Le pop nouvelle

It's that time again. On this, official Record Store Day, here is another selection of recent musical efforts that have come to my attention...

Now, I have never watched (and probably will never watch) RuPaul's Drag Race, but when the lovely Kevin (aka KDNA) at The Lisp blog posted this video by the very fierce contestant Manila Luzon, I just had to share! Enjoy some Hot Couture:

Manila Luzon - Hot Couture

Shades of vintage Talking Heads permeate the new single from the synth-goddess Little Boots - and the male vocal sounds suspiciously like the lead singer of Azari & III (see my blogs here and here) so she's keeping up with the latest arrivals on the scene as well. The rather wonderful Every Night I Say A Prayer is released on collectable vinyl for Record Store Day (but in the meantime the Tensnake remix is available to download from Soundcloud):

Little Boots - Every Night I Say A Prayer (Tensnake remix)

Paying homage to the Goth/avant garde stylings of the likes of Siouxsie and Roisin Murphy, the enigmatic Miss Charlotte Hatherley aka Sylver Tongue (who I featured here only last month) has a new single Creatures coming out later this year...



On a jollier note, here's a catchy little number called Voodoo from a new Aussie diva wannabee called Giulietta (also available to download from Soundcloud - how do these people make any money?):

Giuletta - Voodoo

Like some manic theme tune to a 60s ITC spy show, Paris 2012 by mysterious French band La Femme, and its accompanying video, is rather brilliant:

La Femme - Paris 2012

And finally, I featured the new Scissor Sisters song Only The Horses (from their forthcoming album Magic Hour) in my last musical round-up - and now they have accompanied the single's release on 13th May with this quite stunning video... Breathtaking!

Scissor Sisters - Only The Horses

As ever, enjoy! Let me know your thoughts...

Musical Mélange

It's been a while since I captured a few of the newer sounds that have piqued my interest...

We go away from the bright lights of showbiz for a couple of breaks, and look what happens - a second instalment of Kylie Minogue's "K25" Silver Jubilee celebrations is released! This is a fab stripped-back take on the classic On A Night Like This, and I love it:

Kylie Minogue - On a Night Like This (The Abbey Road Sessions)

Miss Charlotte Hatherley, formerly the guitarist from Ash, has re-emerged into the ambient electro world, calling herself Sylver Tongue. Capturing a hint of 80s experimentalists the Cocteau Twins here, and more recent popsters such as Goldfrapp there, Hook You Up is a beautiful concoction:



Thanks once again to the lovely Henry over at Barbarella's Galaxy, here's another new European band I have never heard before. And French combo M83 (for it is they) have only gone and got their new single Midnight City remixed by Swedish mega-DJ Eric Prydz! On their website they describe the video thus: "a tribute to Village of the Damned and Close Encounters of the Third Kind...No kids were hurt in the process!"

M83 - Midnight City

Mere words cannot describe the colour-splash of Con Bro Chill! With possibly the most fluorescent video since Wham's Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, and a happy sound reminiscent of the Scissor Sisters with a "Madchester" beat, here's Power Happy:

Con Bro Chill - Power Happy

Look out GaGa, there's someone else out there ready to take your tinfoil crown! Judging from this remarkable dance number Time To Go, Miss Kwanza Jones is a very fierce rulin' diva indeed. And I love her voice!

Kwanza Jones - Time To Go

And to conclude, topping and tailing this selection with our Patron Saints, Queen Madge has premiered her new upcoming single Girl Gone Wild, and again the jury is out - it certainly is catchy, especially after a couple of listens. I suspect somehow it needs a bit more remixing (and, of course a decent video) to make it a classic. We'll see...

Madonna - Girl Gone Wild (lyric video)

As ever, enjoy!