Will Smith’s Daughter Wants To Be Rihanna

Tags: Hip Hop, Media, New Music, Pop, Will Smith, Willow Smith

We already heard Will Smith‘s son try his hand at music by hopping on a song with Justin Bieber.  Well apparently his daughter got slapped with the jealous stick and made daddy go find her a producer to book some studio time with.  Have a listen to the first song from Willow Smith called “Whip My Hair.”  Its all about how she whips her hair back and forth.  Cause at 10 years old, what else do you have to talk about?  Except swagger of course.  No seriously, she mentions the swag that she turns on when she first wakes up.  At 10 years old, the only thing you should be turning on when you first wake up is cartoons.  Recognize Willow! 

With all of that said, the song itself sounds like something that didn’t make the last Rihanna album.  Which means, it will probably go on to sell millions.

A&R Report: The Gallery

Tags: A&R, Pop, Rock, The Gallery

Originally from Massachusetts, now residing in Florida, the 4 piece known as The Gallery are currently in LA working on a new EP with Warren Huart (The Fray, Augustana, Kris Allen).  However, you take a listen to their earlier work to see that they are band deserving attention.  They may be young in age but are likely to capture an audience involving both teens and adults alike.  We definitely foresee the mother-daughter sing-a-longs in the car when listening to these guys.  With a southern-tinged pop rock style ala The Alternate Routes, The Gallery have shared the stage with such names as We The Kings, Rooney, The Maine and Automatic Loveletter.  They’ll also be heading out on a national run beginning in mid-October.

The band is currently unsigned so labels should expect to see them being shopped following the current recording.  Check them out right here and be sure to keep your ears open for their new EP soon.

Trace Cyrus… Reality TV Star?

Tags: Billy Ray Cyrus, Country, Hearsay, Metro Station, Miley Cyrus, Music News, Pop, Rock, Trace Cyrus

Whether you know him more for being the brother of Miley Cyrus, the former frontman of Metro Station or the son of Billy Ray Cyrus, chance are you know who Trace Cyrus is.  And apparently, you’re gonna be seeing lots more of him… and his dad.  According to this report, the singer and his pops are working with the SyFy Channel on a reality tv show called UFO: Unbelievably Freakin’ Obvious.  The series is set to follow the pair as they travel across the country “investigating conspiracy theories involving unexplained activity and paranormal phenomena.”

I don’t know about you, but if I was freaked out after being visited by some sort of alien, the last 2 people I would want showing up on my doorstep to make sense out of the ordeal is the guy who sang “Achy Breaky Heart” and his son who sang “Shake It.”  Just sayin’.

New Val Emmich Commercial

Tags: Hearsay, Hip Hop, Music News, Pop, Val Emmich

Back in May, we did an A&R Report introducing you to musician/actor, Val Emmich.  As a musician, he’s toured with the likes of Dashboard Confessional, Gavin DeGraw and Gym Class Heroes.  As an actor, he played Ugly Betty‘s love interest for a season, Tina Fey‘s hookup in the “Cougar Episode” of 30 Rock, and stars in the popular Heineken commercial where he flirts with the boss’s daughter.  Well now the New Jersey native has a new Macy’s commercial he’s starring in along side some A-listers which include Diddy, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Donald Trump, Rachel Roy, Martha Stewart and Tommy Hilfiger.  The spot is set to make it’s television debut this Sunday (9/12) but is already up online and can be seen here.

For those of you who are fans of Jersey Shore, you already heard an old song of his on last week’s episode and will hear yet another on this coming Thursday’s (9/9) episode.  As for new music, Val is self-releasing a new album entitled Looking For A Feeling You Never Knew You Needed on Spetmeber 21st.  Find out more info here on the contest he’s doing to promote the release.

New Weezer Album Streaming For Free

Tags: New Music, Pop, Rock, Weezer

Weezer is releasing their heavily anticipated new album, Hurley next week (9/14).  However, anxious fans wanting to check it all out now can do so on the band’s Myspace page where it’s currently streaming.  While you’re listening, you can also read about the contest the guys are currently holding where they are asking fans to design a t-shirt for them.  The winner received $1,000, a limited edition signed poster and all of the band’s albums.  Good luck to those of you entering… just please, do us all a favor and make the shirt more attractive than the album cover.  We beg you.

Ke$ha… Back In The Day

Tags: Hearsay, Ke$ha, Media, Pop

So this one time, at band camp, I stuck a flute… nevermind.

You know Ke$ha is HATING someone who went to band camp with her in 2001 and released this gem of archived footage to the world.  Have a look above as she was practicing her dance moves, before she ever knew how handy they would come in.

New Rihanna Single Coming Tomorrow

Tags: Music News, New Music, Pop, R&B, Rihanna

It was exactly a week ago today that we shared the news of Rihanna tweeting to Ryan Seacrest that she would be sending him a new song.  Well it turns out, the name of the song is “Only Girl (In The World)” and is set to be released to the masses tomorrow (9/8).  It’s one of the tracks off her upcoming album, Loud which will be out in November, although an official date has yet to be announced.

During a webchat on her official website, the singer said the following about her new body of work…

“I wanted the next step in the evolution of Rihanna. I’m gonna miss the Rated R era too, but NOTHING compares to the album I just made.”

Every artist on the planet claims “this is the best work I’ve ever done” when promoting their newest album.  But in this case, do you believe her?  Do you think she has more hits on this one coming than she did on Rated R?  That’s not exactly an easy feat.

UPDATE: The song is out.  It was featured earlier today by Ryan Seacrest.  Have a listen here and let us know what you think.

New Kanye West Song

Tags: Country, Hearsay, Hip Hop, Kanye West, Media, Music News, New Music, Taylor Swift

Yesterday (9/3) was Friday, which means it was the day Kanye West gave out another free tune.  This time, it was the song “Devil In A New Dress.”  Check it out above, and while you’re listening, read all of the crazy tweets Kanye blasted out this morning (9/4).  We’re not sure what exactly is fueling the manic messaging, but dude talks about everything from his displeasure of the media, to his love for country music.  He even apologizes to Taylor Swift.  Something’s not right here.

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Katy Perry By Keenan Cahill

Tags: Katy Perry, Media, Pop

Happy Saturday.  Don’t say The Sound Loft never did anything for you.

New B.o.B. Video Featuring Rivers Cuomo

Tags: B.o.B., Hip Hop, Media, New Music, Pop, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

B.o.B. released his newest video today, which is for the track “Magic” that’s currently be worked at radio.  The tune features Weezer frontman, Rivers Cuomo who as you are about to learn, is not the best dancer in the world… or even, the best hand waiver.  Dude looks a little uncomfortable in this video, a feeling we bet a lot of B.o.B.’s earlier fans are sharing right about now.  After establishing quite a bit of cred in the hip hop world, we’re not sure Bobby Ray is gonna get any love from the hood with this sugary single.