This is the official video for brooding electronic duo Hurts‘ second single from their upcoming debut, “Wonderful Life.”

Drama. Darkness. Glamour. Simply gorgeous.

“Wonderful Life” will be released on August 23, which you can pre-order here.

Happiness, the band’s debut album, will be released on August 6.

I’m a big Lindsay Lohan fan. Massive, really.

I’ve got all the magazines she’s ever spread her legs for, held my own in arguments regarding her ‘acting ability,’ and even made my ex-boyfriend sit through I Know Who Killed Me. (Not the source of the break-up, though potentially.)

Obviously then, the starlet’s recent imprisonment has proven to be a deeply trying and troubling time for me. In what little free time I have between stenciling my “Free Lilo” tees for the Save Lindsay! Foundation (accreditation pending) and softly crying myself to sleep to the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack, I’ve also spent some time revisiting some of my favorite cuts from Lohan’s debut album from 2004, Speak.

2004 was a very strange and sexy time in my life. And by that, I mean I was just on the brink of getting my braces off.

Smack dab in the middle of my high school experience (forgive me for outing myself as a youngin’–my mother tells me I’m very mature for my age), Speak came only a few months after what would be the life-changing release of Mean Girls, a film that simultaneously secured Lohan’s status as a teen queen sensation and provided myself and a fleet of fellow young gays with a laundry list of potent quotables for the next half century. (“SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE,” “Dawn Schweitzer is a fat virgin,” etc.)

Speak is an underrated release, plump with single-worthy selections and infectious, post-Disney pop-rock stormers that cleverly mask Lilo’s single octave vocal range. Among the bunch though, there were one or two dark electro-tinged cuts that truly brought the album to the next level: “To Know Your Name” was one of them.

The song, which was penned by tween-pop production fount John Shanks (Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus) and the annoying judge on the newer, jumped-the-shark seasons of American Idol (who sometimes also writes great songs), Kara DioGuardi, blew and continues to blow my mind (like cocaine).

Though she was still but a baby slut at the time, “To Know Your Name” is drenched in sexy. The story revolves around a mystery lover that La Lohan seeks to keep away from the prying public and those goddamn paparazzi (“Everybody wants to know our love / Everybody talks about our love”). The lyrics about privacy and love also seemed to speak to my inner gay, which was at this point in time now bursting at the seams to trip the light fantastic. Evidently, the same applied to Lindsay years later.

Apart from the somewhat obvious “rebel girl” major label tracks on Speak, the purrs and moans of “To Know Your Name” suggested much promise for Lilo to become a full-fledged electro-pop princess.

Now, as we read about the slow demise of Lindsay Lohan’s extended reign of terror–from DUI’s to questionable nail art–I thought it a good idea to reflect the better times instead: A time when the acting career was still good, and the music career was even better.

In fact, you could even call it criminally good. MUAHAHA.

No, but really…she gets to have a TV in her cell. She’s totally fine.

Surprise!

Shontelle just unveiled the cover art for her sophomore effort on Twitter.

No Gravity is due out sometime later this year, but you can check out a sampler streaming now at I Heart Radio.

I love!

Kylie Minogue has returned home!

On Wednesday, Kylie paid a visit to Australia’s Hey Hey It’s Saturday on Wedn–

WHAT THE DUCK IS GOING ON HERE.

I’m sorry, but what the HELL is that thing?! It’s threatening to peck out the eyes of our beloved disco goddess!

Is it an emu? An ostrich of some kind?! It’s absolutely hideous!

But onto more important matters.

Let us watch Miss Minogue’s performance of upcoming single “Get Outta My Way”!

It’s amazing! There’s choreography! And thigh-high boots! And lights! Thoroughly amazing.

Additionally, click here to watch her performance of “All The Lovers.”

Like the Maggie Griffin to my Kathy, my mother is slowly but surely beginning to leech off of my hard earned e-celebrity status and steal away my beloved Muusers with her MamaMuuse review posts.

