Tuesday, August 30, 2005
IS THIS THE GREATEST WOMAN TO EVER DON A SWIMSUIT, MUCH LESS THE GREATEST WOMAN TO EVER LIVE?
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 YES. YES SHE IS.
Monday, August 29, 2005
There's something sexual about a Pie Graph...
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 Well would you look at that.
We've finally gotten off our arses and put together the amazing new i'm always right "Top 50 Chart".
Thats a screenshot. It's very black and yellow, with some pictures and text.
WOW.
You can read the 50 songs we're listening to the most at IAR by clicking here. AND if you have a song you'd like to send us, email us here... and you never know, it may just end up on the "really brilliant" (!!!!) IAR chart one day.
Because apparently we have decent music taste. (????!!!!!!)
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Your Disco Needs You
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 That's Lina Rafn.
She's the lead singer of the Eurodance group Infernal. Yes, as in the group that have brought us "From Paris To Berlin". Imagine our surprise when we obtained a copy of their album.
YES.
ALBUM.
We are much like you, and honestly thought the one single from them would be their last.
Apparently not.
So imagine our delight when we discovered that this full length album was actually very good.
YES.
VERY GOOD.
It's released in OZ next month, but if you really can't wait till then, visit their Anti-English Speaking website, and navigate through the 30 second samples of all the songs.
Hurrah for Eurodance!
 So the brand new t.A.T.u album has finally arrived on our desk. The title of said album is "Dangerous and Moving", and It's not released until the 10th day of October this year. So until then you'll have to settle for our thorough (!!!) review, which will be online within the next 24 hours.
Amazing.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Dirrrrrrrty
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 The delightful Dougie Poynter from McFly (left) has "shocked" folk in the U.K. by stating that McFly fans are "Dirty Bitches." The worlds most inappropriately fancied pop star (we know, he's only 17, but he WILL be 18 soon, and hence, we can dream until then), continues with "...They say they're strippers to try and get into our house. They make us laugh because despite how horny and creepy they are, they are quite loyal and dedicated to us, which is quite nice."
How lovely.
But ladies and many homosexual gentlemen, this is nothing to get upset about - clearly - it's a compliment.
And everyone at I'malwaysright graciously accepts the compliment Mr Poynter. Thank you.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
We find the defendant...
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 So, we wrote up this entire bloody review of the new McFly album, rather in depth and all that shit, when our computer crashed and we lost the entire thing.
So now you're going to get a brief sentence about each song, and to make it even easier for us (easier in the sense that we are still very bitter we lost our "WAR & PEACE" style review, and cannot be fucked writing anymore than a few words now), we'll be rating each song out of 5 Alice in Wonderland's. ("Oh wow! Alice in Wonderland, how clever! Because the album is called WONDERLAND... How genius! - You.)
So, as Girls Aloud once sang, "Here we go"...
I'LL BE OKAY
The new single. Quite good, great way to start the album - but definitely not the most obvious choice for a single compared to other album tracks.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
I'VE GOT YOU
Pleasant enough, was leaked several months ago on mp3 messageboards. Easily the albums weakest moment, but it's nice to have the so called "weakest moment" over and done with this early in, and still rather a good song.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
ULTRAVIOLET
Quite the good "ditty", with a chorus that we SWEAR sings "These summer PILLS are really something else". And anyone who claims to correct us by saying they sing "These summer GIRLS are really something else", will be disregarded by anyone at IAR HeadQuarters. So there.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
THE BALLAD OF PAUL K
McFly or Pete Murray? You decide, but either way both artists are just groundbreakingly amazing in their own rights, so this song, as you'd expect, is brilliant. They sing about some Paul guys midlife crisis, and croon about a kitchen floor. Not exactly "Shakin' like a cool Lemonade" but still, randomly marvelous.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
I WANNA HOLD YOU
Quite pleasant and would probably go down a treat after a few "too many" beers. And possibly the highlight is the line "I wanna hold you, my skies are turning black, feels like a heart attack" (!!!!!!!!) Still, not as good as "When she walks in the room my heart goes boom (ba-ba-ba-ba-bada-ba!)",which brings back sweet memories of that FRENCH AFFAIR euro-dance song. But still, amazing song.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
And here we have the 2nd most brilliant song on this album. It's just monumental in its presence, or something. With a chorus that screams "Was I invading in on your secrets? /Was I too close for comfort/Pushing me out/When I wanted in?/What was I just about to discover/Was I too close for comfort..." Amazing. Then there's the outstanding bridge, where Tom painfully delivers probably the second greatest moment in his musical career. Yes, this song is "the shit".
