Florida Georgia Line Get Sentimental in "Dirt"

Florida Georgia Line release new single and video for "Dirt" and it's a bit of a change for the Country music's party-friendly duo as boys start thinking about settling down in the lead-off single from their upcoming sophomore album. A plot of land tugs hard on Tyler Hubbard's and Brian Kelley's souls in this pensive ballad, offering up its history and its future, its memories and its potential. The clip sees a love through the years and showcases a sweet love story that truly comes full circle. From being young, in love (and dirty) to one of the partners in the couple passing away, the video cherishes it all.
Florida Georgia Line have said their new single would be different and they weren't lying. "Dirt" show the guys' sentimental side. The heartfelt mid-tempo ballad veers the duo far from the rising popularity of bro-country they embraced with such songs as "Cruise" and "This Is How We Roll," while featuring Hubbard and Kelley celebrating a couple who create a life on a dirt field, raise their family, surround it with a white picket fence, and enjoy the good life right there on their own little plot of the American Dream.
Kelley says "Dirt" really touched him and fellow bandmate Hubbard. "We had goose bumps the first time we heard it. With most of our other singles, you don't have to think at all, it's a self-explanatory feel-good song," he tells People Country. "But this one makes you dig a little deeper, makes you think about your life and where you're at and where you want to be." The video  paints a similar image, couple epitomize the song and brings the song to life as it gives the song a nice narrative with noted songwriter-turned-actor JD Souther playing a husband eulogizing his wife, who has returned to the dirt.
The clip begins with Souther discussing the love of his life and why 1968 was such a meaningful year to him. "It was the first year that Rosie started bringing my lunch out to the field every day," he says. A young Rosie brings her farmhand boyfriend lunch before the two roll around in the mud. Then, it's their wedding day and he's chasing his young wife with the down-home mud on his hands. The couple proceed to have five children, one of which dies at birth. They teach their children the same value of a small town's dirt. Meanwhile, Florida Georgia Line sing their sentimental Southern song from a barn.

Florida Georgia Line debuts "This Is How We Roll"

Florida Georgia Line is showing off how they roll with a little help from their friends in the new music video for their latest country-rock smash "This Is How We Roll," a duet with fellow country singer Luke Bryan. The track is the fifth single featured on the deluxe edition from the American country duo's re-release edition of their platinum-selling freshman album "Here's to the Good Times," released in stores last November.
Florida Georgia Line stick to familiar themes, but deliver their most original lyric yet on "This Is How We Roll," a collaboration with Bryan. The rhymes that flow from Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley's lips are like sugar from a shaker. An especially clever second verse will be what everyone is talking about. It is a song which is definitely well within the musical pocket each of the song's writers have in their music and an obvious choice for single at some point. It's another sing-a-long, small town love type of song, but does that matter at this point, it's a song that's all about feeling good with people you love to be with.
Florida Georgia Line's new single, "This Is How We Roll," is one of those super-sized anthems that seems designed to blow the roof off an arena in your neighborhood. So, of course, the song's new video is appropriately huge. It has everything: Hubbard and Kelley singing atop a moving semi, insane motorcycle stunts from Travis Pastrana and his Nitro Circus, beautiful women dancing, giant explosions and guest vocalist Bryan. It's a pretty wild party, the kind that most folks don't experience in real life, but the boys all look like they're having a blast.
The Marc Klasfeld-directed video was filmed in the desert just outside of Los Angeles. The action-packed visual begins with Florida Georgia Line along with Bryan stopping their semi on the side of the road to help out their stranded X Games pals. The party then moves to the tractor trailers of an 18-wheeler and take the fun outside with plenty of girls, drinking, as the country duo and Bryan perform the song, the X Games champions show off their impressive jaw-dropping tricks on their dirt bikes to cap off the night.

