Ingrid Michaelson' New Video For Single "Maybe"

The New York-based indie-pop singer-songwriter, Ingrid Michaelson is out with a brand new music video to her new single "Maybe", the first single off her fourth studio album "Everybody", which was released on August 25 via Cabin 24 Records. The album had a brief stint atop the iTunes chart shortly after its release.
The ABC Music Lounge has an exclusive behind the scenes look at the making of Ingrid's video for "Maybe," which stars as a real-life marionette of sorts in a colorful, animated puppet show. The singer-songwriter is now also hitting the road to kick off a North American headline tour in support of her recent release, "Everybody," featuring the track "Maybe" seen below. The tour has a 43-stop loop around the continent ending in Pittsburgh on November 5.
The song "Maybe" is fresh out of the oven, and the reviews were mostly positive. Billboard stated that "The last track to make it onto Ingrid Michaelson's upcoming album, 'Maybe' gets off to a melancholy start but quickly takes off thanks to resonant lyrics. Over a radio-friendly chorus, the singer resolves to embrace the uncertainty around her faltering relationship. 'The only way to really know, is to really let it go,' she concludes, moments after hoping for a romantic comeback. The production continues to build until two-thirds of the way through the song, when it abruptly strips down to a single layer of vocals accompanied by fragile guitar strums. This 10-second ease illuminates the sincerity in Michaelson's voice. Then the optimistic hook takes off again, and it becomes clear that the song's duality is all too reminiscent of real-life affairs. Much like her approach to music, Michaelson's love story is strong, risky and mature."

Jessie James | "I Look So Good (Without You)"

After being previewed through a behind the scene clip, Jessie James' "I Look So Good (Without You)" music video has finally arrived, showing Jessie breaking up with her boyfriend. Instead of letting herself being drawn into devastation, she does her best to become herself again by hanging out with her girl friends and changing her appearance to look fresher.
"I Look So Good (Without You)" is a pop ballad song, written by herself, Rodney Jerkins and Savan Kotecha, that talks about a girl point of view, that stay fine and better (lookin' good) without her boyfriend. It was released as the second single off Jessie James's debut self-titled album on Pop stations on August 25th and on HAC stations on September 14th, according to AllAccess.com.
The song has been received positive reviews, so far. Rudy Klapper from Sputnikmusic gave a favorable review saying: "James is at her best when she's imitating Aguilera's brazen sass on the rhyming verses of 'the song,' perhaps the only tolerable real ballad on the album."
The music video was shot on August 8 in Malibu. It was directed by Chris Baldwin and features James getting through a hard time by having her girl friends around and doing a makeover. Jessie says the concept of the video is about her breaking up with her boyfriend and then trying to "become [herself] again without the guy." The music video premiered August 25 on "It's on With Alexa Chung" on MTV.

"Zombieland" Looks To Kill At The Box Office

It takes an exciting new talent to breathe life into the zombie genre and show audiences something new, but first-time feature director Ruben Fleischer proves he's more than up to the task. With his directorial debut, "Zombieland," Fleischer has not just made one of the funniest and goriest films all year but has also drawn terrific performances out of his quartet of leads. Led by Woody Harrelson as a cowboy zombie-killer, the cast includes Jesse Eisenberg ("Adventureland"), Emma Stone ("Superbad"), and Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") as the sole survivors of a zombie apocalypse.
Fleischer began his career as an assistant to director Miguel Arteta on the films "Chuck & Buck" and "The Good Girl" before branching out to shoot music videos and commercials and landing a directing gig on "The Jimmy Kimmel Show." He came across Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick's script for "Zombieland" when they were pitching it as a TV movie in hopes of launching a series. Deemed too expensive for the small screen, the film now hits theaters today in all its gory glory.
You’ve see zombies, but you’ve never seen them this funny. You’ve heard the buzz and by now you know that "Zombieland" is a must see, because it injects fresh life into the corpse of horror comedy. Clearly, the horror-comedy is not your average gore-nucopia, but "Zombieland" is within chomping range of brilliant, and that’s no mean feat, that's light on horror but heavy on comedy, and mostly about character-based laughs, and leaves tense, existential survival behind in favor of joyous, and the most flat-out fun horror/comedy since "Shaun of the Dead". The fun movie that will go down in camp-horror history, and also honestly it is a nice break from the recent overload of vampires. And as you might expect, "Zombieland" is easily one of the most enjoyable films and one of the biggest surprises of the year.

Miley Cyrus Debuts "Party in the U.S.A." Video

Miley Cyrus debuted the new music video for her hit single "Party in the U.S.A." last week, which was inspired by her favorite movie "Grease" and wanted to pay tribute to her parents' courting days. Once again the young Disney star is under scrutiny.
The song "Party in the U.S.A." is a mid-tempo song an has prominent pop rock characteristics. It was written by Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly and Jessica Cornish, produced by Gottwald and released as the lead single from Cyrus' second extended play "The Time of Our Lives," it served as promotion for her Wal-Mart clothing line with Max Azria. The song garnered generally positive reviews from critics. Bill Lamb of About.com called it a "lyrically engaging song" and noted that "One of the unique aspects of Miley Cyrus' performance style among current pop artists is that she retains a country edge to her voice when she is performing straightforward pop songs." The song reached t No.2 in the Billboard Hot 100, due to strong digital sales that placed it at No.1 on 'Hot Digital Songs.'
The Grease-inspired music video, directed by Chris Applebaum, and premiered in ABC's music lounge on September 23. The video commences in a defunct drive-in theater, named the Corral Drive-In after the location of one of Tish and Billy Ray Cyrus' first dates. Cyrus arrives at the theater in a black 1979 Pontiac Trans Am. Cyrus wears shorts, a black tank top, cowboy boots, and a vest. As she exits the car she is joined by four of her friends. Other teenagers continue to arrive in vintage cars. Cyrus sings while standing in the back of a pick-up truck with a microphone in her hand and dancing with her friends. The video proceeds to Cyrus leaning against a wall which reads "Corral Drive-In". As the video progresses in both settings, an American flag unravels before a single wall in a vacant landscape and, afterward, Cyrus performs before it while being sprinkled with glitter. The video then features shots of Cyrus and background dancers at night in the theater, balancing on swings in a jungle gym. In the conclusion of the music video, Cyrus and her friends perform the song on a stage while the a projection of the the American flag and the letters "USA" flash behind them.

