Jack White debuts 'Would You Fight for My Love'

In the middle of his current tour supporting his critically-lauded sophomore solo record, "Lazaretto," the unequaled Jack White has unleashed a brand new stunningly blue-tinged music video for the LP's third single, "Would You Fight For My Love?" The brooding "Lazaretto" track finds a sensitive White cautious about committing to a relationship having been previously burnt. White used two live bands for the recording of "Lazaretto," the all-male Buzzards and the all-female Peacocks. This song features both playing simultaneously in separate rooms at Third Man Studios.

The alt-rocker made what he called the world's fastest record - he performed and pressed to vinyl the album's title track in less than four hours. Now Continuing White's tradition of innovation and penchant for quick turnarounds, he's applied a similar tactic to the moody video for "Would You Fight For My Love?" Set in downtown Denver's the historic Cruise Room, a beautiful art deco-era, spooky and original post-prohibition bar in LoDo's Oxford Hotel, the blue-hued visual was conceptualized, produced and shot within a 24 hour period. The six-hour shoot came together on less than 12 hours notice by British director Robert Hales.
The conceit has its pros and cons. It's an admittedly simple video drenched in a moody blue color scheme and has an old-school glamor that luring viewers into its scene of brokenhearted blue tones. The stylish video opens with a woman selecting a track on a bar jukebox, with a brooding, unusually dapper White plays a lonely-looking and sharply dressed bar hound fidgeting with a drink and sitting alone at a bar, which is bathed in blue light before he performing his lovelorn lyrics "It's not enough that I love you/ There's all these things I have to prove to you," while gazing directly into the camera.
The clip interacting with the female vocalist, played by musician and photographer Scout Pare-Phillips, on the unfulfillment anthem, but its stripped-down feel and ghostly aesthetic are of a piece with the song's mid-tempo rock and eerie, cooed vocal hook. It's an intriguing and fitting complement to one of the album's best cuts. The very well-groomed White and Pare-Phillips lurk around bar and never seem to make a true connection, occasionally vanishing into thin air, and the clip ends with White raging on an old-school microphone.

ZZ Ward shows vulnerable side in 'Last love song'

Remember when ABC Family used ZZ Ward's soulful title track "Til The Casket Drops" in the haunting promo for their smash hit series "Pretty Little Liars" Season 3 in 2012? Well, the network has once again turned to the talented crooner by tapping Ward's new single, "Last Love Song," and to set the mood for the upcoming Summer Season 5, which returns on Tuesday, June 10th. Be sure to tune in for a crazy time, dolls! Along with the exciting ad placement, Ward's emotional single has also received a proper music video, premiering exclusively on Billboard.com.
Penned by Ward herself, and produced by Ryan Tedder and his OneRepublic band mate Brent Kutzle, "Last Love Song" is the third single and a highlight from pop-rock singer-songwriter's debut album, "Til The Casket Drops." Lyrically, it finds her singing about a post-relationship retrospective. The breakup ballad is easily the most heart-wrenching of the three. It pulls the emotional strings in this stirring and chill-inducing song, making it the perfect fit for the ups and downs of the popular characters' relationship.
Basically, the emotional charged guitar driven number is suitably romantic with Ward's raw-soulful vocals and bittersweet lyrics. In a recently interview with Ward, she stated that she chose "Last Love Song" as the next single because it would show fans her more vulnerable side, and she was right. "I'm so excited about the video for 'Last Love Song,'" says the musically gifted songbird. "Its message is something I think a lot of people can relate to. I wanted to convey that message and the song's raw emotion in a way that would connect with my fans just as much as the music and lyrics do."
Filmed in both Los Angeles and San Francisco with director Joseph Toman, and the beautiful black-and-white clip for "Last Love Song," is beautiful in its simplicity, showing a more vulnerable side to the sultry, soul-rocker's raw and vulnerable breakup ballad and gives the first glimpse at Ward without her signature fedora. The heartrendering clip also makes perfect sense when placed next to Pretty Little Liars' ongoing saga that chronicle the roller coaster love story between Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale) and Ezra Fitz (Ian Harding).

