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Apparently Law & Order: Special Victims Unit isn't a big Chris Brown fan. In a new ad out this week, next Wednesday's episode—titled "Funny Valentine—is being promoted by NBC as "a familiar story of two celebrities." A quick glance of the 30-second promo glaringly resembles Brown's relationship with Rihanna.
Justin Timberlake on Wednesday debuted his latest track "Mirrors" at the 2013 Brit Awards, performing the song live for the first time since releasing the single to iTunes last week. This newest cut is also included on his forthcoming album The 20/20 Experience, which is due March 19 via RCA.
Sister trio Haim has unveiled the video for their single "Falling," which is off their forthcoming EP of the same name. The visuals find the three members in the jungle, practicing archery and fishing with their bare hands. We're pretty excited for the EP, and the video certainly adds to that.
Fans of Vampire Weekend got a short, quick surprise on this week's episode of HBO's Girls, as frontman Ezra Koenig made a brief cameo on the series. In the quick scene, he delivers a one-line punch to The Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone (Booth), who claims he "never" cries. As of Sunday, the only available clip comes by way of Team Vampire Weekend, which faithfully tracks down all things VW.
Sigur Rós last week revealed plans to unveil a whole lot of newness this year, and this week the Icelandic outfit has begun rolling out some of the new material they promised. Kicking off their European tour, the trio (albeit looking a little different than before) introduced new songs “Kveikur,” “Yfirborð” and “Hrafntinna.”
Beyoncé was in the spotlight once again on Saturday, debuting her HBO documentary Life is But a Dream preceded by her exclusive Oprah's Next Chapter interview on OWN. She co-directed the project with Ed Burke.
Alabama Shakes this weekend made their Saturday Night Live debut, and they didn't waste a second of it. The rootsy rockers first gave a riveting performance of their breakout single "Hold On" as well as "Always Alright," a track written exclusively for the Silver Linings Playbook soundtrack.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, The xx this week covered Beyoncé's "I Miss You." The performance, seen below, took place in none other than Bey's home state of Texas at Austin's Moody Theater. "She is one of our favourite artists of all time," The xx said of Mrs. Carter, also noting their admiration for Frank Ocean, one of the co-writers of the track, which appears on Bey's 2011 album 4.
Odd Future's Tyler, the Creator has revealed his forthcoming solo album, Wolf, his follow-up to 2010's Goblin. The new set will arrive on April 2 via Odd Future Records. He has also confirmed numerous dates in the U.S. and Europe, with more to come. He additionally revealed details about his Golf Wang clothing line and will debut his new music video on Thursday night.
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In celebration of his directorial debut, with the documentary Sound City, Dave Grohl hosted a star-studded performance on Wednesday night at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. The event included appearances by John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Rage Against the Machine's Brad Wilk, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Nirvana's Krist Novaselic and Stevie Nicks, among others.
Passion Pit has chosen Valentine's Day to released their latest music video for "Carried Away." The over-the-top new set of visuals star frontman Michael Angelakos with One Tree Hill's Sophia Bush as a couple in a troubled relationship. They fight and make up numerous times in the 4-minute clip, which includes subtitles, some physical comedy and a lot of animation—both literally and figuratively.
Fall Out Boy has had a very busy couple of weeks since getting back together for their forthcoming new album. Following the announcement of Save Rock and Roll—due April 15 & 16, the guys played several shows and released the new single "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)." On Wednesday night, they appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform that new song, dressed in glow-in-the-dark skeleton suits.
