If you turn on a radio and see any recent movie trailer you will quickly notice the trend of music that has been carried in the vein of the electronic genre. It’s been rising every since the 80’s, and with the house techno of the 90’s, trip hop of the early 2000’s and the dubstep and pop-electronica of today, the process has been long and ever changing and now it is arguably the most popular music genre today. But that doesn’t mean everyone listens to it. Maybe you never quite got on board because of your love of metal, punk, country or even classical. Maybe it’s just noise to you. Or maybe you simply don’t know where to start. So before you download a random album and hope it’s decent, here are the five quintessential electronica albums to bring you into the fray…
more»Is our favorite Harajuku Barbie done with her days on “American Idol?” Say it ain’t so, Nicki Minaj! According to reports, the sassy singer won’t be returning to judge on another season of the reality competition show. And with numbers dropping quicker than Lindsay Lohan’s IMDB Star Meter, this isn’t exactly great news for the show…
PepsiCo, the company behind popular soda Mountain Dew, has announced they will no longer run advertisements featuring rapper Lil Wayne over “creative differences” over a controversial line in his song “Karate Chop.” Lil Wayne has been a commercial staple for Mountain Dew for the past year, as advertisements featuring the rapper began running in early 2012. But PepsiCo made the choice to cut the cord to it’s relationship with Wayne due to a song lyric containing a vulgar reference to the beating to Emmett Till, a young boy who died after to a violent attack in the 1950′s. This horrific occurrence became a significant event in the American civil rights movement, and is still widely discussed and relevant today…
Celebrity endorsements are not a rare thing. Practically every product known to man has been endorsed by a celeb, whether it’s Michael Jordan for Hanes, Brett Favre for Sensodyne, or Charlize Theron for Dior. And yeah, it’s a bit like selling out and it’s also a little irritating to know that the millions these people make from their normal occupations apparently isn’t good enough. But hey, it’s not harming anyone and who am I to diss someone making an honest buck? But there comes a time when everyone has to put their foot down and make their voice heard, and I’m putting mine down regarding Kim Kardashian’s diet pill…
Are we ready to see a girl we just watched give birth on TV get it on with a porn star? According to Vivid Entertainment, the answer is yes. MTV’s “Teen Mom” alum Farrah Abraham, is really milking her 15 minutes of fame by selling her “private” sex tape with porn star James Deen to Vivid Entertainment. According to TMZ, the 21-year-old mom closed a 6-figure deal with the adult entertainment company for the 70 minute movie titled, “Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom.”
Everything is getting the reboot these days, and most of the time it doesn’t make any sense. Batman needed a fresh start because of the pun-ridden crapfest that was “Batman and Robin” which killed the franchise of the 90′s. But, really, “Total Recall,” “The Thing?” You can’t successfully reboot 80′s movies for the current audience. That decade was all cheesiness, montages, one liners from Arnold Schwarzenegger and that does not translate well to 2013. Now we all want is realism, grit, and tragic heroes. And come on, “Footloose?” There are some actors you can’t replicate, and the casual, smirky Kevin Bacon is one of them…
Close your eyes and think hard about the last electronic album you heard wherein every song was good. Or even, wherein every song was listenable. Goes back a little far, doesn’t it? The fact of the matter is consistency in albums across all genres has been slipping a bit over the years, partially due to individual song downloads and the importance of singles. But also because most bands aren’t putting enough care into structuring the album. For the past few years popular albums seem to be a random collection of songs; some good, some crap. Unfortunately, electronic music also shares this issue, despite the fact that if any type of music has the best chance at being consistent, it’s the electronic genre…
Any legit doctor will tell you that there are a lot of downsides to packing on the pounds. But stretch marks, diabetes, and cellulite are the least of Rob Kardashian’s weight gain worries. In a tell-all interview with Ryan Seacrest, Rob didn’t just “tell-all,” no sir. He went straight for the mother of all embarrassing things that you probably never want to share on national TV, revealing that he cries every time he takes a shower because his ween looks so small due to his recent weight gain.
I’m going to go out and say it. I do not think dubstep is technically music. This is not a criticism. I’m not suggesting we boycott our beloved Skrillex. I am simply saying that if you really break it down, you will see that dubstep shares more qualities with drugs than it does with music. For those of you who have never been to college out there, asking yourself, “What is a drug?” It’s something natural or artificial that directly alters the mind or body, in ways varying from disturbing to hilarious.