Pop rockers This Century are ready to make your girlfriends have second thoughts about your relationship with the release of their “Slow Dance Night” video.

Walking a fine line between the worlds of pop, soul, funk, and rock, “Slow Dance Night” is a slick track meant for Summer nights with someone you cannot be without. You know that moment in teen films when the boy who is just learning to understand his emotions finally lays eyes on the girl in the pink dress with a perfect smile? This is the song that plays AFTER their first slow dance together. The song that says “the mood is set, so let’s have a good time.” The video is mainly a performance piece, but the strength of the song and its undertones of 70s soul-pop make it the kind of clip you want to play again and again. Continue reading ‘This Century Demand Attention With “Slow Dance Night” Video’

Awards Show season seems to last later and later every year, but I think we can make an exception for a show as heavy as this.

Revolver’s Golden Gods awards show is set to take place May 2 in Los Angeles, Ca. The show, which will be aired on AXS TV, will be headlined by this year’s recipient of the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement award, Metallica. Five Finger Death Punch, Stone Sour, Continue reading ‘Metallica, Danzig, Five Finger Death Punch Announced For Revolver Golden Gods Awards Show’

Australian pop export Cody Simpson has been the great solo hope for male pop vocalists in recent years. While groups like One Direction were making a name with five babyface’d vocalist, Simpson has been packing large venues with his talents alone. Today he released a video for “Pretty Brown Eyes,” and once again it’s as good as his style of music can be.

Intended for Summer (and selling tickets to teen girls), the video for “Pretty Brown Eyes” finds a shirtless Simpson reciting lines in and around a pool party filled with his closest friends. It’s bright and covered with hand drawn after effects that add a creative flair to a tired concept. The real highlight however is still the song itself, which features a fantastically simplistic hook, as well as the now infamous slow-mo voice A$AP Rocky and Beyonce have used in recent efforts. It’s pure sugar in terms of how deep it is musically, but sometimes that’s exactly what you need. Continue reading ‘Cody Simpson Debuts “Pretty Brown Eyes” Video’

Though critics were not feeling it, fans of Psy are proving they have just as much love for the singer’s latest material as last year’s “Gangnam Style” by helping the song smash yet another YouTube record.

If you recall, last week Psy’s latest broke the record for most views in a single day. It still had a long way to go before reaching the one billion play heights of “Gangnam,” but it was a better start than anything else had ever gotten in the history of the internet. We reported on the event, then moved on as we thought most of the world did.

We were wrong.

News coming from YouTube HQ today shows “Gentleman” has done everything but lose popularity in the time since we last reported on it. In fact, the video has just set another record by having been viewed 215 million times in the 10 days since its release. By comparison, it took “Gangnam Style” 50 days to reach the 100 million mark.

Where “Gentleman” goes from here is anyone’s guess. It is certainly climbing in plays fast, but can the popularity last long enough to cross the billion mark? We’ll have to wait and see.

Fun fact: Not every country loves Psy. The video for “Gentleman” was banned by a South Korean broadcaster last week because of its depiction of “the abuse of public property. Continue reading ‘Psy’s “Gentleman” Breaks Another YouTube Record’

Summer festival season is fast approaching, and before that happens comes the annual storm of press releases, promotional widgets, trending topics, reveal games, and similar activities. Hopscotch Festival, an annual event taking place in Raleigh, skipped all the shenanigans this year and decided to be straightforward with their lineup reveal. Sometimes when you have something good, you don’t need any gimmicks to prove your point.

Topping the massive lineup for Hopscotch 2013 this year is Georgia native Big Boi and UK rock act Spiritualized. The vast expanse of music subgenres between these two acts do no go unnoticed at Hopsotch either, as well smaller-yet-notable sets from as Local Natives, Earl Sweatshirt, Majical Cloudz, Waxahatchee, and Action Bronson. The full lineup can be viewed below. Click here to find tickets and more info on the festival. Continue reading ‘Hopscotch 2013 Lineup Revealed’

We spend a lot of time covering the biggest pop acts here in the United States, but considering the fact OurStage welcomes artists and fans from all over the world we thought it would be fun to begin introducing a few world music new tidbits into the magazine as well. If you’re an international artist with a new song, video, or tour announcement, email jshotwell@ourstage.com with a link to your material. We cannot guarantee every submission will be featured on the blog, but we will reply to every message we receive.

