Sometimes there is just nothing to say. This is one of those times.
Here is former glamor model/wife of Peter Andre/boob-enlarging/boob-reducing/reality-tv-starring/mess-of-a-human-being Katie Price "performing" her new single 'Free To Love Again.'
We actually hesitated before metatagging this with "new music" because while it may be the former, it is certainly not the latter...
Out now for download. Which is unfortunate, because you can't stomp on or burn a digital copy :(
Remember when we told you about the big Ace Of Base comeback? No? Well, we did and we're a little disappointed in you to be honest. :(
Anyhoodle, they are, in fact, back, and despite our initial trepidation at their new porn-star-looking leading ladies, their knack for churning out quite good songs seems pleasingly intact. In our previous article we noted that the leaked 'Mr. Replay' was a bit (read: very) crap, but perhaps this whole thing isn't going to be quite as big a shitshow as we first thought. Check out a snip of the band's new comeback single 'All For You' below.
The song is sent to Euro radio today, with no word yet on a U.S. release
Congrats are very much in order for Miss Minogue, who, 22 years to the week after her very first album stormed the charts, clocks her fifth number 1 album in the UK. This makes her the only artist in history to have a chart topping record in the 80's, 90's, 00's and 10's. You'd think that would be the best news she could hear at the moment - indeed we thought so too - but we were all wrong. It appears Kylie may actually break the US, as 'Aphrodite' has officially muscled its way to #19 in its debut week on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. This is virtually without any promotion whatsoever, and with 'All The Lovers' largely ignored by radio. Next up as a single is 'Get Outta My Way,' which has been threatening to bust into the iTunes top 100 downloads without an official release or promotion. With K-mo reportedly planning to hop over the ocean and sell the heck out of both GOOMW and the album later this summer, 'Aphrodite' could actually wind up the big U.S. breakthrough she needed. Stay tuned. You know we'll keep you updated.
Miley Cyrus (pictured above just after hearing that her album only debuted at number 3) has somehow managed to squeeze a very, very good song out of her age-inappropriate hotpants. It is called 'Two More Lonely People' and it is on her new album 'Can't Be Tamed.' It has not been announced as a single but there should be ACTUAL RIOTS if it is not. 'Lonely' is a little bit of Miley's own 'See You Again' (amazing), a little bit ABBA (AMAZING) and has a middle bit that is fists-in-the-air-while-crying-at-the-disco brilliant (self explanatory in its amazitude). Accordingly, it ticks all the pop boxes and is an absolute necessity for your summer iPod playlist.
Things have been very good in Kylie land as of late. 'All The Lovers' met expectations, but no one really expected its parent album 'Aphrodite' to make quite the impact it has. Set to debut at the top of anywhere from eight to fifteen album charts this week, the new set has certainly come out swinging. Perhaps most surprisingly - and impressively - the LP looks to enter the Billboard U.S. Albums Top 200 near or inside the top 20. For those keeping track, this would be K-mo's first top 40 album since 'Fever,' and her second highest charting album ever in the country. Even 'Body Language,' with a top 100 single ('Slow') could only manage a peak of #42, and, like the JFK assassination, we ALL remember where we were when 'X' came in at #139. 'Aphrodite,' however, peaked at #3 on iTunes and has been knocking around the top 10 all week. Not bad for a record with virtually no promotion and a single that has been largely ignored. Thanks to the surprising success of the album, and more specifically of the track 'Get Outta My Way,' which has been in the top 200 iTunes downloads in the U.S. since the album's release, camp Kylie seems to be set to launch the song as the first "real" American single. Rumblings of some excellent mainstream mixes and even U.S. promo have stateside fans titillated, but for now we will all have to make do with this blazing live performance from last night's G-A-Y show.
Killers' frontman Brandon Flowers' solo project is going full steam ahead, and it's shaping up to be rather nice indeed, if lead single 'Crossfire' is anything to go by. It's not going to change the pop landscape by any means, but - like so much of the Killers' catalog - it's got a certain polish and quality that music just doesn't often have anymore.
For the video, Flowers has gone the "epic Hollywood" route, calling on no less than Charlize Theron to pull star duty. While Brandon is tied up, tortured and otherwise bullied, Char busts in like a less hot but more sane Angelina Jolie and saves his ass. To be fair, we'd save it too. I mean, look at it. Come on.
The album "Flamingo" is out Sept 14 in the US and the 6th of Sept in the UK
History is doomed to repeat itself over and over again. This is a fact that has long been part of the human experience. Music, fashion and culture in the twenty-teens are no exception, as the 80's are all up in our grill right at the moment. Back then, thrown together outfits, outrageous looks and straight-up pop cheese were all the rage. Sound familiar? It should.
We here at ScopiSat are of the opinion that another piece of 80's history is bound to do a repeat - in America's choice of pop diva. Back in the early part of that decade, a loud, insane, over-the-top style icon burst onto the scene with crazy hair, weird clothes, and chart-topping pop tunes. Her name was Cyndi Lauper. She was quite literally the biggest thing there was, until everyone realized that the iconic hairstyles and high-concept image were both impossible to mimic and extremely 'of the moment.' And we all know that the more 'of the moment' something is, the quicker its moment passes. Cue Madonna, who busted in on the pop scene with her own (more relatable and, importantly, more marketable) iconic looks and catchy tunes, snatched the crown off Cyndi's head and set up residency at the summit of the charts for the next three decades.
Now, in 2010, we'd like to be the first to say that history - in this respect at least - is on the verge of repeating. In Lady Gaga we have a certifiably insane woman who has considerable talent, a boatload of press, great songs, and a completely unsustainable image. Notice how the whole Gaga thing has turned these past few months? 'Alejandro' came out to a chorus of 'meh's, and the press certainly isn't concerned with praising the star any longer. We're not saying she's going anywhere, but her past level of stardom and domination just can't be maintained. So if in Lady Gaga America has found its modern day Cyndi, now the hunt is on for its new Madonna.
If EMI and a number of critics have their way, Sky Ferreira just might be it. Her image is 'now' without being over-the-top, her tunes are the very definition of 'the next big thing,' and she's just underground enough to be authentic. Take a gander at her new video for the blazing pop track 'One' if you don't believe us. It was shot by the fashion photographer Rankin, and is BALLS-TO-THE-WALL BRILLIANT.
Ace of Base is amazing. Let's get that out of the way right now. Back when a hit song could be made with a Casio keyboard and a karaoke machine, AofB slapped a bunch of catchy hooks onto drum loops and took over the world to the tune of 21 million records sold of their debut album, 1993's 'The Sign.' For a band with one hot guy, two ok babes and a guy that looked like a strip club bouncer that wasn't half bad, but alas their success was relatively short lived.
A full decade and a half later (think about that for just a minute) the pop landscape has come full circle, and Gaga has ensured that the time is right for Base to be Ace again.
The group, now 'freshened up' with two porn-star looking Scandinavian girls, is back and....not quite as good as before... with new single 'Mr. Replay.' It's a Euro-reggae stomp that is neither going to change the world for the better nor ruin it BP style, and falls squarely into the 'mediocre' column. This seems to be more of a buzz track than anything else, so maybe the quartet has some big stuff up their sleeves. We wouldn't count on it, but we'll keep you posted. For now, listen to 'Mr. Replay' while two girls lez out in a promotional picture.
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