Beautiful Electro

Little Boots next single in the UK is the lovely Earthquake. Bootsy looks absolutely stunning in the video with her gray and purple dress. There are some splendid, gentle "oh woah woahs" and beautiful, soaring high vocals. Good electro pop for the end of fall.



Mini Viva are a new British gal duo (Britt Love and Frankee Connolly), who released their first single, Left My Heart in Tokyo, in the UK in September. They were brought together by genius producers Xenomania (they do the Girls Aloud albums). Their second single is perfect for late fall and early winter. It's called I Wish and I'm quite in love with it. Popjustice was right when they compared it to Girls Aloud's hit from fall 2007, Call the Shots except I Wish is gentler. Britt Love, on left, has a slightly odd, brassy voice that adds a little something extra to their songs. The best section of I Wish is the part that comes after the chorus and at the end:

And I go oh no
He could be the one who hits the light inside my soul
Oh baby, This could be the last of my control
And I go oh no
He could be the one who hits the light inside my soul
Oh baby, This could be the last of my control

Lovely, sweet lyrics. Another great entry in the "sad disco" genre. Also, wonderfully metallic and shiny single cover. I can't wait to hear the rest of the album now. Check out the video below:

A Plethora of Pop

Shakira-She Wolf
The beloved Shakira has returned with a funky, disco jam, She Wolf, and here is the video in all its body rolling glory. The video is pretty crazy. I particularly enjoy when Shakira dances in the red sparkly cave in her oddly cut black jumpsuit. Also, the whole thing with her in the cage is fantastic, vampy, and slinky. A good comeback video.

Shakira - New Music - More Music Videos

Sugababes-Get Sexy
Okay, this is a really good Sugababes video. It's really visually appealing. Heidi (the blond one) doing her bit in a room with mirrors and green lights all over creates a very cool effect. Amelle (short hair) vamping it up in a cage. The wall graffitied pink and blue with variations on Get Sexy written. The girls dancing with glitter falling, and the girls chained together by their wrists doing herky jerky movements. It brings another aspect to the song. I still don't think it's their best single, but the video makes it better. Well done, Sugas.

Girls Can't Catch-Keep Your Head Up
Yet another British gal group to herald the arrival of. Ignore the slightly odd name and listen to their catchy electro-pop debut single. The verses are sung deliciously fast. The guitar riffs grind. All and all, a group to keep an eye on. The single was released today. Good luck in the UK charts, girls. Also, I love the concept of the video. Very random.

Madonna-Celebration
Madonna's new dancey single off her Greatest Hits collection is a good summer song. The best part is when she just talks over the beat. It's awesome. Very Confessions on a Dancefloor circa 2005.

Ashley Tisdale-Erase and Rewind
Okay, for some reason a part of me is drawn to Ashley Tisdale. She's not a very good actress and her music isn't that good either, but I thought I might find at least one gem on her new album and I did. Erase and Rewind is not original, her voice is nasal, the song is pop Slice and Bake, and it almost has a sheen to it. That being said: it's a lot of giddy fun. Best parts: "I don't wanna sound desperate but I am" and near the end of the song when everything drops out and Tiz just sings "I don't wanna feel like this, I don't want to" then she proceeds to go up the note scale singing 'Yeah ah ah ah ay" and everything comes crashing back in. I really like it.

Kelly Clarkson-Already Gone
Kels Clarkson's new single is a beautiful, sad ballad. The best lyric is "We were always meant to say goodbye". From the master of piano, drum, synth ballads: Ryan Tedder. Really pretty.

Demi Lovato-Here We Go Again
Demi Lovato is somewhat more legitimate than the Tiz. Demi knows how to rock, and she throws herself into her songs with abandon. I like some of the songs on her new CD which debuted at number 1 by the way. This is the first single Here We Go Again and even though the opening guitar part sounds like the theme song of a nineties sitcom, I still really enjoy the song. She just belts the heck out of it.

Little Boots-Remedy
Little Boots new video is not that interesting sad to say. She needs to move around more, but the song is a wild beast. The chorus is a colossal behemoth. An irresistible tune.

