Today's Pick

True to form, the funk pop outfit Scissor Sisters have donned their nun outfits and sailor uniforms, dress as their favorite beer/liquor mascots and eventually become animated rabbits with another high-concept crazy trippy visual for their latest track, "Baby Come Home," the second single from the New York glam-pop band's just released fourth effort, "Magic Hour," which was released just this week.
The new album is dedicated to getting you on the dance floor and keeping you on the dance floor. Forever, but also contains touching ballads. It's a combination of rhythm and romance like you've never heard before. The album finds the Grammy nominated band collaborating with some of the hottest names in the music business, including Azealia Banks, Pharrell Williams and Calvin Harris. Speaking about the album, the lead singer Jake Shears told The Guardian: "[Magic Hour] is a sweet joyful melange of beat-driven future-pop. It style-hops all over the place unabashedly."
"Spawned by the scuzzy, gay nightlife scene of New York," the band took their name from a sexual position between two women also known as tribadism. "Baby Come Home" is a sugary, lollipop of a tune! The song follows their previous single, "Only the Horses," and finds the group donning some fun wardrobe choices: a knight, Viking, nun, and sailors, witches and jailbirds while the song ear-worms into your brain. The Scissor Sisters creatively capture the lyrics in their super fun, colorful, and booze-fueled new music video for "Baby Come Home."
Following the imaginative clips for "Shady Love" and "Only The Horses," This one's more of a graphic design wonder, a fluorescent, an explosion of animation, lyrics, costumes, humor, and shifting tapestry of characters, which has the band acting out illustrations from beer bottle labels with a mix of live action footage and animation. It starts off rather lighthearted, but by the final third, the band end up on a rather unexpected trip to hell. In the colorful animated piece we see Shears and the gang recreate various beer labels which is a great excuse to play dress up. Join Scissor Sisters as they embark on an animated, character-filled adventure!

Jay-Z and Kanye West released the video late Wednesday night for "No Church in the Wild," an Illuminati-referencing highlight from the record, depicts a grim clash between a large number of protesters and heavily armed and violent riot police. The track is the third from their 2011 super-collaboration "Watch the Throne." However, it doesn't involve an appearance from either rapper, or even guest crooner Frank Ocean, but deliver a powerful clip all the same with the powerful message they were trying to send.
"No Church in the Wild" is a hip-hop song with R&B vocals in its chorus and bridge. It features a bass-heavy beat with guitar riffs, synthesizers, and drums. The song begins with Ocean's chorus followed by a Jay-Z verse about various topics including philosophy, religion, and braggadocio. The chorus then repeats and The-Dream performs a bridge, preceding West's verse, which includes themes of hedonism, celebrity, and religion. An instrumental which reoccurs through "Watch the Throne" plays, ending the song.
Features a cinematic production style, the Romain Gavras-directed clip centers on a battle taking place in the streets of Prague. The dark violent war starts when a masked citizen throws a blazing Molotov cocktail towards the lined-up officials in riot gear and a fight ensues. A sea of men then rush towards the police, caring little about their own unprotected faces and raging into war. By the end of the five-minute video, the freedom fighters seem to have notched a victory of some sort, standing in triumph in the face of their oppressors.
Set to the buzzing drums of the 88-Keys and Yeezy-produced track, ill-equipped freedom fighters with nothing to lose wage war against an oppressive regime. Of course, there is nothing in the video that directly details a specific storyline or plot: Instead, viewers are expected to rely on their own interpretations of the scenes that look taken straight from CNN. Fearless protestors hurl stones and fight armed officers using only their bare fists. "Power concedes nothing without a demand." If a quote could sum up the Throne's "No Church in the Wild" clip, Frederick Douglass' famed call for revolution might do it best.

