What a way to start this gorgeous Friday morning! The weather is absolutely bananas beautiful in NYC, and the temperature is starting to rise thanks to two remixes of Jamiroquai's newest cut, White Knuckle Ride. The original song will be included on the band's forthcoming seventh studio album, Rock Dust Light Star, which will see a proper release in November (at least in the UK, while we still await the US out date).
As mentioned, the new song is floating around in a few different iterations, but today, I'm on the edge of my seat with anticipation because I simply cannot wait for you to grab these two fine fixes. Coming courtesy of two of my most favorite "newer-ish" beasts of approval, Penguin Prison and Monarchy handle the remixing reigns, and they do it with class, finesse, and disco pop beats for days.
They are both free for you and me. They are both delicious and yummy. They are the hotness!
Sporting lots of leather and no lace, Scissor Sisters returned to their hometown of New York City last night, and took Terminal 5 on a tour of their biggest hits, spanning three full-length albums which culminated in their most recent, and strongest, release, Night Work. And work the night, and the stage, they did.
Starting with the title track from said album, the entrance to the stage proved precisely what was in store for the predominantly male, and seemingly way oversold crowd. Lights, latex and limber moves abounded as Jake Shears and Ana Matronix shared vocal duties over the course of the evening, pairing up for calisthenics during Any Which Way and Whole New Way, the first of which you can catch video of below.
Small players Del Marquis and Baby Daddy take an obvious back seat to the glitz and glamour of the two frontspair, but their musical finessings proved easy to swallow, and ultimately outshone the vocals on a number of the songs. Crowd energy hit a peaked high when the troupe launched into debut hit, Take Your Mama Out, after Ana and Co. dedicated it to all the families, including their own, in the audience.
Working the night in the most sensual way, Scissor Sisters were welcomed back home with wide open, and spirited arms.
View full set of images from the show here. Video of Any Which Way is below a few choice pictures and the set list.
Night Work Laura Any Which Way She’s My Man Something Like This Whole New Way Tits on the Radio Harder You Get Running Out Take Your Mama Kiss You Off I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ Skin Tight Skin This Cat Fire With Fire Paul McCartney Night Life
Encore Comfortably Numb Invisible Light Filthy Gorgeous
From Robyn’s forthcoming 8 track album called, “Body Talk Pt. 2″. In effort to get more music out more consistently, Robyn has developed a new approach:
In an interview with Swedish magazine Bon, Robyn announced that she had plans to release three new albums in 2010. She said, “I got all these great songs so why not? [...] It’s been 5 years since Robyn and I didn’t want to wait with a release until they are all recorded, so I decided to start putting them out right away.” Robyn told Popjustice journalist Peter Robinson, “It’s been a long time since I actually made a record! And I was thinking of how to shorten that time down and Eric, my manager, came up with the idea of what if I just start releasing songs, then I can tour them, then I can make some more songs. We started working like that. I think once it starts it will make more sense – you can just keep releasing stuff without the long breaks.”[Taken from wiki]
Oh honey children, I am not opposed to getting down to some rad new glittery rubs courtesy of the mirror-ball queen, Donna Summer. The breathy-vocalist is back after a short hiatus since her 2008 album, Crayons, and new single, To Paris With Love, is hot on the upswing of disco lounge sultriness. The song has just come out and can be purchased here. Approved!
On her latest single To Paris With Love, Donna brings to life the feelings, the passions, the love affair she has for the the City of Lights, the dazzling world capital of romance, culture, fashion and style. Audiences will be taken on a musical journey into the seductive sounds and flavors of that versatile and ever-evolving city, Paris. With this track, Donna has returned to the influences that have helped shape her career, which began in Europe and where she has always felt at home. "I wanted to give my fans something special and exciting for the summer, and I couldn’t think of a better theme than the glamour and allure of Paris," says Donna. "I want people to feel transported, whether they're listening on the dance floors of Ibiza or on their headphones at work. The idea is to let them escape into that magic world."
Her voice and lyrics echo the warm hazy feeling that can always be found in her music, so as she sings, "If you're looking for love, then you've got to go to Paris", you'll go right there with her.
To Paris With Love is co-written by Donna and Bruce Roberts, and is produced by Peter Stengaard. Remixers include: Wictor Mysliwiec and Michal Bojanowic (WAWA), Eddie Amador, Craig Christensen, Jonathan Mendelsohn, DJ DLG and Automatic Panic. (via)
Last night marked the finale dance episode of So You Think You Can Dance. The results and winner will be announced tonight, but not before I weigh in a bit on the musical selections from the evening's routines, much like I've done in the past few weeks. Quite the scattering of new and old, with a little dose of the classics tossed in for good measure, and the festivities saw everything from a Leonard Bernstein tune to Kanye West's Power get the foot-moving treatment.
Overall, the show was solid, with the top 3 dancers (Lauren, Robert and Kent), performing with each other, an all-star and a solo. Nearly all the routines garnered praise from the judges, and it's left in the hands of callers to determine season 7's winner.
A highlight was both Kent and Allison's and then Robert and Lauren's contemporary pieces, but you know me and you know I love my hip-hop, so the dance done to Yeezy's current single is below in video form. So strong!
Now, a list of all the songs used in last night's episode.
florence + the machine's dog days are over used in this "look at their journey" montage
kent and lauren doing a bollywood routine to om bangala by kambahhkt ishq
lauren and twitch dance hip-hop to kanye west's power
robert and mark dance jazz to devo's whip it
kent dances solo to train's the finish line
lauren and robert dance contemporary to cinematic orchestra's that home
lauren and kent dance jazz to huey lewis and the news' hip to be square
robert dances solo to the postal service's the district sleeps alone tonight
kent and allison dance contemporary to joshua radin's sundrenched world (live session)
lauren dances solo to mary j blige's i'm goin' down
robert and kathryn dance broadway to cool from west side story
lauren and pacha dance the cha-cha to christina aguilera's not myself tonight
kent and robert dance the malevos to taylor long's the chosen/addict
