Off with their heads? Nah...

A couple of songs from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' upcoming album, It's Blitz!, have leaked on the Internet, with rather surprising results. Upon first hearing the atmospheric synths that open "Heads Will Roll", it's clear that Karen O. and the boys have eskewed any notions of "business as usual". Then comes the 4X4 drum machine and the noticeable lack of Nick's shredding guitars. Before long you're starting to seriously question if you're listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at all, with few elements other than Karen's undeniably distinctive vocal indicating this is even the same band.

To sum it up, YYY have gone electro on us. How this will translate to the rest of the album once we get a chance to hear it all remains to be seen, but one thing can be certain - they sure don't like repeating themselves. It would have been only too convenient to revert back to the sexed up pop-noise of Fever To Tell, or the defiantly somber tones layered throughout Show Your Bones. It is refreshing to see that they haven't rested on their laurels and are continuing to challenge their creativity as well as their fans, forcing us as much as they might have forced their own selves to resist the desire to retread to previously trodden paths.

It should be an excellent new era for YYY.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ygg3ntnzrgw/yeah_yeah_yeahs_-_heads_will_roll.mp3

Now this is more like it.

After what feels like a rather underwhelming album campaign, in spite of being at the peak of their commercial success, someone in the Girls Aloud camp decided to do things right and announced that the third single from Out Of Control shall be "Untouchable" - the six-and-a-half minute trance/electro epic that is easily the album's highlight and simply one of the best songs of the Aloud's career.

"Without any meaning we're just skin and bones, like beautiful robots dancing alone" - how can you not agree that this is the best lyric to ever work its way into a Girls Aloud tune? And believe me, there have been many a masterful couplet in numerous Girls Aloud concoctions.

Looking forward to a video that should be nothing less than fuck-me-amazing.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/zahyzjn4n4m/06_-_Girls_Aloud_-_Untouchable.mp3

Well look who it is...

Ah, the Pet Shop Boys.

You may be aware of them. A few hits here and there back in the '80s, relatively popular in the UK since then but pretty much regulated to gay club status here in the States (like most good music...).

They also co-wrote a song called "The Loving Kind" for Girls Aloud, which as you may remember was a massive hit a few weeks ago in the UK (crickets...crickets...)

Anyway, they have been working diligently with Girls Aloud's musical masterminds in Xenomania, and the resulting album Yes is, according to Popjustice, supposed to be quite brilliant. The new single, "Love etc" has gotten out and here it is.

Slightly dark electropop, with lyrics about love being more important than a house in Beverly Hills or Daddy paying the bills (suit yourself, mate...), and overall a promising taste of what's to come from this new album.

01_Love_etc..mp3 (Fileden)

http://rcpt.yousendit.com/650334431/3f995aa888a01a15fb7a6fd53de91a1d
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Should've read her body language...

Just for fun, here is a Kylie Minogue track called "Loving Days", a hidden gem from her vastly underrated 2003 album Body Language.



11_-_Kylie_Minogue_-_Loving_Days.mp3 (Fileden)

https://www.yousendit.com/download/WnBUa3NhZy9xRTN2Wmc9PQ (YouSendIt)

Yes, I'll admit that I was like many Kylie fans in expressing initial dissapointment with Body Language (NO, PEOPLE, SHE ISN'T GOING TO RECORD "CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD" PART II). But further listens and the gradual passing of time have revealed it to be a pretty solid pop album. Fever might have had the stronger, catchier singles, but it did have a pretty good amount of filler...pleasant, danceable filler, but filler nonetheless. Body Language certainly doesn't lack in its filler, but the filler here is a bit more interesting, a bit more complex.


Anyway, enjoy a listen to this very sultry track that is one of my all-time favorite Kylie moments.

SPEAKING OF KELLY CLARKSON

Kelly sat down for an interview with the brilliant people over at Popjustice, and this particular portion really gave me pause for thought...

PJ: Was this an attempt to react against the imagery of the last album, after it didn't sell that well?
Kelly: That was a very popular album as well, I just thought it would be fun to change it up.

Are you being serious? Which part of My December do you recall that made it "a very popular album"? The fact that it had one top 10 single that only spent a week or two in the top 10, as opposed to the five top 10 singles released from Breakaway, and the fact that it sat on the charts for...what...a month at best?

Sigh...pop stars. Look, if your album flops, fess up to it. Everyone has one of them. Mariah Carey had two albums that flopped and LOOK AT HER (bad example...she still doesn't wear a bra and that last album was God-awful). Everyone knows when your album was a dud, there's no need to cover it up and try to convince us it was a monster success when clearly the sales and chart positions testify to the exact opposite.

You're not fooling anyone.

Honestly...

Am I the only person who happens to think the new Kelly Clarkson single is complete crap?

"My Life Would Suck Without You"???

The title alone screams utter garbage.