Tune Yards (oh, excuse me – tUnE-yArDs) is the moniker of California’s Merrill Garbus. She’s been making music in her bedroom for a few years now, and her previous album caught the imagination of bloggers and music lovers world wide..

Bizness is the first track from her new album, W H O  K I L L  (What’s with the weird spelling..?). It’s not just a special little song, it has got a lovely video clip. Check it!

In a bid to raise money for the horrible crisis in Japan, following the tsunami and the earthquake, Universal Music Group  have announced this special benefit album, Songs for Japan, which will be available on iMesh this week.

Check out this massive track list, and make a donation for Japan with the gift of music.

Feel free to share your thoughts and sympathy using the comments button, at the bottom of the page.

John Lennon — “Imagine” (Remastered)
U2 — “Walk On”
Bob Dylan — “Shelter From The Storm”
Red Hot Chili Peppers — “Around The World” (Live)
Lady Gaga — “Born This Way” (Starsmith remix)
Beyonce — “Irreplaceable”
Bruno Mars — “Talking To The Moon” (Acoustic piano version)
Katy Perry — “Firework”
Rihanna — “Only Girl (In The World)”
Justin Timberlake — “Like I Love You”
Madonna — “Miles Away” (Live)
David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland — “When Love Takes Over”
Eminem featuring Rihanna — “Love The Way You Lie” (Clean version)
Bruce Springsteen — “Human Touch”
Josh Groban — “Awake” (Live)
Keith Urban — “Better Life”
Black Eyed Peas — “One Tribe”
Pink — “Sober”
Cee Lo Green — “It’s Ok”
Lady Antebellum — “I Run To You”
Bon Jovi — “What Do You Got?”
Foo Fighters — “My Hero”
R.E.M. — “Man On The Moon” (Live)
Nicki Minaj — “Save Me” (Clean version)
Sade — “By Your Side”
Michael Buble — “Hold On”
Justin Bieber — “Pray” (Acoustic)
Adele — “Make You Feel My Love”
Enya — “If I Could Be Where You Are”
Elton John — “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”
John Mayer — “Waiting On The World To Change”
Queen — “Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)” (Remastered)
Kings Of Leon — “Use Somebody”
Sting — “Fragile” (Live)
Leona Lewis — “Better In Time”
Ne-Yo — “One In A Million”
Shakira — “Whenever, Wherever”
Norah Jones — “Sunrise”

She was already called a has-been, a wash out, a pop figure from the past, but Britney Spears has managed to pull it off and shoot herself back to global stardom, with this glorious comeback. Hold it Against me is the first huge hit from her new come-back album, and the song even features an adventurous dubstep break in the middle.

The fight over the title of queen of pop has never been so fierce!

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With her 2nd album, Adele is ready for the big league. This recent live performance she did at the UK Brit awards, is surely to cement her position as one of the best singers in the world now. Just see how she spills her guts on stage, and makes this song sound even more touching than its recorded version. It’s Adele’s time, be prepared to fall in love!

Scissor Sister

British pop sensation, Jessie J has sent us a list of her all time favorite pop songs, along side some current highlights (including this gem by Adele). The entire playlist is posted on the iMesh client – where you can download the entire thing, but we wanted to lure you in by highlighting this amazing, timeless piece of pop music by TLC.

West coast and G-Funk don, Nate Dogg, has sadly passed away this week. The voice behind countless Hip Hop and RnB hits will be missed. He collaborated with Snoop, 2 Pac, Dr Dre, 50 cent, The Game, Ludacris, and many others. However, Regulate, with Warren G is probably his best known track.

R.I.P

Despite throwing the rule book out of the window, every time English alternative band Radiohead releases a new album, it’s rapidly becoming a worldwide event.

Their new album King of Limbs is no different – announced just a few days before it became available online, the web was taken by storm by the new Oxford quintet offering.

Here’s the first video from the album, already watched by millions of people around the world.

A couple of weeks ago the music industry celebrated another year in business, and handed out a bunch of prizes to some of the most notable artists of 2010. As usual, there were unexpected winners and surprising moments, and this year, the biggest surprise is arguably indie-pop band, The Arcade Fire, winning album of the year with The Suburbs.

Eminem and Lady Gaga not won nearly as many Grammies as they hoped for, but didn’t go home empty handed either. Besides Arcade Fire, the other big winners of the night are no doubt country posters Lady Antebellum and jazz musician Esperanza Spalding, who overcame Justin Bieber and Drake as Best New Artist.

You can see the full list of winners at the official Grammies site, and download all the music, right here on iMesh

After a long break – 4 years means forever in Hip Hop terms – Lupe Fiasco is finally back. Chicago’s prodigal son has released 2 great albums in the middle of the previous decade, and then took a hiatus from the music industry.

His new singles doesn’t carry the same signature we got used to hear from Lupe, but we’re sure that the full album will deliver more smart lyrics, conscience messages and souped up beats.