Oct 3, 2010

Justin Timberlake appeared on Jimmy Fallon's show to plug the movie, Social Network. After reminiscing a bit about Timberlake's knowledge of Hip Hop, Fallon and the former NSYNC star turned actor, took to the stage with the show's house band, The Root's providing the beats as a backdrop to a Fallon/Timberlake rendition of classic Hip Hop songs.

I received an email reminder today about this video from Brooklyn indie-rock artist, Ariel Aparicio; it's a cover of the Psychedlic Furs punk classic Pretty In Pink. The original rock number featured on his latest album, All These Brillian Things, is a beautiful ode to a friend stricken with cancer. Pocketknife turned that sweet, melodic version into a synthetic house number with a noticeably darker, yet resonant flavor. Ariel's guitarist from his back up band provided a few licks, while Pocketknife laid down sublime, moody electronic instrumentation.

Arrested Development's latest music video, "The World Is Changing."

Google and Facebook will be adding music to their offerings through agreements with iLike.com, Lala.com and Imeem.com. According to a NY Times blog post, next Wednesday, Google will announce a new feature of its popular search engine that will return with search results music files hosted by a iLike and Lala. If a user types in a search for Tiesto or Kaskade, the search results will provide links to pop-up music players and the user may stream the tracks directly from the search engine, without having to go to the site's themselves.

They're from Australia and have been around a few years, but I'd never heard of Sneaky Sound System, until that is, I caught a friend's post on Facebook for the music video "I Love It." I was instantly struck by lead singer Miss Connie's (Connie Mitchell) sultry, evocative and playful vocals. The group's sound is similar to Duran Duran with a tiny twist of Dee Lite that is long lasting and timeless. "I Love It" is an instant classic.