I don't have a penny but I'll show you a good time...

Some of you may come to know that I absolutely adore Little Boots, in much the same way as some of you may come to realise that eating your shoes is rarely a good way to pass the time. So, if you haven't yet realised it, here it is. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE Little Boots. The italo-disco influences, the Dead Disco stuff, the personality, the fact she hasn't made a bad song yet, I could go on...but anyway, I have been in love with this woman since I first heard Meddle back in May/June last year.

So, I was naturally rather excited when I could finally listen to an unadulterated version of New In Town as opposed to the trillion or so remixes that I have been pestered with since I first tried searching for it. And here it is...

Little Boots - New In Town on YooToob

Well, it really is quite glorious, and will almost certainly get her the smash #1 she deserves on its release on May 25th etc. etc...but amongst all that, I can't help but be reminded of several songs at once, none of which I can quite put my finger on. I'm a tad disconcerted also by the fact it's the first Boots song that actually sounds like it's been crafted with the idea of being a smash hit in mind - which, don't get me wrong here, isn't necessarily a bad thing at all, but New In Town definitely sounds distinctly different to her other output to date...in the vocal delivery perhaps? I don't know, I can't put my finger on it at all. None of this stops New In Town from being an epic tune which I will doubtless be willing to douse myself in petrol and set myself alight for by May (once Eurovision has relinquished my affections of course...), and of course that is all that matters. Carry on Victoria, and let's hope that you have a nice Dr. Luke/Max Martin smash for us for your third single! <3

Rating: 9/10
Link: Little Boots - New In Town

BLEH

Well, I just typed out a nice long blog with my new chart etc., only for bloody FYEpro to tell me that my unique URL generator had expired and refuse to let me go back and save the blog. Score one to the anti-blog movement :@

But ANYWAY, I had actually come to deliver two divinations:

1) I have suddenly fallen dramatically in love with Taylor Swift's Love Story. The original version for anyone unsure as to whether I am actually a dutty redneck or not. Result: a resounding yes :(

2) Malena has an alright song, but was not a good choice for Sweden...E.M.D. or Alcazar would've been far, far better. Or even Maria Haukaas Storeng, but they fucked that one up in the semi heats...I will deliver my full judgement on all 42 songs later.

I had a third one which I've now forgotten -_- Such is life!

Trash Loffs 15/3

So, I may as well get this party started, to quote Shirley Bassey quoting P!nk. What do I loff this week? ;o

mnek


Well, some of you may already be aware of this HIDEOUSLY talented 14 year old, who rather fantastically subverts the stereotype a la thecocknbullkid/Santogold/Remi Nicole and decides to NOT churn out the 'requisite' urban fodder. Devil In Pumps is really quite fantastic, and am I alone in thinking he sounds a bit will.i.am-esque when he half-raps (as when he claims that the aforementioned devil is wearing 'innocent ATIYAHHH')? Either way, mnek (pronounced with each letter) does boast the requisite electropop influences for 2009 (Frankmusik, Pet Shops Boys etc.), and is definitely one to look out for.

mnek on MySpace

YENN


Yes, the very pretty YENN has also got some rather poptastic music up her sleeve...but very little of it on YooToob unfortunately...or obviously accessible on her MySpace <_< However, a quick trip to File2HD with her MySpace input solves everything, and unveils the slow and unremarkable Show Me Your Heaven...but more importantly, the trashily addictive So Good To Be Wrong, in its original form littered with 'whoa oh whoa's and a beat just as brain dominating, but also accompanied by several remixes, none of which I've listened to yet! *burns in blogger hell* In short, So Good To Be Wrong is definitely worth checking out.

YENN on MySpace

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero // It's Blitz!


GOD this album is glorious. Never had myself down as much of a YYYs fan until this, but with tracks such as the utterly addictive Zero, which currently resides at 3 in my chart, along with highlights such as Hysteric and Skeletons and Heads Will Roll, what is seriously not to love? The whole album is apparently listenable on MySpace, but I can't see it...File2HD can see it for anyone who is interested however! For an album this good though, purchasing is quite obv a necessity on release...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs on MySpace

Erik Hassle - Hurtful


No, he isn't particularly photogenic - add a gold necklace to that picture and you've got yourself a street corner-variety chav in Sheffield at 3am - but with tracks as FABULOX as Hurtful, does it matter? A heartfelt track underpinned by a constant military drum (easily the best use of prominent drum on a track since Portishead's Machine Gun). That chorus as well...*swoons*

The next person to compare this to The Script is getting it in the kidneys.


Video for Hurtful (WARNING: SECKS IMPLIED)

Erik Hassle on MySpace

Well, isn't this all lovely...

Yes, I finally joined that heaving mass, the mass of the blog. WOO.

Trashlexis will write what he loves today at a later hour.