Another run-down of a few things we like, and a few things we don't...

Let's take a moment to discuss this.

Something we like: Mini Viva "I Wish"
This is the duo's next single, and though it did take a couple of listens to catch on, we decided that overall it's a job well done (and really, eight times out of ten you can't go wrong with a Xenomania-produced track). Our only gripe is the girls' rather natty vocals, but production-wise, lyric-wise, chorus-wise (particularly the "Oh no...he could be the one that hits the light inside of my soul" bit), we have nothing but high marks. The video's a bit odd too, but does a nice job of portraying Mini Viva as a rather jolly couple of girls.




Something we don't like: Britney Spears "3"
Oh dear. There are so many things about this song that just aren't right.




Something we like: Annie "Don't Stop"
After leaking a bunch of tracks from her second album Don't Stop last summer, most of which were met rather enthusiastically by pop fans, then deciding after the first single didn't exactly "do business" to push back the release date, we finally have a slightly re-adjusted but official release. Listeners, it was worth the wait. The title track of Don't Stop is one of the new songs not initially on last year's proposed tracklisting, and it is quite good. It's a bit of a '90s-sounding dance tune with some bongo-esque percussion going on in the background, and a piano riff that was commonplace on most '90s dance tunes. Basically anything that sounds like it could have been made in the '90s is typically a good sign in our book. (That explains your shit taste in music, says everyone else.)




Something we don't like: Justin Bieber "Love Me"
Some prepubescent upstart from Canada decided to record this nonsense (it can't even be called a song, not with a straight face at least), and it utilizes a portion of The Cardigans' "Lovefool". We here at Mp3s and Cookies are rather offended when people trash songs by bands that we generally consider to be quite good, and The Cardigans certainly fall under that category.




Oh dear.