MUSIC NEWS

Robyn

On April 11th,

Swedish sensation Robyn will be

headlining the live musical performance at Logo’s fourth annual NewNowNext

Awards along with one of AfterElton’s 11 Artists to Look

Out For in 2011 singer Wynter Gordon

and an exciting singer whose tour we highlighted

recently, Oh Land. Both Wynter

Gordon and Oh Land are up for Brink

of Fame Music Artist award at this year’s show. The full list of nominees

can be viewed here.

The NewNowNext Awards musical

performers highlight those artists who will undoubtedly make it big in the

coming years. Most notably Lady Gaga

made her first

televised performance at the show in 2008.

Gaga delivers “Just Dance” at the 2008 NNN Awards.

Janet Jackson is bringing her Number

Ones, Up Close and Personal Tour to North America performing her 35 number

one hits in 35 global cities. Fans were able to submit suggestions as to which

cities to be selected on the tour. Find out if your city made the list here.

Each show on this tour will be

uniquely different than the others and the venues selected offer the ability

for fans to get up close and personal with the legend.

In each city along her tour

Janet wants to meet 20 young leaders under 20 who are changing their

communities for the better. You can submit an entry on janetjackson.com. These lucky winners

will get VIP guest backstage access to interact with Janet.

When the devastating earthquake

and tsunami hit Japan on March 11th, singer Cyndi Lauper had been touring Japan for her Grammy-nominated album

Memphis Blues. Though urged to

leave, Lauper and her band decided to stay and offer support through the one

way they know best: music.

By continuing her Memphis Blues tour, Lauper has been

offering 90 minutes of distraction and a chance to unite, while also collecting

cash and donating all the royalties from her tour in Japan to the Japanese Red

Cross. She also recorded a ringtone with 100 percent of the proceeds going

towards the victims of the disaster.

NEW ALBUMS

MARCH 28th

Britney Spears –Femme Fatale

On Spears’ seventh studio album the artist aimed to release songs that

sound like nothing else out there right now and that she did. With hits like

“Hold It Against Me” and “Till The World Ends,” Spears is already on track to

produce yet another chart topping album for the star.

Radiohead – King of Limbs

The English alternative rock

band is releasing their eighth studio album in physical CD format on March 28th.

(It was self-released in MP3 format in Feb 2011.) The album, whose name refers

to a 1,000 year old oak tree, takes a more haunting somber direction than their

previous critically acclaimed In Rainbows

album.

Peter Bjorn and John – Gimme Some

The Swedish indie rock band

unofficially abbreviated PB&J and best known for their 2006 hit single

“Young Folks” release their sixth album with the lead single “Second Chance.”

Grab a free copy of the hit “Breaker Breaker” off their new album right here.

The Sounds – Something to Die For

Another Swedish Indie rock band,

The Sounds formed in 1999 and their

style has been compared to Blondie

and The Cars. The lead single “Something To Die For” has

a bit of a Kelly Clarkson feel to

it.

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart-

Belong

The New York City-based indie

pop band release their second album a follow up from their widely adored self

titled debut. The single “Belong” is similar to some of Smashing Pumpkin’s best and the release of their album will be

followed by a national tour alongside Twin

Shadow.

Matt Duke – One Day Die

The man behind the gorgeous

track “Rabbit” is

following up his exceptional sophomore album Kingdom Underground with a brand new album of 11 tracks inspired by

a dark time in the artist’s life after suffering from a serious hand injury

that made the artist put down his guitar for an indefinite time.

The Kills

APRIL 5th

The Kills – Blood Pressures

The rock band formed by American

singer Alison Mosshart and British

guitarist Jamie Hince, release their

fourth studio album, and their most accessible to date. Since the release of

their critically acclaimed third album Midnight

Bloom, Mosshart toured the road with The

Dead Weather and Hince recently got engaged to Kate Moss. It’s no shock that their latest album is an evolution

from their prior. Grab a free copy of the track “DNA” on the band’s website. Watch the video for the lead

single “Satellite” here.

The Raveonettes – Raven In the Grave

The Danish indie rock duo whose

50’s and 60’s rock sound oft gets compared to The Velvet Underground, release their fifth studio album on April 5th,

a day earlier than the rest of the music world. Watch the video for their track

“Last Dance” here.