Brantley Gilbert got moonshine for "Bottoms Up"

2013 ACM Top New Male Artist Brantley Gilbert is finally back with a prohibition-themed music video for his new diarrhetic single "Bottoms Up," the first single from his upcoming third album "Just as I am." The video can be outlined in two key elements: moonshine and beautiful women that shows the Georgia singer and his accomplices decked out in vintage duds as they prepare to party and, if need be, rumble with the law. "Bottoms Up" is not a hard Southern rocker in the vein of previous Gilbert hits but even with a slower tempo and lower-key vocal melody, the song still exhibits a gritty, dark-edged tone.
With "Bottoms Up," Gilbert is finally delivering all-new music to fans. But does it stack-up to the rocking mid-tempos fans have come to expect from the self-made 'rebel?' This will all depend on what one thinks about the current sounds and lyrical tropes in mainstream Country music. Quite simply, "Bottoms Up" is a youthful party song where I hear parts of what's popular in the mainstream mixed with a GnR-like guitar solo and Mat Kearney-like elements and pop/rock vocal and production techniques. So, what it all boils down to is whether you like the sound of what Gilbert did before or where he' apparently heading as he evolves into a mainstream Country star.
The clip begins with a bunch of submissive prohibition-era flapper girls. Their glittering dresses and perfectly coiffed hair contrast nicely and doing all the heavy lifting-loading up rugged wooden boxes full of illegal moonshine into Gilbert's vintage car, while he also attired in 1930s apparel and orders them around, flexing his back muscles and showing off his water pistols for the camera. Yes, what a gentleman. Then what ensues is the most self-absorbed five minutes one can witness this side of masturbating to oneself in a mirror.
A group of armed bodyguards then follow behind as they drive to their destination: a Gatsby-inspired party at a mansion in the middle of nowhere. Inside, though, the scene transforms into a modern-day shindig with Gilbert dressed in his leather jacket and sporting numerous rings and chains, and is surrounded by women who are literally fawning over him and he doesn't seem to mind one bit. Eventually, the short film cuts to the outside of the mansion, where it's once again shifted back in time. The sheriff starts to walk up to the home, which is blaring music, but you'll have to watch to see what happens in the end. Let's just say one thing: you don't want to mess with this country-rocker, whether it's modern-day or 1930.

Florida Georgia Line show their angst in "Stay"

Florida Georgia Line released the music Video for the passion-fueled "Stay," the fourth single from the ACM award-winning duo's debut studio album, "Here's to the Good Times." Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard delves into more serious and somber topics in "Stay," which revolves around a breakup, where the woman has walked out and the guy is left pleading with her to come back. Appropriately, the clip takes things a few steps further by adding a new level of drama–and darkness–to the situation and showcases those feelings, and the duo shows their angst in this newest offering.
Shot outside of Nashville, the video features vivid imagery of a couple whose fiery emotions reach a boiling point, causing each to struggle with their next move in the relationship. Director Peter Zavadil reinforces the raw scenes with flashes of country rock duo performing the powerful song. It kicks off in a trailer park, with a woman looking sadly sitting desolate and dazed amidst charred remains of what was once burned-out trailer. Her dog paws through the rubble, eventually sniffs out a burnt cellphone and brings it to her mouth. Her shoulders drop, and she flashes back to right before the fire.
Apparently, her boyfriend lived in that trailer. And right before the fire, she decided to leave him, packing up in her car with her dog in the front seat, as her former love stood helplessly at the door. The band is interspersed throughout the footage, singing this dark, sad song as the story unfolds, but they aren't the main focus. The storyline is the star in this video. Throughout the "Stay" video, the girl's phone flashes with text messages from her boyfriend pleading, "I guess I know what it feels like to be alone... I need you just to carry on." But when those text messages aren't acknowledged with a response, the video takes a dark turn and it looks like the boyfriend is going nuts without her.
He has a crazed, desperate look in his eyes, and it's clear he's planning something - something bad. After throwing chairs, lamps, his television and other household items out onto the lawn, he texts her again: "I can't go another day without you." The girl, on the other hand, buys a ticket to go anywhere but there, and soon lands at a hotel, exhausted and emotional. She stares at her phone and in the meantime, he lights a match. But it's not for a simple front yard campfire. He intends to burn all of his items and succeeds, adding his phone and a photo of the happy couple to the flames. Although she returns to his home right as the fire trucks arrive, it's a little too late.

