A very big congratulations to our fave Neon Hitch for making her network television debut last night on Jimmy Fallon's Late Show. Hitch performed "Ass Back Home" together with Gym Class Heroes, which is the group's second single from their new studio album. Singing that oh-so-pretty hook, Neon looked her fine and fabulous self totally ready for the big time.
Right at the edge of the year, Swedish pop trio Miike Snow delighted fans and music lovers with a brand-new track that easily passes as one of my favorite tracks of 2011. "Devils Works" is perfect in every way. Innovatively combining live instrumentation with unorthodox, electro-edged production stylings, the song is wildly-unique yet completely accessible with its pop-savvy undertones. It's dramatic, nostalgic, euphoric and utterly amazing. On repeat. Perfection. That's all.
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GRAMMY-nominated electro pop pioneers Goldfrapp are set to release a brand-new greatest hits collecton, entitled "The Singles," on February 7, 2012 in the U.S. through Astralwerks records. To introduce this compilation of hits, the duo of Will Gregory and Alison Golfrap treat fans to "Yellow Halo," a slow-churning synth pop gem that is one of the two new tracks included on the album alongside the "defiant" new wave ballad "Melancholy Sky." A video (that was enirely shot on an iPhone) for "Yellow Halo" was released on Vevo this week and features a meaningful ending with a live soundbyte of Alison thanking her fans.
"The Singles" is marked as a "career-spanning overview" that features tracks from the duo's five critically acclaimed albums. A press release notes," Goldfrapp has explored a range of musical styles in their songs, although many songs are characterized by Alison Goldfrapp's distinctive breathy, soft soprano vocals and Will Gregory's multi-layered synthesizer and string arrangements."
The cover art of "The Singles" also recycles some of Goldfrapp's history, showing a collage that reflects bits and pieces from their previous album art. "The Singles" includes the group's best musical moments - ranging from their crunchy electro-folk to their stomping disco pop. Songs featured on the greatest hits compilations are "Ooh La La," "Number 1," "Strict Machine," Lovely Head," "Utopia (Genetically Enriched)," "A&E," Happiness," "Train," Ride A White Horse," "Rocket," "Believer," Black Cherry," Yellow Halo" and "Melancholy Sky."
Frequent readers of this blog may remember that I first alerted you about U.K. pop outfit The Gadsens almost four years ago when they hit the scene with the oh-so-very gorgeous "The Sailor Song." That song received wide critical-acclaim with noteworthy mentions by BBC radio jocks and The Guardian. The track was also picked by Greenpeace, Oxfam and WaterAid as the music for 2009's Glastonbury Festival awareness video.
Now, four years later, The Gadsens have gone through a bit of a transformation. The group has been revamped and rebuilt, and returns this month as Autoheart. But fans fear not. The band still cranks out beautifully melodic alt-pop that is worth your attention. The new band name is just a little easier to pronounce and reflects a fresh new start for the group.
So with a new name and a new line up also comes a new single. Listen to the brand-new "Control" that was written by the band and produced by Danton Supple, the soundboard wizard behind Coldplay's "X&Y." Autoheart started recording their new music in the North East of England during what has now become fondly known as "the big freeze". The cold, foreboding weather was a rather appropriate backdrop to "Control" which is a stark portrait of the reality of the breakdown of a doomed relationship.
Preview the single and grab a free download of the song on the group's Facebook page next week.
There's really no better way than to start your Friday, scream "TGIF!" and welcome the weekend with some fantastic new pop. Check out the sparkly and finely-tuned "Music To Make The Boys Cry," the brand-new single from British singer'songwriter (and budding fashionista) Diana Vickers who unleashed the song on her web site this morning.(Grab it here for free.)
Beautifully lush and instantly catchy, this mighty new ditty is nothing short of pop perfection with Vickers' pitch-perfect vocals, a sparse, shimmering synth arrangement and a hooky, chorus that will have you humming along the moment it hits. Good pop needs to pack a bittersweet sentiment and that's exactly what Vickers candidly admits to on this song. "I've always liked my romance bittersweet, it's what I need," she sings, revealing what a true pop trooper she is.
Still new to most in America, Vickers is well-known name to pop fans over in the U.K. who first heard about her when she appeared as a contestant on the massively popular British version of The X Factor back in 2008. She caused an upset when she was eliminated in the semi-finals even though she was the judges' favorite to win.
Since then, Vickers released "Songs From The Tained Cherry Tree" in 2010 that garnered her a few hit singles. Earlier this year, while recording songs from her follow up LP, it was announced that she parted ways with her Sony/RCA label (due to "creative differences") and she also changed her management company to move into a "more indie, less commercial direction."
But judging from this hot new little ditty fans shouldn't fear that Vickers has fully changed course and navigated away from pop. "Music To Make The Boys Cry" is a pop gem of the first degree that has me curious to hear more soon.
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