Diana Vickers Vs Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke may have beaten Diana Vickers in X Factor; but there’s every chance she’s going to be less commercially successful. Alex has just released a new video called “All Night Long” – it’s a strong pop song, but a bit derivative. The video is very similar to Lady GaGa’s Just Dance and early reactions...
E.M.I. needn’t spell disaster for England’s Music Industry
If, like I, you have been reading articles under headlines such as ‘Deadline day looms for ailing EMI’ or ‘EMI facing crisis’ you could be forgiven for assuming that EMI was in fact an acronym for England’s Music Industry as a whole, rather than the forlorn single enterprise it is. Consensus amongst analysts of the...
MIA Born Free Video Here
Ok so it’s been banned by Youtube – but we managed to track it down on Vimeo. Not sure it’s meant to be 100% serious, but around this time of year….as the sun bleaches my hair to be a slight “strawberry blonde” colour in certain lights, I’m glad someone is fighting to end the persecution...
Amy Winehouse Back Working With Mark Ronson
Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson have had a pretty tumultuous relationship – but they produce some brilliant music. Back to Black will deservedly go down as one of the best album of the ’00s; and they’re back together. Mark got a bit pissed with Amy two years ago when she refused to put in the...
MIA, Born Free Leaked
MIA’s new album has been subject to a leak (anyone think these leaks are so frequents that they must be deliberate?). However it happened, we’re pretty excited. It sounds like she is singing over Suicide’s Ghost Rider. The song constantly repeats the line “I was Born Free” – pretty apt given her recent troubles. MIA...
Bob Dylan – Plagiarist or Genius?
In a recent folk on folk attack Joni Mitchell had a snipe at Bob Dylan. In an interview with the LA Times she said: Bob is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I....
Simon Cowell Makes Times Rich List
Simon Cowell has made The Times Rich List today, adding almost £50 million to his fortune over the last year; but he only came in at number 11. Here’s the top ten music millionaires: Edgar Bronfman (£1,640m) Clive Calder (£1,300m) Lord Lloyd-Webber (£700m) Sir Cameron Mackintosh (£635m) Sir Paul McCartney (£475m) Simon Fuller (£350m) Sir...
Noel Gallagher Joins Paul Weller
Just a little while after saying Paul Weller was too wild, Noel Gallagher has popped up at one of his gigs to take the stage. Last night at London’s Relentless Garage the pair performed Oasis’ Mucky Fingers and Paul’s Echoes Round the Sun. Earlier this week though Noel told TalkSport: “I guess Weller’s my oldest...
Has Pete Doherty Killed Babyshambles?
The reunion of The Libertines has really left everyone confused to the future of Babyshambles. The sounds from Carl and Pete seem to suggest that their performances at Reading and Leeds could well lead to other things. It would seem unlikely that Pete would be able to hold down two bands, usually struggling to hold...
Girls Aloud and Lily Allen for Ivor Novello Awards – Really?
The Ivor Novello headline award looks like it could be Brit Award category this year. Dizzee Rascal, Bat for Lashes and La Roux are up for the best contemporary song. If the awards carry on this way they will end up as simply ignored footnotes. Not that these acts aren’t good – but would even...
The Coral Return!
The Coral have been off the radar for a little while now. When they released a singles collection therefore it was a little bit worrying – this so often being the last lazy attempt of record companies to cash in on bands. But no! They are back. It has been announced that on the Butterfly...