Miranda Lambert debuts "Mama's Broken Heart"

Miranda Lambert continues her blood-thirsty revenge streak, sharpens her acting skills and goes off the deep end in the brand-new video for "Mama's Broken Heart," the fourth single from Lambert's fourth studio album, "Four the Record." The famously fiery songstress is known for going off the rails in her songs and videos, but she reaches new heights in this particular clip, both visually and dramatically. Of course, that's exactly what we expect her to do, because her latest single, "Mama’s Broken Heart," is all about going crazy in the wake of a breakup.
Lambert has built a calculated image as country music pistol-packing bad girl, but that image works best when it's not beating us over the head a la "Fastest Girl In Town." When she's mercurial, she's magic. The 29-year-old calls "Mama's Broken Heart," is the one song she couldn't live without on the album. "The reason I love this song is because it's about how sometimes when you get your heart broken, you kinda go a little bit crazy," Lambert confessed of the moderate uptempo tune, which was penned by fellow Texan Kacey Musgraves with Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark, and it tells the story of all the things you do too much to get through the pain of heartbreak.
The lyric details this scorned woman's self-destructive means of catharsis, while wisely leaving her ultimate revenge for the listener to imagine. The song's female narrator acts out as she struggles with a break-up, which leads people to begin taking notice of her behavior. When her mother finds out, she responds by scolding her daughter and telling her to regain her composure. The narrator scarifies her spotless reputation in favor of revenge, which is in contrast with the way her mother's generation handled such situations, but ultimately she takes matters into her own hands because "[it isn't] her mama's broken heart." The song courses through the Texan's veins, and Lambert's vocal delivery is sharp, clear and poignant.
Lambert portrays her best Stepford Wife in the beginning of the Trey Fanjoy-directed what looks a 1960's-era clip, perfectly coiffed and gowned in a wealthy home, but quickly degenerates into a reasonable facsimile of Courtney Love, as she handles her heartbreak with ripped fishnets, bouffant hair, crying drunk, smoking in the bathtub, gleefully eying a kitchen knife, smeared makeup, and gardening shears - the action happens in rapid cuts as Lambert dabbles in all those things and displays a pitch-perfect balance of humor with drama in the clip,  and you can watch it below and see how she hides her crazy!

Carrie Underwood unveiled 'Two Black Cadillacs'

Showing off her inner bad girl, Carrie Underwood gets behind the wheel in her dramatic new music video for her chart-topping track "Two Black Cadillacs," a deliciously dark revenge tale of a scorned woman turning to murder, is the third single from the 29-year-old country crooner's latest fourth album, "Blown Away." The video depicts the cryptic storyline of a fallen marriage, with Underwood in the driver's seat, leaving you wondering about her intentions and her actions.
"Two Black Cadillacs," tells the viciously dark tale of murder, lust and revenge. It speaks of a married woman planning on killing her cheating husband with a mistress. Apparently, the mistress did not know the man was married. After the wife learns of the affair, she and the mistress plan to kill the man because of his actions. The woman and mistress had never actually met, but they first made contact when the wife discovered the mistress' number on the husband's cell phone two months prior to the murder. After the killing, both women travel separately in two black Cadillac automobiles (hence the song's title) heading to the funeral, where they meet for the first and only time.
Vocally, Underwood is brilliant as always, and lyrically, she co-penned a tight story that looks like she will be taking us into new territories. Compared to Underwood's other hits, this song doesn't stand out after one digests the macabre storyline, even with heavy thematic elements, the songs impressively maintain a pop/crossover shine and accessible sound, courtesy of Underwood's pristine voice and modern delivery. She told Glamour magazine that though her lyrics are darker than ever, it doesn't mean that she is a violent femme herself.
But not so fast, however. Underwood recently revealed to Nashville-based on-air radio personality Becca Walls that things might not be as they seem. "It's more drama. It's juicy. The day was gloomy and rainy and perfect. And the killer is not who you would expect," she hinted with a smirk. Shot in Nashville's Music Row by director P.R. Brown, the new dramatic thriller is based loosely on Stephen King's "Christine" novel, which is about a car with a mind of its own. Held at the funeral of a cheating husband, Underwood belts out her track while an eerie story line plays through. The ending is way creepy, and find out for yourself.

