Leave everything and go to Róisín’s MySpace to hear her new single ‘Orally Fixated’! I wish I knew what it sounds like, but there seems to be a problem with my MySpace player… Hopefully, I’d get to listen to the song some other way. So far I can only stare at this great cover – I count on you to let me know what’s the song like!

***UPDATE***

I’ve just listened to the song! It’s interesting, but for me it lacks this special Róisín vibe, if you know what I mean… I like ‘Demon Lover’ and ‘Royal-T’ much more!
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It’s a surprise as the first single was rumoured to be ‘Demon Lover’ that we could hear on Victor & Rolf fashion show. ‘Orally Fixated’ will be released on 16th November in UK (one day later in USA). British broadsheet newspaper The Guardian will offer a 48-hours free download of the single, so write it down in your diary!

What the album is gonna be like? Listen to an interview with Róisín (it’s from July, so some things might have changed by now):

I really like glamorous music videos, arty music videos, alternative music videos, weird music videos, music videos with a concept, music videos with a story, and sometimes amateur music videos happen to be quite good too.

Peaches‘ music video for ‘Lose you’ (directed by herself!) combines all of these categories somehow, thus, it’s a really good music video.

More highly intelectual, eloquent and professional reviews of music videos coming soon.

PS. The song rocks too, like the whole I Feel Cream album on which she worked with Simian Mobile Disco, Gonzales and Soulwax – actually, that’s why it’s so good.

PS2. Here’s a music video for a new single from the album. Not as good as the previous one, but not a bad one. Song is super cool, though. Reminds me of Madonna’s ‘Get Together’.

So guys, whatcha say about this barbarian sampling of Imogen’s marterpiece ‘Hide and Seek’ in a poor song by Jason Derulo? It’s so average I wouldn’t pay any attention to it if there was no Imogen in it… However, American consumers are not too fussy and the song is doing really good – it’s on #2 on Billboard list.

Immi herself doesn’t bother that much as she said that the song lives its own life and she just lets it be. Fair enough. One of Imogen’s recent tweets: “@jasonderulo we really should meet/chat/say hello one of these days! Our tune is getting places! x“

Judge for yourself:

There are artists that over the years lose distinction between shaping their original sound and being repetitive, like Röyksopp, and there are artists that copy their own ideas shamelessly all over again and get away with that, like Timbaland.

Timbo is gonna release Shock Value 2 in a month and the lead single was just released. ‘Morning After Dark’ features Timaland himself and some oh-so-boring new artist SoShy from Timbaland’s label.

Timbo says the song is

“very interesting. The song, I can’t describe it, it’s so different. It’s not different for me, but I can tell you this — it fits everything going on with the vampire theme.“

I say it sounds not different at all; it sounds exactly like everything else he has done over last few years. Come on, it’s ish! Really ishy ish I shall say.

The worst thing is that once the album comes out, Timbo is going to be everywhere again. People, wake up! He’s so four years ago! Just to make things clear: I really appreciate his old work with Aaliyah, Missy Elliott and more recently – Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. I just can’t stand how he’s stuck on repeat and people are still so excited about him. And maybe I’m wrong but I’ve got a feeling the whole album is gonna be just as I’ve-heard-it-all-before as this single.

Blah.

I’ve never been a fan of Shakira as her voice annoyed me most of the time. And so did her music, to be honest. However, I realised that things may be about to change when I heard ‘She Wolf’ single and found out that she teamed up with the legendary The Neptunes to make her new record. I was right.

So considering it’s a heavily mainstream electropop, here’s a review:

1. She Wolf – very good
2. Did It Again – very good
3. Long Time – very good
4. Why Wait - very good
5. Good Stuff - average
6. Men In This Town – quite good
7. Gypsy – poor
8. Spy – very good
9. Mon Amour - good
10. Lo Hecho Está Hecho (‘Did It Again’ Spanish version) – very good
11. Años Luz (‘Why Wait’ Spanish version) – very good
12. Loba (‘She Wolf” Spanish version) – very good

Go and get it. Really danceable.

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Overload - first single from Sugababes

About a Girl - latest single from Sugababes

The question is: if there is no original member in the group anymore, can they still call themselves Sugababes? For these who are not up to date – Keisha left the group and was replaced by Jade Ewen (whoever she is, I don’t really care anymore).

