'Violence': Grimes, of All People, Is Giving Us Choreography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9SGYBHY0qs "Baby, it's violence..." It's, uh, difficult to predict what Grimes is going to do next, especially as of late: one minute she's accompanying a multi-billionaire to the Met Gala wearing a Tesla choker, stanning LOOΠΔ and duking it out with Azealia Banks…
'The Con X: Covers': Tegan & Sara Enlist Cyndi Lauper, Grimes, CHVRCHES & More to Reinterpret Their Record, 10 Years Later
Tegan & Sara, everyone's favorite Canadian identical twin lesbian singer-songwriters, are doing something special to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their 2007 record, The Con. As opposed to a reissue with some bonus tracks and rough takes tacked on (they've already done the demos thing once,…
The Top 20 Albums of 2015
Well, here we go. 2015 has been quite a year — personally, professionally and pop culturally speaking. I lived! I loved! I laughed! Actually, I mostly cried, because like a certain Canadian songbird, I have all of these E•MO•TIONs. (FORESHADOWING.) Anyway! We're knee-deep in list season now, and…
'Art Angels': Grimes Rejects The Rules of Pop and Paves Her Own Path
Don't bother trying to put Grimes into a specific category, because it's a futile exercise. "The whole purpose of Grimes is that it’s genreless. Trying to constantly put a genre label on it makes no sense and then you are always eating your words two months later. So, why bother?” she told The…
"REALiTi": Grimes Drops A Dreamy Demo As A Special Thank You
It's fitting that Grimes decided to drop a song about climbing mountains called "REALiTi" at the same time I've been out here in Los Angeles reuniting with friends, hiking and largely ignoring social media in order to reconnect to exactly that. (Spoiler alert: There is life beyond the confines of…
"Go" Video: Grimes Keeps Going With Her Rihanna Rihject
Gulp! Grimes has gone 'mainstream'...or whatever. As legend has it, Grimes originally wrote "Go" with Blood Diamonds for Illuminati high priestess Rihanna, who turned down the track. ("Thx but no #phucks," she likely wrote back in a DM.) Instead of letting the track go to waste, she's opted to…
MuuMuse Presents: The Top 20 Albums of 2012
Earlier this week, I posted my favorite singles from 2012. And now, it's time for the albums. Unlike last year, 2012 was not a very strong year for mainstream pop acts--at all. Most of the releases from pop's biggest players, including P!nk, Nicki Minaj, One Direction, Christina Aguilera, Ke$ha…
Cover Girls: Sky Ferreira, Charli XCX and Grimes Do V Magazine
GULP. Oh, this? It's just Sky Ferreira, Charli XCX and Grimes--wearing Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci and serving high fashion goth-pop sorceress realness--on the cover of the upcoming Youthquake Issue of V Magazine this month. This is the greatest thing I've ever seen, basically. I'm completely…