MuuMuse Approved: Cassie – King of Hearts
"King of Hearts" has been a long time coming--from leaked demos, to video previews, to grainy fan videos sent in from Kanye West's DJ sets overseas, to official remixes--but now, Cassie's major comeback single has ...
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Disclaimer: My thoughts on W.E. will not be published until the week of release (February 3.)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 ...
filed under: Diana Vickers, Gabriella Cilmi, JES, Linda Sundblad, MuuTunes, Robyn, Sophie Ellis-Bextor
A few days ago, a very nice Muuser contacted me to thank me for publishing the Top Singles of 2009 list and inquire as to why I don’t publish lists more often. Frankly I have no idea, so I figured I’d start making lists on a more regular basis.
From now on (read: until I forget next week), I’m going to post the top five tracks I’m digging at the moment at the start of each week.
Yes, I know I have a last.fm account that could just as easily provide that information, but a play count doesn’t necessarily dictate my swooning accurately.
Without further ado, the first installment (of many?) this way cometh:
MuuMuse Approved Tracks for the Week of March 28, 2010
5. JES – Awaken
Moody, atmospheric dance. Smarter than your average trance.
4. Linda Sundblad – Damage
A minimal, tripping synth beat builds up in the best way possible as Sundblad goes through the woes of a love in crisis. Robyn-esque!
3. Diana Vickers – The Boy Who Murdered Love
Not only a killer melody, but some of the finest pop lyrics I’ve heard in a while. “You’re the boy who murdered love, cold hands and a heart of stone / You’re a Midas in reverse, you’re the king of pain and hurt.”
2. Gabriella Cilmi – Love Me Cos You Want To
An aching, brilliantly burning 21st century torch song. Gorgeous and heartfelt.
1. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Bittersweet
A true disco gem, both modern and timeless. It’s set to become the official MuuMuse summer anthem of 2010!
filed under: Amy Winehouse, Anastacia, Dallas Austin, Gabriella Cilmi, Greg Kurstin, Little Boots, Noisettes, Shingai Shoniwa, Xenomania
Move over, Little Boots–there’s a new space-age disco diva in town.
Gabriella Cilmi, the 18-year old Aussie songstress responsible for last year’s “Sweet About Me” has returned to Earth. Well, sort of.
“On A Mission” is a hectic, intergalactic neo-disco rave, where Cilmi’s raspy vocals (a kind of crossbreed between Anastacia, the Noisettes‘ Shingai Shoniwa and Amy Winehouse) are tacked onto a glitzy, ’80′s synthesized beat. Add a spritz of Little Boots’ geometric fixation and a dash of low budget ’50′s sci-fi camp, and there you have it: Cilmi 2.0.
The young singer’s sophomore album Ten is due out on March 22, with production credits from the likes of Xenomania, Greg Kurstin, and Dallas Austin. Odds of brilliance? You do the math.


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