Lorde, Royals

Lorde is the fancy ("Some people think it's religious, but it's not", she says) name adopted by Ella Yelich O'Connor.

About her curious name, she explained to Interview Magazine that "I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was a super rad, but really masculine (...) So to make Lord more feminine, I just put an 'e' on the end!" adding that since she was a little girl she was really into royalty and aristocracy.

With sixteen years old, the New-Zealand girl has already released her debut and really acclaimed record Pure Heroine, last September.
In 2012, she released her first EP The Love Club.

This young artist's music reflects a mix of many different things - from hip hop beats to electronic lines  being influenced by artists like James Blake or Lana Del Rey.

Lorde is a bunch of many things but one of my favourite things is her iconic and very characteristic voice for being so raw, so masculine and yet so pure and graceful.
Another sweet thing from her music is the idea given from her "backing vocals" - it really gets us thinking about a young and really modern Björk, doesn't it?

Royals has overthrew Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball on Billboard's weekly chart.

Although Royals is quite a minimal song, lyrically it reflects the idea of celebrities lifestyles and "all those references to expensive alcohol, beautiful clothes and beautiful cars – I was thinking, ‘This is so opulent, but it’s also bullshit.’" - she explained to The Diplomat.
This single has a lot of attitude, becoming more mature and cohesive - making us embrace the beat without even acknowledge. This chill-out rhythm is really catchy and impressive from such a young age. I am extremely impressed!

Lorde is surely going to keep surprising. Just wait!

Zedd - Spectrum

Zedd (Anton Zaslavski) was born 23 years ago in Russia but has been living in Germany since he was a baby.
Zeed is a electronic-dance music producer and the first CD he had was Discovery by Daft Punk and they were the only source of electronic music he had for several years. Later on, Zedd discovered Justice and these two bands were the ones that got him into the electronic music.

So far Zedd produced several remixes including remixes of Born This Way and Marry The Night (hits of Lady Gaga), Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex) and Save The World (Swedish House Mafia).

Zedd's debut album is called Clarity and it was released in October by Interscope Records.

Spectrum was released as the second single featuring Matthew Koma (the song was wrote by the two artists) and reached umber one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs.

Breathing you in when i want you out

Finding our truth in a hope of doubt

Lying inside our quite drama, A-A-Ah

Wearing your heart like a stolen dream

Opening skies with your broken keys

No one can blind us any longer.

Zedd about his music: I hope that I can touch people with my music. It is electronic dance music, which is usually made for clubs, but I want to reach and touch everyone with my music! I want people to be able to just listen to it when they’re at home, in the car or whenever they like to listen to music. I don’t want to make music that is only made for clubs.

News // Pearl Jam's new album set for 2013

The North-American band Pearl Jam confirmed to Billboard a new album.

The guitarrist Stone Gossard revealed that the band - known for songs like Alive or Just Breathe - is working with Brendan O'Brien and have already recorded "some great songs and we've written some more and we're going to do some more recording over the next three or four months and most likely the record will come out hopefully next year."

Gossard also explained that "I don't like to talk about it too much before it's done because it has a tendency to change direction on me." and adding that they are "having a great time and are as excited as ever about making music."

At the main time, you can check Stone Gossard's side project Brad and their new album United We Stand to be released next April 24.

Listen their video for A Reason To Be In My Skin below.

Joe Jonas, See No More

Joe Jonas better known for his career with his brothers on Jonas Brothers and acting on Disney movies/series like Camp Rock and Jonas.

Released by Hollywood Records, his debut album Fastlife appeared during an Jonas Brothers hiatus. Released on October 21, 2011 Fastlife is transition from Jonas Brothers pop-rock to a urban influenced electropop with touches of R&B.
According to Joe himself, the title of the record is a reflection of his life by saying "I think my life has been so crazy busy for the past year and a half, and I kind of wanted to show people a little bit more of what my life is about, bring them into it a little bit more, so that's been a fun experience."

The album had mixed critics and achieved the forth place on the Portuguese charts and #15 on the US charts.

See No More was written by Joe Jonas and Chris Brown, who provides backing vocals on the song's chorus. As he explained to E! News on the 2011 Billboard Music Awards, the song is about "a relationship ending and you're trying to get over it, but at the same time you've got these mixed feelings... You're fighting everything of seeing that person. It sounds like a sad song, but it carries a cool beat to it".

"You walked away from me, baby
I woulda never done the same
You made me feel like our love was not real
You threw it all away, so"

News // Queen want Adam Lambert on tour

Queen want Adam Lambert as singer, on tour.

The band is negotiating with the pop singer the possibility of him joining the band on "The Queen Extravaganza Tour". The news were shared by Roger Taylor, who was really impressed by Lambert's performance on a shared performance at the MTV Europe Music Awards, in November.

"He has grown into a really great performer with an astonishing voice with a range that's great," said the drummer to Billboard "We would like to work with him again. There's nothing signed just yet but we're talking about live dates. It could be very exciting."

"The Queen Extravaganza Tour" will feature three vocalists and a five-piece band. Roger Taylor is producer and music director, and he won't be performing on the tour.

Check the performance on MTV Europe Music Awards.