Solange's new album: better than her sister's last one
Beyonce's last album was rubbish. Even based on just two tracks, her sister Solange's new album — 'Sol-Angel And The Hadley St Dreams' (!!!) — is better. EXHIBIT A [audio:solange.mp3]…
The Briefing
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Here comes Lorraine yet again
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGoopmogSGA If you are interested — and why would you not be? — here is the video for Lorraine's new* single 'When I Return To The World', which is out…
Can touch this
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MRYnpQxFeI Today's Song Of The Day, 'U Wanna Little Of This' is by Ricki-Lee, a young lady from Australia. The song sounds like a Beyoncified one-woman second coming of Booty…
Win some cash! (And tickets for Sugababes at the Vodafone TBA thing)
It's competition o'clock. The prize: £100 plus three tickets to see Sugababes at the Vodafone TBA gig bonanza in Edinburgh on June 1. Apparently the gig bonanza is in fact…
The Brit Award-winning Taio Cruz stickerwatch: Part 2
For the sticker on his last single, Taio Cruz trumpeted his Brit Award-winning credentials. This time round, he's keen to highlight the Top 5 (ie Number 5) success of his…
Listen to Annie's megabrilliant album megamix
Annie's 'people' have knocked together a great megamix which includes most of the tracks on her new album, 'Don't Stop'. It lasts for almost twelve minutes. Be warned: these may…
Sharleen Spiteri's album: literally quite good
We have been enjoying the new Sharleen Spiteri album, 'Melody', recently. It's a bit of a 'Sharleen In Memphis' concept album but, in contrast with some of the joyless 60s/soul…
Someting to ponder
Now then. Does this state of play in the 'iTunes Store'… …in which the second most popular purchase from the Ting Tings album is 'Shut Up And Let Me Go',…
Bryn Christopher lets the music speak for itself
Bryn Christopher's recent Song Of The Day 'The Quest' is quite brilliant and that is all there is to it. To this end he has not deemed it necessary to make…
If it worked for Klaxons…
Here is the video for Late Of The Pier’s surprisingly danceable new single 'Space And The Woods'. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PYcl5drPDI Very good, but have they been following the guidelines set out in…