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Videos of the Day – week of 2/16/15

2/16 – RIP Lesley Gore…here she is (above) on the legendary T.A.M.I. show in 1964.  What an anthem!  Still can be applied to how women are treated in many, many places around the world today…

2/17 – Kate Pierson has her 1st solo album out today!  Watch Fred Armisen cameo in the new video for “Mister Sister”

2/18 – Villagers have a new album out in April…here’s the new track “Courage”

2/19 – The Brighton, UK duo Royal Blood sounds to our ears like a combo of Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters & The Black Keys…no wonder they are already playing massive gigs in the UK!  You’ve heard them on BTC last year & the latest single “Figure It Out” in primetime in recent weeks…here’s their take on a Police classic for BBC Radio 1

2/20 – Here’s the new Blur video for “Go Out” from the new album The Magic Whip, out 4/27.

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