Cornershop Featuring Sinead O'Connor and Chris Constantinou on 'Posing as an Angel' – Premiere

On November 27th, the veteran British rockers Cornershop will drop "Posing as an Angel" on Ample Play Records. The peppy, horn-laced single with chilly undertones features guest vocal work from Sinéad O'Connor and former Adam Ant bassist Chris Constantinou.

"I knew Chris Constantinou through Damaged Good Records. When he sent me his and Sinead's vocals, they had an air of winter and whiskey about them," Cornershop frontman Tjinder Singh tells Rolling Stone of the track, which you can pre-order now. "I added some whiskers, northern brass and a little pomp and ceremony. I'm used to spending long hours in local Irish bars in North London and I imagined the warmth and friendliness of a late night lock-in with snow falling outside."

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'Hot Like Fire' by Angel Haze - Free MP3

Artist: Angel Haze
Song: "Hot Like Fire"
Album: Reservation EP

"'Hot Like Fire' is like a revival of the 90's, you know? Back when music made you feel something other than just a desire to dance. It's the beat, the summer sun, the lyrics, and the intent all wrapped into one great ass song. It's a time machine," Angel Haze tells Rolling Stone.

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'Hot Like Fire' by Angel Haze - Free MP3

Artist: Angel Haze
Song: "Hot Like Fire"
Album: Reservation EP

"'Hot Like Fire' is like a revival of the 90's, you know? Back when music made you feel something other than just a desire to dance. It's the beat, the summer sun, the lyrics, and the intent all wrapped into one great ass song. It's a time machine," Angel Haze tells Rolling Stone.

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Gavin DeGraw Is Rooting For Angel Taylor On 'The Voice'

Gavin DeGraw poses for a portrait at the American Music Awards.Michael Caulfield/AMA2011/Getty Images for AMA

At the end of night two of blind auditions on The Voice, a singer named Angel Taylor captivated the judges, audience and internet with her rendition of Adele's "Someone Like You." Gavin DeGraw didn't see the audition, as he is currently on tour in Germany, but the singer-songwriter isn't shocked at all by Taylor's impact on the show.

"It doesn’t surprise me that if she was on it, she would kill it. She’s amazing, she was on tour with me and she was the opening act for me a few years ago," DeGraw tells Rolling Stone. "I met her out in Portland, Oregon, really fucking cool. Some people you say hi to and it’s okay, but she’s legitimately cool the way you want a star to be cool. I love her, she’s fantastic, great singer."

Taylor and the other aspiring vocalists of The Voice are trying to get to the level of DeGraw, who is about to kick off another round of U.S. tour dates next month on the strength of the smash single "Not Over You." But DeGraw has his own artists he hopes to one day emulate. His career role model – Kid Rock.

"I think Kid Rock has the most amazing fucking career. He says anything he fucking wants on stage, anything at all, he doesn’t care. He celebrates freedom of speech like none other. He does anything he wants musically, he’s not bound to any style, he’s not bound to anything," DeGraw says. "I went and saw him play this show in Nashville at the Ryman, maybe 1,800 people, maybe less, and I thought to myself, 'He has the perfect career. He can do anything he wants on stage.'”

The question then for DeGraw is how does he get to that point himself? For him, the key is the follow up to "Not Over You." "Pop art is shock art and the next thing I need to do is shock something, I need to do something different than what just worked," he says. "You drop a single that they would never expect you to drop. Next song to drop I think would be 'Sweeter,' the title track. If you drop 'Sweeter' next, that’s 180 degrees from that, that’s just sexy, but it’s masculine and sexy, it’s totally different, that’s Black Keys meets Sly and The Family Stone."

And if the song takes off the same way that "Not Over You" has? "If that works now I’m sitting in a good place and I can say, 'Cool, this shit is working. People want you to change it up.' And if they don’t then people really don’t want you to change it up," he says laughing.

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Gavin DeGraw Is Rooting For Angel Taylor On 'The Voice'

Gavin DeGraw poses for a portrait at the American Music Awards.Michael Caulfield/AMA2011/Getty Images for AMA

At the end of night two of blind auditions on The Voice, a singer named Angel Taylor captivated the judges, audience and internet with her rendition of Adele's "Someone Like You." Gavin DeGraw didn't see the audition, as he is currently on tour in Germany, but the singer-songwriter isn't shocked at all by Taylor's impact on the show.

"It doesn’t surprise me that if she was on it, she would kill it. She’s amazing, she was on tour with me and she was the opening act for me a few years ago," DeGraw tells Rolling Stone. "I met her out in Portland, Oregon, really fucking cool. Some people you say hi to and it’s okay, but she’s legitimately cool the way you want a star to be cool. I love her, she’s fantastic, great singer."

Taylor and the other aspiring vocalists of The Voice are trying to get to the level of DeGraw, who is about to kick off another round of U.S. tour dates next month on the strength of the smash single "Not Over You." But DeGraw has his own artists he hopes to one day emulate. His career role model – Kid Rock.

"I think Kid Rock has the most amazing fucking career. He says anything he fucking wants on stage, anything at all, he doesn’t care. He celebrates freedom of speech like none other. He does anything he wants musically, he’s not bound to any style, he’s not bound to anything," DeGraw says. "I went and saw him play this show in Nashville at the Ryman, maybe 1,800 people, maybe less, and I thought to myself, 'He has the perfect career. He can do anything he wants on stage.'”

The question then for DeGraw is how does he get to that point himself? For him, the key is the follow up to "Not Over You." "Pop art is shock art and the next thing I need to do is shock something, I need to do something different than what just worked," he says. "You drop a single that they would never expect you to drop. Next song to drop I think would be 'Sweeter,' the title track. If you drop 'Sweeter' next, that’s 180 degrees from that, that’s just sexy, but it’s masculine and sexy, it’s totally different, that’s Black Keys meets Sly and The Family Stone."

And if the song takes off the same way that "Not Over You" has? "If that works now I’m sitting in a good place and I can say, 'Cool, this shit is working. People want you to change it up.' And if they don’t then people really don’t want you to change it up," he says laughing.

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