Did Lady Gaga Pinch This Look From Roisin Murphy?
In early January, Roisin Murphy’s retro-sounding dance jam “Momma’s Place” popped up to kick 2010 off with a proper thumping bassline. (Surprisingly, an EP of the song’s mixes is even available on U.S. iTunes.) But after seeing Lady Gaga traipsing around London the other day with a giant metallic lobster stuck to her noggin, our thoughts once again turned to Roisin—because, after all, haven’t we seen a dancefloor diva with crustacean attached to her head before?
That pic of Roison Murphy is from 2008. And the Lady in question is certainly no stranger to accusations that she’s jacked Irish singer Murphy’s swagger. For example, last year some Internet sleuth whipped up a scandalous (and somewhat damning) side-by-side gallery of Gaga’s Murphy-esque fashions.
But ever the good sport, Roisin said the following in a 2009 statement:
“I respect Lady Gaga’s work as an artist and as a fellow fashion icon. She is a very talented performer, playing the piano, singing live and dancing too. I Don’t Care about Shoulder pads! Not every female artist needs to be at odds with their contemporaries—I prefer to focus on the wonderful things happening in my life, which are plentiful. I am a very honest person (which can often be problematic when it comes to doing press) but I am not a bitchy person. All the best to Lady Gaga—she is fantastic.”
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‘Idol’ semifinalist Bowersox’s future uncertain (AP)
AP – A medical issue could take Crystal Bowersox out of “American Idol.”
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13 Pop Star Facebook Groups For The Most Time-Suck-Challenged Individual
Ah, Facebook—such an electronic bridge across the miles. Such an aid for the closet cyberstalker in us all. And most importantly, such a tool for creating cleverly-titled fan groups. Yes, the days of squeaky clean Mickey Mouse Club-type worship are over. One sweep through the blue-hued social networking site turns up such quirky Internet gathering places as—brace yourselves—Joe Jonas In Skinny White Jeans and I LOL’d When I Saw What Simon Cowell Looked Like Upside Down.
And since we recently had such a grand old time piecing together the greatest hits of the Because Of Nicki Minaj Twitter hashtag, we decided to scour Facebook (which—raise a glass—just turned six last month) and cull together a list of some of the more, uh, unconventional pop star fan groups.
* “That Girl Has Such A Pretty Voice!” — “Mom, That’s Justin Bieber.” — Poor mom. And here you just got her to stop rambling on about how handsome Pink is.
Baritone goes sky-high to get rid of heights fear (AP)
AP – Star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is fearless when reaching for musical heights. But the Russian singer says he’s always been scared of physical heights — even on stage sets.
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Thursday preview: Phantogram whips up psychedelic atmospheres from a barn
Bands and critics often speak of using the studio as an instrument. Yet technology doesn't have to be bleeding edge for the environment to play a major role, especially when one is working till dawn in a barn in the middle of nowhere.
The music of Phantogram, which will be in Los Angeles for a performance Thursday night at Bordello, conjures, at times, fanciful, late-night dreamscapes, a rural-meets-computers sound crafted about 40 minutes outside of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Dusty, hip-hop ready beats, warm electronic grooves and spacey atmospheric guitars combine for a low-key psychedelic mix, resulting in a sound that falls somewhere between the trip-hop soul of Massive Attack and a more digitized version of Mercury Rev, which has also recorded in less urban parts of New York.
"We wrote the album during the winter months of 2007, out in the barn," said Josh Carter, who, along with Sarah Barthel, makes up the instrument-and-vocal-swapping duo. "That might be the reason the record has a lot of dark undertones. We felt a lot of isolation, and it was cold and dark all the time. We were working very late at night, out in the middle of nowhere. Even though we had each other, there was this feeling of loneliness going on. I think that translated into the music."
The act's debut, "Eyelid Movies," was released last month by the Seattle-based independent label Barsuk Records. The album opens with one of the first songs the pair — high school friends who reconnected post-college — composed together: "Mouthful of Diamonds," a slow-burning churn of sci-fi effects and Barthel's comforting vocals.
"I came up with a bleep-and-bloop loop going on in the song, and I was just screwing around with that on a synth and began playing guitar on top of it," Carter said. "That song came together in probably about one hour, fully written. We kind of put it to the side because I couldn’t come up with any lyrics. About a month later, I stayed up all night and wrote the lyrics and the vocal melody."
Florence & The Machine – “You Got The Love” (The Very Best Re-Do Of The xx Remix)
What we have here is the Very Best’s cover of the xx’s remix of GGD fans Florence & The Machine’s cover of Candi Staton’s “You’ve Got The Love.” What we also have is an impressive nailing of the critical zeitgeist in under three minutes.
Florence & The Machine – “You Got The Love (The Very Best [...]
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