In Portugal, if you’re looking for male pop artists you would be hard pressed to find a more notable person than Johan Rodrigues. His latest EP, Um, has been garnering praise the world over, and his latest single “Bad Girl” is so catchy it hurts. Johan recently took time from his busy schedule to discuss the gift that started his interest in music, the creation of Um, and developing as an international talent. You can read an excerpt from the piece below, then click here to read the full interview. Continue reading ‘Johan Rodrigues Discusses The Guitar That Started It All’

Pop singer and dancer extraordinaire Jason Derulo has unleashed the lyric video for his latest single, “The Other Side.”

Anyone following Derulo’s career has come to expect high-gloss, dance floor ready pop from the singer, usually with references to drinking and going all night long (in one way or another). “The Other Side” is no different, though it does start bit more subtle than the majority of his hits. Digital bass backs acoustic guitar while Derulo recounts young love, which may lead you to believe he’s setting up something sweet, but then things take a turn to the club and it’s back to well worn, drink it up and go all night territory that everyone from A to Z in pop is currently singing about. I wish I could say this one stands out as something special, but that would be a lie. It’s as forgettable as the ringtone on any teenager’s cellphone, which is coincidentally where this song will likely end up. You can stream the lyric video below.

Derulo has a new album on the horizon, but so far we’re not too excited to hear it. Comment below and let us know you thoughts on “The Other Side.” Continue reading ‘Jason Derulo Returns With “The Other Side”’

Heavy music deities The Dillinger Escape Plan have released an insane new video for their latest single, “When I Lost My Best.”

The latest track to surface from One Of Us Is The Killer, “When I Lost My Bet” is yet another awesome entry in Dillinger Escape Plan’s catalog of in-your-face records. The band’s unique brand of mathcore, which finds them balancing the more absurd elements of metal with the refined, continues to leave listeners in awe worldwide and this song is no different.

Visually speaking, this video could not get much darker without coming with a warning of some kind. In fact, I’m not sure those with weak stomachs and/or hearts should even approach “When I Lost My Bet,” but tI would never want to block someone from the almighty power of rock and roll, so I say continue below to view the video (just use caution).

One Of Us Is The Killer hits stores May 14. You can choose one or more of the awesome pre-order bundles for the album here.

Continue reading ‘The Dillinger Escape Plan Release “When I Lost My Bet” Video’

When not fronting Ohio’s Belle Histoire, Jane Smith is never bored. The twenty-ish dark haired vocalist has always had a passion for creating, and in recent months that passion lead to the creation of her debut solo EP, which hit stores earlier this week under the name Decker.

Available on iTunes, CDBaby, and Bandcamp, Decker‘s Clean Hands EP features Jane’s classically trained vocal prowess over 6 infectious tracks. You can stream the full EP here, and by click here you can keep up with Belle Histoire. Even if Decker isn’t for you, something this young woman works on in the next year is going to break and you should take this post as the sign it’s time to hop on the bandwagon. Listen to her work, get to know her inspiration, and who knows? You might just fall in love.

New York’s Pentimento have spent the last half decade building a name for themselves in basements, bars, and garages across the nation. Their music is fueled by emotion and often stirs quite a few in those who hear it. Rock for the romantically entangled and hopeless lost, with silver linings of hope amidst reflections on heartache and dispair. It’s the new sound of alternative rock, and those unfamiliar are advised to spend a little time with group’s new video for “Almost Atlantic.”

Taken from their 2012 self-titled effort, “Almost Atlantic” puts the best elements of Pentimento on full display. Musically the song is drenched in the struggles of growing up, and there is plenty of lyrical content to match. Life is an uphill battle a lot of the time, and music like this reminds you that you’re not the only one trying to figure it all out. View the video at the end of this post.

Pentimento are always on the road and can often be found tweeting about it. Click here to follow them and do whatever you can to catch a live show when you have a chance . Continue reading ‘You Owe It To Yourself To Discover Pentimento’