luckily me and my fellow gossip whore friends were able to find a live stream of this so we were able to watch it in real time!
she had 2 other performances this weekend, one on the Bambi Awards in Germany, and another on Star Academy in France. XFactor is taped in England. this one was the best of the three. many fans, including myself feel like she really needs time to get her confidence back, and thats exactly whats happening. she breaks out of her shell here!
this morning on ONTD, someone posted a new song by M.I.A that is featured in the beginning scenes of the Indian independent film "Slumdog Millionaire". with a look at the trailer, it seems like the movie is pretty good! direction looks good, nice music (minus the overplayed Ting Ting's "Great DJ"), and the plot seems rivoting. ill have to find some way to see this. M.I.A's involvement certainly secures its credibility for me.
after you watch the trailer above, listen to the song "O...Saya"
M.I.A also talks about the first artist under her new label: The soundtrack to "Slumdog Millionaire" will mark the first release on M.I.A.'s Interscope label, N.E.E.T. In 2009, M.I.A. said, the label will release her first signing, Baltimore's teenage rapper Rye Rye, whose club rave-up, "Shake It to the Ground," comes off as a more Americanized M.I.A., but no less energetic or resilient.
Working with Rye Rye, said M.I.A., has inspired her to get back into the studio to work on her third record. She offered no timetable. "I’m just writing," said M.I.A., who is pregnant with her first child. "You have to be in the habit of writing as much as possible. I don’t have any sort of process. I have all the artwork done and everything, but I don’t have any thoughts as to how this album should sound. It’s weird. I just need to find where I am and what I’m thinking."
She excitedly speaks of Rye Rye as a sort of pet project, noting she does all of Rye Rye's "production, and I do all her styling. I dye her weave." The 17-year-old rapper has a more hard-core club sound than M.I.A.'s globe-trotting electronics, and it sounds like being a label head has provided M.I.A. an opportunity to live vicariously. "Rye Rye's record was really clubby, and that’s where I started, and she fits that so well," M.I.A. said. "Her music has so much energy. I kind of exhaust with that her. So when I’m sitting down to write my own music, it’s coming from a different place. I want to be able to do things that I feel like are not getting said."
in an attempt to promote their latest issue coming out next week, Nylon magazine has released a video of Lily Allen's covershoot, along with some sort of haphazard interview.
eh, usually i dont like posting about the same person/thing two posts in a row, but ill make an exception here. today i saw some pics from lily allen's video shoot for the song "fear". i looked for the song on youtube so i could post it here, but doesnt look like there is one.
edit: found a youtube version of the song. i was confused because formerly i knew it as "i dont know". great great great song.
although id love nothing more than to have a massive bonfire to rid the world of this magazine, i have to admit ill probs buy this issue solely for this article. it better be good!
i dont know why shes doing covers yet though, her album isnt dropping until feb.
lord christ, i cant even handle this!! three more tracks from Circus have leaked tonight! one of them is written by Lady Gaga and features her in the background vocals. EPIC EPIC EPIC EPIC.
here is the gaga song Quicksand:
rock boy:
trouble:
about a similar track that was leaked on youtube the other day that was rumored to be gaga's "Quicksand", Gaga said “The rumored clip of Britney Spears’ Song, Quicksand, which I wrote that is being viewed online is totally not legit, and is farthest from the actual track. I’ve heard it many times, and if the song is put on the record, you’ll all see it then and only then. Until My work is 100% complete it is not to be posted all around the web and that goes against everything that I believe in as I do my job”
looks like its too late gaga! its leaked and i LOVE IT. you OWN. i promise u this version is the real thing, be careful when u search it on youtube, because there are like 7 fake versions.
ok guys, heres the deal. after i posted the song "Circus" yesterday, about 90% of the album leaked. and let me tell you, it is EPIC. she has a good mix of tones and styles, and theres only one or two songs that i would consider skipping when listening to the album in full.
im gonna post everything i could find on youtube below the cut, but be warned that the songs may be taken down. if you do a little search, im sure you can find the downloads. make sure you still BUY the album when it comes out.
also, justjared has revealed that brit will be at the tree lighting ceremony in NYC's Rockefeller Center, details of her appearance are still being worked out however. no word on a live performance.
first, id like to say that im sorry for not posting for song long, if i have any readers left that is. this semester is taking its toll, and i am trying to get that Lady Gaga fan community up and running. also theres some general laziness factors.
MOVING ON. slowly but surely Britney Spears' upcoming album "Circus" is leaking. for those who are britney fans, this is EPIC. ill be posting any songs that become available in full. in advance, i apologize if any youtube vids are taken down.
the one i have right now is for the song "Circus". the vid is low quality, but the song is GREAT. this album is going to be awesome. hopefully my gaga addiction will be cured by then. ]
if any more become available, this post will be edited and vids will be placed below the cut.
right now, im still stuck on Gaga, but you can thank her for my latest fascination with electro-pop. while on a search for album reviews, i stumbled upon a picture of little boots, and decided to check her out. AND shes awsome. on youtube, she posts performances of all her songs, along with some covers, using this cool little instrument called the tenorion.
check out her myspace for a couple songs or go to her youtube channel. shes not currently on itunes and i have no idea if she has a cd out. shes based in london, so if u live there maybe shes on that version of itunes? also shes on radio 1 live lounge tomorrow.
the other day, i got a text message from my friend LO. it read "duffy is on the view!!!" meanwhile, im walking into my cost accounting test, miserable, worried, anxious, and nauseous. i dont think i answered her. but now i thank her because my test is over, and i knew to look for a vid of this on youtube!
