Former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt's new video is 'Candy'-tastic - watch now!

Kimberly Wyatt, pictured here at a busted weave competition, left the Pussycat Dolls back when they were actually relevant, and has since done....nothing.  Her publicist would have you believe that's all set to change this year, though, as Ms. Wyatt is prepping to release her debut solo album, and leads what will probably be a half-assed media blitz (we're looking at you, 'The Bonnie Hunt Show') with new track 'Candy.'  It's not really HER song, but after essentially being Nicole Scherzinger's backup dancer for a few years, Kim is more than used to playing second fiddle.  The main artist is actually something called Agros Santos and we can't be bothered to look up anymore about him so that's all we're going to say about that.

In any case it's a catchily addictive, if a little repetitive, dance floor filler that ticks all the boxes without ever really blowing your socks off. 

A nice 7/10.  Bring on the album, Kim.

Janelle Monae walks the 'Tightrope' in a great new video - watch the premiere now!

Janelle Monae is a Grammy nominated singer that no one has ever heard of.  She made a few waves (and some awards noise) with her debut EP back in '07, but hasn't done a whole lot since.  Now Miss Monae is gearing up for a full on album attack, with her LP 'The Arch Android' slated for a May 18 release, and the lead single is what we like to call VERY GOOD.  It's a bit Outkast-y, which is unsurprising as it features Big Boi, but isn't as annoying as we found much of their stuff.   The video, for its part, is pretty much what 'Shutter Island' should have been.  Seriously.   



'The Arch Android' is out May 18 on Bad Boy Records

Monarchy show us 'The Phoenix Alive' in new video - watch now!

It's springtime, and nothing says "gays in booty shorts" like a nice electronic pop jam. Cue new band Monarchy, a London-based duo whom little else is known about. Mysterious? Yes. Brilliant? Also yes.


It's certainly not going to change the world, but it sure makes it a better place to live in.

Katie Melua's new single with William Orbit is brilliant and you can listen to it now!

Katie Melua never really knocked our socks off, to be honest.  It was all a bit whiny guitar pop but without the bite of greats like Brandi Carlisle or Ani Difranco.  Enter William Orbit, the guy who is probably most famous for being the man behind Madonna's 'Ray of Light,' and suddenly we are very very interested in what Melua's new album will bring.  If this lead single is anything to go by, the project is going to go down as a raging success - at least artistically.  As great as this song is, it's certainly not screaming 'radio-friendly,'  at least to our ears.  Still, it is very very good and starts off as a moody Bond theme and ends as a disco-y Bond theme.



Did we mention it was good?
Out May 17

Janet Jackson goes all 'Nothing' in new video - watch the premiere now!

Janet Jackson hasn't had an actual hit in a very long time.  This new track could change that, though, as it's a quite listenable ballad that wouldn't seem too out of place in the early 90's and therefore makes ScopiSat very happy.  'Nothing' is from Jackson's new movie, 'Why Did I Get Married Too' and features AMAZING LOW BUDGET EFFECTS along with some random clips from the film.  Again, early 90's.  Ah, the good old days...

In any case, it's pretty much 'Again' mk II, and really doesn't break any new ground whatsoever.  Still, it's nice and has a good little hook.  Chalk this one up as a win.  



Also there are shoulderpads.  Epic, epic shoulderpads.

Mini Viva just want 'One Touch' in new video - watch now!

Mini Viva burst onto the scene with the brilliant top 10 UK hit 'Left My Heart In Tokyo.'   Insanely catchy and pushing the boundaries of novelty, it crashed the charts at number 7 and put the Viva name on the map.  For the next single, the girls' keepers chucked out 'I Wish,' a lower energy techno ballad thing that, in our opinion, charted about as high as it deserved.  At 73.  It's back to the proven formula with Mini's third single, thankfully, and 'One Touch' is a delightful little slice of pop perfection.  It may not reach the heights of the band's debut, but it will at least keep us interested until their album hits later this year. 



The single is out May 10

Christina Aguilera finally unveils 'Not Myself Tonight' - listen to the song premiere now!

It's 'Sexyback' - lite.  It's 'Dirrty' but a little cleaner.  It's the new Christina Aguilera track on which we've been waiting for about a year now.  There was a whole countdown thing on her website that ended up ticking down the minutes until we were given....a picture of Christina Aguilera with a tail.  Then there was another countdown to something else irrelevant and now FINALLY there is this.  Was it worth the wait?  We're inclined to say no - not out of pessimism or some sort of retaliation for the tedious countdown, but because it just isn't one of her best songs.  The verses are a little weird, the chorus isn't particularly catchy, and as we alluded to before, the backing track is a 'Sexyback' ripoff.  There's a cool bit where the producer did a jumpy thing with her voice though.  It occurs at the exact 2:00 mark and is a tiny bit brilliant. 



The album is out June 8. 

Cyndi Lauper and Tori Amos ask 'Why Don't You Love Me' in their new duet - listen now!

In this post-"homosexual Ricky Martin"-world we're really not sure which way is up anymore.  The news was SUCH A SHOCK, however, that on the plus side it blunted the surprise when we heard about this ....odd pairing: 

Cyndi Lauper and Tori Amos were bound to do a duet together at some point because they are such a natural fit, both personality-wise and musically.  For all you ESL students out there, that is sarcasm.  All kidding aside, though, their voices actually work really well and the song is a little bit rad.

Cyndi has been doing a lot of not-musical stuff lately, teaming up with Lady Gaga to warn women of the dangers of HIV/AIDS and such.  Tori Amos, meanwhile, has just been getting weirder since we lost interest after 'Spark' so we can't really say what she's been up to.  It's not important. 

What is important is that the song comes from the forthcoming FATBOY SLIM/DAVID BYRNE CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT IMELDA MARCOS.  If that sentence didn't send shivers down your pop-spine then we have nothing left to say to you.  Because I think we all know it is going to be AMAZING.




Out April 6 on Nonesuch Records