Articles by: Jaimie Roussos
Jaimie is a student at John Abbott College in the Creative Arts & Literature program. She enjoys music, fashion, and all things pop-culture. Her personal Twitter account is (@jaimieroussos)

by / on June 18, 2013 at 11:33 AM / in Music News

John Mayer Releases New Lyric Video

John Mayer has released a lyric video for his new single, “Paper Doll”, which is now available on iTunes. The concept is an interesting one- a recreation of the viral “Prancercise” video with the song lyrics running across the screen. Not the most fitting, but definitely amusing. Check out the video below:

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by / on June 14, 2013 at 8:58 PM / in Music News

Gavin DeGraw Announces New Single

Gavin DeGraw has announced that he will be releasing his new single, “Best I Ever Had”, on June 18. There have not been any details announced about an album release date, although it is expected to be available sometime this year. DeGraw made a short video announcing the new song on his Facebook page, click here to see the video. [...]

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by / on June 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM / in CONFRONT Playlist

Jessica Lee’s Playlist

CONFRONT: We have a “Playlist” section in our magazined called “CONFRONT Playlist” where we feature some good music recommendations. What three songs are on repeat on your iPod right now? JESSICA: The three songs on repeat are: Heart Attack by Demi Lovato JESSICA: Girl sings like a bird on this track! Same Love by Macklemore JESSICA: I actually love his [...]

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by / on June 13, 2013 at 7:00 AM / in International, Interviews

Jessica Lee

21-year-old Ottawa native Jessica Lee’s story is certainly a special one. In 2010, the singer entered the “Good to You” Marianas Trench contest to sing with them on stage at Massey Hall in Toronto. She entered “kind of as a joke”, as she puts it, but ended up winning. She was not only invited to perform with the band on [...]

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by / on June 12, 2013 at 8:49 PM / in Music News

John Mayer to Release New Song “Paper Doll”

I am very, very, VERY excited about this piece of news. John Mayer will be releasing his new song, “Paper Doll”, on June 18. The song will be the first single off his untitled forthcoming album. It will be his sixth solo studio record, but it does not have a release date yet. Mayer has also been posting studio sessions [...]

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by / on June 3, 2013 at 8:00 AM / in CONFRONT Playlist

Jaimie Suggests: Alex Aiono

16-year-old Alex Aiono has debuted his song “Young & Foolish”, which was co-written with nine-time Grammy winner John Legend. The young singer/songwriter plays guitar, piano, drums, bass, ukulele, and has had the opportunity to write with other Grammy-winning producers such as Billy Mann and Babyface. He recently completed a 45-date North American tour where he opened for Disney/Hollywood Records band [...]

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by / on June 1, 2013 at 10:00 AM / in CONFRONT Playlist

Jaimie’s ‘You Can Do Anything’ Playlist

Sometimes we all need that extra push, whether we need to run one more mile or need one last surge of energy to study for finals. Maybe it’s something bigger, like achieving a particular dream or goal. Whatever the case, here are 10 songs to motivate you and make you feel like you can do anything. Ten Thousand Hours by [...]

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by / on May 31, 2013 at 5:34 PM / in Music News, Uncategorized

OneRepublic Release Music Video for “Counting Stars”

OneRepublic have released the music video for their newest single, “Counting Stars”. The track is the second single off of their most recent album, Native, which came out in March. The band tweeted about the video: “a word of warning- don’t try to make too much sense of it- it’s a feel not a story”. The video may be a [...]

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by / on May 30, 2013 at 1:44 PM / in Music News

Allison Weiss Releases Music Video for “Making It Up”

Allison Weiss has released the music video for her single, “Making It Up”. The song is the first single off of her critically acclaimed album, Say What You Mean, which was released earlier this year. The music video was directed by Kristen Winter, and is as light-hearted and adorable as ever. Allison sings: “Tell me you remember / the way [...]

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by / on May 28, 2013 at 12:01 AM / in Album Reviews

Carried Away by Jessica Lee

Jessica Lee released her debut studio album Carried Away on May 28 through 604 Records. The 21-year-old Ottawa native got her start in the music industry when she won the “Good to You” Marianas Trench contest in 2010. She performed the song on stage with the band, and also had the opportunity to record a new version of the song [...]

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