Ke$ha interrogated about her album "Warrior"

Ke$ha has premiered an interrogation for "Warrior," a really fun and amazing project she's prepared for the promotion of her just-released sophomore studio album. The singer is held in a jail cell and moved to an interview room, and is interrogated by the Metropolitan Police over her new album "Warrior" in a new promotional clip, as she confirms that her mother is "an alien" and her father is Alice Cooper when asked by a British policeman. Ke$ha later adds that she can "speak dinosaur" and that she "eats glitter" on a daily basis.
Having successful debut album, the self-styled bad girl Ke$ha has decided not to fix what ain't broke. When you need someone to rhyme "saber-toothed tiger" with "warm Budweiser," you know who to call. Thematically, "Warrior," incorporated rock genres and inspired from the music of the 1970s, is intended to be more personal than her previous albums with an overall theme of "magic." As the singer elaborated the album's underlying theme stems around embracing a person's inner warrior.
"I got hypnotized, and I just really wanted this record to be really positive, really raw, really vulnerable and about the magic of life," Ke$ha said. Taken as a whole, this is another surprisingly enjoyable album from a pop singer who has managed to broaden her approach without losing her unique selling point. "Warrior" is the most fully-realized and cohesive pop album since Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," or Lady Gaga's "The Fame Monster." The difference is that this musical journey feels more authentic. Unlike those fabulous divas, Ke$ha isn't playing a character or channeling an alter-ego. This is her demented diary set to music.
In her recent autobiography, the 25 year-old Nashville native writes about the intense pressure of following up her massively successful debut album. The glitter queen lifted her game and invented her own genre and makes the transformation from electro-pop diva to intergalactic wild child with jaw-dropping ease. "Warrior," is a non-stop aural assault of fresh ideas and new sounds that document the singer's journey from being L.A.'s self-confessed worst waitress to chart-conquering pop titan.

Tim McGraw Spins His Wheels in "Truck Yeah"

Tim McGraw has debuted the video for his latest rock-n-rollin' single, "Truck Yeah," which is the first single release from McGraw's forthcoming label debut album since switching over to Big Machine Records. So far, the new label is working out for the 45-yeas-old legendary country star. The tune debuted at No.22 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart, making it the singer's highest solo chart debut ever.
The upbeat summery hit song was written by Chris Lucas and Preston Brust along with Chris Janson and Danny Myrick. "The theme of this song is pretty straight forward. It's for guys and girls who love jacked up trucks," McGraw explains in a statement. "It's a culture, and you don't have to be from the sticks and only listen to country music to want drive a truck, that's why I love the reference to Lil Wayne in the lyrics." The fired-up tune isn't intended to be the smartest song on the radio, but it might be the most fun.
The melody is driven by loud guitars and certainly is from the same school as "She's Country" and "Put You In A Song." It's clever from a sense that it rhymes the truck word along with repetitive 'yeah' parts in the song, that breeds instant familiarity and lends itself to what is probably already a staple of McGraw's songs. "Truck Yeah" may not be a song that says anything that's gonna change one's life but then again, it's a song meant to be nothing more than a part of the soundtrack of a good time, be it at a party or a concert. The swagger of the melody and McGraw's strong delivery of the lyrics makes "Truck Yeah" the hit that it is.
McGraw visited Chattanooga for two days in late August to film the video with director Chris Hicky, with shots of lifted trucks kicking up dust at the former site of U.S. Pipe and Foundry. The site spans a length of I-24 as the interstate passes Moccasin Bend. The video definitely captures the energy of the song, is all about country boys and girls who love cruising in a jacked-up truck, and filled with shots of buff men climbing in their suped-up rides, spinning their wheels and just having a little fun together. As night falls, the trucks surround McGraw, illuminating his tepid performance with their headlights.

