Hey y'all! I'm a recent addition to the Crown Credit journalists and I'm looking to be the Downtown Julie Brown of Quotev! So, with that, I say rock on! Here's what's hitting big in the music industry this week.
On the Billboard charts we have Rude by Magic! hitting number 1 of the Hot 100.
I see these kids going far. They have the sound that'll push them forward. It has an underlying reggae beat that makes it perfect for summer. So kick back by the pool, crack open a diet coke and jam some Magic!
Also on Billboard charts, Tom Petty's Album Hypnotic Eyes has reached 1 of the week's top selling 200 albums
How can you not love Petty? He's perfect. I'm glad he's still working and can't wait 'til he comes here. The album's got a classic Petty sound.
Now let's break away from the charts and talk about what's going down.
Some shocking things you'll start hear spread around Facebook and Twitter may consist of ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons crossing over into dance music territory, after some collaboration with David Guetta. Gibbons said, "I wanted to know how they did certain things, and of course they were badgering me to bring the guitar to the forefront. They said, 'Y'know, the only thing missing in dance music is a good guitar player.' I said, 'Let's see if we can bring the two together and make it shake.'" So the known Rock God put together a few tracks with the dance music star and we should be seeing them any day now.
Something else a little surprising is that Paul McCartney -yes, fan-girls, the man from legendary band,The Beatles- is composing a soundtrack for -you guessed it- a violent video game. I know a good amount of girls that would never touch a video game in their lives jumping to get this one. It is a PlayStation and Xbox game calledDestiny. The singer-songwriter has even recorded a theme song, reportedly about hope, for the game, according to The New York Times. Although he has yet to publicly comment on the soundtrack or slate a release date for the theme song as a single, Destiny will arrive on September 9th.
And now let's switch the topic onto Pop and -wait what?- Riot Grrrrrl with a talked about Collaboration between Kathleen Hanna, one of my beloved icons and singer of ground breaking girl band, Bikini Kill. The punk reached out to the twerker via Twitter asking, and I quote, "Would you be interested in making an album that only you are daring enough to make?" Cyrus seems to look up to Hanna, as you can tell by the many pictures she has tweeted of the 90s rebel, but can't so much notice by any other means. Hanna really wants to do it and has been since the VMAs Twerk outbreak of '13. Although, Cyrus has yet to respond to Hanna's offer (at least publicly), and it's hard to conceive — though fun to imagine — just what this album might sound like. If there's any justice, however, one day the world will know.
Alright my Lovlies, I have one last thing before I sign off. I'll be updating you on the wonderful world of sound every Saturday. So brace yourself for what's to come. I'll be leaving you a song for the week and this week's song is *drum roll please*
Bowling For Soup's cover of ...Baby One More Time
Not a big fan of Brit, but I do love my post-punk sound of the late 90s, early 2000s. I was revealed this gem by none other than the movie, Freaky Friday. Just think of that cutie, Chad Murray, belting this out to a Miss Jamie Lee Curtis.
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