Lovers of the colour Orange and fierce pop-foursome Stefy are finally releasing Chelsea here in Australia, surely in what seems like 25 years after Popjustice talked about its brilliance.
The single, being released through Central Station Records on November the 24th, looks set to spawn a possible promotional visit... I'll keep you informed whenever I hear more about it.
I wonder if radio plan on touching it? It's heading to media in the form of a promotional CD sometime this month, so it should be interesting to see if (and who) actually gets behind this.
Pay some serious attention the young faces in the photo to your left. Taylor, Ashley, Amandah, Tim & Sarah make up Operator Please, and they are the newest home grown Aussie band to take over the world with their superb blend of hyperactive indie-pop.
New single "Just A Song About Ping Pong" is sitting very comfortably on the ARIA singles charts this week at Number 13, after climbing two spots from 15, following their gig last week supporting the Arctic Monkeys. These guys are a set of absolute pocket-rockets. Seeing them live last week for the first time was an absolute thrill; particularly putting stage presence to the faces and voices I'd previously heard and seen through a MySpace profile and a promo EP. Lead vocalist Amandah is an absolute riot to watch, violinist Taylor is incredibly sweet and magnetically focused, keyboardist Sarah (who reminds me SO much of a cuter version of Jacqui from Girlfriend) is--without a doubt--the most energetic and fun dancer you'll see part of any band, and the two boys are a bit great too. The new single (watch the very fun video,) along with all four tracks from their previous E.P. "Cement Cement," are all worthy of purchase. Prior to spending money, visit the MySpace for a listen to their other stuff if you must. Then, go to iTunes or Sanity and throw a bit of cash towards some splendid Aussie pop music. Oh, these guys are heading over to the UK this month for some live gigs, after they complete their support tour of Maximo Park, so keep an eye out for dates near you.
* I'm a mere hour away from discovering whether I'll be penning a column for a music rag... and getting paid for it...
* 4:55PM UPDATE - Got it. :)
* The new Babyshambles single, "Delivery," is absolute brilliance. There, I've said it.
* The live performance of it from Glastonbury however, is not.
* That new Darren Hayes album is very good indeed. Xo's write up on it is a bit brill too.
* I am still obsessing greatly over Alex Turner & Co after the events following the Monkeys' gig last Tuesday. Speaking of Turner, seems like he actually is teaming up withMiles Kane for the recording of a side project, and the album will be produced by one half of Simian Mobile Disco. Totally exciting stuff... more info here.
* This is NOT a blogerati post! That's coming Thursday.
Just a quick post with news on the upcoming Rogue Traders releases. New single, "Don't You Want To Feel" is an absolute CORKER, and will be hitting radio in just under a months time. The new album is due to 'drop' October 13th, and is called "Better In The Dark."
That is some REALLY good album art. I know it's something that's been done before, but I still love it. Considering I find the man quite ugly, it's a very pretty looking record cover. And let's not even get into how bloody GOOD the new single "1973" is either, which Paul and Popjustice have already told you themselves... I'm still trying to adjust to the fact that me, Adem Ali, is thoroughly enjoying a song by James Blunt.
In news that will have no doubt shocked the 7 people in attendance of 5IVE's press conference held last year to the absolute CORE, the five-gone-four-but-still-called-five piece have decided to call it a day. Again. This time, seven (7!!) months after the electrifying reunion announcement was made. The reason being?
"It is with deep regret that FIVE today announce that their comeback is no more. The band have decided to call it a day, seven months after reforming. They would like to apologise to all their fans throughout the world for any disappointment caused. Despite considerable broadcast interest in a reunion television series being secured, an album being half-way completed and a world tour in the final stages of confirmation, Ritchie, J, Abz and Scott feel that they cannot continue together.
A huge amount of hard work and effort went into the bands' reformation, but with the state of the music business as it is and with decent record deals being so difficult to procure, the band were really left with no other option than to split.
It is hoped that the new tracks the band have recorded will be available for digital download in the very near future."
All in all, the story behind the split simply comes down to not being able to - hem hem - locate an actual record contract.
The whole debacle raises a few interesting points. Let us observe.
* 5IVE were not offered any sort of deal possibly because the new material was just THAT bad, record executives the world over were just trying to save them from (further) humiliation?
* But the deals may not have been flowing like a running tap simply because record companies would rather sign artists like Razorlight or The View. Alarming, I know.
* Quite obviously, by "The View" I mean the horrific band, not the life affirming talk show starring Rosie O'Donnell, Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and Elizabeth Hasselbeck, the four greatest women to live after Madonna, Eva Longoria and Vesna BB05.
* Hopefully the B*Witched reformation will work out a little better than the 5IVE one has.
* Ritchie - formerly he of the Billie Piper banging - STILL looks like Celine Dion.
* When is Celine Dion going to make a new English album?
Quite disgusting that the one thing to disrupt my Uni essay scribblings would be to blog about 5IVE breaking up.