John Mayer heads west for "Queen of California"

Holding us over until his vocal chords gets back in tip-top shape, John Mayer released his new music video for his latest ditty, "Queen of California," the second single from his fifth studio album, "Born and Raised," which marks yet another change in Mayer's musical style, incorporating musical elements of folk and Americana that take influences from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, David Crosby and Graham Nash.
The track, a mildly country vibe, is a bit folkier than his usual bluesy, jazzy style, harkening back to the AM radio sounds of the 1970s. "Queen of California" also references Joni Mitchell, is cut straight from the Laurel Canyon of the early 70s with its gentle, acoustic start, a loose, jammy veneer and honey-sweet harmonies. Describing the song as a "relieving breath of fresh air," Mayer told NPR that the tune is about "being able to have a hopeful vibe about something again.
Mayer worked with director Sam Jones in capturing a natural set, which appears to be one long continuous take in which the 34-year-old singer crooner enduring a variety of weather phenomenons and musical happenings as he makes his way from the cold northern region to greener pastures and a warmer SoCal climate, including the snow-capped Rocky Mountains and New York City's hustle and bustle. That is until he finally reunites with his band on the set of the music video for the song.
The blues rocker goes through his own westward expansion on this low-key video, which matches the laidback feel of the song, and he's never made a leisurely stroll through scenery look more poignant, let alone visually arresting. Mayer is still trying to recover from a vocal injury that has forced him to take an indefinite hiatus from live performances. According to the singer's Tumblr blog, he is going in for surgery at the end of August. He adds, "but I'm excited to get back to it next year."

Carrie Underwood Faces Storm in "Blown Away"

Carrie Underwood has premiered a brand-new video on E! News for her dark power ballad "Blown Away," and the 29-year-old former "American Idol" winner creates a dramatic storyline that takes her from being the studious child of an angry alcoholic to the gorgeous survivor emerging into the light of a bright new day. This chilling song is the second single and title track off Underwood's fourth album of same name. Underwood's vocals are majestic, and the somber clip could be one of the most intense clips Underwood has ever released.
"Blown Away," the dark hit song, which has chilling lyrics and a haunting melody, speaks of a female, it's not specified whether she is an adult or child, and her revenge towards her abusive father while using a tornado storm as a metaphor to her anger. This song is extremely bold in both its lyrical content, which deals with child abuse, and its amazingly creative sonic landscape which takes the listener on the child's ride through a storm in Oklahoma that might be able to sweep all her problems away.
Underwood discussed the song's storyline during an interview: "The song is a story about a girl and her father," she said. "The song describes him as a mean old mister. And you can kind of make that as bad, I guess, as you want it to be. You know, the daughter wishes that, you know, she can feel a storm coming, and she just wishes it would wash her past away, and in doing so, you know, take her father along. So it's a very, you know, just deep, dark story and so visual, this song is. You know, when you hear the words and you hear the music, you can just see it all happening in your head."
The Randee St. Nicholas-directed clip fits in perfectly with the song, and finds finds the country superstar playing two roles. She portrays her character as both a teenager and as an adult, and borrows a bit from the theme of 'The Wizard of Oz' when she running through a dark and windy field and is caught up in a tornado. She engages in what looks like a heated domestic dispute with a man, and bedeviled by whisky, twisters and history. But like a modern-day Dorothy, she isn't about to let an abusive relationship or a catastrophic weather event keep her down for long.

