No Doubt head to the wild west in "Looking Hot"

No Doubt takes up new roles as cowboys and Indians in a just-released new video for their hit song, "Looking Hot," the second official single from Orange County rockers' latest comeback sixth studio album, "Push and Shove," which peaked at No.3 on Billboard's albums chart. The new record finds No Doubt making only the most tentative divergences from previously tried and tested strategies, which gives "Push and Shove" a character that could be described as either dated or timeless.
This New Wave rave-up finds Gwen Stefani spouting tongue-in-cheek lyrics about being a well-preserved forty-something frontwoman. "Go ahead and look at me cause that's what I want. Take a good look won't you please cause that's what I want," she sings. "I know you want to stare. You can't help it and I don't care." The track pairs club-ready thump with catwalk-approved strut, and it perfectly melds their skanking past with their shiny pop present, which is why it will probably come as a surprise to learn that it almost didn't make the cut for "Push and Shove."
With their elaborate costumes and authentic-looking props and set-up, No Doubt's new video for "Looking Hot" is doing it old school and definitely a feast to watch. It was directed by Melina Matsoukas, and filmed over two days at Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch Studios last month. The clip shows the band performing and getting entangled in traditional gunfights set in the Wild West, as we see a classic Cowboys vs. Indians vibe with Tom Dumont and Adrian Young being the sheriffs in town that go after Stefani and Tony Kanal.
The ska-tastic video opens with Stefani in traditional Indian apparel and rides a horse in the open field, but is later captured by cowboy band mates Young and Dumont, while Kanal, who is on the Indian's side, finds himself locked-up in jail. The conflict is then taken to a huge battlefield where the two groups engage in all out battle leading to Stefani and Kanal's capture. But of course, the Wild West setting is not complete without shots of partying and merry-making inside saloons, and a massive bonfire with people doing their ritual dances.

No Doubt Party Down in "Push and Shove"

No Doubt's first comeback album in 11 years, "Push and Shove," officially hits stores Tuesday and to celebrate, the American rock/ska band has premiered the official music video for their Diplo-produced second reggae-fest tune and album's title track. After four years of hard work, the Anaheim quartet have finally completed this upbeat set of reggae grooves, Eighties-style synth-pop jams and at least one mega power ballad.
Then there's the title track, which fluctuates wildly between genres and tempos. Says bassist Tony Kanal, "It's our 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' " With Diplo blending ska, dub and reggae into a track which verges dangerously close to dubstep, "Push and Shove," crosses various genres and tempos, mixing Dancehall and Dubstep elements with No Doubt's trademark horn section, whilst frontwoman Gwen Stefani trades verses with Jamaican reggae artist Busy Signal.

"We've never fit into any format," Stefani told Billboard magazine. "Luckily we've been able to fit into both [pop and rock] a little bit, though not really consciously... We've just managed to nudge our way in." The bonkers and brilliant song contained No Doubt's familiar sound while also pushing ahead with current trends, because that's what the one-time ska band have been doing all along. It was like Tragic Kingdom merged with one of Major Lazer's island party bangers and was just shy of dubstep.
The Sophie Muller-directed video was shot guerrilla style with a scattered mix of wild scenes and flashing lights in black and white and features Stefani and her reunited band of ska rockers goofing off for the camera, and having fun like teenagers as foursome hit around wandering undisclosed New York streets at night and dance around crazily. Ironically, it perfectly matches the song and in that sense, it actually works to bring the theme of the record to life.

No Doubt's Back To Reunion In "Settle Down"

It's been a long time coming since 2001's "Rock Steady," but No Doubt, the multi-platinum band that harnessed the third-wave ska revolution of the 1990s, is back and prove that they're still good for an epic color-soaked, cross-cultural rager with their first visual in over a decade for their comeback reggae inspired track, "Settle Down," the lead single from the Orange County ska-punk racket's upcoming sixth studio album, "Push and Shove," due out on September 25.
The music brings the sound of the band by which California became known, a mixture of pop/rock with Latin and Caribbean rhythms, merging them with American pop and rock music, and accenting them with that No Doubt-ian accent. The upbeat ska pop track proves they have not only been able to keep their classic catchy style, but also reinvent their reggae-influenced beat to attract a new generation of musical rebels. "Settle Down" finds the band at their party-ready prime, shaking off the rust of a decade away and having a total blast.
The frontwoman Gwen Stefani said in an interview that it's "just about being overwhelmed by so much going on and how to balance all of it." The Sophie Muller-directed kaleidoscopic trucker-themed clip is a brightly colorful and visually as bombastic as the song is sonically, banging thing that sees the quartet re-imagined as truckers and each bandmate driving tricked-out trucks with grotesquely decorated semi until ultimately heading toward their reunion, which quickly turns into a jam session for a crowd of eager spectators.
The comeback clip shows they haven't lost a step in their decade away from the spotlight. "We tried to do something that resembled different parts of the world rather than a specific place," Stefani said. Although there's a joyous atmosphere throughout, Muller said she tried to portray the uncertainty in Stefani's lyrics, "Lyrically it's not really a party song. It's got a real emotional desire to get through something. You have a combination of this party feel with her struggle to be able to express herself."