My favourite squad was Sugababes 2.0 – Mutya, Keisha and Heidi. They released three albums together, three really good albums I should say. ‘Freak like me’, ‘Round round’, ‘Stronger’, ‘Hole in the head’, ‘In the middle’, ‘Push the button’, ‘Too lost in you’… – ring a bell?

However, there are rumours about a possible reunion of the original lineup. I can’t really see it happening, though.

I’ve found this nice short clip about Sugababes history:

It’s time to rename the group.

Scroll to 2:17 in the clip below:

For more amazing fashion shows visit Victor & Rolf official website – I discovered them thanks to Róisín and I’m absolutely impressed! Fashion has never made me feel this way. When you visit their website just go upstairs…

Róisín Murphy performing at Victor & Rolf spring/summer 2010 show

Hello everyone! I wanted to return for the new season with some big news and now it’s the time. Róisín Murphy performed a couple of new songs at Victor & Rolf spring/summer 2010 show and they are killers! Instantly, I got so excited about the new album that I could hardly fall asleep that night. Seriously! I’ve got some clips from the show and two another songs from her set at Burlectric, and there is a sleek download for you too, so keep on reading.

By the way, a few days ago – on 5th October to be precise – this blog turned 1 year old! Now let’s celebrate it by listening to Róisín’s new stuff…

Before watching clips from the show have a look at what Róisín herself has to say:

Oh my lord that was terrifying on so many levels, not lest of all health & safety! Standing up on that pedestal in that dress of torture, in sky high heals in front of the fashion world, seven and a half months pregnant, if you listen carefully you can hear the fear in my voice. But I got through it and felt like a super hero, ha!!

By the way, what I performed exactly was a kind of Mega-mix, four tracks in total but only two songs. The first song is Royal T and it will appear on the Crookers album due out soon. Hold Up Your Hands dose not appear here, it is a totally different track but also a Crookers collaboration. The second is Demon Lover and I used two different Mixes crossing over on my second verse. The first version you hear is the original, Co-written and produced with Seiji. The second is a Donaeo remix. Funny how some fans really don’t like the MCing, but you know I love it.

Expect some news about a release very soon and I will be giving you guys song to download for free also, probably “Orally Fixated”. It’s a funny old time what with being up the Duff an’ all and I know this is all running a bit later than expected, so thank you for staying with me, not long now.

Okay, now here are the clips of ‘Royal T’ and ‘Demon Lover’ (the dresses are awesome too – Victor & Rolf designed a dress for ‘Overpowered’ single artwork):

You can download the audio track from the show here.

It’s not the end yet! Below, there are two more new tracks – ‘Momma’s Place’ and ‘Hold up your hands’ – from Róisín’s gig at Burlectric.

Momma’s Place

Hold Up Your Hands

I bet you’re just as excited as I am! I guess we have to wait for the new album a few more months as Róisín will have a baby in a month and a half, so I’m sure that is a priority for her. Unless she wants to have both the baby and the album out simultaneously…

Now that I’ve returned I hope you keep on visiting me more often.
See you soon.

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Back Ted N-Ted / Sam Sparro

Twitter is a gooood thing (as long as the artists you follow post decent tweets)! I follow only four artists: Imogen Heap, Kate Havnevik, Back Ted N-Ted and Sam Sparro. Last two guys have been really generous recently as they give us more than two hours of great tunes.

Back Ted N-Ted shares “1 hour and 15 minutes of fun for you. a dj mix i made for imogens release party… please share : D” – amongst the others you’ll find there Calvin Harris, Empire of the Sun, M83, Deadmau5, Booka Shade, Animal Collective, Underworld, MSTRKRFT, Le Tigre and himself – download it here.

Sam Sparro together with Jesse Rogg release their debut podcast: “IT’S HERE!! first episode of our new podcast “TURN THE RADIO OFF” downloadable now! Enjoy!!” – lots of catchy music, including Gossip, The Presets, premiere of Sparro’s remix of ‘Feelings Gone’ by Basement Jaxx featuring himself, and many fresh stuff as well as oldschool vibes. Get it here.

Hope you enjoy the downloads, I truly do! Especially the DJ set by Back Ted N-Ted that I play on repeat!

This song by Outlines made my day. Actually, I should put it the other way: my today’s morning is described in this song’s lyrics, so it made me think about the song and as a result I ended up listening to it on repeat. And since it’s a really nice tune, here I am sharing these good vibes with you.