Sounds Of The Universe Listening Party

MuuMuse Approved: Cassie – King of Hearts

"King of Hearts" has been a long time coming--from leaked demos, to video previews, to grainy fan videos sent in from Kanye West's DJ sets overseas, to official remixes--but now, Cassie's major comeback single has ...

Win A Custom Lana Del Rey Tote!

Calling all Lana Del Rey lovers! Last week, my good friend Jonny of LoveJonny Designs (he's the one who made that "Cupid Boy" tee for me when I was going to see Kylie!) tweeted a photo ...

MuuMuse Excluusive: Preview Garçon Garçon’s “Hollywood Song (feat. Cazwell)” Off Upcoming EP

Photo credits: Elvis Di Fazio, Marco Ovando After charming our pants off with heartbreaking New Wave synth-pop demos like "Maybe Tonight" and "Take Me Out" back in December of 2010, followed by the delightfully camp video ...

Win The W.E. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Mini-Poster! (Giveaway)

In case you hadn't already heard, Madonna's been busy writing and directing a movie over the past 3 years called W.E. (Want to read about my experience at the film's screening in NYC? Warning: I ...

Win A Copy of Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die! (Album Giveaway)

HEY, over there... Yes, YOU! Put down the video games. I have something to say! Today, the ever delightful, ever controversial heaven-sent songstress Lana Del Rey released her debut studio album, Born To Die. (In case you ...

Lana Del Rey: Born To Die (Album Review)

Everyone's got something to say about Lana Del Rey. In Late June, the cut-and-paste clip for the singer's "Video Games"--then just a buzz track--dropped with a thud onto YouTube. Spliced between old movie sequences, paparazzi clips ...

My Date to The Movies With Madonna: The NYC Premiere of W.E.

Disclaimer: My thoughts on W.E. will not be published until the week of release (February 3.) Now and then, there are some moments when I'm invited to cover an event, a concert or simply spacing out ...

Kate Havnevik Delivers “Mouth 2 Mouth” (Single Review)

Of all the Norwegian electronica chanteuses in the world, Kate Havnevik is probably my favorite. I first discovered Havnevik back in 2006 with her debut record Melankton, a dreamy collection of electronica-infused tunes produced by ...

In Defense of Lana Del Rey

On Saturday night, Lana Del Rey performed on Saturday Night Live. By the next morning, the internet was abuzz: The Huffington Post proclaimed "Internet Sensation Bombs On Her U.S. TV Debut." NBC's Brian Williams called her ...

Rising UK Girl Group Stooshe Gets Naughty on “Love Me (feat. Travie McCoy)”

Heard of Stooshe? They're a rising UK pop trio, and the only girl group listed on BBC's Sound of 2012 longlist. And as you can see above, they'd like to be taken seriously, thank you ...