Break the Night with Colour...

There are so many fantastic albums out at the moment that are rocking my world!!! We are so spoilt for choice at the moment it is no funny. There are a few albums in particular that I need to rant about.

As mentioned in a previous post Placebo’s ‘Meds’ is fantastic with ‘Song to Say Goodbye’ and ‘Meds’ stand out tracks. Rumour has it that these guys will be back here before the years end. Let's hope so!

Richard Ashcroft ‘Keys to the World’, hello perfection. No wonder Chris Martin talks this guy up so much. I was a fan of The Verve, but this album is something else, it is in a league of its own. This is an early contender for my Top 10 albums of the year. My fave tracks are ‘Break the Night with Colour’, ‘Why Not Nothing’ and ‘Why Do Lovers?’

We Are Scientists ‘With Love and Squalor’ has the best cover art around at the moment. I love kittens; the tunes are not bad either! These guys were signed following last years SxSW conference. I can’t wait to see these tracks live…please let them tour here soon. (Fingers crossed).

Can someone please explain to me why Starsailor are not huge in Australia? The only impact they have had chart wise was with the remix of ‘Four to the Floor’. It is criminal. The same can be said about bands like Keane and Snow Patrol…what is wrong with people? Do they need to be hit around the head with an album before they can see how amazing it is? Check out their latest offering ‘On the Outside’. It was produced by Rob Schnapf (The Vines, Beck)

Corinne Bailey Rae, people are calling here the new Macy Gray. If you have not heard the superbly laid back single ‘Put You Records On’ it is only a matter of time. Bailey Rae’s self-titled album is out now and is a great chill out album. We need more female vocalist making this sort of music, it makes a nice change to the standard Jack Johnson, Donovan Frankenreiter and Ben Harper "kick back" CD’s.

I am in great anticipation of Prince’s newie and the debut from Mark Scholtez, a Brissy boy with very cruisey jazz sounds.

Hats off to The Church, The Cat Empire and Deltra Goodrem for their performances at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. I thought they were all amazing; I felt very proud to be an Aussie!

Oi Oi Oi!

Pop Princess xo