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
ALL ABOUT YOU
Thrown on song, you should all know this as last years Red Nose Day choon. We still like it, even if you don't.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
SHE FALLS ASLEEP (Parts I & II)
When you get your copy next week of the McFly album, prepare yourself to be blown away and emotionally touched by this song - which is not only the greatest song on this album, but is also one of the most raw musical pieces to come from any artist in the 21st century. This is BIG people. The orchestral piece is slightly reminiscent of something from "Evita", with horns, flutes, etc etc. Each verse and the chorus are just magnificent. "She falls asleep/and all she thinks about is you/when she's asleep/the air she's breathing is for you". Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is something very special. Tom's finest vocal moment in the history of McFly too. Dazzling.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5? 
DON'T KNOW WHY
Quite nice, pretty, catchy chords/chorus/etc etc.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
NOTHING
After "She falls asleep", this McFly-By-Numbers is a bit grating. Pleasant enough and its still quite good, so who the fuck are we to complain?
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
MEMORY LANE
Another one of those "previously leaked" songs, track has since been re-recorded, that vinyl-skipping sound effect has been removed from the end, and there almost seems to be quite the "Chorus Line" going on toward the last minute of the song. So quite a fitting last track really. "So much has changed..." sing the boys. And in comparison to their last album, indeed it has.
Alice in Wonderland's out of 5?
So, there you go. The album is definitely a step up in maturity for the young "lads", with them coming a long way from the cheekiness of "5 colours In Her Hair". And although its a slight bit sad to see them kinda moving away from that cheeky fun aspect in their music, it's also quite amazing to see how much they've grown as artists.
This is a VERY good album overall, with even the less-than-impressive songs being quite amazing. And there you have it, all 12 tracks - reviewed by numbering a Disney character out of 5.
Aren't you glad our computer crashed!?!
LOOK AT WHAT WE JUST GOT IN THE MAIL
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 Yes!! It's the brand new McFly album 'Wonderland'!
Full report, as they say, in an hour...
 Kelly Clarkson is not releasing the amazing "Gone" from her just as amazing album, "Breakaway".
Instead, she's releasing the not-bad-but-not-as-good-as-"Gone" song titled "Because of You". And this slight travesty to music happens on the 19th of September.
='(
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Push The Buttons
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 The very amazing Pussycat Dolls release their Australian number #1 smash hit "Don't Cha" this week. It's quite the brilliant song, but what is even more exciting is that - according to "radio", the next Australian single from the Dolls will be the Urban Song of the year, "Buttons".
So do go out and purchase the Dolls RIGHT NOW. It's paramount that we live in a Country that embraces the worlds most amazingly slutty pop group since the Blakeney Twins. You can either go to your favorite CD Stockist, or purchase online here. Fantastic.
But now let us take a look at some of the "highlights" singles wise, being released this week in Australia. After the roaring success (!!!!!) of our amazing McFly and Jo O'Meara charts this week, we've decided to flog the shit out of a dead horse, and use the same method to show you what singles are good, and which ones are not.
1. Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
AMAZING ETC ETC.
2. Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down The Days
BRILLIANT SINGLE FROM AMAZING ALBUM.
3. Blaze feat. Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love
NOT BAD. QUITE DANCEABLE.
4. Fast Crew - The Incredible
ANNOYING, BUT BEARABLE.
5. Black Eyed Peas - Don't Lie
JESUS CHRIST THIS IS QUITE UNLISTENABLE.
6. James Blunt - You're Beautiful
FUCK OFF YOU TERRIBLE MAN. HORRID SONG.
