Gaga Breaks Records, Listen to New Arctic Monkeys & Lil Wayne, Watch Coldplay Teaser + Weezer Covers Radiohead?

It seems like all the promotion for Lady Gaga's Born This Way has paid off. According to Billboard, in its first week Born This Way hit No. 1 on the charts and sold 1,108,000 copies. Not only is this the biggest debut of the year, but the best selling record in its first week since 2005 when 50 Cent's The Massacre moved 1,141,000 copies. While many mocked her promotional strategy, she's definitely the one whose laughing now. Gaga formed deals with retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon and even took to popular online games like Farmville (Gagaville anyone?). Sidenote: The album is actually kinda/sorta amazing and I'm in love with it. Expect a review soon.

Arctic Monkeys' fourth LP won't be available for purchase until next week, however the band's label, Domino Records have streamed the entire record via soundcloud for your listening pleasure. Head over here to listen to Suck It And See.

With “6 Foot, 7 Foot” and “John,” we heard the Lil' Wayne we've now been accustomed to. Yet, with his next offering off Tha Carter IV, Weezy has changed things up. “How to Love” is an R&B accoustic track with auto-tuned vocals. In it he croons about a troubled fling. I'm not sure how I feel about it just yet. Head over here to give it a listen.

Coldplay have released a teaser for their upcoming album which will be out later this year. Lyrics flash on a water-colour background while light, blippy synth caters to your ears. Drummer Will Champion also revealed yesterday that the first single, “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall,” will be released on Friday, June 4.

And in the strange covers department, Weezer covered Radiohead's iconic OK Computer track “Paranoid Android.” It's not horrible, (I'm a sucker for Rivers Cuomo's cute quirkiness) the band as a whole does a decent job. Watch below.

New Videos From Beastie Boys & Lil Wayne + Who Wins Best Album Cover? Weezy vs. Arctic Monkeys

The awesome trio that is the Beastie Boys have released their video for “Make Some Noise.” A few weeks ago, we saw the preview for the MCA directed piece Fight For Your Right Revisited. The video, which was taken from the short-film, features the acting chops of Seth Rogan, Danny McBride and Elijah Wood among many, many others. It's pretty entertaining and a very good use of your time. Head over HERE to watch it.

Both Lil Wayne and Arctic Monkeys have unveiled their newest album covers. One is awesome and one just sucks. The pimped out baby on Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III has graduated into a pierced and neck-tattooed young boy on Tha Carter IV. I give it an A+ for consistency and a gold star for it's entertainment value. Arctic Monkeys on the other hand dropped the ball on this one. Were they trying to reintroduce The Beatles White Album? It's been done. I was expecting something really cool now that they have matured into an edgier, classic rock sound. I guess not.

Speaking of Lil Wayne, watch his video for “John (If I Die Today)” which features flashing lights, piles of tires, upside down camera shots and Rick Ross chillin' in a wheelchair.

In the News: New Death Cab & Lil Weezy + New Strokes Vid

A studio version of Death Cab For Cutie's “You Are A Tourist” has finally surfaced online. The song will appear on their upcoming album Codes and Keys, out May 31. It sounds a lot peppier and definitely more uplifting then the Death Cab we've come to know over the years. I think it may have to do with frontman Ben Gibbard's move from Washington to L.A to be with his wife, the gorgeous Zooey Deschanel. You are a tourist? Sounds like something that could come from a move across the country...right?

Death Cab for Cutie - You Are A Tourist 

There has been a video floating about online for one of the The Strokes' new jams, “Call Me Back.” Apparently, for those who pre-ordered their album Angles, the band sent them a link to download this video. It was created by guitarist and indie rock solo star, Albert Hammond Jr.! The clip consists of slow motion water droplets and a woman who walks through a waterfall. Very nice. Watch below!

In other news, Lil Wayne wants to be remembered like John Lennon. You read right! In Weezy's latest release, “If I Die Today,” he raps a chorus as follows: “If I die today, remember me like John Lennon / Buried in Louis, I’m talking all brown linen.” Yes, he is definitely an awesome rapper, with more then a few unbelievably catchy tracks, but has he or will he ever accomplish what Lennon had in his career? Uhhh.... probably not. It's certainly nice to dream though. Anyway, listen to his new track below.

In the News: Gaga Struts Catwalk to New Song, Broken Bells EP, Morning Benders Remix Ra Ra Riot + Lil Wayne Vid

Lady Gaga made her runway debut on Wednesday night at the fashion show launch of Thierry Mugler's new women's line in Paris. While strutting the catwalk for the first time, she premiered her track “Government Hooker,” which will be included on Born This Way, out in May. Puffing a cigarette, the ambitious pop star was dressed completely in black; a see-though blouse, a latex skirt, a beret and massive blonde extensions. The song later mixes into her latest hit “Born This Way” and she reappears on stage wearing an all white ensemble, flipping her hair and twirling her scarf. Watch the clip here. In terms of the new song, it's her usual club-banging pop sound, but this one feels like it has a little of an older electro feel. Just a thought; how the hell do those girls walk in those shoes?!

Broken Bells, the duo that combines Danger Mouse and Shins frontman James Mercer, will release a four-track EP, Meyrin Fields, on March 29. You can listen to the title track over on their MySpace. Below I've posted their odd futuristic space video of “The Ghost Inside.” It's one of those songs that seriously crawls into my mind and will stay there for weeks at a time. At least it's a good one.

The indie rock foursome from Berkeley, California, The Morning Benders, have released a remix of Ra Ra Riot’s “Too Dramatic.” They slowed it down, replaced the violins with some winding synth and gave it an echo effect. I almost like it better then the original. Listen below.

 

Lil Wayne's first video since getting out of prison was released last night. The clip's literal take on “6 Foot, 7 Foot” is pretty funny and offers us short spoofs of the Hollywood box office hit Inception. Watch below.

Super Bowl XLV, what song are you singin'?

I'm not really a big fan of football, but I tend to watch the Super Bowl for what is usually an abysmal halftime show. So in honour of today's grand sports event, I've posted what have now become the anthems for this year's football finale. It's come down to Wiz Khalifa’s catchy Pittsburgh Steelers track “Black And Yellow” and Lil Wayne’s appropriately titled remake “Green And Yellow,” supporting the Green Bay Packers. Weezy's version is chock-full of jabs at the Steelers, pretty funny stuff.

So eat up those chicken wings, put on your beer hats and enjoy the game. Happy Super Bowl everybody!

Wiz Khalifa - "Black And Yellow"


Lil Wayne - "Green And Yellow"