Listening to new music in January is a struggle. The old year is gone and the temptation to sample anything and everything in the rush to be instantly impressed is too great.. inevitably a whole host of new releases fall flat. So we were fortunate to have an early 2012 visit from one of the finest guitar pop bands stalking the planet in the Dum Dum Girls , who summarily delivered a concise set of jangling sonic gems at the Kings Arms on Friday, and kickstarted my new year listening. Now, my love for the Girls has [...]
Holiday odds and sods from the legendary Cameo Parkway vault With the departure of Gordon Anderson from Collectors' Choice, and the apparent sidelining of the label's activities, their reissue program for the Cameo-Parkway catalog has moved with Anderson to his new label, Real Gone. This eighteen-track set of holiday-themed material combines tunes from two of the label's stars, Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker and two of the label's fine doo-wop groups, the Cameos and Jaynells. The track-list features a number of fun one-offs, including Bob Seger's rock 'n' soul "Sock it to Me Santa," [...]
Holiday odds and sods from the legendary Cameo Parkway vault With the departure of Gordon Anderson from Collectors' Choice, and the apparent sidelining of the label's activities, their reissue program for the Cameo-Parkway catalog has moved with Anderson to his new label, Real Gone. This eighteen-track set of holiday-themed material combines tunes from two of the label's stars, Bobby Rydell and Chubby Checker and two of the label's fine doo-wop groups, the Cameos and Jaynells. The track-list features a number of fun one-offs, including Bob Seger's rock 'n' soul "Sock it to Me Santa," [...]
SWV 's VERY welcome return on a remix to Chris Brown's "Right Here/ Human Nature" -referencing single "She Ain't You" earlier this year surely sparked all kinds of excited "SWV is Back!!" exclamations, but after years of sporadic live appearance reunions leading to rumors of a new album being in the making leading to 0% in results, we were a bit hesitant in putting too much hope in one of the 902s top girl groups actually recording another album this time around. Apparently we should have more faith, because not only have the [...]
Le blog Infrasons n'est que la partie émergée de notre activité : nous officions surtout comme agence de notation musicale, en distribuant les bons et les mauvais points aux artistes et en évaluant chaque année leur crédibilité sur les marchés financiers. Apôtres des politiques de rigueur, nous devons lutter inlassablement contre les concepts albums prétentieux, les instrumentations indigestes, les solos interminables et toutes les boursouflures qui écorchent nos tympans. Lorsque l'on se voit investir d'une telle mission, la sévérité doit s'imposer, y compris vis-à-vis des élèves doués mais par trop insouciants. Ainsi, [...]
Perfume - Spice Spice - Fun (featuring Missy Elliot) A song called "Spice", and a song by an artist called Spice . It's a strange coincidence that two of my favorite pop jams of 2011 share this common theme of spiciness, considering I'm probably one of the least spicy people on the planet. Nevertheless, that's just the way things worked out! As someone who's not familiar with the J-pop scene, the production on Perfume 's "Spice" sounds thoroughly bonkers. It's unlike anything you'd hear on mainstream [...]
Lorsque Infrasons fut créé, il y a quatre ans, il était évident que le Aislers Set serait parmi les premiers groupes à être chroniqués. Différé de mois en mois, l'article n'est toutefois jamais paru. Ce ne sont ni l'envie ni le temps qui nous ont manqué pour vous en parler, mais la peur de mal faire. Car le Aislers Set doit être abordé avec respect, déférence et humilité ; quelques lignes écrites à la va-vite ne sauraient rendre compte de la qualité du groupe. Nous parlons en effet d'une formation qui, de 1997 à 2003, [...]
Spector's genius before, during and after Philles After decades of uneven reissues – dribs and drabs in the U.S. and abroad – Phil Spector's catalog is finally being cross-licensed for reissue. The first break came with the catalog's owner, ABKCO, issuing the Back to Mono set in 1991; but the larger breakthrough has been the licensing to Universal and Sony/Legacy that's resulted in the Phil Spector Collection and a set of artist compilations on the Crystals, Ronettes and Bob B. Soxx and [...]