John Mayer Leaves "Shadow Days" Behind

John Mayer may not be able to perform his new material live, but that doesn't mean he can't pack up his stuff, drive across the Western frontier and lip-synch lyrics about being a "good man, with a good heart." And with that, the scenic "Shadow Days" music video was unveiled on Friday. The video is a road trip, with Mayer dressed up as a cowboy, making his way across the heartland of our great country to just chill out and let it all go. It's a completely uncomplicated premise.
"Shadow Days" is the lead single from Mayer's fifth studio album "Born and Raised," the first album since 2009’s "Battle Studies," which notched the No.1 spot on the Billboard 200 and earned him three Grammy nominations. The new CD is still on track for a May 22 release despite the 34-year-old's recent battle with a backlash following a controversial Playboy interview and throat surgery for a granuloma near his vocal chord. "My shadow days are over," he sings in this country-tinged song reflecting the hope that his bad times are over.
"I'm pretty emotionally burnt out at the moment, but please know how hard I tried to resolve this and how disappointed I am that I can't perform this record yet," Mayer told his fans in his blog. "I'm completely bummed, especially for all of you who started making plans to see a show. Nothing feels worse than having to break the stage down before the performance, and I mean nothing. I love this band you were going to hear, I love the guys and girls I work with, and the only thing that stops me from devolving into a puddle of tears is knowing that it's a long life, and the greatest gift in the world is being able to create music no matter what the circumstances. So these are the new circumstances, and I'll find a way to make it mean something. That's all you can ever do."
Mayer leads an unfussy life in the clip for "Shadow Days," a moody track wherein Mayer croons about being a good man who lost his way, the recovering media provocateur and hippie-cowboy heartbreaker Mayer is leaving behind the bright lights and hustle and bustle of the big city for something simpler, he drifts through his own private Idaho, Arizona, and other frontier states. As our wandering hero travels across this great land of ours in his mostly reliable Jeep Wrangler, he makes sure to visit key scenic landscapes in order to play guitar as approving eagles soar above him.

Carrie Underwood Is Warning Har "Good Girl"

Just turned 29, Carrie Underwood has premiered a music video on Entertainment Tonight for her new single, "Good Girl", the lead cut from her forthcoming fourth studio album, "Blown Away," which she has said will feature songs with a "darker storyline," due in stores on May 1. Underwood is primarily a country artist, but here, the 'American Idol' alum heads into territory that straddles three genres. While you can still hear instrumentation from her country roots.
The song, which Underwood co-wrote with Ashley Gorley and Chris DeStefano, shimmies and shakes with 1980s style hand claps and a pop-leaning melody while the lyrics is about Underwood warning a good girl about her boyfriend, saying that he is actually no good, and that she is better off without him. While the song isn't remotely 'traditional country' and isn't too far removed melodically from the rhythmic pop songs that are dominating pop music airwaves right now, there's also no denying the fantastic vocal delivery Underwood provides on "Good Girl."
Underwood debuted the song in a live performance during the annual Country Radio Seminar event in Nashville last month. The Joan Jett guitars and uptempo drum track crackles with rock guitar and vocal fireworks while encouraging audience participation with a singalong chorus that is pure pop. The country cutie shows off her fabulous voice and witty lyrics and without a shadow of a doubt this is the best uptempo vocal that Underwood has given country radio. Underwood shows she's capable of brandishing her weapon only when needed, and always with cool efficiency and power.
Filmed in Los Angeles, the Theresa Wingert-directed clip is sexy and sassy to fit the uptempo tune's lyrics, but doesn't feature a storyline. It's really just a collection of Underwood in various fashions strutting her stuff and flaunting her stunning looks as if her stunning voice wasn't enough, Underwood proves she is also one heck of a dancer and fashion model. Underwood channels her inner good girl as well as an edgier side that matches the grit of the song. Her two sides even sing/debate at each other, suggesting that the titular 'good girl' getting warned about a lying, no-good man might just be Underwood herself.