The Rolling Stones released "Doom And Gloom"

English rock band The Rolling Stones released an official music video for their song "Doom and Gloom," the lead single from their latest greatest hits compilation album, "GRRR!," which commemorates the band's 50th anniversary. It's tough to rationalize the existence of new The Rolling Stones music in 2012, and it's even tougher to figure out what the hell is going on in this new clip, but it's also hard not to applaud their return to the crunching, classic rock sound they helped pioneer.

Sounds like it was co-written by an Occupy Wall Street protester, despite its British pedigree, this hard-rocking, Louisiana bluesy number finds the band's lead vocalist Mick Jagger railing about various travails and was recorded in Paris and produced by Don Was. The French session marked the first time Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood had been in the studio together since completing "A Bigger Bang" seven years previously.

Even if you can't get on board with the music they're making now, you have to give The Rolling Stones a bit of a credit. While the average human hits a certain age and trades the guitar for the cane, Jagger and the boys continue to rock, defying time, death, and the inexorably creeping claws of dubstep. The uptempo grinder, "Doom and Gloom," for what it's worth, is a fun, straightforward rocker in the key of The Rolling Stones, nothing groundbreaking, but a satisfying dose of the band's longstanding formula, and continues Jagger's recent lyrical obsession with current events.

The Jonas Åkerlund-directed video is an old school button-pusher and stars "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" actress Noomi Rapace, who leads a classic rock 'n' roll lifestyle to reflect the song's lyrics. The video revolves around the seven deadly sins and captures the fever dreams of a gloomy Rapace lives through a hallucination in various stages of undress and adult situations. She's killing zombies, crashes planes, thrashes around in garbage naked, fighting off grabby businessmen, pan-handling and eating junk food until she passed out on a bean bag under a neon sign of The Rolling Stones' iconic lips and tongue logo.

Heartless Bastards released "Only For You"

Heartless Bastards have released the official music video for the song "Only For You" from the garage rock band's latest fourth full-length, "Arrow," which is firmly rooted in southern blues rock - gritty yet sentimental, out on Valentines Day this year on Brooklyn-based indie label Partisan Records.
Formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2003, and since then, the Bastards have experimented with classic foundations. The lead singer Erika Wennerstrom's vocal was talented and especially unique. As the only consistent member in the Austin-based indie rock band's ever-changing lineup, his masterful singing never fails to enrapture. And don't let the name of the band fool you - these bastards are in fact full of heart. Sharp, smart, indie rock that rocked as much as it moved you emotionally.
Garage, folk, country, blues - throughout the Heartless Bastards's career, all these genres have been incorporated with mixed results. Rather than evolving a sound, the Bastards seem to be searching for one. "Arrow" has the potential to become something better if the Bastards decide to tread the path they're on. Chock full of repetitive guitar riffs and rock 'n' roll attitude, the album gravitates towards something you might hear from the garages of budding rockers worldwide in a good way. But sometime between their debut and 2006's "All This Time," the quartet decided to trade in their raw garage sensibilities for a more sophisticated musicianship.
Heavily inspired by bluegrass, the banjos, fiddles, and peddle steels give the album a distinct country flavor. It left some Bastard fans, myself included, nonplussed and wistful for the old aesthetic. "Only For You," is exhilarating in terms of Wennerstrom's vocal range. Accompanied by only two guitars and some easygoing drumming, he fluidly travels up and down different registers. It is a song tangentially influenced by southern rock, artistically expanding on the blues element but (thankfully) ditching the Lynard Skynard guitar licks.