7. Thirsty Merc - When The Weather is Fine
WORST. SONG. OF. THE. YEAR.
8. And that's a wrap.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Enough is Enough is Enough etc etc
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 ...we can't go on, we can't go on no more now.
After the launch of Rooster in Australia this week (their single "Come Get Some" is out now as their debut here), we've decided that taking on a Donna Summer/Barbara Streisand like attitude toward Universal Music in Australia is our only chance of hope.
Yes. This week we are writing a letter to Universal Music Australia, to try and convince them to start releasing McFly material over here.
There are several reasons why McFly should have their "stuff" released in OZ. After the roaring success (!!!) of our Jo O'Meara chart yesterday, let us follow that very pattern and delve deeply (!!!) into why IAR love McFly so much.
01. Harry
02. Dougie
03. Tom
04. Danny
05. They have "fab" music
06. Harry.
07. Unlike the Beatles, they have really good songs.
08. Dougie.
09. Harry.
10. And that, as they say, is "that".
We encourage you all to open up your preferred email client, and get writing to Universal Australia, explaining that you will be taking your life if McFly aren't given an opportunity in this free spirited country.
uma_webenquiries@umusic.com is their email address, and we suggest you "get cracking" and "chop chop" etc etc.
For fuck sakes if Kelly Osbourne can get a record out here, SURELY McFly can.
And if this somewhat works, our next attempt is Polydor Australia re: Girls Aloud.
NB: If anyone can obtain CONTACT DETAILS for Polydor Australia, it would be greatly appreciated if you could email us their info... we are having, as they say, no such luck on the matter.
Monday, August 22, 2005
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW AUSTRALIA? PART 2
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 Another evening of television see's another disappointment at IAR HQ re: Australian Idol.
We're very happy Kate & Milly got through, but were just so disgusted when that wench Laura (who sang En Vogue's "Don't Let Go" in an uncanilly similar fashion to that of a diseased bird) was selected to go through into the final 12, favored over the delightful Roxane (pictured right).
UNACCEPTABLE AUSTRALIA, ONCE AGAIN.
Just because some stupid bitch has a sook on national television about her "nerves" and what not, does NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD FEEL SORRY FOR THEM AND VOTE THEM INTO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE COMPETITION.
SHE WAS C R A P AUSTRALIA. CRAP!!!
In the immortal words of Derryn Hinch, "Shame, Shame, Shame"...
It's the competition of the year!! Er...
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We're giving away some CD's! And some vinyl! And a bunch of other shit we want to offload out of IAR Headquarters.
Yes, it's the COMPETITION OF THE YEAR (subject to change).
Over the next few months, we'll be adding more and more prizes to the list - and in December, we'll be chucking the whole lot into an amazing (!!!) ImAlwaysRight/Medication showbag - just in time for christmas.
What's the catch? Well, in association with our radio show MEDICATION, over the, as we said, next few months, we'll be somehow interacting questions between the two mediums.
So by listening to our show, and by visiting this website, you'll be exposed to a series of questions - we're not quite sure how we're going to go about it - but yeah, its the thought and wheels in motion that count, right? So make sure you keep "refreshing" your browser and "tuning in" either by listening from Midnight Friday Nights on 94.7 FM, or by downloading the weekly shows. How grand.
Er... yes!
 Jo O'Meara has a new single out. Her first single as a solo artist to be precise. It's called "What hurts the most" and here's a shock, it's a ballad. But the really depressing thing about this comeback, is that not only has the song mildly grown on us, we actually really like it now. Like, a lot. It's a sad day indeed. Here are 3 things you need to know about Jo O'Meara, just in time for the most interesting pop comeback of the year: 1. She's still as ugly as sin. 2. She's still 'gifted' in the neck and chin departments. 3. Well that about covers it then.
Friday, August 19, 2005
We said never this weekend (But here we are)...
