The Music Mix

New Jennifer Lopez, ‘Louboutins’: If the shoe fits…

Leah Greenblatt — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:51 +0000

Her love don’t cost a thing—but her stripey platform pumps are about $895 a pair. Following the leak of the day-old Wonderbread that was “Fresh Out the Oven,” another track from the actress/singer/empire-builder has hit the internet, and it does for the ultra high-end shoe brand what Crocs do for sexy. Stream “Louboutins” below: Wherefore the

The Black Keys take over the space radio: Watch Dan Auerbach’s ‘Trouble Weighs A Ton’ performance, exclusively on the Music Mix!

Whitney Pastorek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:28 +0000

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have been spending some time apart of late — Auerbach with his great solo record, Keep It Hid, and Carney with Drummer, his promising new supergroup comprised only of drummers from other bands — but they’ll come together on satellite radio next week: The guys are co-hosting

Exclusive Q&A with Adam Lambert on OUT Magazine scandal: ‘Not every gay man is the same gay man.’

Whitney Pastorek — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:25:35 +0000

American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert has been in the news this week for more than just the upcoming release of his debut album, For Your Entertainment: After putting Lambert on the cover of OUT magazine, Aaron Hicklin, OUT’s editor, wrote the singer an open letter, complaining about certain stipulations placed on the interview and cover

‘The Cleveland Show’: Watch Hall and Oates’ devilish (and angel-ish) cameo

Clark Collis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:36:47 +0000

This Sunday, Hall and Oates cameo on Family Guy spin off The Cleveland Show, and you can see their appearance below. I don’t know what relevance it has to the plot, but I do know Oates has allowed himself to be the butt of jokes abut his lack of stature (both professional and actual). That

Jason Segel sings hilarious, must-hear booty-call song on stage with Swell Season. Watch here, then call him!

Whitney Pastorek — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:37:31 +0000

How I Met Your Mother actor (and flagrant nudist) Jason Segel appeared on stage with the Swell Season at L.A.’s Wiltern last night to sing a song we’ll call “315-329-6673,” after the phone number he disseminates in the chorus — and on a handwritten sign toted by Marketa Irglova — in hopes of finding a

New Vampire Weekend video, ‘Cousins’: Watch it here

Leah Greenblatt — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:26 +0000

Boat-shoes rock meet Afro-pop once again on the spiky, galloping “Cousins” the official first single from Ivy League alt breakouts Vampire Weekend’s upcoming sophomore release Contra. And nothing says street party fun times like a flatbed on rails, confetti guns, arm pinatas, face masks and—yes!—more cowbell. Watch below: (Follow the Music Mix on Twitter: @EWMusicMix.) More from EW.com’s Music

Pop singer (and Katherine Heigl hubby) Josh Kelley goes country: EW.com’s Music Mix has your exclusive first listen!

Whitney Pastorek — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:27:34 +0000

He made a name for himself as a pop singer-songwriter, but Josh Kelley is now the latest in a string of folks seeking solace in Nashville. The Georgia native has signed with Universal Music Nashville on the strength of some demos he cut for other artists, and hopes to release a soul-flavored country music debut

Allison Iraheta’s ‘Friday I’ll Be Over U’ video: When performance and fashion trump concept and execution

Michael Slezak — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:51:26 +0000

I’m genetically programmed to like things that are awesome, which thereby means I’m crazy about America Idol’s husky-voiced season 8 competitor Allison ‘The Rocker’ Iraheta and her completely addictive debut single “Friday I’ll Be Over U.” But it also means I wish the folks at 19/Jive had spent a little more time and money putting

Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new video with Beck, ‘Heaven Can Wait’: Welcome to the Crazydome

Joseph Brannigan Lynch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:39:42 +0000

The video for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new single “Heaven Can Wait,” with duet partner/producer Beck, shows that the French singer/actress might be nursing some surrealist scars from her lead role in Lars Von Trier’s latest film, Antichrist. Nothing in this clip smacks of the dizzying, disturbing sexual violence in that controversial work, but it is full of

Chris Brown: Is his career rehab working? The answer might surprise you

Simon Vozick-Levinson — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:43 +0000

Chris Brown has been going all out to relaunch his music career lately, just a few short months after pleading guilty to felony assault of his ex Rihanna. Right now, all signs indicate that Brown’s career rehab might be working. (Full disclosure: I’ve both reported on and expressed my opinion on various sides of this