Miley Cyrus Defiles Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"

Adding to her stellar portfolio of recordings, Miley Cyrus has released a new music video for her country-fied cover of "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," her contribution to the folk legend Bob Dylan tribute four-disc collection "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International," which has just released yesterday, and features covers by Adele, Darren Criss, Ke$ha, Natasha Bedingfield, Maroon 5, and it will benefit Amnesty's life-saving human rights work.
"You're Going to Make Me Lonesome When You Go," is one of the more plaintive tracks off the rock & roll legend's classic Blood on the Tracks. If your inner rockism hasn't rage-jolted you into a coma, you can watch the newly released music video after the click. Cyrus may be known for her hit songs like "The Climb" and "Party in the U.S.A.," but it's her latest song that truly shows you what a great singer she actually is. Cyrus rose to the occasion, proving she's capable of genres beyond pop and that she thrives vocally in a folk/country environment.
In the "Can't Be Tamed" singer's most mature move yet, she performs heartfelt, country-twinged rendition of the classic song, and it makes a certain kind of sense - Cyrus is trying to transition to a post-Disney life, and nothing screams "I'M SERIOUS!" more than an earnest Bob Dylan cover. Her version isn't bad, more country than Dylan's take but certainly pleasant enough with the steel guitar and the Southern twang. The track shows off a more mature, lovely side of her. Beautifully phrased.
The no frills video fits the low-key song, which features nothing more than shots of the 19-year-old dresses down in a sleeveless vest and ripped jeans and sitting on a stool in the middle of an abandoned house in an otherwise empty room, crooning her heart out the mournful ballad alongside guitarist Johnzo West, while additional musicians accompany the star from other rooms, putting the focus right where Dylan would want it - on the song itself. It's plain, simple and smart. The subdued video shows fans a new side of the young singer. It's a completely different kind of party in the U.S.A.

Sugarland Show Off Glamorous Side "Tonight"

American country music duo Sugarland debuted the video for their latest burning-yearning single "Tonight," and oddly enough, it feels like it's being brought to us by a wind machine. Lacking much of a storyline, "Tonight" is more of what you might call a "glamour" music video that features vocalist Jennifer Nettles in three different set-ups that all include gale-force winds blowing her lusciously coiffed locks around.
This is where the machine needs a little more oil. On the third single from their latest No.1 album "The Incredible Machine," Sugarland trades bare emotional honesty for bad inspirational goop that hardly satisfies those who look to the duo for their humorous and heartfelt recordings. The tune has been a tremendous fan favorite on the duo's tour of the same name. Singling out this track as one of her favorites on the album, Nettles told us: "Even as a singer to perform that song, because it's in a different part of my range, it allows people to hear a different part of my voice, and it definitely for me was fun to pull on some of my influences, like Chrissie Hynde or even Robert Smith from the Cure, with that sort of '80s sound."
Nettles explores her sex appeal in this music video, acting all flirty while yearning to be with someone she loves. Filmed at the historic Woolworth mansion on New York City's Upper East Side, the video depicts the superstar country duo in a whole new light, mixing romance, drama, and shows Nettles at her most glamorous side as the powerhouse vocalist rocks longer hair and sprawls out on the couch along with three distinct wardrobe changes: a ravishing red dress, flirty dance ensemble and slinky white sweater dress.
Talking about the concept of the music video, Nettles gushed, "We wanted to play with the romance and longing of this song. Hopefully that translates." "I am so excited for our fans to see the glamorous side of Sugarland and hear a new song from our 'Incredible Machine,'" adds guitarist Kristian Bush. "We were inspired in writing this song by the emotional longing we heard in the soundtracks of iconic '80s movies like 'The Breakfast Club,' 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Say Anything.' The feeling of being so in love that you would trade everything for just one day with that someone."

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.

