TYGA
The younger cousin of Gym Class Heroes MC Travis McCoy, Tyga’s rhymes are the product of someone with a passion for hip-hop and a pop sensibility, as perfectly excecuted in his remix of the Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah” and his current summertime single, “Coconut Juice.”
Get It: Tyga’s debut, No Introduction hits stores June 10th.

THE CAB
Judging by the overflowing crowd at their early evening Bamboozle set, the Cab’s slick dance-rock sound has already scored a dedicated following. Blurring the line between post-Fall Out Boy emo and late ’90s boy bands, the Cab’s high-energy pop is radio-ready.
Get It: The Cab’s debut, Whisper War came out last Tuesday. (more…)

Paramore, Snoop Dogg, Bret Michaels, Jimmy Eat World, Panic at the Disco and a bevy of other bands stormed East Rutherford, New Jersey over the weekend for the annual Bamboozle festival. Click here for live shots from the festival, including Coheed and Cambria, Gym Class Heroes and Cobra Starship.

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When Snoop Dogg took the stage for his unlikely Bamboozle headlining set in the parking lot of New Jersey’s Meadowlands Arena Saturday night, a huge chunk of the pop-punk-centric crowd beelined for the exits. But those who braved it out in the 40-degree temperature and spitting rain got quite a show. Snoop opened with an oldie, “Murder Was the Case,” and even though the bulk of the audience was probably five when Doggystyle came out, everyone complied when Snoop ordered, “Now throw your hands in the air!” before he launched into a cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.,” which inspired a mass chant of “I’m a motherfucking p-i-m-p!” Heads kept bobbing and hands shot up in the air as Snoop ran through “Gin and Juice,” “Nothin’ But a G-Thang” and “Snoop’s Upside Your Head,” but his pre-song banter was even more of a hit. Before an unexpected — and awesome — cover of Akon’s “I Wanna Fuck You,” he waxed poetic: “Any ladies in the house tonight? Everybody forgets about the ladies at these festivals. Well, I don’t forget about the ladies. Are there any ladies in the house tonight who like to have sex? Are there any ladies in the house tonight who like to make love? Are there any ladies in the house tonight who like to fuck?” All three questions were met with insane screaming. Good thing the moms and dads were out of earshot, waiting in the other parking lot.

Earlier, Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins launched into the first chord of “Sweetness” just as finger-and-toe numbness set in. (more…)