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Keisha Buchanan 2 weeks ago in London.
Ace of Base has announced plans to release a brand new full length album next year. No word on weather or not Malin Berggren (the blond one) will return. Malin hasn’t been a part of Ace of Base for several years. Ace of Base are currently on tour performing their classic tunes as well as a new track entitled Sparks From A Fire.
Those of you who can not wait until next year will enjoy their upcoming 3 disk Greatest Hits, Classic Remixes, and Music Videos to be released November 10th 2008.
Victoria Hesketh is a lot of things I love. Firstly, she is a taurus, which means shes a down to earth kind of gal whose whose relationship with pop music frequently nears obsession. Victoria’s alter-ego ‘Little Boots’ is the result of all that. She’s also been caught touring with her hair pulled back in the style of my favorite childhood superhero, She-ra. But what I love most about her is the fact that she absolutely emulates pop music from her very soul. While she has collaborated with Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard and British pop cult god, Richard X, this project is still very much a solo one. ‘Me, piano, moog, 3 korgs, tenorion, stylophone, lots of tea,’ according to her super psychedelic myspace page. Every Monday she posts a new track to her blog, some are Haddaway covers, some are more like this…
Victoria adds ‘it was obvious to me that indie was getting boring, and things were going to go more pop. So I quit my guitar band.’ We are so glad she did!
Little Boots added to CMJ schedule:
NY 10/23 Annex
This track makes me want to spend the rest of my day booking dj gigs for myself.
NME.com is running another world wide poll to find the ‘Greatest Indie Anthem of The Millennium.’ Alice Practice by Crystal Castles is one of many choices listed that does not seem strong enough to sit alongside, say, The Strokes’ Last Night. Many songs nominated for this award literally could not be less indie. Their list is so ridiculous I found myself asking around all morning to check if I was crazy. Since when are The Bravery, Coldplay, and Oasis indie contenders? I guess when you work at a big shiny music magazine anything that isn’t Take That seems like college rock.
File under ‘how dare you.’