Janelle Monáe - Tightrope

Janelle Monáe is the biggest and brightest breath of fresh air to come into the stagnant music scene in the past few years. Her first album in 2007, Metropolis Suite I of IV: The Chase was a mixture of James Brown soul and futuristic sounds tied together with her sweet and endearing vocal ability. She is gearing up to release her newest album The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III of IV) in May and it should be a great record. Check out the trailer and her breakthrough video for "Many Moons" below.

 




DL: Tightrope

Bubbling Up: Tortured Soul

This Brooklyn trio combines House music with Jazz sensibilities to bring a new and pretty awesome sound to their new album "Did You Miss Me." They sound like a cross between Amy Winehouse (a little), Jamiroquai (a lot), and Armand Van Helden (for lack of a better reference). These guys seem ready for mainstream success so catch them before they blow up!

DL: Did You Miss Me

Pink Wows Grammy's with Glitter In The Air

Pink has had a successful run with her latest album Funhouse that's spawned a bunch of great singles like "So What" and "Sober" but she really brought herself worldwide attention with her unique (and SIMPLE) performance of "Glitter In The Air." She got herself a standing ovation, which alone is impressive against Beyonce's yelling and Lady Gaga's over the top gimmicks. Congrats Pink, you deserve it.

Corinne Bailey Rae's New Album - The Sea

Corinne Bailey Rae has just released her anticipated follow up to her self titled album! The Sea is described as more jazz influenced and smoother (is that possible?) than her last record. I'm going to go out and get the album as soon as I can, I want to support real musicians doing it for the music and she's pretty! Read the New York Times interview here. Find the track listing for The Sea below.

Track Listing

1. Are You Here
2. I’d Do It All Again
3. Feels Like The First Time
4. The Blackest Lily
5. Closer
6. Love’s On Its Way
7. I Would Like To Call It Beauty
8. Paris Nights/New York Mornings
9. Paper Dolls
10. Diving For Hearts
11. The Sea

PURELY for promotional purposes, the song "Closer" which is being used as a single that will gain greater traction by her record label. Enjoy.

Corinne Bailey Rae - Closer

Bubbling Up: Selah Sue

Selah Sue is a young singer and songwriter from Belgium (land of Brussel Sprouts and Jean-Claude Van Damme) who's been making waves with her spot on youtube covers of great songs. Below, watch her cover Amy Winehouse's cover of the Zuton's song "Valerie" (one of my favorites). Her EP titled Black Part Love was released in 2008. She sounds like Duffy a little.

Jeffree Star - Get Away With Murder

 I find Jeffree Star kinda intriguing. He's making fun of all the crap that's going on in pop culture today and the dude can sing. The video for "Get Away With Murder" is over the top dance fluff but it puts all those pop tartlets to shame! The song is the first single lifted from his latest album Beauty Killer. If you're bored of the state of music (and entertainment as a whole) these days take a listen, its pretty fresh and a sick dance tune.

Get Away With Murder

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Global Discovery: Sia - You've Changed

Sia is an Australian pop singer, a dance artist who has a fresh style. Her single "You've Changed" is making waves in her native Australia and its a funk driven dance track that sounds kinda fresh. The accompanying video is also pretty original and fun. Check it out below.