Win A Custom Lana Del Rey Tote!
Calling all Lana Del Rey lovers! Last week, my good friend Jonny of LoveJonny Designs (he's the one who made that "Cupid Boy" tee for me when I was going to see Kylie!) tweeted a photo ...
MuuMuse Excluusive: Preview Garçon Garçon’s “Hollywood Song (feat. Cazwell)” Off Upcoming EP
Photo credits: Elvis Di Fazio, Marco Ovando After charming our pants off with heartbreaking New Wave synth-pop demos like "Maybe Tonight" and "Take Me Out" back in December of 2010, followed by the delightfully camp video ...
Win The W.E. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Mini-Poster! (Giveaway)
In case you hadn't already heard, Madonna's been busy writing and directing a movie over the past 3 years called W.E. (Want to read about my experience at the film's screening in NYC? Warning: I ...
Win A Copy of Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die! (Album Giveaway)
HEY, over there... Yes, YOU! Put down the video games. I have something to say! Today, the ever delightful, ever controversial heaven-sent songstress Lana Del Rey released her debut studio album, Born To Die. (In case you ...
Lana Del Rey: Born To Die (Album Review)
Everyone's got something to say about Lana Del Rey. In Late June, the cut-and-paste clip for the singer's "Video Games"--then just a buzz track--dropped with a thud onto YouTube. Spliced between old movie sequences, paparazzi clips ...
My Date to The Movies With Madonna: The NYC Premiere of W.E.
Disclaimer: My thoughts on W.E. will not be published until the week of release (February 3.) Now and then, there are some moments when I'm invited to cover an event, a concert or simply spacing out ...
Kate Havnevik Delivers “Mouth 2 Mouth” (Single Review)
Of all the Norwegian electronica chanteuses in the world, Kate Havnevik is probably my favorite. I first discovered Havnevik back in 2006 with her debut record Melankton, a dreamy collection of electronica-infused tunes produced by ...
In Defense of Lana Del Rey
On Saturday night, Lana Del Rey performed on Saturday Night Live. By the next morning, the internet was abuzz: The Huffington Post proclaimed "Internet Sensation Bombs On Her U.S. TV Debut." NBC's Brian Williams called her ...
Frankmusik: Complete Me (Album Review)
Because I’m far too busy to write a proper review, but perhaps even more because he kept us waiting for far longer than any artist should, I’m express-reviewing Frankmusik‘s debut, Complete Me.
Artist: Vincent “Frankmusik” Frank
Cover Art: C+ (See initial promo cover art.)
Producer: Stuart Price
Which means what to me, exactly?: He’s the man behind Madonna‘s killer 2005 record, Confessions On A Dance Floor.
What does it sound like, in five words or less: Glitchy, jittery electro-pop goodness.
Is it “80′s-inspired”?: Yes, but not really in that annoying sense.
Choice (Grade A) tracks: “Gotta Boyfriend?” “Three Little Words”; “Down Down”; “Run Away From Trouble”; “Confusion Girl (Shame Shame Shame)”
Sounds like: Little Boots with a lot more personality and soul, La Roux with slightly less ’80′s kitsch and frigidity, and everything DIY-electro paired with an urgent vibrato and a faint-yet-endearing lisp.
Hype Factor: The excitement surged starting in 2008, peaked somewhere between than and 2Q 2009, and never really recovered since.
Does it live up to the hype?: No. Well–I suppose it might have back then.
How it will probably fall in terms of ranking: At least Top 20 of 2009, if not Top 10.


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