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Sky Ferreira Releases Amazing Bloodshy & Avant Track “Dynamite State,” Remains Flawless and Underappreciated
Lady Gaga Teases First Video Still from “Marry The Night”
Win A Copy of JoJo’s New Single “Disaster”! (CD Giveaway)
The Party is in September’s Head (Video Premiere)
Now Streaming: Listen to Snippets from Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’

Sky Ferreira Releases Amazing Bloodshy & Avant Track “Dynamite State,” Remains Flawless and Underappreciated

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 09:01 PM PST

Oh, my darling Sky Ferreira.

The brooding blonde teen beauty hasn’t made too many moves in the music industry since releasing one of the year’s most brilliant albums back in March: The AS IF! EP (read the review if you don’t have it already). But over the past few weeks, she’s been uploading lil’ bits and pieces onto her SoundCloud–some fucking incredible polished pop tunes, some rough and off-the-cuff riffs delivered without a hint of production.

Earlier tonight, the Pop Princess published a full track, entitled–well actually, she’s called it “ummmmm (this is old FYI),” which is incredibly helpful for all of us. After a little bit of investigation, I’ve learned the song is actually called “Dynamite State,” co-scribed and produced with a killer Britney-friendly team: Nicole Morier (“Heaven On Earth,” “Mmm Papi”) and inimitable Swedish production team Bloodshy & Avant (“Toxic,” “Piece Of Me”).

Regarding the song, she had this to offer:

fuck it.

I recorded this almost 3 years ago & was told nobody would like it,understand it ect ect ect

but it’s still one of my favorites & I needed people to hear this before I come out with my new record which is in a way different direction.

To no one’s surprise, it’s completely amazing: Starting off with a sort of irritating, child-like chant, the song soon bursts into a thick, noisy marching drum beat as Ferreira gets uncharacteristically (sarcastically?) exuberant: “Come on boys and girls/Let’s blow up the world!” Sky sings excitedly. “We’re dynamite, we’re nuclear/We’re shoot to kill/We’re for the win, so let’s begin!” Later on, sparkling electronic beats explode like actual fireworks and shimmer into the speakers.

Production wise, the song is slightly closer in line with the more experimental indie-pop of Bloodshy & Avant’s brilliant band, Miike Snow. Lyrically, it’s as rebellious and youthful as a fire-hot Ke$ha party anthem.

Still, “Dynamite State” is as thoroughly Ferreira-friendly as her debut EP: It’s pop peculiarity at its finest, full of intriguing beats, wild yelping vocals and über-infectious hooks.

This is yet another reason Ferreira is so frustratingly amazing: There’s so much potential here, yet it’s all so…intangible. She’s one of my most anticipated new acts by far, and her debut record will unquestionably be on Madonna levels of pop genius, but we’re all anxiously waiting for her to actually…POP.

Luckily, our prayers are (maybe) about to be answered. She later wrote on the SoundCloud page:

I’m coming out with my debut album next year and a new single early 2012 (Feb. most likely)

Hopefully if that works I can release a dance record also that has all of my old demos & some new ones that are electro pop….
I never want to be restricted to do one “genre” of music.I want to learn & make everything. At the end of the day music is music.

Pop Gods, hear our prayers! LET IT BE SO!

ummmmm (this is old FYI) by Sky Ferreira Official

The AS IF! EP was released on March 22. (iTunes)

Lady Gaga Teases First Video Still from “Marry The Night”

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 05:18 PM PST

Muh-muh-muh-Monsters: Your Mother will see you now.

Lady Gaga took to Twitter this evening following her performance of “Marry the Night” at Germany’s 2011 Bambi Awards (an award show I haven’t thought about since Britney delivered her first post-2007 VMA comeback performance back in ’08–memories!) to give her Monsters a tiny taste of the upcoming video and/or mini fïlm for her fifth Born This Way single.

Well, she’s laid up on a stretcher it seems. That’s what you get for touring non-stop for 3 years and counting, Gagz!

Then again, this is clearly just a shameless swipe of Britney’s video for “Everytime.” (KIDDING! Maybe.) I mean, is that even Gaga? If it is, is she sick? IF SHE’S NOT, IS SHE PREGNANCY?! And if so, will a fanciful unicorn burst out of her vajeen and gallop onto the Rainbow Road?!?!