Jack White Gets Violation In "Freedom At 21"

Jack White worked with perhaps his most curious collaborator to date for the just-released video to "Freedom At 21," the latest standout track from the 37-year-old's debut solo album, "Blunderbuss," which was released in April 23, and debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200. "Freedom at 21," a originally released via helium balloon as a part of a stunt for Record Store Day, was leaked onto the internet on April 14.
The former lead singer of The White Stripes is well-known for hooking up with out-of-the-box collaborators. He's recorded with everyone from Jimmy Page and Alicia Keys to Insane Clown Posse and comedian Stephen Colbert. The eclectic rocker tapped the veteran video director Hype Williams, the man behind some of the most influential hip-hop videos of all time, to helm the clip, and he infuses his dynamic signature style with elements of classic American Grindhouse, resulting in a "pulse pounding" video.
White has pulled the covers off his new blue-toned video for song "Freedom at 21," and it looks like a stylistic homage to grindhouse horror films by way of Jonas Akerlund. The video was shot with a blue hue throughout, matching White's latest wardrobe color of choice following years of red and white outfits in The White Stripes. The video also shows the singer wailing away on a Fender Telecaster as he sings about a woman who misuses her rights and takes advantage of the double standards of society that favor females.
The video begins with White getting into a neon-green car, speeding off and on the run from the law after racking up more than a few traffic violations. White is chased by a sexy female patrol officer and dragged into jail where he meets a seductive woman and after a very intimate moment between them, they break out of the small prison. The video ends with the couple facing a roadblock consisting of a wall of policemen and their cars. As per Williams's style, the camera ticks and editing are stylized and great, and the coloring is remarkable, and it more than fulfills that trifecta.

The Black Keys Unveiled "Gold On The Ceiling"

While many of us were playing catchup on our Monday post-Super Bowl sleep, The Black Keys have unveiled a new heavily-filtered video for “Gold on the Ceiling,” the second single taken from their most recent outstanding record, "El Camino," released in last December. The Black Keys ditched their usual humorous in favor of more conventional rock-star fare.
The blues-rock duo follow their buzz-worthy video for the first single "Lonely Boy" with a characteristically no-frills depiction of their new single "Gold on the Ceiling." The Singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach told American Songwriter magazine that he roped in three "local girls" to sing the gospel harmonies on this track about the illusionary nature of material success. Again bucking the norm of production grandiosity, the video takes a fittingly low-budge angle: intertwining studio footage with clips of the band behind-the-scenes and performing on stage.
Directed by Reid Long, the clip has no shortage of head-bopping footage which documents the Akron rockers performing at their album release party at Webster Hall in Manhattan, and then rocking out in a Los Angeles studio space. The clip includes plenty of mundane behind-the-scenes moments, and their hundreds of fans at the venue, courtesy of the squelchy, fuzzy garage rock the band excels at. There's even a cameo from the now-infamous wood-panelled van!
The new Video shows duo in their natural element, and details your standard road video rockisms. The two-man band has been rolling out the tunes and rolling in the accreditation. Whereas their other videos succeeded by contrasting The Black Keys' straight-ahead blues-rock with quirky viral fodder, this video fits them like a glove. It looks like it was more a product of necessity, given the whirlwind schedule that comes along with being one of rock's biggest bands, a status the duo are still getting used to. "It's been absolutely insane and everyday something weirder happens," Auerbach told MTV.

Josh Kelley's Dreamgirl Always "Gone Like That"

Nashville singer Josh Kelley released the brand-new video for his second single, "Gone Like That," from his debut country album "Georgia Clay," which was autobiographical in nature and captured his coming-of-age experiences in his father's truck in Georgia. The 31-year-old's previous work was more pop, including the 2003 hit "Amazing." This particular single is especially poignant as it played a role in his transition into being a country singer.
This song isn't about a one-night-stand, but about a series of fleeting encounters with the woman who could be the girl of your dreams. Kelley said of the song: "I wrote 'Gone Like That' based on a real-life experience. When I was in college, there was this crazy, amazing girl who I'd see from time to time, but it was always fleeting. Every time, she'd come crash at my place, then the next thing you'd know, she'd be gone. There were like forty clubs in the area, and she'd always show up at the one I was hanging out at. We'd meet up, but then she always seemed to disappear and we never had the time to explore our relationship."
It's a classic collision between desire and better judgment. "Gone Like That," which Kelley co-wrote with Clint Lagerberg and Nicolle Galyon, is special to him because it was the song that convinced him to pursue a country music career, which led to his record deal with MCA Nashville. He wrote the song a few years ago, hoping Keith Urban would cut it. "I was going to Nashville and writing all the time," he says. "I've been writing country songs since I was a kid, but I was trying to get it cut. I wanted a big cut. I promised my wife [actress Katherine Heigl] I'd buy a beach house... I gotta make some cash here!"
After Kelley recorded the demo for "Gone Like That," he sent it to his publisher to shop around. But his publisher refused to pitch the song, instead encouraging Kelley to record it himself and give country music another try. "Next thing you know, I've got a record deal!" the Georgia native explains. "This was the song that actually started my journey into Country music. It was the first song I wrote that gave me the confidence to pursue a career as a Country singer." "Gone Like That" finds him tackling one of country music's favorite themes: Love lost. And for the most part, he tackles it quite effectively.

