This is an old song which has just been re-released in the UK by The Ting Tings, a fairly new British alternative/indie pop/dance band comprising of Jules De Martino and Katie White.
That’s Not My Name didn’t even chart the first time around but since they’ve now got some airplay and mainstream press, the band are […]
This is the first viewing of new artist Santogold which I’ve had the pleasure of, and I must say, I’m impressed.
Santogold is American singer/songwriter Santi White, who has seemed to burst on to the scene from absolutely nowhere. In the space of three days, I’ve gone from not knowing her, to seeing her everywhere.
This is […]
Wow, I can’t believe this day has actually arrived, but it’s here in all its glory. Yes, I have finally found an American R’n’B song I actually like! Unfortunately the video is a bit crap, but one out of two ain’t bad.
I’ve been quite scathing on the genre here on Killed By The Video Star […]
Gabriella Cilmi has come seemingly out of nowhere to have chart success in her native Australia, as well as New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. And she’s done it with this brilliant song called Sweet About Me.
The other day I reviewed a song by an Australian band called Pendulum, who have moved to the UK […]
I’ve had a mixed view of Rihanna since she burst on to the scene last year with the hugely successful Umbrella. I know she’d been around before that (figuratively speaking) but I’d never heard of her.
At first, I rallied against the popularity, and found the song dull, and highly unoriginal. But it grew on me, […]
Pendulum are a new Australian band who have relocated to the UK as they know it is the Mecca of decent music. Just ask Dave over at Brit Music Scene, oh hang on that’s me! However, don’t tell Lauren at Oz Music Scene, or she’ll kill me.
After starting as producers and remixers, they are now […]
The b5 music channel is today celebrating the diversity of our music loves by compiling a list of songs that you should all add to your iPod or mp3 player. But obviously with this being a video blog, that wouldn’t quite do it.
So here instead are two classic videos which I adore but are woefully […]
Duffy is back, releasing her second single, Warwick Avenue, as a follow up to the huge hit that was Mercy. And even more than her début, this song transports me back in time to the 1960s.
Not that I was ever alive in the 60s, I’m old but not that old, but it gives me a […]
I’ve always liked Missy Elliott, as unlike a lot of the other Hip-Hop artists out there, she seems to always strive for originality, without resting on her laurels or being lazy.
She’s continued this trend with the first single from her forthcoming, as yet untitled album, which also appears on the Step Up 2 The Streets […]
Before I can start seriously talking about this song and video, I have to get two things out of the way first:
1. What a stupid name for a song. Not only does it read as if Paris is in Tokyo, when we know it’s really in Germany, but it’s a lazy name. There’s no thought […]
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