Nonetheless, I’ve allowed for another installment of MamaMuuse Presents.

Below is my mother’s actual e-mail response upon watching the Anthony Mandler-directed video for Christina Aguilera‘s latest single, “You Lost Me”:

Christina’s bitch factor went through the roof with the video you sent me the other day ["Not Myself Tonight"], so I have to admit I just plain don’t like her.

Although bitchiness is usually a trait I can relate to and respect, I still think of her as the slutty, dirty girl. And quite frankly, bitchiness without class is just bitterness. So how do I feel about the video? Meh. Or make that meh-a-meh-a-meh-a-meh-a-meh.

As always, her voice is flawless, but the song doesn’t really do it for me. The video itself started out as a Sealy Posturepedic ad and moved to the headless, faceless body of a man with more going on than The Situation. I guess I can see why she pushed him away – she’s got Jordan Bratman, that heaping helping of beefcake, waiting for her at home.

On the plus side – I love her new look (even if someone took advantage of Restylene’s Buy One Get One Free special). Now that, Christina, is the right way to be a bitch!

Now please, stop encouraging her. The fame is clearly getting to her head.

Oh, what? You want my opinion?

It’s nice. I think she looks quite gorgeous. Shame about those brief ‘thermal energy’ moments at the beginning, though.

WOW.

Check out the brand new cover for the second installment in Robyn‘s Body Talk series, Body Talk Pt. 2.

Looks like we’re in for an EARFUL! (LOLOLOMG.)

And now, the listing of tracks:

1. In My Eyes
2. Include Me Out
3. Hang With Me
4. Love Kills
5. We Dance to the Beat
6. Criminal Intent
7. U Should Know Better (feat. Snoop Dogg)
8. Indestructible (Acoustic Version)

“We Dance to the Beat,” eh? I guess she got tired of dancing on her own. And I wonder if “Indestructible” will be the lead single of Body Talk Pt. 3, then?

WHAT FUN.

Thanks to Electroqueer for the initial post!

Body Talk Pt. 2 will be released on September 6.

I love Cassie.

Or, well…I love the idea of Cassie. In my mind, I see her as a kind of icy, electro R&B princess-in-waiting yet to release her grand opus.

Then again, maybe it’s just my Connecticut bias.

All week, I’ve been listening to “Me & U” and “Long Way 2 Go” on repeat (as I am wont to do). Four years after her initial debut, Cassie’s two major singles continue to be the epitome of chilly electro-R&B perfection.

However, her sophomore effort has been hopelessly mired in setbacks, including dozens of song leaks (such as the impossibly delicious “Fuck U Silly” featuring Nicki Minaj), nudie pix, and salacious gossip.

As a result, we’re still waiting.

In the meantime, Cassie’s been involved in a number of fashion collaborations, including a fierce-as-fuck Fall/Winter 2009 campaign for DimePiece.

Now she’s teaming up with L.A. street-wear designers Diamond Supply Co. and photographer Estevan Oriol for a new Summer 2010 campaign. You can check out some of the images of the campaign here and here. Looks promising.

Information on the campaign is still minimal, so stay tuned by visiting Diamond Supply Co.’s official website.

NOW RELEASE A DAMN FOLLOW-UP ALBUM, GIRL. Goddamn.

So I’m apparently a week late on this but OH MY GOD:

The album artwork for Brandon Flowers‘ solo album, Flamingo, is quite possibly the most gorgeous cover I’ve seen thus far this year. (Aside from Aphrodite, obviously. Praise Kylie.)

Please God let the music inside match its pretty, pretty pictures.

On Monday, Flowers announced a small suite of tour dates. They are as follows:

August 15 – The Shimmer Room – Las Vegas, NV – Las Vegas Hilton
August 17 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
August 19 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
August 23 – Chicago, IL – Park West
August 26 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom

For information on pre-ordering tickets, click here.

The pre-sales officially start today!