Wednesday, November 14, 2007 HAI OMGZ!11! NEW VAN SHE!!1!
THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD (song and clip) AND HAS BEEN FRONT RUNNER FOR MY SINGLE OF THE YEAR NOW FOR ABOUT A WEEK.
It's called Cat & The Eye, and is not Nu-Rave, even if the clip would suggest otherwise.
I spoke to Nicky from Van She on Saturday night and he told me the album is expected to drop around February. Finally, my near two-year-wait for it is almost over... I am more excited about this than I am Madonna next year to be honest with you. I've just been waiting so bloody long...
PS: A(nother) change is coming. Hopefully over the weekend I can reveal more...
I am completely in love with Miss Connie from Sneaky Sound System. Isn't she just one of the most staggering pop stars in the history of music? My love for this woman runs incredibly deep, so I'm quite excited by the news that work is sending me off to see her and the Sound System crew put on a nice, pretty live show this Saturday night at the god-awful Festival Hall in Melbourne. Even the venue cannot bring down my high! What I'm even more excited about is seeing Van She - one of my most loved Australian groups of all time - play as the Sneaky's support on the night, making this my fourth time seeing them do their thang. Viva la Van She!
The picture to your left is photographic evidence of the best dress at last weeks ARIA awards, worn by Miss Connie. It is also photographic evidence of the best performance of the night.
I'm sure most of you will take my word for it, but you should still watch it for yourself.
Magic. When I grow up, I want to be just like Miss Connie.
Speaking of live shows, this coming Thursday night I'm off to see Robyn AGAIN in Melbourne. She just cannot get enough of us sexual (guffaw!) Aussies it seems! For those keen, she is playing at Roxanne, which is behindBillboard Nightclub in the CBD. I'm very excited, as Roxanne is a slightly bigger venue than the incredibly intimate feel we had the other month for her gig at the tiny Miss Libertines. Will have a full report on that next week.
Stop whatever it is you're doing right now (unless the only thing you are doing right now is reading this post, in which case I'd advise you actually keep doing it.) There is a new remix of a Sugababes song which I think you should download. Remember the cheesy Ultrabeat remix of the underrated and completely ace Easy from last year? Well, Ultrabeat have managed to top that effort with a completely popperific version of About You Now. It's cheesy, it's loud, it's probably going to be seriously offensive to most of you - but I love it. I was driving down the highway last night at an ungodly hour, alone in my car and on the road, with the windows down and this turned up ridiculously loud. It made me very happy. Now you can maybe be as happy as I!
Just quickly, because I cannot be bothered reviewing them just yet; New albums from Young Divas, Celine Dion, DanniiMinogue, Freemasons and Seal are all EXCELLENT. Am about to listen to the new Duran Duran and Leona Lewis long players before bed and am very excited about both.
And finally, if you're in or around the Geelong area tomorrow night, tune into 94.7 The Pulse from 8pm till 10pm for my radio show Inside Splinters. On the musical menu tomorrow; Young Divas, Trash Fashion, Bloc Party, Kylie Minogue, Sneaky Sound System, Robyn, M.I.A, Daft Punk, DanniiMinogue, Justice, The Toxic Avenger, Bertine Zetlitz, Cut Copy, and many more. Hopefully I won't fuck up too much...
Anyways, I'm on a mini-break until Tuesday so, unless something incredibly dramatic happens and I desperately need to blog about it - I won't be back till then. (Apologies for the long break in between posts of late - I've been so busy with uni and family stuff - it's been a bit crazy down at the residence of Adem. Back to norm next week, I promise. Kthxbye.)
* Had an exam this week for Uni which will explain why I've been absent since last week.
* Still, I'm sure it's been an absolute thrill to load this page and still see a collection of Ron Weasley photography.
* Speaking of Ron, how's about that Potter book leaking? I'll admit, I totally looked it up and sought out the spoilers. I haven't read any of the books and simply couldn't wait till 2010 to find out what happens, so yes, I cheated. But there are so many people who don't want to cheat and may feel the burn of cruelty this Saturday when they pick up their copy of "Deathly Hollows." Turns out there is a group of nasty people who've printed up pamphlets to give out to children in line at random bookstore launches, containing all the important spoilers disguised as a pamphlet of guidelines before purchasing the book. Fucking ridiculous.
* I was lucky enough to receive the long awaited Midnight Juggernauts album in the mail today, which is released through Inertia next month. Will review it sometime this week.
* Frustratingly, I am still waiting for news on the Van She album. Popjustice have made small mention of the boys once again thanks to their remix of Feist's "1234," which is good, but has nothing on any of the original stuff they churn out.
* I'm going to the Arctic Monkeys Melbourne gig on August 7th much to my excitement. Unfortunately I am going alone, so if anyone is keen on tagging along, email me. You'll have to source out your ticket on ebay though (there's heaps of them on there, ps), I don't have a spare.
* Victoria Beckham's TV special was fun, regardless of what 98% of the television viewing public would have you believe.
* Sorry for the half-arsed post. I'll try and concoct something a little more adequate later on today.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Van She working with Cassius
Outstanding Synth-rock Sydney boys Van She have announced that they're collaborating with amazing French House act Cassius on some "sweet rockin' music", presumably in time for a new album.
Indeed, it really does feel like this album has been about 26 years in the making, but with the exciting news of French minds getting together with the 'She, it's quite obviously a strong indication that it should only feel like another 26 before we get it.
In all seriousness, this is going to be the Australian release of 2007. Permitting it's actually released in 2007.
The boys will be posting a demo of a track on their MySpace over the next couple weeks. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, take a look at the blog post in which this news has been extracted from (with photos), or just visit their MySpace and listen to the greatest piece of Australian Made music in the year 2005, "Kelly".