Reeve Carney Debuts "Rise Above 1" Feat. U2

"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" star Reeve Carney was already a film actor and singer-songwriter when he took on the stage role of Peter Parker in the Broadway musical. Now the 28-year-old has just released video features U2's Bono and The Edge for "Rise Above 1," the lead single from the spider-ific Broadway production soundtrack, and while the video itself is not as mind-blowing as the trailer for the new upcoming big screen adaptation, we give U2 and the "Spider-Man" cast brownie points for trying to keep this musical afloat and in the press.
Directed by Aaron Platt and Joseph Toma and shot in New York City, the video gives fans a peek into the making of the Broadway musical, as Carney also is seen rehearsing with cast members and flying from the rafters of the Foxwoods Theatre. As expected, Carney and "Spider-Man" composers Bono share vocals with the Edge on guitar, while we get splices of behind-the-scenes footage of dance rehearsals, fighting scenes, and studio appearances mixed in with skyscraper shots and what appears to be a igloo makeshift with punctured holes emitting sunlight. The video was a bit sentimental, but that's about it.
With music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge and a book by Glen Berger, Julie Taymor and Glen Berger, the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is inspired by over 40 years of Marvel comic books. It follows the story of teenager Peter Parker (Carney), whose unremarkable life is turned upside-down when he's bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to his bedroom ceiling. This bullied science-geek suddenly endowed with incredible powers soon learns, however, that with great power comes great responsibility as villains put both his physical strength and strength of character to the test.
One of the most striking things about "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," is the visual punch it packs into every corner of the stage. Critics have written about the show's "stunning costumes" and called it a hybrid of a circus, pop concert and video game. The $75-million musical, which holds the record as one of the most ambitious projects - both in cost and creativity - ever to arrive on Broadway, is still hanging in there, with box office grosses from last week totaling about $1.8 million. The Broadway musical got a music video, which you can admit doesn't ever really happen these days. Maybe they will set a new trend?

Kid Rock Reunite With Sheryl Crow For "Collide"

Americana cultural icons, Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow cozy up to the microphone, together once again, with the new video for their heartbreaking new duet single, "Collide," the third single from Rock's latest LP, "Born Free" album. Despite his image as a hard drinking, hard partying rap star turned rock 'n' roller, Rock's most successful single to date is his lovelorn duet with Crow, "Picture," which became an instant hit and karaoke bar staple in late 2002. "Collide" marks the second painful love duet from the one-time unlikely partners.
"Collide," their latest duet, is a country-tinged bar ballad with sweet country rock tune that suits their easy-going, lived-in voices very well. It relies heavily on the gritty vocal timbres of Crow and Rock, as they loosely harmonize their way through recollections of both good times and bad. The tune starts out with a delicate organ and the song is meant for two lovers, finding solace in each other's arms, amidst fears and scars from a less than picture-perfect life. The chorus hits with whiskey-soaked honesty.
The "Born Free" and "Sign Your Name" singers lean on one another in this sad love song, which tells the story of two former flames who take shelter in each other's arms once again. This line draws out in detail the reasons that they're each lonely, and the ways that they've both damaged themselves. Heartland musical legend, Bob Seger, who has been known to dabble in blue collar love affairs, plays a simple piano line which accompanies the acoustic guitars and lap steels, giving the track a true country and western feel.
The chemistry between the two long-time friends is readily apparent throughout the course of the Deaton Flaigen-directed video, which is low-key too, and full of footage that will make you wonder whether they're actually an item or just playing one on TV. In the clip, Rock and Crow perform on stage in a bar, while other-world versions of themselves court each other in the same bar. Rock is seen in the video in a rare state, without his ever-present hat atop his head. The song will be making its television debut this weekend as part of our VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown.

