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Videos of the Day – week of 4/24/17

4/24 – Blondie is back with their 11th album, Pollinator, May 5th.  Among the collaborators on the disc are Sia, Joan Jett, Laurie Anderson, Charlie XCX, Johnny Marr, Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio and the Strokes’ Nick Valensi.  See above for the new video!

4/25 – Paramore racked up over 6 million views in just the 1st couple days of their new video coming out!  New album out 5/12

4/26 – Todd Rundgren has 2 cool new collaborators for his new track…

4/27 – I believe the metaphor in this new Lana Del Rey video (feat. The Weeknd) is, “she’s got all of Hollywood in the palm of her hand”…wait for it!  This is apparently the title track to Lana’s new album, out at some point this year.

4/28 – TV actresses Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) and Stephanie Hunt (Friday Night Lights) have a new “folk act” using the name Nancy & Beth.  They’ve just come out with a full album this year, and this is their new video for Joni Mitchell’s “Blue”

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