Blog: It's Pop!

Last night (Feb 5) Madonna performed at the Superbowl half-time show in Indianapolis to an audience of about the entire humanity and beyond. Although I have to admit I was expecting even more, the Queen of Pop delivered. Dozen dancers, acrobats, absolute morons (LMFAO) and more golden costumes Dolce & Gabbana could ever think of. Of course the lip-synching was obvious (a bit less on Music & Like A Prayer ), but is that a surprise to anyone, really? What's important is the [...]

Nerina Pallot - All Bets Are Off (We Are The Chatterleys Alt Mix) by Nerina Pallot #What? All Bets Are Off (single + Remix) #Who? Nerina Pallot . If you've read this blog before, you know the lady's latest album "Year Of the Wolf" was a favorite of mine last year. Try these posts for proof. [...]

MADONNA , THE (MOSTLY) FLAWLESS QUEEN OF POP IS BACK. Now would all pop losers please move over? What do you think ?

#What? Black White & Blue (single) #Who? Ladyhawke . The woman is quite reliable when it comes to delivering good pop. Remeber her self-titled debut album? I'll tell you what, it was great. #Fact/ First single Black, White & Blue is taken for her upcoming second album Anxiety , out February 20th. I've been able to listen to it and my initial thought is: good job, woman. More [...]

In order to save myself some time, and because good PR has to be noted when it happens, here's what will probably be remembered as my greatest piece of writing ever: the whole press release regarding Madonna 's new album MDNA , which will be released on March 26. Thanks Madge, but my band Studio Paradise is releasing their debut EP on the same day, [...]

Revolver 's excellent second album won't be out until March 12 in France, but their Wind Song EP gives you a taste of what to come (I told you about it here). On Tuesday they played their first parisian show in quite a while to test the new songs, and boy they delivered. Perfect show from start to finish, amazing new songs, great additions to the band (on the bass & drums) and beautiful [...]

#K25 is Kylie 's own way to celebrate her 25th anniversary in the music business. Starting January 25th, she'll be unveiling stuff to celebrate the milestone. Basically she'll make her fans happy! Tomorrow when hashtag #k25fans reaches 25 000 retweets on Twitter she'll unveil the full video for the orchestral version of 1992 hit Finer Feelings. Cause yeah, Min's been hard at work in the studio with the whole Aphrodite Team (band, vocalists and producer Steve Anderson) to record an orchestral best-of album. [...]

<p><p&a mp;amp;amp;gt;&amp ;amp;amp;lt;a href=" http://cocomorier.bandcamp.com /album/coco-morier-ep"&amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Coco Morier EP by Coco Morier&amp ;lt;/a&amp ;gt;</p&amp ;amp;amp;amp;gt;</p> #What? Coco Morier EP (EP) #Who? New popstar alert!!! Coco Morier is my first pop crush of 2012. #Fact/ I so totally stumbled on her Facebook fanpage thanks to the always reliable (except when he's stanning over Heidi Montag ;) ) Muumuse . Now I'm learning she's a songwriter who's written many a song for Britney ( Heaven On Earth , top-notch [...]

A few facts : - 2012 marks the 25th year of Kylie in the music business. Expect lots of cool things to happen (the first one being an orchestral best-of album). - Kylie's music career is probably one of the most iconic and interesting in modern pop. Ups, downs, cheesy tracks, ambitious indie moments, unforgettable performances and videos, and of course countless hits. - Someone made a 17-minute [...]

I told you about the awesomeness of the new The Asteroids Galaxy Tour single last Monday . Since then my friends from 3ème Gauche TV and I have been able to meet Mette & Lars and interview them. While our chat will be posted a bit later, we've got something great to keep you waiting! The Danish twosome played the Heart Attack just for us, in an acoustic fashion that suits it very well! [...]

#What? Next To Me (single) #Who? Emeli Sandé is quite hot at the moment. After the big success of her debut single Heaven last fall, a Brits Critics Choice Award, and an opening slot on Coldplay's European tour, Emeli's one of the most anticipated artist of 2012. #Fact/ With this single being reminiscent of Rolling In The Deep , and her debut album sounding like a balladfest (listen to snippets [...]

#What? Dougou Badia (single) #Who? Amadou & Mariam feat. Santigold . The couple from Mali were joined by queen of crazy tribal pop for one of the many collaborations on A&M's forthcoming album Folila, out March 26. #Fact/ Amadou & Mariam might be the most successful African musicians at the moment. If you've never listened to their soulful and beautiful music, well you should. [...]

#What? Battlegound (single) #Who? War Of Words . I told you about those girls a while back , saying their two (TWO) debut singles were awesome. Not much has changed since then. Still awesome. #Fact/ So, Battleground is one of two singles that should launch this UK female twosome properly. Instead, both singles are probably going to go unnoticed, because radio people and the "record"-buying public are pretty much [...]

#What? Heart Attack (single) #Who? The Asteroids Galaxy Tour . A Danish band already responsible for one amazing single : The Sun Ain't Shining No More . And another one, Around The Bend , which was featured in an iPod commercial back in 2008. #Fact/ This very very good and very very Dragonette-esque new single from the Danish twosome introduces [...]

#What? Simple Song (single) #Who? The Shins . A US band I like a lot because a) they did amazing songs that were on the OST for that cool movie with the guy from Scrubs and Natalie Portman (Garden State) and b) they have a song called Australia that was conveniently released when my sister left for a year down under, so I was able to make her a mix CD with this song on [...]

#What? Impressive Instant / Burning Up medley (unreleased mashup) #Who? Madonna . I thought the announcement of her new album's name was worth celebrating a bit more. #Fact/ This amazing mashup was supposed to be part of M's latest tour Sticky And Sweet Tour (2008/2009) as part of the last act of the show. Unfortunately it was left aside at the last minute. Too [...]

M.D.N.A. ! The name of the new album was just announced on the Queen's official Facebook page. Sounds good, right? Debut single Gimme All Your Luvin (God that title sucks) will premiere at the Superbowl half-time show on February 5th, and maybe even before if it leaks like an Xtina at a Taco Bell restaurant. The new era is ON!

Stevie Wonder: Studio Paradise: Studio Paradise - I Am the Walrus (The Beatles cover) by STUDIO PARADISE #What? We Can Work It Out (my fave Beatles song? Probably) / I Am The Walrus (album tracks) #Who? Soul legend Stevie Wonder (kinda hope you know who he [...]

Aloud fans (and others), this track is worth your attention! #What? Memory Of You (b-side) #Who? Flawless solo popstar and one fifth of UK girlband Girls Aloud Nicola Roberts released Yo-Yo , the excellent third single off her debut album Cinderella's Eyes on [...]

Guys, gals and robots, I only have one thing to say: my birthday is on April 2nd. You know what to do.