Lovely Ladies

Little Boots performed on this past weekend on a late night British talk show called Later With Jools Holland. She performed her debut single New in Town and her fantastic collaboration with RedOne, Remedy. Remedy is the perfect synthesis of RedOne and Little's sounds. RedOne didn't overtake this song and make it sound like Just Dance or Poker Face. As I said before, a true collaboration. The foreboding synths during the verses are delicious and the chorus is ecstatic. Her hair and dress are perfect (she should wear that dress all the time). Also, she played Le Poisson Rouge in New York the other night. Her US taster EP, Illuminations, will be out June 9th! Her album, Hands, comes out in the UK a few days before that.



Ms. GaGa performed her new jam LoveGame on the Dancing with the Stars finale last night. There was a disco stick, some sick dancing, a pink sparkly one piece outfit, and perfectly styled hair. I love around the 2:01 point where she is all up in the camera's face. Just watch:

Music Update!!!

-Sugababes have signed with Jay Z's record label here in the US! This is very exciting news. The girls have waited an awful long time to try to breakout here. They already have six albums in the bag. Anyway, the gals are currently in LA recording their seventh album with RedOne of Lady GaGa and Kat DeLuna fame. This guy is awesome. I love his beats. Sugababes + RedOne is a very interesting combo with lots of potential. Yay Sugababes on US soil! Here's what they posted on their twitter on Friday: 2 tracks done with redone!!!!!!! love it. Next we're feeling a collabo coming on... Any guess's? Cant wait!!!!!!!!! - Sugababes in LA :)

-Little Boots' video for her fantastic song New in Town debuted last week. It's a little bit meh. She doesn't do much. I like her blue dress though. I am officially obsessed with the song though. The chorus is a massive beast of awesomeness. Also, speaking of RedOne, she did a song with him for her debut album. It's called Remedy and I've heard a clip. It's a good melding of their styles. It's not overly RedOne. A true collaboration.



-Fantastic new song: When Love Takes Over by French DJ David Guetta with vocals by Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child. There are a couple versions of this positively epic club anthem. There's a long one and a short one. The three minute edit doesn't do the song justice. The song just soars especially due to Kelly's great vocals. There's a great breakdown after the chorus (around 1:36). Infectious synth dance madness. Perfect summer song.


-Sean Kingston of "Beautiful Girls", "Me Love", and "Take You There" fame, has returned. His new album will be out this summer. The first single is called Fire Burning and it's produced by none other than RedOne (speak of the devil). This is going to be another massive hit for Kingston. It's one of those songs where you hear it for the first time and you just know it's going to be a beast of a hit. Some choice lyrics from the song are: "She get it pop it lock it drop it, That birthday cake" (birthday cake is an interesting way to describe the booty-inventive), and "She’s fire burning, fire burning on the dance floor That little shawty’s fire burning on the dance floor" (fire burning is a FANTASTIC way to describe a dancing maniac). At around 3:14, the song kind of drops out a bit and Sean just sings much like in Just Dance when the beat drops out for a few seconds then comes roaring back in. Very effective. Well, what a comeback single Sean!

Lovely Little Boots

Album cover (left), single cover (below)

Little Boots is an electro pop singer from the UK. She does awesome covers of popular songs on her Youtube Channel. She did a super fantastic piano version of Girls Aloud's Sexy! No, No, No! It is a thing of beauty. Her original songs are quite good too. Stuck on Repeat is an epic dance track, and Meddle is a rollicking high-octane good time. Her first single is going to be a song called New in Town which has an extremely catchy chorus. It's a grower. She also has a song with the lead singer of The Human League on her album called Symmetry. The clips of Symmetry I've heard are very promising. Her album, Hands, comes out June 8th. The album is being produced by Greg Kurstin who also produced Lily Allen's fantastic It's Not Me, It's You album and is one half of The Bird and the Bee. Little Boots really loves pop music and seems like a really sweet and charming little lady.

P.S. I adore her single and album artwork. So fierce. Check out them super chic and mod dresses she's rocking.

Check out her myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/littlebootsmusic

And her Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/littlebootsvideos