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 Yes, we know that we said we would be on temporary hiatus this weekend and not update the site till Monday, but very important development etc etc. THERE IS AN AUSTRALIAN M.I.A. STREET TEAM. You may remember back in June (before the PC meltdown) - we were going on and on and on about M.I.A. and how brilliant she is. We still haven't changed our minds and, quite frankly, still think she's just downright amazing. So what the fuck is a Street Team? Well, if you click on this tidbit of online data, you'll soon find out. Yes, you too will finally be apart of a gang (of sorts) and regarded as "cool" by your neighbour's. Hurrah!
 As the weekend approaches closer by the hour, we at IAR thought we'd head off for some well needed R&R... ie: we have just gotten our hands on the first 11 episodes of the new season of Six Feet Under, and we will not be leaving the warmth of our couches for the entire weekend to even eat, much less update the site.
So until Monday, here's quite the thought provoking photo of Dougie & Danny from McFly.
We hope you receive as much enjoyment out of the mind boggling ideas it creates, as much as we did, have been, are right now.
Enjoy the weekend!
x -iar.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
First horses, now poles...
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 Future ruler of the world and Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria, has been injured on the set of the hit TV show today. So not only does Pop Music receive a horrible blow thanks to a stupid horse (it's MADONNA FFS!! HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHO MADONNA IS? EVEN IF YOU'RE A HORSE, YOU JUST KNOW!), but Television is threatened with eternal doom and horror as the greatest woman to stand in front of a camera is knocked on the head by a pole. A pole that was apart of "set" work. unacceptable. Longoria's said to be "okay" & already returning to work. Again, This is just unacceptable. A word of warning to the Desperate Housewives crew - if anything happens to our Longoria, we WILL kill you.
Either with a horse, or a pole.
Or both.
What a TRAUMATIC week it has been for us at IAR.
TRAUMATIC.
A mothers words to her child...
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 Mothers usually fill their children with wisdom and wise thoughts of what to expect in the big wide nasty world.
Today, the mother of us at IAR (us being one person, of course), offered quite possibly the greatest piece of wisdom any mother could give their child.
On the subject of the hit (!!) television show ALIAS, Mother IAR started to express - quite strongly - why she would not be joining other family members in the viewing of this television show ever again.
"Seriously, it's this giant cunt, flying around, and shit. Very pointless."
And that viewers, that is truly a gift.
 As we've reported, Madonna's new single, due for release in October, is titled "Hung Up", and will come off her November release album "Confessions On A Dancefloor".
An album which she has recorded with the amazing Stuart Price (aka: Think White Duke, Jacques Lu Cont etc etc). And even though the Mo'ster may have had a terrible horse riding accident eariler this week, breaking several bones and cracking a few ribs, publicist Rosenberg of the Liz variety says that it will not be preventing her from any promotion for the new album.
So thank goodness for that!
Oh, and Here's a 10 second preview of the single.
GENIUS.
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW AUSTRALIA?
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Joshua Williams (the one on the right) did NOT make it to the final three of round one on Aus Idol tonight.
THIS IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.
Tarni (left) is quite good and we were very happy to see her go through, HOWEVER, YOU ALL SEEMED TO LET IN THE FORMER WIGGLES STAND IN, AND A PAULINI REPLICA.
UNACCEPTABLE AUSTRALIA, UNACCEPTABLE.
Joshua - who was the only chance we had at having an attractive male in the competition (and all that talk of him only being 17 shall be ignored thank you) - better end up as one of the wild cards for the final 12, or else we are going to find out where everyone who voted for that stupid Wiggle live, and thus begin our horribly macabre killing spree.
You have ALL been warned.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Damn you, Camilla, Damn you to hell
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 The Queen of Pop, who we celebrated the birthday of twice in a matter of days (on Friday nights show of MEDICATION, we underwent a "marvellous" Madge special, and then again on Tuesday, which is yesterday, for those of you playing at home) has suffered a horse riding accident. We're blaming the English Country-side, Guy Ritchie's british charm and Camilla Parker Bowels for this horrible tradegy. Apparently the goddess is walking and talking, but according to publicist Liz Rosenberg (who is virtually a celebrity in her own right), they are unclear when the Mo'ster will be draping herself off any disco balls for promotion of her new album, "Confessions on a Dancefloor". Let's all hope that Madonna returns to the scene of the crime, and rightfully shoots that fucking horse dead.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
BB05: What have we learnt in 100 days?