Spector's genius before, during and after Philles After decades of uneven reissues – dribs and drabs in the U.S. and abroad – Phil Spector's catalog is finally being cross-licensed for reissue. The first break came with the catalog's owner, ABKCO, issuing the Back to Mono set in 1991; but the larger breakthrough has been the licensing to Universal and Sony/Legacy that's resulted in the Phil Spector Collection and a set of artist compilations on the Crystals, Ronettes and Bob B. Soxx and [...]
Six original Philles albums plus B-side instrumental bonuses Much like the Cameo-Parkway catalog, Phil Spector's seminal records of the 1960s are only recently starting to see the reissues they deserve. For years they were reissued in dribs and drabs – greatest hits packages repeating the same chart entries, hard-to-find vinyl albums from the UK leaking out stereo mixes, reissues of the Christmas album, and so on. The 1991 box set Back to Mono and the more recent Phil Spector Collection each dug [...]
Six original Philles albums plus B-side instrumental bonuses Much like the Cameo-Parkway catalog, Phil Spector's seminal records of the 1960s are only recently starting to see the reissues they deserve. For years they were reissued in dribs and drabs – greatest hits packages repeating the same chart entries, hard-to-find vinyl albums from the UK leaking out stereo mixes, reissues of the Christmas album, and so on. The 1991 box set Back to Mono and the more recent Phil Spector Collection each dug [...]
Who runs the world? Yes, that's right… girls, but more specifically, The Dum Dum Girls. The California quartet has returned with their sophomore album, "Only in Dreams," a collection of up-tempo tracks typical of the West Coast, beach-happy characteristics possessed by many past and current bands of the pop genre. Yet, although some may say that it never rains in Southern California, the sunshine of "Only in Dreams" is overcast with clouds as the group delves into the emotional and dark topics of losing and longing for a loved one. Contrary to The Dum Dum Girls' first [...]
Did You Hear? :: During an extensive chat with Pop Justice, Kelly Clarkson reveals that her girl group with friends Jill and Kate, named Already Famous , wasn't meant to be taken seriously. "I was bored out of my head, so we went and just cut a record. We weren't even going to release anything." Too bad — we'd love to have seen her in some Tina Knowles creations . [ PopJustice ] :: Tyler, The Creator practically went sky-diving when he jumped off the balcony at a current show in New York, [...]
It's been a long time coming (and something that'll make my K-pop Krazy friend Prophet Blog wet himself with delight), but it's time I finally acknowledged the wonder and splendor of the force known as Girls' Generation . Now, I myself am more of a J-Pop connoisseur than K-Pop girl group guru (I go hard for Utada Hikaru , Namie Amuro , Koda Kumi and Ayumi Hamasaki in particular), but it's all but impossible not to notice the extraordinary influence of Korean girl groups making their way overseas. [...]
Brenda Holloway is perhaps best known for being the west coast face of Motown, years before the label uprooted itself from Detroit to shift opeartions to Los Angeles. Along with her younger sister often on backing vocals, Brenda cut a remarkable run of singles for Tamla Motown. In addition to those records, her discography is a maze of incredible, obscure records cut under mysterious circumstances and with a number of pseudonyms; here are some of my favorite sides. [...]
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Japan's pop-punk girl group, Shonen Knife, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a tribute to its favorite group, the Ramones.
Coming on October 18th is a box set that many Phil Spector fans have been waiting for. The seven-disc set will include six original albums from Spector's Philles label: The Crystals Twist Uptown (The Crystals, 1962) He's a Rebel (The Crystals, 1963) Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans, 1963) The Crystals Sing the Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (The Crystals, 1963) Philles Records Presents Today's Hits (Various, 1963) Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (The Ronettes, 1964) and a bonus disc, [...]
Boy bands are trying their darndest to make a comeback, what with Lance Bass' upcoming VH1 reality show and New Kids On The Block attempting to stay relevant with Backstreet Boys . But Kelly Clarkson's trying to kick off the next wave of the pop girl group, as the "Drowning" songstress has teamed up with her two buddies and backup singers Jill Pickering and Kate Rapier to form a new outfit called Already Famous. "I'm off to Oklahoma to record some songs with @ jillandkate [...]
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