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So all you all know, Beyoncé dropped her latest album 'Lemonade' over the weekend and sent the world into a frenzy. Saturday saw the debut of a short film on American TV channel HBO, a series of beautifully shot music videos to accompany the album.
We've picked out a few of our favourite scenes from the newest music vids to give you your Beyoncé fix of the day.
If you were one those lucky few that got to witness PJ Harvey recording her newest music as part of a week long residency at Somerset House last year, then you'll no doubt be happy to hear a preview of the album has just been released. If you didn't manage to make it to her voyeuristic Recording in Progress live exhibit, you can finally can get an opportunity to listen to the fruits of PJ Harvey's artistic endeavour.
The Community of Hope and The Wheel are the first samples from her much hyped new album, The Hope Six Demolition Project. Not many artists can whip up such anticipation in quite the same way that a double Mercury award winning artist can.
Check out the album trailer for a taster of what's to come when the full album is released in April. It'll take you straight back to those raw vocals and gruff guitar performances we've come to know and love from this leading lady.
At 9pm on Thursday evening, David Bowie unveiled a brand new track, as a teaser for his upcoming album (titled as the symbol ★) to be released around the singers birthday in 2016. Blackstar, with its 10 minute long music video accompanied the release and is a cinematic odyssey, intensely creepy, surreal and depicting a futuristic nightmarish scene.
As avant-garde as you would want from the one and only. We just know that we're going to be spending our weekend re-watching it over and over in an attempt to make sense of the convulsing lace dressed women, withering scarecrows, eerie eyes and melancholic day of reckoning.
With a prominent a jazz influence to this title track, it certainly is a taster of something new from the king of transformation and reinvention. Take 10 minutes out of your day to immerse yourself in Bowie's new release below.
Beth Jeans Houghton is back. But now as Du Blonde, and she isn't pulling any punches. Having released her album earlier this year, we're excited to see where this punkier, more abstract version of Houghton is going to take us. Buckle up.
These LA cool girls from Girlpool are getting us through Tuesday at NAVY HQ. Striped back guitar and shrill punchy lyrics about taking no shit from boys will get you fired up with Girlpool girl power. Check out Blah Blah Blah and Chinatown below for your Tuesday fix of Girlpool ♫
So Queen Bey has just dropped two new tracks in time for the weekend to begin.
We're all aware that Beyoncé can do whatever the hell she wants and this time she wanted to get her groove on in some interesting grey y-fronts on a hotel balcony. The video for '7/11' has a handmade quality to it, flitting back and forth, dancing in varies rooms of a huge hotel suite (including one room decorated for Christmas with Beyoncé sized presents around the tree) and a lot of costume changes.
Check out the video below and get practising some of her moves ready for the hitting the dance floor with the girls this weekend.
The second track released is a lot more laid back and is sure to re-fuel those divorce rumours however, many believe it to be about her parents divorce rather than her own relationship. 'Ring Off' is the kind of track to soothe you through the weekend after some serious Beyoncé based dance-offs.
Get ready for a top weekend of music with festivals taking place in the UK and Europe. In the UK, Latitude and Lovebox will have festival goers swaying in their wellies whist Benicassim will be rocking out under some scorching sun in Spain.
We’re wishing we could be joining in the fun this weekend but have instead been making do with our Festival Heights playlist to get us to the weekend and into the free-loving festival spirit.
Check out some of the sweetest acts on the bill this weekend. From MIA to Lykke Li to Norma Jean Martine, these are the guys that we just can’t get enough of.
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