Continuing his reign in the pop music realm, Adam Lambert has just released the Dystopian video for his new electropop single "Never Close Our Eyes," the second single from the 30-year-old American Idol runner-up's historic, chart-topping record "Trespassing," which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, and he was obviously thrilled that his new album becoming the first openly gay artist to top the charts. Lambert's not only bringing the new tunes this summer, he's also bringing florescent accessories back.
Lyrically, the carpe diem-themed song is about living life to the fullest and partying until the break of dawn. The song is also about enjoying your time with a special someone, since you never know how much time you'll have. As usual, Lambert's angelic rocker vocals, which soar above and loop through the melody with ease. "Never Close Our Eyes" is a satisfying negotiation between an electro-pop banger and romantic anthem. It's the kind of song that's tailored both for the dance floor and at home/in the car sing-alongs.
Lambert sings the track while living in some sort of boarding facility while being treated like a prisoner. He told press he was obviously thrilled that his new album becoming the first openly gay artist to top the charts. "One of the great things about the album going number one this week is that it proves a point that music doesn't have an orientation, music is universal. And even though at times it does matter in the industry - marketing and all that - I would love to get to a point where it doesn't matter. I think this milestone kind of says that."
Lambert wakes up to find he's no longer able to exercise free will in his new clip, which takes a futuristic tone, set in a dreary post-apocalyptic world where there's not nearly enough color or dancing. He is released from his holding cell only to find that society is now made up of people whose every movement is monitored from their daily intake of a mind control pill to their performances of menial tasks such as scrubbing the floor. But as the song progresses, Lambert leads a dance-dance revolution, beating back the guards, and they engage in a colorful, strobe-and-smoke-filled dance party as the song hits its bombastic final chorus.

Chris Brown has just given fans a lot to be excited about with an undeniably steamy clip for his straight-up sex jam, "Sweet Love," which was sent to urban contemporary radios in the States on April 10, and and urban mainstream radio on April 16, as the second single from his upcoming fifth studio album, "Fortune," which hits stores July 3rd.
Musically, "Sweet Love" is a slow jam R&B ballad that displays elements of electronic music. The synth drum beat totally overwhelms and clashes with the ballad. The song contains lyrics about Brown asking his lady to get naked so they can make sweet love. The track is breezy enough to keep radio programmers pleased this spring, and Brown keeps the sexiness at an all time high throughout the tune with explicit lyrics that, in theory, could easily win any girl over.
The accompanying video was directed by Brown himself and filmed at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. It begins with the singer alone in a room, when a digital version of a woman appears... and hops into his bed. As the song begins, Brown watches a woman, who appears as a hologram, lying in a bed. This scene is intercut with scenes of Brown singing in front of a flowing backdrop. "Tonight is the night that I change your life..." he's channeling 90's R&B group silk.
Then, the clip cuts to a scene where Brown roams the street at night full of beds, occupied by women, all levitating as the R&B heartthrob passes them and heads through a storm to find his girl. When he finds her, things get hot, heavy and really wet as they become passionate while rain pours around them. But before the love affair is over, the 23-year-old seduces her with a few of his signature dance routines, and later makes passionate love to his lady at home, while the rain is pouring down.

Kylie Minogue continues her year-long celebration of her 25 years in the music business with the release of her new single and video for her new club-bumping beat, "Timebomb," as part of Minogue's commemoration of "K25," the year-long celebration of her 25th anniversary in pop music career. The Aussie pop princess shows off her amazingly-toned tush in her new video and much to our delight, the clip is pure Minogue at her best.
Musically, "Timebomb" is a dance-oriented song, which also incorporates elements of synthpop, futuristic house and nu-disco music, with guitar riffs and "woah!"s. The song also has some similarities to her 2007 song "Cherry Bomb." In any case, it's a nice return to the seductive minimalism that made "Can't Get You Out of My Head" such disco-ball dynamite. "Timebomb" is a funky electro-pop number in which Minogue gets her soft vocals going for the verses, while everything turns into pop paradise in the chorus.
We can always count on Minogue for hot dance tracks. This new single is no exception. It starts at a high note and goes up from there. Minogue's vocals are chopped and quantized and slicked with syrup and backing vocals. Two years ago this coming week, Minogue's "All The Lovers" music video premiered. It was the lead single off her 11th album "Aphrodite," and the pressure was on to ensure that pop's reigning princess could deliver a smash hit. But with new single and video "Timebomb," Minogue shrugs the weight off her shoulders and simply has a great time.
The Christian Larson-directed video comes hours after the song leaked. The clip shows the flawless blonde pop minx wearing the leather jacket with a red heart featured on the single's artwork and leaves the studio. She then running and riding souped-up motorcycles on a rain day through the streets of London's SoHo neighborhood, and showcasing a camera angle, and arrives at a nightclub. Visually, the story is presented from various perspectives, and we love it. Welcome back, Minogue and happy 44th birthday!

