Let's take a listen to the new Gabriella Cilmi single - listen now!

The Cilmi train keeps on rolling, following on from the top ten 'Woman On A Mission' with a brand new track that is less immediate, but absolutely brilliant in a subtle campy Bee Gees kind of way.   It's by Xenomania so it's already incredible, and is one of those rare tracks that has a verse that is almost better than the chorus.  Gabriella is also very easy on the eyes, but we all know that doesn't matter in music these days because everyone just focuses on an individual's raw talent and personality.




Yes, very nice. 

The single is out soon, but the parent album 'Ten' is available now in the UK

Sign of the Apocalypse #11 - The UK's Eurovision entry is EVEN WORSE when actually recorded

Weep for pop, dear friends.  For this...THIS...will be the shining example of pop genius that the beacon of the English speaking world will foist upon millions of unsuspecting Eurotrash come May 29th.  Witness, if you dare, the full-on studio recording of 'That Sounds Good To Me,' the Stock/Waterman-penned crime against humanity, sung by a young man who has unwittingly become the ACTUAL ANTICHRIST, leading the demonic charge across the pop skies. 

Josh Dubovie, the singer, is from Essex - the British New Jersey - and despite being rather easy on the eye doesn't exactly fill the stage with his Gaga-like presence.  Still, millions (read: a few hundred of his mother's friends) voted him as the VOICE OF A NATION on the UK Eurovision "talent" competition, so he inexplicably will be going on to represent the country in Oslo this year. 





"Null points."

Sia's new video is batshit insane and as such is brilliant - watch now

We've all come to expect very laid back, by the book video clips from Sia by now.  She continues that great tradition by appearing as a series of TERRIFYING MUPPETS in her new video.  The song is predictably great, but we can't help thinking that Miss S's attempt at creating a happy-go-lucky clip went horribly awry.  If anything, the singer's sheer joy throughout the whole thing makes it that much more horrific.  But still, good job and all that.  We're going to go cry ourselves to sleep in a corner.



"Clap Your Hands" is taken from Sia's forthcoming album "We Are Born," which is out June 7 on Monkey Puzzle records.

Kylie's new single will be for "All The Lovers" - listen to a clip now!

Yesterday Kylie's people baited us with the news that there would be a BIG IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT this morning about Miss Minogue.  Never ones to disappoint - except for during that whole X debacle -  Camp Kylie has plastered this video up in every outlet of social media known to man.  Be warned, it contains 30 seconds of a NICELY DONE SONG.



So let's recap then:  New single June 28 - All The Lovers.  New album out July 5 - Aphrodite.

Very good then.  Now let's get summer underway shall we...

A new Kylie track and a thing about the new album that is VERY AMAZING - listen now!

Hurrah, etc.

Let's take a listen to a new leaked track from the album sessions, confirmed by the producer Biffco, who said "Just an idea we played around with..."   Still, if this is the unfinished crap that didn't get included, we have a very, very good album to look forward to.



"AMAZING."

Robyn does some 'Fembots' on tv - watch the video now!

The Robyn PR machine is in full swing, with new album 'Body Talk Pt I' out June 14.  Ahead of its release there are a few buzz tracks floating out in the interwebs.  One of the best is 'Fembots,' which the Swedish songstress performed live on some nordic TV show the other day.  I think we can all agree it is very good.  

Some highlights:

1.  EVERYTHING

The end.




The album, the first of three (!!), will be released June 14 (15 in the USA).  No word yet on the release of the other 2, but they're slated for 2010 as well.  The first official single is 'Dancing On My Own,' but that isn't out until June 7.  Look for a video and some performances of that jam coming up soon.

Lolene's video has hot tattoed men, bad acting and some very good music - watch 'Electrick Hotel' now!

Lolene is an artist based in the US but hailing from the UK, in the first wave of what is sure to be a genre-mashing hybrid factory of British R&B/electro and US assemblyline pop.  Now that Estelle, Lily Allen, Taio Cruz and the like have made Brit culture, attitude and style trendy in mainstream US music, a growth industry has popped up.  It makes sense - US audiences get a hint of the exotic and get to pretend they know what Ribena is, and UK artists - once confined to the limey shores of their homeland by their unique slang and cultural references - have become exotic imports. 

Lolene is one of the forerunners leading the new British invasion, bringing her quirky style and sassiness to some very listenable pop tunes.  In a kind of warning shot to the music world, she has put out this preview video, highlighting tracks from her forthcoming album in a kind of cool way.  Check it out below - the acting is terrible but the men are hot and tattoed so it's ok.

With her buzz track 'Sexy People' already a top 5 dance hit in the US, and first official single 'Rich (Fake It Til You Make It)' ready for release next week, our guess is we will be hearing a lot more from this girl.



'Rich' is out Tuesday, with the album to come this summer

Katie Melua's new 'The Flood' video is ridiculous but in a good way - watch the premiere now!

We brought you Katie Melua's new, William Orbit-produced single a few days ago, and now a shiny new video has surfaced for the track.  ScopiSat has a bit of a weird relationship with this song, as we're in love with the first half and then completely indifferent about the rest, so hopes were high that the video could knock this over into the 'epic win' column. 
To be fair, Katie tried her hardest to please us...there are big shiny lights and mostly naked men - but there just seems to be something a little '80's budget production' about the whole thing.  Which is fine...it's not like Miss Melua is a HUGE VIDEO ARTIST or anything.  The clip is at the least passable and at the most enjoyable, and that's really all anyone can ask of a video that isn't Lady Gaga these days. 


Is anyone else worried that she's just going to go into full on Sarah Brightman mode after this?  We are :(

The single is out May 17 with the album 'The House' a week later