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 Another year passes, another Big Brother.
A Big Brother that seemed to start of shaky ratings wise, has turned out to be one of the biggest (and one of the best - possibly the best) Big Brothers in the country.
And no we're not going to sit here complaining about how it was an absolute monstrosity and a crime to popular culture in this country that the vivacious Vesna did not win. And we certainly won't fill you will hateful thought toward Homophobic Bird Hater and part time moron Kate, by "allegedly" "claiming" she beats up random gay people on the street.
Instead, we're going to - with pictures (amazing!!! etc etc!) - take a close look at what it is exactly we have learnt in the 100 days that Big Brother has been running.
01. Gretel Killeen is the most amazing woman on Australian Television... 5 years running. We may contradict ourselves with that most amazing woman on TV comment later on.
 02. Regardless of the fact that she was on television, and regardless of the fact that the entire country called her "Mou-chelle", Hairy Housemate Michelle still has not had the enlightening realization that she has a fucking moustache and needs to get rid of it. Michelle - you DISGUSTING BITCH - why don't you buy a tub of this and save us from further retina massacre.
 03. His new hair do may be quite horrible, but that doesn't expel the fact that he has
an amazing horse-like cock.
 04. Tim is still a dickhead and Kate's an ugly testicle that will one day be attacked by 1,000 magpies, a stunt set up by a group of frustrated and very angry teenage male homosexuals.
 05. Although his time was cut horribly short, Nelson was by far the most arrogant - yet most amazingly sexy housemate the shows had in years. We at IAR would REALLY love to see him naked again.
 06. Kelly Clarkson should concentrate on her singing career, rather than being a contestant on yet another reality television show.
 07. Not only is Mike Goldman (left) no longer annoying, he's actually an absolutely brilliant and hysterical fucking legend. We can't believe we're saying it either.
 08. Tap Dancing is about as cool and "groovy" as lung cancer.
 09. FIRST EVICTEE Angela (who looks a LOT like Angela Bishop), who was the FIRST ONE TO BE EVICTED FROM THE HOUSE, may be able to dye her hair, but that still doesn't help the fact that she's dog fucking ugly. Most hit-able woman in the country. We're of course talking about that Angela, you know, she was THE FIRST PERSON TO BE EVICTED OUT OF 18 OTHERS. WHAT A FUCKING LOSER! etc etc.
10. Vesna is the most amazing woman on Australian Television. Someone needs to either give her a TV show, or sign her up for a recording contract. It has to be done. Oh and have yet mentioned that she was robbed of the winning title?
11. Guests coming into the Big Brother house with chokers on around their necks, were previously - or almost still are - men. That is a fact two years running.
 12. Tim and Logan Greg being the last remaining finalists, eventuated into the most horrible duo in the most disgusting and horrific moment of television. Ever. Still, better Logans than that dirty Tim fellow.
 13. Sandra Sully is the most amazing woman on Australian Television. 5 years running...
What an education we have had!
Well. That's that then.
 So the lovely folk down at djtracker.com have decided to hand us at IAR our very own weekly pop music article. Fancy that. It all started last week, but we were too tired, lazy, busy last week to inform you about it. So we're doing it now. You can read LAST WEEK's article by touching this, and you can read THIS week's article by frisking here. And apparently we're going to actually keep a deadline here at IAR and keep the thing going on a weekly basis! GASP! Can we do it?! Probably not. But let us give it a shot anyways.
