Posted by Shan on July 14th, 2010 | No Comments

Since when did Snoop Dogg become relevant again? Especially in pop music…

Katy Perry is currently riding high on the charts with California Gurls (note this is the first mention of this song we have made on this site) and now Billboard has sat down with Robyn to discuss some of the upcoming Body Talk songs and she is apparently working with Snoop Dogg as well.

It was really cool to be able to be in the studio with him, first because I always was a fan but also because he was really creative and we had so much of an exchange in being there together, both as vocalists. I had an idea and he really got it and got into it, which was awesome. I think it puts Snoop where he’s supposed to be, which is some place that’s very gangsta.

Perhaps lost in translation, but I think she was just rambling there.

In the article, she also mentions working with Savage Skulls which sounds like an interesting combination and I’m far looking forward to that than the Snoop Dogg track, but hey I’m open.

Body Talk Pt. 2 is out September 6th.

Posted by Shan on July 14th, 2010 | No Comments

It’s official.

I love Robbie but his poor career is on a slow downward spiral. Luckily he has lots of hardcore fans and a lot of  fair weather fans so another Greatest Hits could be a good thing for him. Other greatest hits from the former Take That star are Greatest Hits (2004) and The Best So Far (2006) then there were Songbook (2009) which was a give away in The Mail and The Ego Has Landed which was a compilation that was his first US album so not necessarily counted.

So in case you don’t own one other those other four, you can pick up his newest In and Out of Consciousness in the UK on October 11th, or Germany on October 8th. The first single Shame features Gary Barlow, release date unknown.

It is however a double disc set, so you at least have that to look forward to. Look after the cut for the tracklisting.
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Posted by Justin on July 12th, 2010 | No Comments

I cannot wait for this full session to come out, hopefully in great audio quality! I think it would be interesting to do an ‘Unplugged’ version of her album, honestly.

And have you seen her interview on Jools Holland where she sings the Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams? You.must.watch.

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Posted by Shan on July 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Girl groups are a thing of the 90′s and it’s hard to recreate the buzz that groups like the Spice Girls and All Saints did. Fascination Records took a gamble on a new three piece group over the last year or so called Girls Can’t Catch and today news has hit the web that after two lackluster singles they have been dropped from Fascination.

As individuals they did nothing for me, they lacked that individuality that drew you in like with earlier girl groups, but above that the music was really good. People get dropped all the time but this seems a bit disappointing as they were barely given a chance to prove themselves and they are already done. Both of the singles were in fact quite fantastic. Their first single was entitled Keep Your Head up and their second was a catchy power ballad called Echo each reaching #26 and #19 on the UK charts respectfully.

Hopefully another record label can pick them up.

In loving memory, here is a video remix for Echo

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Posted by Shan on July 12th, 2010 | No Comments

Congrats to Kylie who scored her 5th number one with 11th studio album Aphrodite in the UK. The #1 album came 22 years to the week of Kylie’s first #1 album. Aphrodite also put Kylie in the record books for having an amazing four #1 albums over four consecutive decades. Amazing!

Other charts to make mention of are her native Australia where her album came rolling in at #2 which really isn’t so bad considering the somewhat poor charting of the lead single.

In the US Kylie is on track from a top 20 position which most fans will acknowledge is quite a feat for Kylie who hasn’t made much of an impression since Can’t Get You Out of My Head (which she most likely won’t ever be able to repeat). Kylie did do some promotion in the states to help get herself the position she did. She kicked things off with her small American tour which put her on peoples radar far before she had an album to promote. Once the album was getting nearer she hit the Today Show and later that evening performed at Splash in New York premiering her megamix which was widely made available across the internet and also distributed in CD form at various concerts across the country.

All hail the queen.

Posted by Shan on July 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Are we at full Gaga saturation yet? Well her record company says no. With that, the US getting a release of the already international hit Lady Gaga: The Remix which will comprise of 10 reconfigured tracks from The Fame and The Fame Monster. The Remix hits US stores on August 3rd.

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Posted by Shan on July 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Although when we say the words “Kesha”, “tease” and “Take it off” in the same sentence you might be thinking about this incident (nsfw), but no we’re actually talking about Kesha releasing some promo stills from the video for her next (and most likely final) single from her hit album Animal.

Take It Off will officially be released July 13,2010.