Перед вами новый выпуск «Блогоскопа», дайджеста зарубежных музыкальных блогов. Главным «генератором новостей» на этой неделе был выход в свет нового диска американской инди-рок-группы The Shins «Wincing the Night Away». Альбом «утёк» в Сеть ещё несколько месяцев назад, но это не помешало ему стать одним из главных бестселлеров недели и предметом оживлённых пересудов: удастся или нет ему возглавить хит-парад Billboard и оказаться таким образом первым в истории «альбомом-номер-один» для независимого лейбла Sub Pop. На момент написания этого текста результат «чартовой битвы» The Shins и «порно»-RnB-проекта Pretty Ricky ещё не был известен, и предсказания все делали разные. Тем временем Chromewaves и ...

Since the release of their debut album, In a Million Years , Last Dinosaurs have been marking their territory. With sold out shows across the country, it was a privilege to attend the final show of the tour. Also, this show marked the second sold out show in their hometown of Brisbane, just to top it off. Millions and Gung Ho joined them around the country on this tour, for the most part, and it was great to see both bands play the final show of the tour. Opening the night were local natives Gung Ho . I stand by what I ...

French electro-house superstar Bob Sinclar has just revealed the details of his new album, Disco Crash , set for release on March 26. Like many of his compatriots in the European dance world, Sinclar's taking this one to the next level of pop collaborations, teaming up with the likes of Snoop Dogg , Pitbull , Sean Paul , Sophie Ellis Bextor , and more to create a record in which hip-hop, reggae, pop, disco, and house all live in harmony. Read more on Beatportal

My God, it's hard not to go fanboy gooey over Caroline Polachek. The Chairlift singer takes to the stage at a fully loved-up Borderline wide of eye, bare of midriff and slinky of hip. At various junctures in tonight's hour-long set, she'll break out dance moves that can only be described as looking "a bit like rubbish Karate." And I mean that as a compliment. She also sings like a menthol-breathed angel, of course, as well as playing the castanets, a set of maracas that resemble a Christmas tree and even Cadbury's gorilla-style air drums. Her ...

French label Kitsuné has a relatively long and successful history of releasing compilation and remix albums of indie pop/electro acts.  Their latest offering is Parisien II which features only French artists, much of who are unknown.  Among the fourteen tracks, there are both male and female fronted acts, guitar based indie, electro-pop, dance instrumentals and some songs that crossover or amalgamate all of these genres. The compilation starts well with ‘So Long My Love’, a minimal electro-pop track from the band Tomorrow’s World. It features spacey wooziness over a dull punctuating beat and some lovely female vocals. Other ...

Picture Book are sibling duo Dario Darnell and Lorne Ashley. Born in New York City and now based in Liverpool, the pair had a good footing into the industry, with their father, August Darnell, being the lead singer of the legendary musical group, Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Their debut EP was crafted whilst they both studied at Liverpool and although the sound fits under the genre category of electronica, inspiration has seemingly come from all parts of the spectrum, with additional help from Grammy nominated vocalist Greta Svabo Beck. Think Deadmau5. Think 'Raise Your Weapon'. The first taste of ...

Bob Sinclar “Disco Crash” Genere : aus Provenienza : Douarnenez, Francia Se ti piace ascolta anche : Martin Solveig, Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas, Sean Paul Bob Sinclar è il miglior dj del mondo. Sì, una stronzata del genere la può pensare giusto Studio Aperto che sulla musica fa circa 3 servizi all’anno: uno sugli abiti di Lady Gaga, ed è di brutto il più interessante, un pezzo marketta su Vasco in concerto a San Siro, ché quello capita puntuale tutti gli anni, e l’altro proprio su Bob Sinclar. Bob Sinclar è chiaramente la versione tamarra di Bob di Twin Peaks. Solo ...

"Now we're dancing for our life" Pop fans, you are going to LOVE this. The Supanova Project, from Australia, lists their influences as these: Kylie Minogue, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Armin Van Burren, Michael Jackson, David Guetta, Prince, Pat Benatar, Def Leppard, Zoe Badwi . Really, is there anything better? This band should be on every pop blog out there. And for you X-Factor fans, the group features duel male/female vocals and the male side of that is none other than Johnny Ruffo from this past season of X-Factor AU! Johnny was not my favorite contestant, but he totally grew ...

Jo Birchall’s new single ‘Don’t Let It Go To Your Heart’ is an impassioned and upbeat love song that inspires strength through adversity. Co–written with Matt Prime (Eliza Doolittle, Will Young, Kelly Clarkson, Sophie Ellis-Bextor) ‘Don’t Let It Go To Your Heart’ fuses catchy melodies and country...

At the onset of 2011, the pop landscape might have seemed like a bleak, barren hooker den. And, yes — there were more than enough culprits for trusty Chart Rigger sidekick Moogaboo and I to work up our 10 Worst Singles Of 2011 list last week. But there were also several shining musical moments throughout the past 12 months — yellow diamonds in the light, if you will. Below you'll find what we consider to be the 10 Best Pop Singles of 2011, along with fairly colorful descriptions on just why these jams got our attention. As usual, the singles listed ...

While we’ve always known Sophie Ellis-Bextor was no goody two-shoes (she did commit “Murder On The Dance Floor,” after all), we have to admit, we are a little startled by the F-bomb in the title of the latest song to feature the English songbird. It’s called “F*ck With You,” and it comes to you courtesy ... More »

On a night out with drinks and clubbing obviously subtleties head out the window at some point. That's something that Bob Sinclar and Sophie Ellis-Bextor seem to deeply understand as their collaboration is called Fuck With You - complete with Sophie hatching a plan and doesn't care if the dude has a girlfriend. Not to mention the rap about Imma fuck you, then fuck your friend . It's not even 9am here and we're having morning coffee singing I wanna fuck with you-u-u . A very good sign! Kudos to SE-B for stepping out and getting a bit dirty ...

Nope, this ain’t Princess RiRi‘s new single: “Fuck With You” is the newly surfaced collaboration between French House DJ Bob Sinclar and UK disco chanteuse Sophie Ellis-Bextor. While I’d never expected to hear the straitlaced dance floor diva getting as frisky as she does on top of Sinclar’s funky guitar strums and pulsing disco beats [...]

Remember the BBC Sound of 2009 list? When Little Boots found herself at number 1 she was hailed as the future of synth-pop and all things female and electronica? As it happens she didn’t quite become that and a certain Lady Ga Ga, who featured lower on the list ran away with pretty much everything. Here at Breaking More Waves we’ve always preferred Little Boots to the Ga Ga though. It was disappointing that her record company didn’t capitalise quickly enough on the BBC poll at a time - when Little Boots gave interviews afterwards it seemed that ...

Sophie Ellis-Bextor recently covered Arcade Fire‘s Rebellion (Lies) for Songs To Save a Life, a charity album benefiting Samaritans, a confidential emotional support service for anyone living in the UK and Ireland. The song doesn’t deviate too far from the original in conception, but Ellis-Baxtor adds a nice touch to the vocals that does invite [...]