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The Buzz On: The Teen Age

Posted 17 hours ago by Rachel Brodsky in Music

Meet The Teen Age: Brooklyn's doo wop-garage quintet.

What's that they always say about Brooklyn twentysomethings? (Yep -- here's the "hot button" and there's our finger pressing it.) If you ask The New York Times (on second thought, please don't ask them), they'll probably describe your 20s as a "second adolescence" or an "emerging adulthood." Basically, those gosh-darned millennials are holding too tightly to adolescent activities, like Instagramming themselves to death and dating without cementing the faintest hope of a relationship. And for goodness sake, please don't even mention the phrase "full-time job." (Er, and you'll excuse me if I don't even mention The Times' last visit to Brooklyn.)

But speaking of Brooklyn and all of its artsy twentysomethings, if anyone's going to embrace the adolescence-into-postadolescence double decade, we're happy it's NYC's melodic indie/garage act The Teen Age.

Listen to The Teen Age after the jump.

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Watch Charli XCX Cover Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way' (VIDEO)

Posted 21 hours ago by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Music, Videos

Watch goth-pop goddess Charli XCX perform a synthy cover of Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way."

British synth-pop princess Charli XCX may have only been about seven(ish) years old when Backstreet Boys' classic pop jam "I Want It That Way" came out, but that certainly hasn't stopped her from paying unironic homage to the quintet! As hard as it is to believe that "I Want It That Way" came out 15 years ago (gahh-ahhh-ahhhhhh), we're just glad to hear it resurrected and reinterpreted by such a young, talented songstress. Especially when said songstress' debut album, True Romance, has earned a "Best New Music" title on Pitchfork. Highbrow meets lowbrow, people!

Watch Charli XCX cover Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" after the jump.

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New Video: She & Him, 'I Could've Been Your Girl'

Posted 5/21/13 5:00 pm EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Music, Videos

Zooey Deschanel achieves new levels of adorkable in She & Him's "I Could've Been Your Girl" video.

Zooey Deschanel, unabashed Quirky Girl, and one-half of the M. Ward-backed retro-folk outfit She & Him, may have grown her bangs out a bit in her band's new "I Could've Been Your Girl" video (the latest single from the duo's Volume 3), but we're pleased to report that despite almost 10 years' worth of cutesy dresses, brightly colored flats, and "gee-whiz"-style sexless witticisms, we are NOT SICK OF HER YET.

Watch She & Him's "I Could've Been Your Girl" video after the jump.

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Miley Cyrus Tweeted Britney And Justin's Denim Couples Costume, So We Created The Photobomb Of Our Fantasies (PHOTO)

Posted 5/21/13 4:05 pm EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Must See, Photos

Miley Cyrus photobombing Justin and Britney circa 2001 is the stuff fantasies are made of.

Hey, Miley Cyrus, we know you're having an awesome week, what with your new "We Can't Stop" countdown clock and presenting/eye-rolling Justin Bieber's win at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, but we just need to hold everything a moment and CELEBRATE a) your Twitter account and b) your posting our favorite JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND BRITNEY SPEARS IN DENIM 4-EVER PHOTO. Except we couldn't just leave it the way it was; we love what we wish was Britney and Justin's double denim wedding pic so much, that we took things one step further and made it the photobomb of our fantasies!

Posting the now-famous pic of Britney and Justin attending the 2001 American Music Awards in matchy-matchy denim to Twitter, Miley memed "NEVER FORGET" with the caption "This happened." Oh, we we'll never forget this pop cultural nugget, Milers. And just to sweeten the deal, we know how much you like to pop up in people's photos, AND how badly you probably wish you'd been around to photobomb the Canadian tuxedo'd couple (both parties have certainly improved their fashion sense over the years, especially Mr. "Suit & Tie" over here), so we added/photobombed you in! See? It's like you were always there! ("The Internet" = Time Machine)

Photo credit: @MileyCyrus/Getty Images

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New Song: Escort, 'Barbarians'

Posted 5/20/13 4:40 pm EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Music

NYC disco kings Escort return with a triumphant new single, "Barbarians."

Disco is BACK, in case anyone was wondering, and it comes in the form of Brooklyn's 17-piece mirror ballers, Escort. Don't look at us like that! Disco is COOL again, and here's why: First, there's Daft Punk's Nile Rodgers-assisted "Get Lucky," which OK, that's an obvious one, but disco-funk's been popping up in all sorts of other places -- just look to Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu's funky feminist banger, "Q.U.E.E.N." So, clearly disco never died; it just took a disco nap (HAD TO SAY IT), and Escort's helping to wax the mirror ball with "Barbarians," the band's first cut since 2012's Escort Remixed and their 2011 eponymous LP.

Listen to Escort's "Barbarians" after the jump.

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Taylor Swift Throws The Best Shade At Selena Gomez And Justin Bieber Making Out At The 2013 Billboard Music Awards

Posted 5/20/13 1:46 pm EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Photos

Taylor Swift looks less than pleased at Jelena's backstage Billboard Awards reunion.

