PCM Buzz: New Music

Us Against The World - Official Music Video


Remember Christina Milian? Check out her brand new music video for her upcoming single called “Up Against the World!” The 27-year-old singer’s upcoming album Dream in Color is set to come out April 2009. The song is her first single since Def Jam dropped her in 2006 because of Rihanna. Talk about getting royally snubbed! We never knew the truth! Christina is now signed with Myspace Records/Interscope.

Milian was on the cover of Rap-Up Magazine in December and she finally spoke about her split with the record label. “It was embarrassing. It was a week after my album [So Amazin’] got put out. I would be in my room a lot of the time crying by myself.”

On the reason why she was dropped: “It was a budget cut, I believe. [Def Jam] probably got rid of projects like mine to spend the money on [Rihanna].”

New Music Tuesday: Shaun Barrowes

The name Shaun Barrowes may only ring a bell to the most devout American Idol fan, which -- depending on your point of view -- is either for better or for worse.

His brief foray into the pop culture mainstream notwithstanding, Barrowes more than holds his own with his debut album, Big Bang Theory. When he's not licensing his music to animated children's shows and winning countless indie competitions (most recently, the Slice the Pie competition, which allowed him the needed funds to catapult his career), he's channeling all the singer-songwriter greats on such tracks as "When I Take Your Hand" (romantic without being cloying), "Hop, Skip, and a Jump" (think Jerry Lee Lewis on Red Bull), and "Somebody Like You" (an American Jamie Cullum).

Comparisons aside, Barrowes' music is shown strong on this solid debut album, which -- while clearly defined -- shows that he has room to grow and evolve while remaining true to his artistic vision.

FILE UNDER: Indie, singer-songwriter
SOUNDS LIKE: Jerry Lee Lewis, Jamie Cullum
MUST HEAR: "Somebody Like You."

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New Music Tuesday: Doe Deere interview, upcoming reviews of Chinese Democracy & Shaun Barrowes!

My fellow Americans:

It is with great pride, on this election day, where the feel of excitement and change is in the air, that I am happy to present the following for New Music Tuesday:

Check out my interview with Doe Deere for Pop Culture Madness...new music, new makeup, and much more.

Coming up later: my review of Shaun Barrowes' BIG BANG THEORY and Guns'n'Roses' CHINESE DEMOCRACY. (Actually...we shouldn't really be calling them "Guns'n'Roses," but more on that shortly...)