good news for everyone who appreciated the producer of "back to black", amy winehouse's second album. looks like they have healed their wounds and are teaming up together to make more music.
amy said recently that she had written enough songs for another album and maybe an ep so looks like the ball has already been rolling. i would post the interview where she reveals this, except for i listened to it a number of days ago and it was only an audio file, which i do not know how to upload onto this thing.
anyways, i dont have any concrete evidence for this, other than here.
a. i started a Live Journal fansite for Lady Gaga with a couple of people from Oh No They Didnt. that way, i dont have to post about it on here like 300 times. SO if your a lady gaga fan, hop on over. there is also a link to the right in the "Want More?" section.
only true lily allen fans and dedicated gossip hounds will appreciate the fuckery of this video. idk if its fan made or truly something she had a creative hand in, but its bloody brazilliant:
basic premise: everyones on some kind of drug or medicated so just fucking accept it. shes like the poor man's M.I.A- social commentary in an obvious way and not buried into the song. i love her soo much! this is just a snip of the song but u can get the entire version on her myspace, see link in the "check them out" section on the right side of my page.
ive known about Lady Gaga for a while, mostly because of JO. but it takes me a while to become a full blown aficionado on an artist, but once it starts, its quick and complete. ill know everything there is to know about the artist, where they are from, how they got their start, what their past material is, etc. Lady Gaga is no different. the turning point was seeing the Poker Face video. i hate music videos because alot of the time they have nothing to do with the song and the direction sucks, etc. but this video is sooooo different! it seems to go along with the song, the imagery and direction are great, and the song also, naturally, is awesome.
of course, there exists no official video on youtube, and even if there was, the embed would be disabled, so instead ill have to link you. i promise you. this video is worth a watch.
alright nevermind. i dont get why these record companies take artists videos off youtube! its like free advertising and publicity for them! o well. it was on her website as of last night, i physically watched it on there like 3 times and now its gone. maybe they strong armed her into taking it off? wtf! heres what im going to do. im adding lady gaga's blog (yes she updates her own blog) to my blogroll and its likely if the video is added back it will show up.
make sure you check out her "Transmission Gaga-Vision" video diaries. they kind of take you along with her on her on going press tour. i think she adds a new one every week?
ps. her album drops the 28th...and there's a performance and signing on the 27th at the Virgin store in NYC if ne one is in the area
alright heres the deal. duffy, recognizing her success, is doing the smart thing and re-releasing her Rockferry album in a two disc deluxe edition. no doubt itunes will make you buy the entire thing in order to get all of the extras and b-sides, they are just annoying like that.
only the brits and some crafty americans have heard the b-sides before so this is exciting news for a huge fan like me (i refuse to illegally download music, which is why i havent gotten the b-sides). shes also releasing a new single, which is called "Rain on Your Parade". I embeded the music vid here for you guys to have a listen, but ill give you a quick rundown:
1. its more uptempo than most of her stuff, quite similar to the way mercy is. 2. she takes it a little far with her vibratto, furthering the theory that she is not, in any way, commercial. only a select few can put up with it, heck i barely can and im constantly championing her. 3. her attempts at any dancing in the video are pathetic, and further endear her to me. 4. i am not sure if this is a completely new song, or if it was a b-side on the brit album. 5. this is exactly what she sounds like live, which is either a good or bad thing depending on how you see it.
if there are any brits out there reading this, help a sister out! im too tired to research but id love a list of the extra songs so i can tell all of the yankees over here what to expect.
i took away the little sources section of my site and instead am linking you to all my favorite artists myspace music pages. i want to help them in anyway get more exposure. there will be some big names on here along with some you will only know (likely) if your from europe (the UK specifically). also, i have some special notes on some of the artists:
1. Chromeo is re-releasing their "Fancy Footwork" album with new remixes of songs that were on the original album. their myspace features one of the remixes which is actually pretty good.
2. On Duffy's page, she has the audio from the Radio1 Live Lounge interview, which for Americans we were not previously able to hear.
3. Keane's album "Perfect Symmetry" came out today. i bought it on itunes and it (the deluxe version-$12.99) comes with some videos which i havent watched yet, and a bunch of demo versions of songs on the album. from what i can tell so far, i like the new sound. i see them taking a little bit of influence from the shins maybe? but they are still keane (aka pretty vocals and lots of piano). usually it takes me a couple weeks to really pick apart an album.
the musical legend that is Bjork teamed up with another musical legend (in fact more like a god)- Tom Yorke to produce a "rallying call" of sorts to help Iceland claim back its natural resources from big business. i dont know much about iceland, but i am sure its a beautiful country and i support their cause! anyways, im gonna link you to the stream if u want to hear it, but be forewarned its going to be taken down in the near future. thats because 100% of the proceeds from the song's purchase go to an Icelandic organization "Naturra" (the song shares the same name).
Anyways, the song is very good, very Bjork but also you can tell theirs Yorke's Radiohead spin on it. Only those innately familiar with OK Computer and beyond will pick up on it though.
ps. i cant think of Bjork without thinking of this song:
it all makes sense now why M.I.A was so adamant about taking time off from touring and stuff! it was because she was pregs! as we all know, shes engaged to some guy whos name escapes me at the moment, but becoming a mom is definitely a reason to leave the spotlight.
she broke retirement last night to perform at some event for Diesel Jeans. According to this fan, her show was awesome.
hopefully we will see a new album once shes all settled in with the baby! Read more!
