Archive for March, 2009
The man with the midas touch who can seemingly do no wrong right about now has a new body of work waiting to be unleashed upon us mere mortals. R.O.O.T.S. is Flo Rida’s new baby and it shares its name with a 1970’s TV series based upon a book written by Alex Hayley concerning slavery. However, Flo ain’t no ‘Kunta Kinte’ and was always gonna rise to the top after being Low for so long…
Do not adjust your screens: the above image is in 3D so if you’ve already got your Keane 3D glasses, put them on now! Forward-thinking trio Keane are cutting their own slice of music history on Thursday with the world’s first live webcast in 3D from Abbey Road Studios, London. The band are recognised for championing ground-breaking ideas, being the first artists to release a single on a new format - the USB stick - in 2006, leading the way for other artists to follow. Now they’re urging us to don 3D specs and look like berks…
With their first album for three years and their tenth in all, critics and fans seem to have worked themselves up into a right old lather about the Pet Shop Boys‘ latest release Yes. And while Pet Shop Boys + pop producers du jour Xenomania is a good basis to start from, RealMusic Blog reckons everyone should calm down a bit and take a deep breath. There, feel better? Neil and Chris are certainly flavour of the month, having been honoured at this year’s Brits and plastered over every magazine and Sunday supplement going, but have they still got that certain stardust that sees most of their singles turn into hits? The short answer, like the album title suggests, is yes…
Billing himself as a “modern-day Pet Shop Boys”, Frankmusik’s debut single Better Off As 2 is out in April. Sharp-haired and sharp-tuned, RealMusic Blog has had his album sampler on a loop for weeks now and we can’t wait for the finished long-player Complete Me in July. Conjuring up smart electro-pop for all, we caught up with Vincent Frank while he was recording the Album Chart Show in London to talk about living with his nan, touring with Keane and the Pet Shop Boys, his passion for pop and why he’s not really the new Mika…