 ...occured 47 years ago today. So a VERY happy birthday to the IAR's overall Goddess, Madonna. Hope your day is full of wonder, joy and all that other great stuff. Awww. And as for the Madonna Radio Special we underwent on Friday evening on our show "Medication", that will be online tomorrow for you all. So jolly good for that one then.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
It's, It's, The Ballroom Blitz
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 Rachel Stevens has had a bit of a bad year with her singles so far. Negotiate With Love and So Good (both very good songs) all made the top 10 in the UK, but only just. So, let us pretend the last two singles weren't average charters (yes, in the UK, a number 10 entry seems to be an average), because her next single " I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)" is fucking amazing. Yes that's right. FUCKING amazing. It's featured on Rachel's new "movie", Deuce Bigalo: International Gigolo, which is no doubt shithouse. Rachel's in it for about 45 seconds, doesn't speak in the film, but is apparently "very good." But it's the movie's end credits roll that have fans getting into a twist - because, hurrah - Rachel's next single is featured in them in all its glory. Not like anything La Stevens has done, it reminds us - quite heavily but still in a very unique way - of THE SWEET's "Ballroom Blitz", and anyone who says that song is not one of the top 10 greatest songs ever made, needs to be shot smack bang in the head. We also think the song may just be a big giant promo for anal sex... Yes! It's true... er, maybe not, but how about you be the judge of these lyrics... "i really couldn't take anymore/Now it's two weeks later/I feel like such a traitor/ oh, i let you into my back door/you're the one who's creepin'/rough love's so deceiving/i said never again but here we are"
BRILLIANT! The sad (and just plain stupid) news is: It's not being released till the 3rd of October. This will, of course, prevent Rachel going number 1, as we all know that Dannii Minogue is releasing her new single "Perfection" on that same day, and will, obviously, take the top title. However, it definitely deserves to go Number 2, and it's quite easily the 2nd greatest Rachel Stevens single to date. With More, More, More being the absolute worst.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Radio GaGa
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 So tonight's edition of Medication will see us devoting the entire 2 hour show to the queen of pop, Madonna. It's her birthday on the 16th of this month (ie: Tuesday for those of you playing at home), and to celebrate we thought we'd scrap the usual programing for a night, and play some Madonna tunes.
It's still a few hours before the show, (94.7 FM for those of you in Geelong, Australia from Midnight) so if you have a request, drop us some mail in the form of e's and we'll see what we can muster up for you.
The show will be available for download online as of Tuesday evening (HA! It's... yes... the day of Madge's birthday!) - as will the last three weeks of shows. Oh and word of warning, if you're trying to download the last uploaded show from the site, don't bother. The server is playing up and is, quite frankly, being shit.
If you know of a better server for us to host our large sized files at, drop us one of those ecstacy mail things.
Cheers, hope you all enjoy the show tonight!
x -iar.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Hands off my Detonator!
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 Well well well...
There really couldn't be anything more exciting than someone from the now extinct television show E Street making a record. Seeing as there have been a minimum of three (that's 1 - 2 - 3 - count it) "actors" turned "singers" from the show, one stands out as the most iconic.
Melissa Tkautz had a string of top 5 hits in Australia including the phenomenally huge "Read My Lips" (where she begged us to remove our hands from her "detonator") and the blatantly stupid, yet somewhat still rather big "Sexy is the word".
Her debut album sold reasonably well, and the third single "Skin To Skin" made the top 20. Then she did Paradise Beach, a television advert that either promoted impotency, or was for a treatment (I never really was sure), became marginally anorexic, was close to being labeled African American how brown her tan became, and appeared once or twice on the camp Beauty & The Beast. And we never heard from her again. Roll to 2005, Melissa is "back!", with what her "people" (i.e.: her manager) are calling the "comeback of the year!", etc etc. This proposed "comeback", is actually a cover of the Sheila E's 1980's club classic "Glamorous Life" (which was once covered by US Popstars group Eden's Crush).
After finally hearing a minute clip of the single, ladies and gentlemen, expect something very interesting... oh and the video clip is apparently all over television, with Video Hits and RAGE both playing it in the previous weekends shows. The clip promises to be as shit as her previous three, and the new album (!!!!!!!) is set to land on our shelves by the end of November. You can download a 30 second sample by right clicking here. Also, apparently we're promised a 2005 remix of "Sexy Is The Word". OH. MY. GOD.
If we can accept someone like Tina Cousins to make a comeback - and do it successfully, surely we can welcome open armed one of our own - however shithouse it may be? Only time will tell...
