Mika's new video is 'Kick Ass' - watch now!

Mika's comeback hasn't gone 100% to plan, as he has fallen victim to the sophomore slump in a big way.  This probably isn't a surprise to anyone, as a large part of his success the first time around was his novelty.  With his current album, Mika stuck to his formula but added in some nice touches, and met with a resounding 'meh' from the charts.  So what is a flailing popstar to do?  Chuck out a soundtrack jam produced by Gaga's musical sherpa RedOne, of course. 

It's a step in a different, chav-friendly direction, but we're not here to judge.  In any case, the song isn't terrible by any means, and serves as a kind of theme track to the new film 'Kick Ass.'  See what they did there?  With the names?  Clever, right?



"Kick Ass" features on the soundtrack of the new film of the same name

Sign of the Apocalpyse #9: This is the UK's Eurovision entry this year

It's that time of year again.  When the Page 3 models, "not gay" West End stars, and all the girls that have been chucked out of Sugababes come out of the woodwork to vie for the chance to represent the glorious United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest.  With all that raw, stunning talent (this process gave us Scooch, remember) we are sure to have a winner on our hands, as some guy named Josh walked away with the "honor."  He will be singing a thing by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman (2 of the 3 guys in Stock, Aitken, Waterman - the team that gave us masterpieces by Bananarama and Kylie, and frankly, gentlemen, we expected a bit better) and is certain to get....about 5 points total. 



The final is on May 29. 

Robyn's new album preview sounds very very promising - watch the video now!

Robyn, the same Scandi-songstress that gave us 'Show Me Love' back in 1996, went away for a while and then staged an epic comeback a couple years ago with 'Every Heartbeat' and the absolutely sublime 'Be Mine!', has been working on her brand spankin new album.  Expectations are high, since her last album was an instant classic, but from the sounds of the tracks on this video she has pretty much delivered. 




And just in case you've forgotten just how LITERALLY SPECTACULAR she can be, here's Robyn's 'Be Mine!' in all its glory:


Robyn - Be Mine 2006
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There's no release date yet for the new material, and no word of what the lead single will be, but expect an announcement soon.  We'll have all the details for you when it happens.

Dragonette (the band no one knows but everyone should) are 'Easy' - watch the live video now!

We love Dragonette.  We worship them, in fact.  We sometimes wonder, in our darkest moments, if we can really continue to live in a world that does not also love and worship such an OBVIOUSLY SPECTACULAR band.

They've been on the cusp of breaking out for about three albums now, but we hold out hope that one day, somehow, it will actually happen.

Until then, here is their new single, performed live on CBC Radio One's GO:



"Incredible."

Because the live session isn't the highest quality, here's the original taken from their current album, 'Fixin To Thrill.'

"INCREDIBLE."

The single is out this spring.

In case you hadn't heard, Lady Gaga has done a video for a song called 'Telephone'

Oh you had?  Well here it is:



Some notes:

1.  Beyonce makes a very good Bettie Page
2.  By going straight from stealing chubby early 80's Madonna's look to stealing svelte early 90's Madonna's classy Blonde Ambition look, Gaga has graciously sidestepped the whole mid-80's True Blue-era cropped platinum/unruly eyebrows/"capri pants give you chubby ankles" mess
3.  For some reason we MUST have a Virgin Mobile phone now
4.  Somewhere Quentin Tarantino is rubbing one out while watching a wall of plasma screen televisions all playing this video clip on a loop
5.  Beyonce is AMAZING
6.  Lady Gaga is AMAZING
7.  This video is AMAZING

Remember Monica? Us either, but she has a new album coming out and you can listen to the sampler now!

Once there was a girl who sang a song with another girl called 'The Boy Is Mine' and then did some other things and then disappeared.  The 'girl' was Monica, and the other girl was 'Brandy' (or Bran-Nu, as her forthcoming and rather amazing rap alter ego calls herself).  Well Monica has been hard at work on a new album to come out later this year, and has been kind enough to chuck up a sampler of some of the tracks.

It's nothing that will set the world afire, but it's better than a punch in the throat with an open fist. 



Monica's new album, 'Still Standing' is out March 23, and the lead single is out now.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is back in a big way with 'Bittersweet' - listen to the premiere now!

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is amazing.  Let's just get that out of the way now.  Even her crap indie stuff before she went all pop was above average, and since 'Murder On The Dancefloor' and 'Take Me Home' she's been on quite the roll.  Last we heard from her she was warbling on the Freemasons' 'Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer),' the under-rated top 20 hit that, while it didn't hit the top of the charts, managed to stick around the best seller list for an impressive duration.  It was a one-off track, but reminded us just how much we missed her.  Well now, Sophie's ready with an album of her own, and new baby in tow, is launching herself back into the spotlight.  Here is the Freemasons' mix of 'Bittersweet,' and I think we can all agree it is MILES AWAY FROM TERRIBLE. 



"Welcome back."

Further proof that Gabriella Cilmi will soon rule the world - watch 'Hearts Don't Lie' live now!

Gabriella's current EPIC POP SMASH 'Woman On A Mission' was released yesterday in the UK and is already selling bucketloads, but as bitchy pop fans we are already looking to the next thing on the horizon.  Luckily for all of us, it looks just as good as 'Mission.' 

At her single launch at London's G-A-Y, Gabriella and her very nice outfit performed a couple new tracks off the forthcoming album, and from the sound of it they're going to be rather good indeed.  Here's 'Hearts Don't Lie:'



Even a dodgy video can't hide the fact this song is MORE THAN ADEQUATE. 

The album hits on March 22 in the UK and Australia