Andreea Balan Drops "Crazy About You" Video

One year after Trippin's dominating Romanian music charts, Romanian pop singer Andreea Balan comes back and just released a sexy music video for her latest song "Crazy About You" and has a great sound! The singer had a massive hit last year with "Trippin'" and this clip has a similar titillating feel. The "Crazy About You" was written and produced by some of Romania's hottest hitmakers, including Sunrise Inc.
"It's a cheerful love song and I hope it will go to people' souls; a lyrical track on fresh beats, in which, of course, I find myself," says Balan on her website. "Crazy About You" will be featured on her next album, which is set to be launched this year. "I'm not an oblivious person I'm just absentminded... lucky for me I always have my parents around. It happened many times to become hoarsed just before a show but every time I tried to give another vocal timbre to my voice so nobody could see it."
Born on June 23, 1984 in Ploiesti, Romania, the Trippin songstress began singing at the age of 10. Her father helped her to choose this field of activity, as at that time he has been the member of a Romanian act "Asemeni voua" (Like you). Initially, her father was composing music, with which Balan debuted on the big scene. Her first appearance on TV was at the age of 11 during a kids show on TV called "Ba Da Ba Nu." In 1997 she releases her first album produced by Sandel Balan. Balan rose to national fame as a member of girl duo "Andre" in 1998 when she receives the International Award "Mica Printesa" by Emil Constantinescu, who was The President of Romania.
Balan is one of the few artists making a real show when performing on a stage. Her rhythmic melodies, different dance styles and the variety of her dressing are the ingredients of a dynamic acting that makes the crowd go up. Her debut album was named "La Intalnire" and it was launched in May, 1999 and had been already sold in over 50,000 pieces. Balan and her best friend Andreea Antonescu initiated the act "Andre," released seven albums, for which received five platinum CDs and one gold CD. In 2002, she parted ways with Antonescu, pursuing a solo career and released four solo albums.

Mark Knopfler To Release Album "Get Lucky"

Mark Knopfler, the 60-year-old guitar god and former frontman of the British rock band Dire Straits has announced the tracklisting for his new solo album, "Get Lucky," which is being released today in Europe and tomorrow in the US with 3 configurations.
The Scottish musician with a "Golden Heart" did it again! "Get Lucky" is the sixth solo studio album from the legendary musician and follows 2007's highly successful "Kill To Get Crimson," which Rolling Stone heralded as 'a gem' and USA Today described as, "...yet another unpretentious showcase for his unmistakable gifts as a musician, tunesmith and storyteller."
Recorded at Knopfler's award-winning British Grove Studios in West London, and was co-produced with longtime collaborators, engineer Chuck Ainlay and keyboardist Guy Fletcher and featured Richard Bennett, Danny Cummings, John McCusker, Matt Rollings and Glenn Worf. The 11-track album explores a lifetime of musical roots exemplified by the title track. "The first itinerant person I ever met would sing in soul bands in winter, then work part-time in fairgrounds or 'go pick fruit down south' when the weather turned warm," explains Knopfler. "I was about 15 years old, stuck in school and envious. "Get Lucky" came from him and other traveling characters I went on to meet in places I'd find myself working short-term, like farms, warehouses, building sites, before I got lucky with my songs."
Tt's very difficult to review this album strictly on its guitar aspects. There is a familiar mellowness to his album. He injects an easygoing, campfire vibe into the 11 songs on "Get Lucky." Throughout "Get Lucky," Mr. Knopfler draws on Celtic music traditions for melodic inspiration. The strains of flute, fiddle and whistle that characterize the genre do not fall gently on every ear. His signature finger-picking style is on display throughout and it's even more distinctive and recognizable than his singing voice. This is one you'll take out and enjoy like and with old wine for years to come. According to Knopfler's official web site, he'll begin his tour in support of "Get Lucky" sometime in 2010.