Although I reckon 'Symmetry' is crying out for a proper release, Team Little Boots have opted for 'Earthquake' as the follow-up to her biggest hit to date, 'Remedy'.
I'm not all that fussed on the song itself but the video works perfectly with both the song and Victoria Hesketh's space-age synth queen image:
The spacey Yes Giantess remix of the track is well worth a spin too if you're in the market for something a tad more frantic:
Little Boots had made her entire debut album, 'Hands', previewable on her Myspace.
Victoria Hesketh's first single since the ridiculous hype began, 'New In Town', limped into the UK charts at no. 13 last night so she will no doubt be hoping that the album fares a little better. I suspect it will.
Of the new tracks, only 'Symmetry', featuring The Human League's Phil Oakey, comes close to being as good as 'Meddle' or 'Stuck on Repeat'. However, the tracks are solid enough to suggest that Hesketh is not the flukey two-hit wonder that some are writing her off as.
The music is unashamedly bubblegum and Hesketh's voice isn't especially impressive but the quality of the songwriting and production holds it together. You can forgive her some lyrical clangers here and there when the the hooks and melodies are as good as they are.
This year has seen the emergence of several female fronted pop outfits tipped for success. Little Boots has laid down the gauntlet with 'Hands'. It remains to be seen whether imminent releases from La Roux and Florence and the Machine can raise the bar.
The lead single from Little Boots' highly anticipated album has materialised. The track is called 'New In Town' and, although perhaps not as mesmerising as 'Stuck and Repeat' or 'Meddle', it's a solid tune that should reassure fans of Boots (AKA Victoria Hesketh) that she hasn't let the ridiculous level of hype preceding her debut LP go to her head.
If you haven't already heard her cover of Freddie Mercury's 'Love Kills', right click here to download a slightly stonkin' remix courtesy of Buffetlibre Rewind. The whole Buffetlibre project is worth checking out actually. Some really cool cover versions, as well as some ill advised ones... I'll let you decide for yourself which fall under column A and which fall under column B.
With the number one single on both sides of the Atlantic this week and a massive hype that stretches back months and months, I figured Lady Gaga had the BBC 'Sound of 2009' number one spot in the bag.
Wrong.
The poll of music industry experts placed Gaga as the sixth most likely artist to succeed in 2009.
Earlier in the week, the fifth, fourth and third spots were conferred upon La Roux, Empire of the Sun and Florence and the Machine respectively and yesterday White Lies were declared runner-up in the list.
The lone 'rock' act in an especially poppy Top 5, the London based trio make moody rock music that combines heavy guitar riffs with earthy vocals from vocalist Harry McVeigh. Of the artists in the Top 5, this act is the one I'd be least likely to listen to but I reckon they are one of the most likely to enjoy major success.
Here's the video to their morbidly titled new single 'To Lose My Life'
Today, Little Boots (known as Victoria Hesketh to her mammy and daddy) was unveiled as the number one artist likely to succeed this year. Yet another synth-pop princess, the Little Boots project was born after Hesketh's involvement in a band called Dead Disco (who I always felt had the ingredients to be quite brilliant but somehow weren't) came to an end in 2007.
Over the past twelve months, she has amassed a substantial online following as a result of regularly posting cover versions of songs by other artists on her Youtube channel. Theses songs ranged from Hot Chip and Girls Aloud to The Human League and Estelle.
Later, Little Boots' own material began to surface and generated considerable blog hype. In November, she appeared on Later with Jools Holland playing a Japanese gadget called a Tenori-on in a performance that no doubt widened her fanbase. Check out the video below as well as her single, Stuck on Repeat, whose title aptly sums up how much I've been playing the Fake Blood remix of the song the past few days.
Frankmusik didn't even make the Top 10 on the list. Better luck next year, eh?
Following on from the last post, BBC have unveiled those in the race to be The Next Big Thing in 2009. The good news is that a couple of artists I've been championing have made the cut (Lady Gaga, Frankmusik). There are a couple of others I've heard promising stuff from (Little Boots, La Roux) and plenty I will be checking out over the next few days (er... everyone else.)
Here's the BBC Sound of 2009 list in full and a nice collage of the artists:
The Big Pink Dan Black VV Brown Empire of the Sun Florence and the Machine Frankmusik Kid Cudi La Roux Lady Gaga Little Boots Master Shortie Mumford & Sons Passion Pit The Temper Trap White Lies
Although I reckon 'Symmetry' is crying out for a proper release, Team Little Boots have opted for 'Earthquake' as the follow-up to her biggest hit to date, 'Remedy'.
Little Boots had made her entire debut album, 'Hands', previewable on her Myspace.
The lead single from Little Boots' highly anticipated album has materialised. The track is called 'New In Town' and, although perhaps not as mesmerising as 'Stuck and Repeat' or 'Meddle', it's a solid tune that should reassure fans of Boots (AKA Victoria Hesketh) that she hasn't let the ridiculous level of hype preceding her debut LP go to her head.
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Following on from the last post, BBC have unveiled those in the race to be The Next Big Thing in 2009. The good news is that a couple of artists I've been championing have made the cut (Lady Gaga, Frankmusik). There are a couple of others I've heard promising stuff from (Little Boots, La Roux) and plenty I will be checking out over the next few days (er... everyone else.)
