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Pretty Much Amazing! — Here is the newest from Ra Ra Riot’s forthcoming LP, The Orchard (which is a whole lot of fun, by the way), due out August 24 on Barsuk Records. Hold on to your frail indie hearts as I say this; but “Too Dramatic”, a bouncy write-off of overtly d... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — Robyn has just released a music video for the new single version of “Hang With Me”. If you recall, “Hang With Me” was given a synth revamp for Robyn’s upcoming Body Talk Pt. 2 (due out in September). As Muumuse points out, the “Hang With Me” video... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — You can download Sleigh Bells’ entire set at this year’s Primavera Sound. Big ups to Some Kind of Awesome for upload all of this. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="100%" height="285" codebase="http://download.m... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — Thanks to a loyal readyer, Kavinsky_69, for sending the YouTube link to 10 minutes worth of new Daft Punk material for the upcoming film Tron: Legacy. Earlier this week, 6 tracks from Tron: Legacy‘s score hit the internet. This new 10 minute does ... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — 2010 marks SPIN Magazine’s 25th Anniversary and to celebrate the momentous occasion, together with ZYNC from American Express, the magazine are putting on 5 huge shows in New York City this week, but you don’t have to be in NYC to see these amazi... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — PREMIERE: Katy Perry x Snoop Dogg – “California Gurls” (Chiddy Bang Remix) MP3I secretly love Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg’s “California Gurls”, and now that Chiddy Bang have come over and remixed the track to oblivion, I feel somewhat validated. (... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — I secretly love Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg’s “California Gurls”, and now that Chiddy Bang have come over and remixed the track to oblivion, I feel somewhat validated. Chiddy Bang’s estimable Xaphoon Jones injects the track with that dance-hall heat... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — You might remember My Gold Mask from last year’s feverishly good “Violet Eyes” single, or their respectable A Thousand Voices EP (this is the first time you’ve heard of the band, I highly recommend check out the aforementioned links). The band has... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — “Trap of Mirrors” is the first single off the Pass’ debut album BURST. A few weeks ago we premiered the music video to the excellent “Treatment of the Sun“, but with “Trap of Mirrors”, The Pass are giving away the mp3 for your downloading pleasure... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — The weirdly homo-erotically titled “Hot Toddy” is Usher’s upcoming single with Jay-Z, set to hit urban circuits in a couple of weeks. “Hot Toddy” is a hot little number that deserves a listen or two from even the most discerning listeners, who are... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — LISTEN: Usher – Hot Toddy (feat. Jay-Z)The weirdly homo-erotically titled “Hot Toddy” is Usher’s upcoming single with Jay-Z, set to hit urban circuits in a couple of weeks. “Hot Toddy” is a hot little number that deserves a listen or two from ev... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — Is Lauryn Hill back with “Repercussions”? Possibly. That’s is what Hill responds when asked if she’s recording new material. If “Repercussions” is indeed new, it is the first taste of the too-long awaited Miseducation of Lauren Hill follow-up. The... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — 2010 marks SPIN Magazine’s 25th Anniversary and to celebrate the momentous occasion, together with ZYNC from American Express, the magazine are putting on 5 huge shows in New York City this week, but you don’t have to be in NYC to see these ... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — The Roots How I Got Over Street Date: 06.22.10AMAZON | INSOUND | ITUNES Giveaway: How I Got Over on Vinyl and CD The idea of an album being a grower – one that doesn’t strike you on first listen, but worms its way into your subconscious with eve... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — Giveaway: How I Got Over on Vinyl and CD → STREET DATE: 06.22.10 | EMUSIC | AMAZON | INSOUND | ITUNESRATE HOW I GOT OVER:The idea of an album being a grower – one that doesn’t strike you on first listen, but worms its way into your subconscious ... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — STREET DATE: 07.13.10 | EMUSIC | ITUNES RATE K.R.I.T Wuz Here:Big K.R.I.T., ladies and gentlemen, is the prototype for modern hip hop prodigies. He’s the new model, the future of the genre. Not musically, per se – there are other up-and-coming rap... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — In the video below you will find Girls’ frontman, Christopher Owens, perform a brand new “kind of a country song”, which he says will sound cool if Taylor Swift “adapted” it. I’ve got to admit, he has a point. With talks of forever-lasting puppy l... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — 2010 marks SPIN Magazine’s 25th Anniversary and to celebrate the momentous occasion, together with ZYNC from American Express, the magazine are putting on 5 huge shows in New York City this week, but you don’t have to be in NYC to see these ama... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — Over the weekend, Arcade Fire’s immense third full-length album, The Suburbs, it the internet illegitimately to the cheer of scores of Arcade Fire fans. For those who choose not to chase leaks around, or simply don’t know how about them, Radio 1′s... read more »

Pretty Much Amazing! — Skream turned many onto his ghostly dubstep world with his prodigious remix of La Roux’s “In For The Kill” (still one of my favorite dubstep remixes ever), and the young dubstep wizard and a La Roux have — you will pardon the pun — “Finally” joine... read more »