Kid Rock Goes Majestic In "Born Free" Video

"Born Free" is the lead single and title track from American Southern rock/hip hop artist Kid Rock's eighth album, his first album since 2007's Rock N Roll Jesus, hits stores November 16, promises to be the Detroit rocker's final departure from the rap-rock hybrid that he used to establish himself at the turn of the millennium. “Born Free” is in many ways a transformational album for Rock and fans can expect a collection of traditional rock tunes full of country flourishes since it featuring several high profile artist from rock, country and rap. Rock described it as "very organic blues based rock and roll." The record was produced by Rick Rubin whom MTV called, "the most important producer of the last 20 years."
Rock described this song as being about, "how lucky each and every one of us are, no matter where you're from, to be born in a country that's free." He told MTV News that while this is a patriotic song, he didn't write it solely for an American audience. Rather, he hopes its message will be heard by people the world over. "I think that song already has kinda gotten a little bit construed that it's just this big, patriotic American song, which it is in its own right, but it first came to mind to write something like this when I was on one of my trips to Afghanistan, Iraq, playing for our soldiers," he said. "I started to just think about no matter where somebody was born in this world, how lucky you are just by the grace of God to be born free."
While Rock's got major Motor City pride, "Born Free" is an open letter to the world, and it's a love letter to America. Rock's more than a Michigander. He's a born patriot. "Born Free" is his "God Bless the USA." And it's a patriotic powerhouse, and the accompanying video is all sweeping shots of aerial America. Raging rapids, craggy cliffs, open roads, green farm lands, picturesque peninsulas, blustery beaches and solo scenes. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, the video is everything there is to love about non-urban America, and everything there is to love about Rock's love of America, from the signature hat and fringed jacket to the vintage cars and motorcycles.
The just-premiered video is in total keeping with that transition. The clip features Rock in nature on the beach, driving through the forest, standing in a wide, green field while singing about the glory of freedom. With a guitar in hand, Rock poses on a majestic cliff, on a peaceful beachfront and in the middle of a wooded area to reflect the song's grandeur. And, because he wouldn't be a Motor City artist without a few nods to the auto industry, Rock also is seen riding a motorcycle and cruising in a tricked-out vintage car. "Born Free" has been a Detroit success story and Rock is finally "Born Free!"

Nickelback Has House Party In "This Afternoon"

Canadian rock band Nickelback have streamed the video for their latest single "This Afternoon," the band's legendary house party, off their album "Dark Horse." Ever party until 6 in the morning with all your friends? Wake up in a room full of empty beer bottles only to bring them back so you can buy some more? Ever have the cops come by to break up your shindig, and join in the fun instead?! The ultimate party - that's what Nickelback pays homage to in the new video for "This Afternoon," which makes it's iTunes debut on Tuesday with 48 hours free download, and just in time for the Summer.
"This Afternoon," a summer party anthem song, the lead vocals Chad Kroeger sings about a carefree life, boozing and lighting up with friends. The track is the eighth single from band's 2008 'Mutt' Lange-produced and critically acclaimed sixth studio album "Dark Horse." The song is an upbeat country rock song reminiscent of "Rockstar". The bass guitar Mike Kroeger commented on the influence of country music on this tune: "It's a big-time part of our background, that whole laid-back, barroom kind of feel. Where we grew up everybody listened to Country."
A Music video for the song has been confirmed and according to Roadrunner, "Get ready to see the band like you have never seen them before." During the build up to the video, Roadrunner Records have been running daily screenshots of the video as teasers. The pictures have included many young women at what seems to be a party. It suggests an extremely feel good atmospheric video which features the band playing on a propped up stage above the festivities. To say the video will bring a happy laid back feel is an understatement, reflecting perfectly what the song is all about, living the life of a normal, working class person, having the best times with friends, however having little or no money and struggling to pay the rent on accommodation. The video certainly looks like encapsulating that whole feel good nature that the song does so well. "We never take anything for granted," says Chad Kroeger. But this is one band that certainly could.