Do you miss our Weekly Top Ten countdown? Well, welcome to our very first edition of Aural Fixation! Each week, we’ll lure you in with pictures of atrociously attractive gentlemen, and then present you with four new songs that could potentially appear on your “Bumpin’ […]
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Weekly Top Ten Wild Card: Call It A Comeback?
Thanks to a cameo by a certain “living legend”, Rihanna will undoubtedly return to our Weekly Top Ten countdown with her kinky single “S&M”. So why did she ever leave? We’re not entirely sure, but it’s nice to see her getting a second chance after […]
Aural Only: Rihanna & Britney
If you’re the type of person who cares about headline-grabbing pop star collaborations, you’re going to wonder why it’s taken us “so long” to write about this. To be perfectly honest, we listened to Britney Spears and Rihanna‘s new version of “S&M” several times yesterday, […]
Aural Only: John Legend
While the gay internet collectively explodes over Lady Gaga’s alternate Country Road version of “Born This Way”, we thought we’d call attention to a whole other reinvention of a huge pop hit. Remember that Adele character and her song “Rolling In The Deep”? The one […]
Aural Only: Sky Ferreira
Usually, we tend to focus on official singles in our Aural Only and Weekly Top Ten series. This rule isn’t written in stone. Every now and then, a track comes along that’s so epically fantastic that we simply can’t resist it. In this case? It’s […]
Aural Only: Katy Perry
It’s time to spice things up on our Weekly Top Ten! We’ve been holding off on Katy Perry‘s latest single “E.T.”, as we continued to wait for the official music video. Alas, the song’s been out for a while now, and we feel it’s gained […]
Aural Only: Beth Ditto
Everyone wants to be Madonna these days, eh? Christina Aguilera did it, and people were pissed. Then that Gaga character did it, and people were even more pissed. Now, Gossip lead-singer Beth Ditto is the latest artist to pay homage to Madge, taking visual cues […]
Aural Only: James Blake
We finally caved in and listened to James Blake. It’s not really clear why we’ve been holding off on the experience, given all the buzz flying around about this UK artist. His electronic compositions are sparse, haunting and quite beautiful. And if that’s not enough […]
Weekly Top Ten Wild Card: Total Mishmash
Wondering why your favorite song hasn’t been added to our Weekly Top Ten countdown? Blame Britney and Gaga. Thanks to the heavy hype surrounding their new singles, most major pop artists have opted to hibernate until further notice. Rest assured, we’ll eventually add Jennifer Lopez, […]
Aural Only: Lady Gaga
Don’t be a drag, just be a queen! This morning, Lady Gaga unveiled her anthemic pop jam “Born This Way”. As you may have read, Elton John called this the “gayest song” he’s ever heard, claiming it will obliterate Gloria Gaynor‘s “I Will Survive” and […]