First of all, let me talk about this album to your left. It's by an Alternative (!) band from Ireland called La Rocca, and it is titled "The Truth". One of the greatest songs to ever feature a piano, "Non Believer", features on this very album, and it is seriously breathtaking. If you like the first-album Keane stuff, really enjoy a heartfelt piano riff that comes from absolutely nowhere, or really quite enjoy the mellow-ish guitar strummings heard on One Tree Hill, then you are going to love not only La Rocca's best song, but their whole album too.

Before I go on, PLEASE visit their MySpace and listen to "Non Believer", the first song included on their MySpazz Music Player. The fabulous piano bit comes in just a bit after the 3:15 mark, and goes till about 4:00. Absolutely amazing stuff.

"Non Believer" was introduced to me through an episode of One Tree Hill, which I mentioned last week has become a serious obsession of mine during non-study periods of my day. A song so bloody beautiful, it encouraged me to investigate the group further. After listening to an, um, hem-hem, totally legal download of the album, it had engaged me so much that I promptly whipped out a credit card (apologies to whomever's card I used), and am now awaiting a proper copy of the album to arrive in my mailbox from the UK. And had this record actually been released THIS year rather than in August 2006, it would probably be sitting at about Number 4 on my albums of the year thus far.

NOW THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY - The tallying for the My Favourite Pop Record is almost over. I spent a large portion of my weekend counting up print outs, and will spend the next couple of days doing more of that. Hopefully by the start of April, I'll have the complete results - with added Blogerati commentary - online and ready to roll.

Speaking of the Blogerati, Paul from The Zapping has relocated his swishy site to an even swishy-er (?!) domain home. All of Paul's ace scribblings can now be found at www.thezapping.com.

It seems the All Saints have been dropped by Parlophone after 4 people bought their Studio 1 album. Oh dear. More at The Hotstuff and at Bop Pop...

I forgot to mention this some time back, but xolondon's written up the mightiest and most correct review of Paddy Wolf's "The Magic Position" album. Best I've seen on the web and the one I agree the most with.

Those crazy, gorgeous, et cetera CFBGoesPop! Girls have turned 4 years old this month. Happy Birthday you mardy nutbags!!

THERE IS EXCELLENT FEMALE SPUN DANCE POP BEING FEATURED ON POSTER GIRL. "Though I'm not sure that it's technically a special, I think that's what the songs will be the next four days" says Ms. Poster Girl. BRING. IT.

The ace Popalastic seems to have returned, and disappeared again. COME BACK FOR GOODNESS SAKES!

Paul from The Zapping has contributed a piece about Love on Pinkie's A Kind Of Love In. And in a legendary turn of events, he (briefly) mentions De'Lacey's "Hideaway" in said piece. DO YOU REMEMBER HOW GREAT THAT SONG WAS? I sure do folks.

Popjustice has finally mentioned Van She - well, their on-the-side, remix project Vanshe Tech - on the front page. Now to attempt for the six millionth time: getting people interested in Van She's original material...

Don'tStopThePop now have a tremendous theme song!

Kelis plans on doing the reality TV thing. More details at the ultra-fab Chart Rigger.

I suppose I better get back to studying then.

Labels: Alternative Music, Blogerati

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• 3:33 PM |  Poster Girl said...
  Where did Popalastic go? I miss it.
  
  And I could've mentioned this any number of times already, but why not now? Van She's "Kelly" is glorious--why they are not being raved about everywhere boggles my mind.
  
  Don't study too hard ;)

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