Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts Secretly Recording an Album?
Cheryl, predictably, was the first to have a go on her own, then Sarah did something (didn’t she?) – but now it could be Nicola’s turn. According to reports in The Mirror, she has been snapped up by Sony and will be recording an album of “kooky” music. Their source reported “(s)he’s an original girl...
Lady Gaga Looks to Start a Movie Career
The News of the World have reported that Gaga is making a new music movie epic, akin to Moonwalker, as she looks to start a movie career. Now they have rumours about alot of things – but this one got our attention, not least because it’s very believable. Their source was quoted as saying “Gaga is...
Shirley Manson Demo Released
Amid speculation garbage might be getting back together, Shirley Manson has put this demo out on her facebook page. Typically, the lyrics are powerful – but we can’t help thinking she’s been missing a little edge since going on hiatus from the band in 2005. Picture courtesy of watchwithkristin on flickr
Lily Allen Smile? Not if you’re Perez Hilton
Perez Hilton thrives on being…well…a bit of a nob. It was this time last year when he got hit by Will.i.am after saying some fairly provocative statements about Fergy. This he milked for all it was worth afterwards – his faux over the top outrage belying the fact that he treats such things as an...
Sony Awards for Radio Broadcasting – Chris Moyles Beaten by Scott Mills
BBC6 Music picked up two awards at the Sony Awards last night – one Rising Star Award for Jarvis Cocker, while Adam and Joe won best Comedy. In conjunction with its recently announced muchly increased year on year listening figures, this is sure to add to calls to save the station Elsewhere Scott Mills managed...
Kele Okereke, Tenderoni
While we await Kele’s first solo album away from Bloc Party, here’s the first single to be released; Tenderoni. The release is packed full of synth and suggests he will be going in a bit more of an electro direction. In a press release Kele explained: “I plugged in synths with no idea what they...
Ke$ha and Kanye West get the Cartoon Treatment
You know you’re hitting the big time when The Simpsons send you up – so Ke$sha must be over the moon that “Tik Tok” has been featured on the opening of a music dedicated episode of the show. And she’s not the only one. Kanye West took on Cleveland Jr. in The Cleveland show –...
Britney Spears Telephone Demo Leak Here
So – it’s all a bit smoke and mirrors – but it has been suggested Britney Spears originally demoed Lady Gaga’s Telephone. Rodney Jerkins who produced the song claimed last year that he and GaGa had written a song from Spears’ Circus LP but it never quite made it to the final cut. Last year...
BBC 6 Music Sees Huge Increase in Listeners
Online listening figures from Rajar show that BBC 6 Music’s audience has grown by 50% year on year, clearly rebutting arguments it is not good value for money, which were invoked to justify it’s proposed scrapping earlier this year. You can still sign the petition to save the station here. Further argument is bound to...
Shakira Most Downloaded Latin Artist
According to research by Nokia, Shakira has totted up more music downloads in the last year than any other Latino artist. Here’s the top ten in full: Top 10 Latino Artists 1. Shakira 2. Alejandro Fernández 3. Camila 4. Luis Miguel 5. Legião Urbana 6. Thalia 7. Vicente Fernández 8. Chayanne 9. José José 10....
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...
