Hip Hop’s all-time best outfit, The Roots, are about to release a new album. In our books, there aren’t many things that make us happier than knowing this. Some people might recognize them nowadays as Jimmy Fallon’s house band, but the band has been making records from way back – they started almost 20 years ago.
The new track has a short video online, and the band will release a short video every week now, up until the release of the full album.
Grab the full track on iMesh
Their latest album, Brothers, made the Black Keys somewhat of superstars. With the bar of expectations rising for the follow up, the duo released this first song: an energetic blues rock work out, with a simple yet effective video.
Oh, and the production, as always, is by the one and only Dangermouse.
Have you ever heard such a passionate love song for a disposable cup? Has Toby Keith joined the ranks of the environment protectors, or is he only interested in more ways to consume beer?
Watch the video and tell us what you think
America’s darling, Kelly Clarkson, is releasing her fifth album. According to her, “it was influenced by Prince, Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Radiohead and there’s a little bit of a country vibe/influence on a couple of songs”.
Here’s the first official single, Mr. Know it All.
Get the album, Stronger, on iMesh
Chris Martin and Coldplay have just released their latest album Mylo Xyloto, perhaps their boldest pop statement so far. This is the new video- Paradise, which features a a runaway elephant on a bicycle. Seriously.
One of the iconic figures in popular music for the last 30 years, Sting (a.k.a Gordon Sumner), is now celebrating 25 years of going solo.
He had his first taste of international acclaim and success as the singer and bass player of The Police, which somehow combined lean, sophisticated rock music with reggae and hooks: no one can forget (Roooooooxanne! You don’t have to put on the red light!!). But as they called it a day, Sting launched an even more successful solo career, with music that touched on Jazz, easy listening, New Age and other influences.
Fortress Around Your Heart is a track from the first solo album, Dream of the Blue Turtles, which came out in 1986.
Download the compilation or check out for his entire discography on iMesh
…are just some of the things we could think of that come in black & yellow. Wiz Kahlifa’s biggest hit to date is also a strictly Black & Yellow affair. It’s lifted from his album Rolling Paper, which came out earlier this year and is still available on iMesh
The Occupy Wall Street protests are gathering momentum, spreading across the U.S, while chiming in with similar movements around the world. One of the bands that supported the causes of OWS, way before the movement was conceived, is Rage Against the Machine, who were, well, raging against the machine since the early 90′s.
This track is from 1999, from the album The Battle of Los Angeles and it sounds like a perfect anthem for the current wave of protest, 12 years later.
Grab the full album and other RATM tracks over at iMesh
Patrick Stump caught your attention for the first time as lead singer of pop punk trio, Fall Out Boy. Since the band is on an indefinite break, it’s time for Stump to step out as a solo artist. His new album, Soul Punk, surely presents him more as a soul/r’n'b crooner than as punk.
This City sounds a lot like Hall and Oates, Starship, and other blue-eyed 80′s soul legends. It also features Lupe Fiasco, which is generally always a good thing.
And while we’re at it, we’ve just published on iMesh a new playlist of songs, selected by Patrick Stump. check it out!
http://youtu.be/s0ujF8D6-5k
Former Disney Channel sensation and one-third of the Jonas Brothers teeny boppers, Joe Jonas is now trying to cross over to the grown up pop world, with his first solo album Fastlife.
Check out Just in Love, where Joe Jonas takes a trip to Europe and is dazzled by the beauty of the European female species.