Rob Thomas' "Someday" Music Video Debuted

The long awaited newest music video for Rob Thomas' latest Single "Someday" just debuted and is premiering right now on VH1.com website. This is such an amazing and inspiring video set on the streets of New York City.
"Someday" is one of the singles appearing in Rob Thomas' sophomore solo studio project "Cradlesong" which has been is stores since June, and made its debut on the US charts at No.3 selling 122,000 copies. The proper magazine article added that "Someday" is a power ballad with a tinkling piano introduction reminiscent of 80's band Damn Yankees. In support of the album, Rob is currently hitting the road, starting from September to February next year. Fans can visit his MySpace to check complete details about his upcoming shows.
The music video is directed by Alan Ferguson and start shooting in July. The video features Rob Thomas and other vocalist of band 'Matchbox 20' wandering through a massive "hope parade" in Manhattan, New York City. "The coolest part was just filming the parade," Rob told Entertainment Weekly about the shooting process. "We had a lot of fans come down, and we dressed them all up and had a bunch of gigantic floats flying around."
Rob Thomas, the lead singer of 'Matchbox 20', is the complete package. Charming, hilarious and talented beyond reason. He is also one hell of a live performer. Rob treats his fans to a real show when they come out and see him. Please keep your eyes peeled for promo spots for NBC's new season of "The Biggest Loser." The commercials feature Rob Thomas' "Someday" and will be airing on NBC in the near future!

Within Temptation Posts "Utopia" Music Video

Dutch female-fronted symphonic metal band, Within Temptation will release a new live album, "An Acoustic Night At The Theatre" on October 30 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and November 2 in the rest of Europe. According to the rock band, the new acoustic live CD will feature many of their biggest hits, played live and acoustic during seated tour last year. "These were very special concerts, as we added an acoustic set to our live show, making our show more intimate," the group says. "Besides this we used film projections emphasizing the great theatre ambiance."
The band was founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. The new live album will also contain a brand new first single on it, entitled "Utopia", which is a duet between Sharon, and a new guest vocals from British singer Chris Jones. Jones was also a guest vocalist on Armin van Buuren’s album "Imagine", performing on the track "Going Wrong." The single will be released on October 23. The single will also contain "Restless", recorded live at Within Temptation's 2007 show in Eindhoven, Holland.
Within Temptation has now posted a music video for the song "Utopia" on their official YouTube channel yesterday. The video shows a man walking around a city and witnesses a lot of people doing bad things, such as a man stealing a blind woman's wallet and a prostitute being picked up by an older man. He also saves a child from almost being hit by a car when his mother wasn't paying attention to what he was doing. The band is also seen performing in a run down building.

Breaking Benjamin Releases Album "Dear Agony"

Bruce Willis’ latest film "Surrogates" wanderings into the sci-fi realms had a rough first weekend. It took in only $15 million and fails to steal the crown for a distant 2nd place. However the film support band, Breaking Benjamin is about begin their business with releasing new album tomorrow. The American rock band was formed in 1998 by vocalist Benjamin Burnley and quickly garnered a strong local following in their home state of Pennsylvania. Their music is most often classed as alternative rock or post-grunge, and have also been classified as alternative metal. They have released three albums, and are set to release their upcoming 4th studio album "Dear Agony" tomorrow.
The first single "I Will Not Bow" from new album was released for sale on September 1. It was released to the radio and the band's MySpace page on August 11, instead of the planned date, August 17 due to a leak by their hometown radio station, WBSX. This single is also be featured on the soundtrack for the Bruce Willi's new film "Surrogates" with the music video containing scenes from the movie. The song was not written specifically for the film, but according to drummer Chad Szeliga, "Ben sent a few songs to our record label, Hollywood Records," which is owned by Disney, who then decided they "wanted a Breaking Benjamin song for this movie." The song has also reached No.5 on Billboard Rock Songs chart.
The music video for "I Will Not Bow" was released to the band's Myspace on August 21. The video was shot at the World Trade Center building 7, but has no connection or significant meaning having to do with the 9/11 events as stated by Aaron Fink in his Point interview on August 13. The video was directed by Rich Lee who has also directed for Evanescence. Lee chose the location feeling it was an eerie location to film. The video features several shots of singer Ben Burnley walking down a hallway singing into a microphone, as well as shots of the band performing together, and scenes from the movie. There is also a girl who goes onto an elevator, and comes up to the same floor the band is on. She sits down on a couch in front of a set of TVs, all of them either showing scenes from the movie, or the band playing. Towards the end of the video, the members of the band collapse, dropping their instruments, as does the girl. The video then goes to Burnley strapped into one of the chairs from the movie, during which he sits up and takes his mask off.