Throughout their careening career, Linkin Park have made no shortage of truly iconic, eye-catching music videos, and there's no exemption for their new video for the synth-heavy hook "Burn It Down," the lead single from rock band's fifth studio album, "Living Things," which will hit the shelves across the United States on June 26. The band have performed "Burn It Down" at the 2012 Billboard Music Awards and will perform it at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, which will be held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba on June 23.
The song's bass line is played on a synth, and packed with subdued rhythms, riffs and raps, draped in a sea of atmospheric electronics. It seared but still high-sheen slab of cross-pollinated pop driven by four-on-the-floor pump and the pulse of guitars and synths irreparably fused together. "Burn It Down" received favorable reviews from numerous professional critics. The lead singer Chester Bennington's verses as his prettiest ever and the song leaves open the option of just dancing the night away.
In an interview with MTV, Bennington explained what made the song interesting was "the really high energy and the really strong electronic melodies and hooks kind of set this song apart, which is why we chose it as our first single." The co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda also added about the song's meaning, "Kinda like what we do in pop culture, we build somebody up to be the next great thing then we like to destroy them at the end of the day. And, we've lived through that so I think there's a lot of personal energy that went into the connection of that story."
The clip was directed by the band's DJ, and turntablist Joe Hahn, and it starts off with the band playing to the song in an enclosed area surrounded by metallic protrusions. As closeups of the performance is shown, various sci-fi special effects such as electric bolts, flashes and lighting effects are displayed. A notable blue explosion originates from the center of the area, spreading horizontally, but the band seems unaffected. As the song progresses, the effects are further intensified. The final chorus starts off with every individual of the band on fire, accompanied with 3D-esque shots of each member in stop-motion. Soon, the area was seen blazing in flames as the video comes to an end.

Flo Rida is bringing a summer feel to the music video for his catchy new offering "Whistle," which serves as the third single, follow-up to his hits "Good Feeling" and "Wild Ones," from rapper's upcoming fourth studio album, "Wild Ones," set to release on July 3rd. The guitar-driven tune, produced by DJ Frank E and David Glass, features a whistling chorus that you won't be able to get out of your head, and is still in top 10 of Billboard Hot 100.
Rida has long been known for using vocal stars (Ke$ha, Sia) and anthemic samples to provide the hooks for his singles, but on "Whistle," the rapper takes the reins all by himself. The result is a sun-drenched, happy-go-lucky tune that's sure to provide him with a horse in the summer anthem race. Lyrically, "Whistle" is perhaps his least subtle single, but the song's whistle hook is bound to make listeners forget all about it, and with the track's care-free vibe, the rapper's transgressions are easy to forgive.
Rida is a certified hit maker. Along with Pitbull, he has used the Hip-Pop sound with catchy hooks to conquer the charts time and again since past few years. Speaking of the tune, the Hip-Hop singer gushed to Billboard that it "will probably be the biggest record I've done yet." As for his latest record, the 32-year-old said, "With this album, there's gonna be a lot of No.1s, so that's why I came up with the title 'Wild Ones.'" The singer whose real name is Tramar Dillard added, "I made it my business to be inspired by just traveling around the world, and just coming up with some music that the world can enjoy - to take this from local to national to international."
The 'Good Feeling' rapper enjoys the summer sunshine in his latest feel good clip, which was filmed in Mexico last month, and captures him rapping shirtless from the top of a cliff on the tropical lands of Acapulco, and having fun dancing with beautiful women. The video also features bikini-clad women whistling the song's chorus, as well as people enjoying boat rides in the sea and diving off cliffs. The action in "Whistle" then moves to a club scene with fireworks and confetti as Rida brings the video to a close.