The answer to all of these questions and more, of course, is yes.

Feel the fever…

“Marry the Night” will be released in November. (iTunes)

Win A Copy of JoJo’s New Single “Disaster”! (CD Giveaway)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 03:04 PM PST

In case you’ve been living under THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ROCK EVER, you already know that Queen JoJo‘s just released a brand new single: “Disaster,” the lead track from her upcoming album Jumping Trains.

As I’ve established previously in my review of the single, “Disaster” is an amazing pop song. Thoroughly so.

Now, the song can be yours in the physical sense.

MuuMuse is proud to be giving away TWO COPIES
of JoJo’s new single, “Disaster.”

To enter to win, follow me on Twitter at @MuuMuse and tweet the following phrase:

I’m burning up forever and always with @MuuMuse! #Disaster http://bit.ly/rrAn03

Two winners will be selected and notified on Thursday, November 17.

And if you haven’t already caught the accompanying video (yes, I do consider you less of a person if you haven’t), you can still watch it now. Your body will thank you for it later.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be jumping trains.

GOOD LUCK!

“Disaster” was released on September 6. (iTunes)

The Party is in September’s Head (Video Premiere)

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 11:39 AM PST

Earlier this year, Swedish dance-pop sensation September (of “Cry For You” fame, you know the one) released her fourth studio album, Love CPR–a collection of reliably amazing Swedish dance-pop tracks.

But among the album’s many deliciously infectious offerings–including “Resuscitate Me” and “Me & My Microphone”–lies my all-time favorite track of the bunch: “Party In My Head,” which MuuMuse contributor Sam highlighted previously in the second volume of his “Amazing Things I’m Listening to from Sweden” series.

“Party In My Head” is thoroughly amazing for several different reasons, including:

+ The line “I don’t care if the whole club is dead, ’cause the party’s in my head.”
+ The line “I don’t care about the VIP, ’cause every single DJ’s inside me.”
+ The deep personal connection. It resonates. If you know anything about me at all, you’d know that I spend most of my free time wandering around getting lost in my headphones. The party is indeed in my head.

Oh, and every single DJ has also been inside me.

Following the song’s release to iTunes in late September (SEPTEMBER IN SEPTEMBER, Y’ALL!), “Party In My Head” has now received a proper video treatment, which you can see above.

It seems as though September’s gone and gotten a hold of New York City’s broadcasting system to have herself plastered across every screen in Times Square. (Now you know why the federal government did that test of the Emergency Alert System earlier this week.) No one seems to bothered by the fact, though. And why should they?

Frankly, I wish that’s how it was in New York City: Can this be real life, so that the next time I’m sprinting down Broadway trying to flag down a taxi in order to catch the last train home, I can look up and smile knowing that September is watching over me like a sweet, sweet guardian Swedish spirit she is? Please let it be, Pop Gods!

“Party In My Head (Remixes)” was released on September 27. (iTunes)
LOVE CPR was released on July 5. (iTunes)

Now Streaming: Listen to Snippets from Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’

Posted: 10 Nov 2011 06:12 AM PST

There’s just 11 more days until Princess Rihanna‘s sixth studio album, Talk That Talk, gets unmuzzled and starts talking that talk all over the world. And as we already saw yesterday, the record label has begun serving up listening sessions all week, leading to some mighty exciting album write-ups so far.

Today, JustJared posted his own track-by-track review (of the deluxe version, no less!), including a bunch of album credits, lyrics and interesting tidbits about each song’s recording. It’s an absolute must-read.

But you know what else surfaced today? THE ALBUM SNIPPETS, for all 11 tracks of Talk That Talk.

YOU READY, RUDE BOYS (AND GIRLS)?

Courtesy of Neon Limelight.

1. You Da One
2. Where Have You Been
3. We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
4. Talk That Talk (feat. Jay-Z)
5. Cockiness (Love It)
6. Birthday Cake
7. We All Want Love
8. Drunk on Love
9. Roc Me Out
10. Watch n' Learn
11. Farewell

I haven’t listened yet because, as I said yesterday, my body is just not physically ready for this. I just need some time. A moment that is mine. Initial thoughts to come…

EDIT: My official thoughts, in order: