.’s “Mine Smell Like Honey”
So it seems like R.E.M. has really gotten a second wind, huh? Their new album, Collapse Into Now (which arrives next month) has gotten some solid advance notice. Even though Stipe, Buck and Mills aren’t reinventing the wheel anymore (after 30 years, who’d expect it?), it appears that they’ve settled into a certain consistency after a few years in the wilderness. The album’s first video, for “Mine Smells Like Honey”, is bizarre in typical R.E.M. fashion. Interestingly, the video stars […]
The Viewfinder: “Moment 4 Life” by Nicki Minaj
Never let it be said that I don’t have an open mind. Even when artists start off on a bad foot with me, I allow plenty of room for my opinion to be changed. This has now happened twice with Lil Wayne’s Young Money artists. First, there was Drake. I thought he was incredibly overhyped-until I heard Thank Me Later and enjoyed it immensely (hell, my opinion of it has actually improved over the past few months). Next up to […]
The Viewfinder: Nada Surf’s “Enjoy the Silence”
If, back in 1996, you’d given me a list of bands and asked me which of them would still be around in 2011, I certainly wouldn’t have picked Nada Surf. Thought by many to be doomed to one-hit wonderdom after the success of “Popular”, the trio’s clawed their way back to respectability. A buddy turned me on to their album Lucky in 2007, which was a very solid piece of work. I admittedly ignored their latest project, If I Had […]
The Viewfinder: Pink’s “F**kin’ Perfect”
If there’s one pop singer I think I’d enjoy sitting in a bar having a beer with, it’s Pink. Despite beginning her career with not one, but two gimmicks (ooh…a white girl who sings R&B, and LOOK, she has pink hair!!), Alecia Moore has outlasted the majority of pop tarts who came out at the same time by virtue of two things: talent and pluck. No girl singer from that era can sing better (with the exception of Christina), and […]
The Viewfinder: “I’m On One” by Talib Kweli
You’ve got to forgive me for jumping on and off Team Kweli (well, you don’t have to forgive me. It is what it is.) I respect the guy for being an absolutely ill emcee, although the inconsistent quality of his recorded work can be incredibly frustrating. With hip-hop, it seems that artists live and die by the quality of their production. And not to say that you have to have big-name production to make a great record, either. So, Kweli’s […]
The Viewfinder:Jamiroquai’s “Lifeline”
I can’t remember being as excited for a Jamiroquai album as I am for their upcoming Rock Dust Light Star. Does this album even have a U.S. release date yet? Well, why not? It’s not like there’s so much stuff coming out right now that it would get buried, right? Hell, given the dearth of new releases and Jamiroquai’s lengthy absence from the music scene, releasing the album in the U.S. now might give them the highest chart ranking of […]
The Viewfinder: “Going Through Hell” by The Streets
Last week, I reported that British rapper Mike Skinner (AKA The Streets) was hanging up his trainers upon the release of his fifth album, Computers & Blues. What I did not realize was that the release of said album was literally right around the corner, with a February 7th release date. With under a month until the album’s release, now would be an appropriate time to unveil a first single and video, right? Right. “Going Through Hell” is the name […]