The Submarines – Love Notes/Letter Bombs

The Indie pop group from Los

Angeles consisting of John Dratonetti

and Blake Hazard, the great

granddaughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald

release their third full length album, one they say was admittedly hard to

make.

Get a taste of the new album

with a free track right here:

Avicii Presents : Strictly Miami

Swedish DJ/Producer Tim Bergling known professionally as Tim Berg and Avicii is one of the most talked about and brightest new stars on

the dance music scene. Personally I fell in love with his remix of Robyn’s “Hang With Me.” Avicii has been

signed on to mix and select the next Strictly

Miami compilation album, featuring both new and old tracks from the

Strictly Rhythm catalogue along with some Avicii’s own tracks.

Tiesto – Club Life, Vol 1 Las Vegas

Dutch DJ and record producer Tijs Michiel Verwerst, otherwise known

as Tiësto, releases his latest compilation album featuring 15 of the

hottest new tracks and remixes on the market by artists such as Tiësto himself as well as other big

names like Kaskade, Diplo and Hardwell.

Glasvegas– Euphoric /// Heartbreak \\\

Scottish alt rock band from

Glasgow release the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut self-titled

album that reached No 2 on the UK album charts. Judging by this album teaser here

it looks like it’s gonna be one hell of an album!

SINGLES

Neon Hitch “Get Over U”

British singer/songwriter Neon Hitch recently signed to Warner

Bros. Records and though she has not yet begun to record her debut album, she

has the title picked out “Beg, Borrow, and Steal” which she says she has done

all three to get where she is today. Check out her first single “Get

Over U” off her highly anticipated debut album executive produced by Benny Blanco (think Ke$ha, Katy Perry, and Britney

Spears).

New Robyn!

The Teddy Bears have re-released one of their hits with Swedish

singer Robyn on board vocally this

go round. Take a listen to the hit here. I’ve got to say

while it’s always good to hear new Robyn material, I don’t instantly love this

track like I have with some of her other material. What are your thoughts?

Jamie Woon – “Night Air”

The next big artist to take over

the underground electronic dubstep genre that’s sweeping across England and

ruling the blogosphere ever since Jamie

XX of the XX and James Blake so perfectly paved the road

is the talented Jamie Woon. The

British singer/songwriter who ranked fourth on the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll has

released the single “Night Air” off his Wayfaring

Stranger EP and it’s hard to not love. Take a listen.

Gypsy & The Cat– “Time To Wander”

Not since Young The Giant have I fallen so instantly in love with the sound

of a brand new band as much as I have with the Melbourne electro-pop duo Gypsy & The Cat. Their lead single

off their debut album Gilgamesh is

“Time To Wander” and boy is it a head sticker… aka gets stuck in yo’ head. Take

a listen here

and stream their entire new album. It’s great!

Clare Maguire – “The Last Dance (Chase & Status Remix)”

If you’re a fan of Stevie Nicks or Annie Lennox then you’re going to love Clare Maguire. The latest single off the English singer/songwriter

incredible debut album Light After Dark

is “The Last Dance,” and this remix

by Chase & Status is perfecto.

If you haven’t taken the time to get a copy

of Maguire’s new album go ahead and do so. She ranked number 5 on the BBC’s

Sound of 2011 poll and after taking a listen to her album, I can easily

understand why everyone has been singing her praises.

VIDEOS

Cazwell (center)

Cazwell is back

with another video filled with shirtless men and loads of butt crack. The song

it taken from the singer’s sophomore studio album Watch My Mouth and the video was directed by Marco Ovando, who also directed Cazwell’s hit “Ice Cream Truck.”

Check it out!

LCD Soundsystem

has once again joined forces with the Muppets

on their latest track “Dance Yrself Clean” off their critically acclaimed and

possibly final album This Is Happening

Now. (The first Muppet collaboration was on “New York, I Love You but

You’re Bringing Me Down”). The fan-made video features Kermit, Animal, Cookie

Monster and Miss Piggy jamming as the band for a street full of people in

England.

Watch.

George Michael

debuted the

video for a robotic cover of New

Order’s “True Faith” during a Comic Relief spoof in the UK this past week.

It seems this is just the beginning of new material from the

British singer/songwriter. He already has a second single in the works, which

he announced via Twitter on March 24:

“Hey everyone two things to titillate the loyal, just

finished new single, Produced with @stereogamous… called Every Other Lover In

The World, Full on house track, hope u are all ready…”

I think we’re ready.