Justin Timberlake "Mirrors"

This is the Timberlake I was hoping and wishing for. A song from JT's much awaited third studio album, "The 20/20 Experience" has leaked in the form of "Mirrors". The song, produced by long-time collaborator Timbaland is a throwback to "Cry Me a River", but with a more mature and thought out tone. It's much better than "Suit and Tie" and is begging to get the single treatment. Enjoy below.

Justin Timberlake - Mirrors
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Graded Song: James Blake "Retrograde"

The king of minimalist dubstep is back at again! James Blake came out of the gate in 2011 with the masterpiece that was his self-titled debut, which garnered him much critical acclaim and a Mercury Prize nomination. It didn't yield but one top forty hit, a cover of Feist's "Limit To Your Love." Then he collaborated with Bon Iver and I lost interest because I think Justin Vernon is a pretentious hipster douche who let a little 14 year girl outdo one of his songs ("Skinny Love"). But I digress. Like I stated before, Blake is back, ready to release his second studio album "Overgrown" in April and the lead single, "Retrograde" was played for the first time on Zane Lowe's BBC radio show. Sensual, a bit more on the R&B side for Blake. A simple slow handclap gives way to a buzzing synth buildup and something that sounds like a horn. He does a lot more actual singing rather than the half-singing, half mumbling. His ooooooohs pretty much scream orgasm. If sex was translated into music, this is what it would sound like. I can only imagine how the video is going to be.
Final Grade:B-

Dappy "IOU" Music Video

Dappy has finally released the amazing track "IOU" as the fourth official single from his debut album, "Bad Intentions." The song, one of the standouts of an otherwise almost flawless debut was begging to be released as a single, but I was afraid he would release it as the final one in favour of fan favourite "Bring It Home," one of the only two that didn't do anything for me personally. The video is a mixture of tour footage of Dappy performing the song and meeting fans. Very simple and he put a spin on the message of the song.

Fall Out Boy "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)"

Punk rock fans rejoice and stop the that blood offering you were preparing to do. Fall Out Boy is BACK TOGETHER. It was made official today, though it had been abuzz for a whole week now (thank Beyonce and her Super Bowl performance for that one) and they aren't just back to release some 10 year anniversary album. They plan on releasing a brand new LP, going on tour and have gifted their fans still suffering from their hiatus almost three years ago with a single. A single with a title so long, only Fall Out Boy could get away with it: "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)." Now that's a mouthful.

Kate Nash "Girl Talk" Track Previews + "3AM" MV Trailer

As time ticks away until the expected March release date of Kate Nash's "Girl Talk," we have something to tide us until then. You can now listen to snippets of the complete album below. The direction is more rock, but it is less heavy than the previous material she teased last year and the most pop it gets is the lead single, "3AM." Speaking of "3AM," Nash pulled a Lana Del Rey and uploaded a almost 7 minute prologue to the music video, which hopefully will premiere sometime this week. Nash is shown with a boy, both in 60s inspired attire and Prince's "Purple Rain" playing in the background. You can listen to the snippets and watch the prologue below. Enjoy!

Album Preview
3AM Video Prologue

Graded Performance: Beyonce-Super Bowl Halftime Show

Beyonce is back!!! King B has been out of the game (not really) taking care of Blue Ivy, fending off rumours of a surrogate and snapping sexy pho. 2013 saw her lip sync  perform at the inauguration and now the moment we have been waiting for...halftime at Super Bowl 47! A 12 minute set of nothing but the best from the singer, even if she negleted to perform anything from B'Day. Bey started off with an intro of her amazing-yet-underrated single, "Run The World (Girls)" which was then cut short to show caricatures of her face and a large flaming silhouette on the stage while she sang "Love on Top", showing off the vocals that we should have heard a week or so ago. After that a high energy, hair-whipping, hip thrusting orgy with her first solo #1 "Crazy In Love". Then we get some Michael Jackson realness for the single that should have been "End of Time", complete with a live horn and sax section, but where were the Les twins?  She then proceeded to duplicate her 2011 Billboard Music awards stage and Dutty wined to "Baby Boy". Then we got a major surprise when Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams came out to perform a small medley of hits (Independent Women, Bootylicious). They even got to sing a small bit of "Single Ladies" before Bey booted them off stage to do her own thing. She closed the show by singing one of her crowing achievements as an artist, "Halo", commanding the audience to put their hands to the stage so she could feel their audience ala Dragonball-Z Spirit Bomb style.
The performance was all kinds of amazing, but I was disappointed with some things. Kinda pissed off that Beyonce did not premiere a new single from her upcoming album like we assumed was going to happen and she only did two DC songs when they have such a large discography. I would have loved them to do "Say My Name" and "Survivor".
Overall Grade:B+

Little Mix "Change Your Life" Music Video

UK girl band Little Mix have released the music video for their empowerment anthem, "Change Your Life." The song acts as the third single from the X-Factor alumns, following "Wings" and "DNA". The video shows the girls in the studio and preparing to go on tour. I guess they didn't want to do the typical empowerment anthem video, but I feel like it would have worked for this type of song.