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MØ’S LIVE TV DEBUT ON DENMARK’S DR2

Indie music enthusiasts have been singing the praises of electro-pop singer-songwriter MØ for some time now, Reservoir included. This week, the singer’s star continues to rise with a live television debut on P3 Guld (English: P3 Gold), a music awards show hosted by Danish National Radio P3 and aired on Danish […]

DANJA LOOKS BACK OVER CAREER WITH NODFACTOR

Reservoir writer and hit-making producer Nate “Danja” Hills recently sat down with Nodfactor to discuss his enviable career, from his first musical experiences, to the tracks that got his name out there and noticed. The interview starts with an explanation of the moniker “Danja,” in which the songwriter/producer shares […]

WALL STREET JOURNAL TAPS “DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE” FOR GYM TIME

The Wall Street Journal compiled a fun list of the pop songs best suited for the gym, and Reservoir’s “Drinking From The Bottle” made the cut!  The Calvin Harris-Tinie Tempah collaboration, which was featured in E*Trade’s Super Bowl commercial earlier this year, is the third single from Harris’ 18 Months, an album that’s […]

2 CHAINZ AND ELLIE GOULDING TO PLAY LOLLAPALOOZA 2013

Chicago summer music festival Lollapalooza officially announced its talent lineup today, following a leaked image of an event poster that appeared online last week.  The official list features a massive collection of some of the most hyped artists in pop, hop-hop, alternative, and rock music; Reservoir writer and rapper 2 Chainz and “Explosions” indie-pop singer […]

Who Sampled? Playing the Kevin Bacon Game, Musical Edition

It’s no secret that recording artists like to, ahem, borrow qualities from other artists’ work.  As publishers, instances of a borrowed phrase here, a mimicked melody there, or a wait-haven’t-I-heard-that-before hook come across our desks every day (to wit). As with any trend, the craze seems to move in waves, […]

UPDATED: SIGUR ROS IN THE U.S. & CANADA WITH FOR A MINOR REFLECTION’S KJARTAN HOLM

As announced last summer, popular Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Ros are touring the world with For A Minor Reflection’s Kjartan Holm in tow.  The younger brother of Sigur Ros bassist Goggi Holm, Kjartan will replace Sigur Ros multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson over the course of Sveinsson’s hiatus. The North […]

A&E’S ‘BATES MOTEL’ FEATURES “PONY”

Bates Motel, A&E’s eerie new series and prequel to the classic horror film, Psycho, featured an unexpected track in last night’s episode: “Pony,” the classic ’90s R&B party jam performed by Ginuwine and written in part by Black Fountain’s Stephen “Static Major” Garrett. The episode, entitled “Nice Town You Picked, […]

UPDATED: LIL WAYNE DROPS “RICH AS F**K” FEATURING 2 CHAINZ

Shortly after the announcement that he would be skipping his European tour to focus on his upcoming tenth studio album, I Am Not A Human Being II, rapper Lil Wayne released a new single called “Rich As F**k” featuring Reservoir writer 2 Chainz.   “Rich” is the second single from IANAHB2, following the larger-than-life, feels-good-to-be-on-top […]

DAN HENIG RELEASES ACOUSTIC HIP-HOP COVERS ON ITUNES

Singer-songwriter Dan Henig loves a good surprise.  After all, it was his ambush coffee-shop acoustic performance of Lil Jon’s raunchy party track “Get Low” that first turned heads late last year; the video of the unexpected cover gained upwards of 2 million views, with blogs from Funny Or Die to […]

YOUNG JEEZY RELEASES “R.I.P.” VIDEO FEAT. 2 CHAINZ (& MORE)

Atlanta rappers Young Jeezy and 2 Chainz joined forces on the bouncy DJ Mustard-produced club-banger, “R.I.P.,” whose video premiered this weekend after the single’s activity on Billboard’s Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts over the past several weeks. While 2 Chainz is the only credited feature on “R.I.P.,” several hip-hop heavyweights […]