OK, so we knew that Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez were besties, and we knew that besties often feel protective of their besties, especially when there's a controversial ex involved. (The controversial ex in question here being Justin Bieber.) But we just need to stop everything immediately to discuss this one very candid moment at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, where the "22" performer made her less-than-pleasant feelings toward Justin known in a single GIF-captured expression, and that single expression roughly translates to "YEEEUGH."

If you'll observe with us: Selena goes in for the "polite ex kiss" on the cheek, Taylor looks over, smirks, and WHOOPS, out comes the "EW, GROSS" tongue flash. AAAnd all we're gonna say is that we think the Spice Girls put it best when they said: "If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends." That's all. Better watch out, JB... you didn't date Taylor, but there's nothing stopping her from "accidentally" writing you into a song!

Photo credit: Billboard Music Awards / Reddit.com

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Album Premiere: New Politics, 'A Bad Girl In Harlem'

Posted 5/20/13 7:00 am EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Music, Must See

New Politics explore single life in NYC on their sophomore release.

Copenhagen rock trio New Politics are naturally gifted at getting hearts racing -- just reference their shouty, high-energy tracks like "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "Nuclear War." Heck, listen to their entire 2010 self-titled debut while you're at it, which comes packed with shrieking punk-tinged auditory references to Beastie Boys, Rage Against The Machine, The Hives, and Thirty Seconds To Mars. Now, after spending a few years in New York City and releasing their rowdy garage rock anthem "Harlem" last November, New Politics are gearing up to drop a brand-new album, A Bad Girl In Harlem, which you can listen to in full before its release.

Listen to New Politics' A Bad Girl In Harlem after the jump.

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MTV Artist To Watch: Jake Bugg

Posted 5/20/13 6:00 am EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Live Performances, Music, Must See, Videos

Meet MTV's latest Artist To Watch: freewheeling alt-folk wunderkind Jake Bugg.

When The Telegraph calls you "an East Midlands Bob Dylan," you know you're doing something right. I'm referring to, of course, 19-year-old alt-folk singer Jake Bugg (aka Jacob Edwin Kennedy), a very young artist with a distinctly older, wiser sound. While other guys his age are busy emulating the British invasion via '90s boy band throwbacks *coughOneDirectioncough,* Bugg seems more interested in re-energizing vintage genres, and sonically channels everyone from -- yep -- Bob Dylan to The Beatles (albeit LATE Beatles) on his self-titled debut album.

Read more about Jake Bugg after the jump.

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We're A Little Overwhelmed By This Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, & Madonna Trifecta At The 2013 Billboard Music Awards (PHOTO)

Posted 5/20/13 12:00 am EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Photos

Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, and Madonna pose together at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards.

What do you get when you combine Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, and Madonna in one room? Sorry, we meant to say: What do you get when you combine Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha, and Madonna together in one room AT THE 2013 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS? Well, we can't be absolutely certain, because we weren't THERE (sobs), but we assume that this visual triple threat has effectively caused every computer/iPhone/iPad EVERYWHERE to explode from all the AhhHHHhh. (In addition to our minds exploding, of course.) Because are you seeing what we're seeing?? It's the pop star trifecta to END ALL TRIFECTAS!

Snapped at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Miley, Ke$ha, and pop's reigning Queen, Madonna, had a serious famous-person moment together at the show. Honestly, we just don't know where to start with all this. First, let's talk just about how Madonna, no matter how many multi-decade transformations, DOES NOT AGE. Second, what could they even be talking about?? Could it be anti-aging tips? Like, the best under-eye night cream? Or how to get through an entire award show in dressy lingerie? Or Miley's upcoming NEW ALBUM? Like, could Miley be pumping Madonna and Ke$ha for career advice? Whatever, all we know for sure is that this photo is HISTORIC. Like, it belongs in a pop star museum. Or our apartment. Either one.

Check out more 2013 Billboard Music Awards coverage, including must-see photos and red carpet style, and read up on the night's winners.

Photo credit: Getty Images

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Beyonce MIGHT Be Pregnant! Emphasis on 'MIGHT'

Posted 5/17/13 4:19 pm EST by Rachel Brodsky in Celebrity, Must See, News

Happy Friday! Beyonce MIGHT be pregnant again!

We've been hearing a billion Beyoncé-themed "is she or isn't she" rumors lately, and hey, it looks like those rumors are starting to grow... into the shape of a baby bump! We know, that's a strong statement about our favorite "Independent Woman," but bear with us. According to E! News, "sources" have confirmed the existence of a brand-new Beyoncé baby. Uh, we don't want to get too excited here (especially since Beyoncé and her hubs, Jay-Z, haven't said a thing about it, other than cryptic statements like "I think my daughter needs some company"), but OMG X100000!! TELL US IT'S TRUE. JUST WHISPER IT, BEY. WE WON'T TELL. WE'RE VERY GOOD AT SECRETS.

Read more about Beyoncé's possible second pregnancy after the jump.

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