It's all new! Pretty and Shit! Hurrah!
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 Fuck Off!! Yes! It's our ALL NEW LOOK FORUM!
It actually looks better than the bloody main page, so i guess this means we'll be working on that this week too... er... oh dear, what HAVE we gotten ourselves into?
View the NEW forum by CLICKING HERE... and NEVER GO BACK to that UGLY OLD ONE AGAIN!! This one is much better, etc etc. Hurrah for the forum revolution!
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Is this the best postcard ever?
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Monday, August 01, 2005
Verba-who?
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That, right there, is the future of music.
Her name is Lady Sovereign, and fuck-us-hard-with-a-rusty-chainsaw, she's absolutely brilliant. Although she's been around the traps for some time, she seems to be gaining a lot of necessary attention with her new single "9 to 5", which is released in the UK on August the 8th.
Because we Australians live in the unholy dark ages, (there is probably more chance of Geri Halliwell's album going number 1 here than there is of the Sov getting a single out) you will all have to settle for purchasing it online from hmv.co.uk and waiting a bit for it in the mail. And if you're one of the unlucky folk who's managed to live their life without hearing this wondrous track, then watch the video clip here, prior to purchasing it.
But make sure you buy it. Best few bucks you'll spend etc etc.
 You could almost smell/taste/have sex with the excitement in the air when we received something in the IAR inbox about a brand new Slinkee Minx single.
You could almost hear the shrieks of joy across the universe when when we discovered there was an MP3 download link for us to hear the radio edit of said new track.
However you could have heard a pin drop for the 3 minutes and 43 seconds the song was playing on our little WinAMP program. Why on earth were we so gobsmacked?
Because this song is not only okay, it's actually very good.
A collaboration with Ivan Gough (!!!), the vocals are more computerised than Cher's "Believe", but as a whole package, this just adds to its personality. The Minx's first single, a cover of Belinda Carlisle's "Summer Rain", was easily one of the most disgusting songs of 2004, however their brilliant club romp "Closer" - the better of the two singles - did barely anything on the charts. And we're fairly certain the absolutely horrific and frightening images displayed in the 20-cent-budget video clip didn't help the songs progress either.
But this new single, called "Someday", is a step up from the other two releases. Still probably not the best they could churn out, but for now, it'll have to do. Plus, give them a clump of credit; the girls seem to be pulling a bit of a Dannii Minogue and forcing their music on the country until someone buys it. And they've even gone to extensive lengths to look attractive in their promo shots. Thank god. Because that "Closer" video clip could have killed any future in music for them.
The single is released on the 19th of September through Central Station, and you should, as they say, "do yourself a favour" and snap up a copy.
 Any self-respecting pop fan in Australia will remember - quite fondly - the marvel that was starlet Amiel. From her humble start on the ABC's hit cult TV show "RAW FM", to her lime-light launch singing "Addicted To Bass", the ride for Miss Daemion has been nothing short of exciting.
Josh Abrahams - the man who brought us "Addicted To Bass", Music from The Moulin Rouge, the soundtrack to the horrible "One Perfect Day" and... er... Amiel, had collaborated quite heavily on the last Amiel release, her debut album "Audio Out", which contained pop almighty gems such as "Lovesong" and the criminally brilliant "Theme for a One night stand".
After some interesting speculation surrounding their relationship (ie: apparently they were more than just work mates, and for quite a while too) - the stories seem to point that the two have not only parted ways musically, but also romantically. Of course, this is the perfect back-drop for a brilliant come back album.
Amiel has been busy with London based composer Stephen Lironi, creating an album which is shaping up to be highly exciting. The album is called "These Ties", and the new single is titled "Round and Round", and also contains the gut-wrenchingly personal and previously net-only released "Be Your Girl" (which, if you listen to the lyrics, it would more than likely indicate this song is indeed directed at the Abrahams camp). The single is out on August the 22nd, however you can purchase the single via MP3 Download by clicking here. The single is, quite frankly, very good, and just another piece to add to the already exciting pie that's been Amiel's career.
Let's just hope she bloody charts.
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