Blondie - A Rose By Any Name

Featuring Beth Ditto!

The Gossip - Get A Job

(Tipped by JMG reader Bill)

Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today's Swag Tuesday prize is A Joyful Noise, the new Gossip album available beginning today online and at music retailers.

A Joyful Noise is a blend of Soul, Gospel, Rock, Funk, Disco, Punk, Passion and Rebellion, Recorded in both Xenomania, Higgins' studio in England, and KBC Studios in Portland, Oregon, A Joyful Noise stays true to Gossip's trademark brash and unapologetic nature - that is, as true as possible for a band that is constantly reinventing itself and pushing boundaries. Working with Higgins, Gossip sought to create their own brand of pop. Ditto proclaimed, "I spent the whole year listening to ABBA and not listening to the radio," accounting for the pulsing energy of A Joyful Noise. The album's infectious tracks will certainly be welcomed by fans who are already entranced by Gossip's insanely danceable beats, and will no doubt lure in many more.

We have three copies of A Joyful Noise to give away. Enter to win your copy by commenting on this post. Only enter once and please remember to leave your email address in the text of your comment. Entries close at midnight on Thursday, west coast time. Publicists: If you'd like to take part in Swag Tuesday on JMG, please email me.

VIDEOS: Visit MTV for their exclusive sneak of the fantastic new Gossip single, Move In The Right Direction. Below is Perfect World, the first single from A Joyful Noise,

The Gossip - Perfect World

The production video to the audio I posted last month.

The Gossip - Perfect World

From the coming album A Joyful Noise, due May 22nd.

JMG Top Ten Singles Of 2011

Below are my personal favorites out of the hundreds of music clips posted here on JMG in 2011. They're a mix of obvious and obscure and are in no particular order save my #1 - Beth Ditto's I Wrote The Book, which my laptop claims I've played a couple of hundred times. Skip down to today's open thread and tell us your own favorites of 2011. Or just diss mine here!

CockNBullKid
Asthma Attack

Foster The People
Pumped Up Kicks

Adele
Rolling In The Deep

Holy Ghost!
Hold My Breath

M83
Midnight City

Florence + The Machine
Shake It Out

Erasure
Be With You

Lana Del Rey
Video Games

TV On The Radio
You

Beth Ditto - I Wrote The Book

How many visual references to Madonna can you spot?

UPDATE: This video has been blocked by the Sony Music Sales Prevention team. You can still view it here.

Coachella Tribute To Grace Jones

JMG reader Jeb was there when the Gossip, LCD Soundsystem, and Tashi Condelee performed Pull Up To The Bumper as a tribute to Grace Jones, who was a last minute cancellation at Coachella.

The Gossip - Heavy Cross