Less than perfect timing

If "Battlefield" was released a bit earlier, it would have gotten quite some publicity due to the Iraq war and the Bush administration and all that rubbish. Think of the possibilities. Radio refusing to play the song for fear of causing injury due to the 'sensitive situation' the country is in, which in turn generates a huge amount of interest, prompting endless streams on Youtube, eventually leading to massive download figures and record-breaking sales.

However, now that we have you-know-who in charge of America, everything's washed over with an annoying glow of radiant hope and everlasting cheer, which does no good when it comes to selling using controversy. Nobody is excited anymore. Everything is just too 'ok' now.

Moving away from our political rant, Jordin Sparks has really done a great job with this lovely pop thingy which you can listen to right here.


© Jive Records 2009

That was an approximately 30 second clip of "Battlefield" in case you didn't know.

Though when you think about it, if we lived in a perfect world, Rihanna would be the one releasing "No Air" with Chris Brown, and then following it up with "Battlefield" right after the whole Chris Brown incident where she looked like she just managed to escape a brawl with a few angry hookers in an alley. And in a perfect world, both songs would be massive #1 hits on both sides of the ocean, thanks to so much controversy.

Basically we know we don't sound very sane now, but it's almost 2am and frankly, we 'can't be bovvered' with Jordin's terribly clean image and slightly above average sales for an Idol-winner. This is a song written by Ryan Tedder. Why was it given to Jordin of all people? Also we're starting to believe Mr. Tedder has something for black women. He has written a total of 3 massive hits to date, "Bleeding Love" for Leona Lewis, "Halo" for Beyonce, and now "Battlefield" for Jordin. Why won't he come up with something for, say, Nadine?

"Battlefield" remains an amazing song regardless.

Deadliest of synths

As pictures of Rihanna rubbing her clitoris circulate throughout the net, we thought it would have been appropriate to give her the "treatment" and write something about her such as previewing a new song, etc. Unfortunately, nudity really doesn't help in making an artist's discography more appealing, as we found out while listening to her shitty albums. Instead, we'd rather waste our time talking about one of the best things to ever happen to music, namely La Roux.

Lead singer Elly has such a deliciously shrill voice that makes everything utterly listenable. Her vocals sound piercing and sharp, and to some extent "tinny", but that works in her favour of course. And the music, oh the music. It's best described as spectacular and very, very synth.


© Kitsune/Polydor Records 2009

As you can hear clearly in the above clip, La Roux is basically genius. So far every single song they've put out have been nothing short of amazing, and "I'm Not Your Toy" is a great example of that. The synthesizers are perfect, the lyrics are adorable, and her vocals are lovely.

As debut single "In For The Kill" hit #2 and is still in the Top 10, the astounding second single "Bulletproof" has been pushed back for a mid-June release. And following this, their self-titled debut album will be out on the 29th of next month (simply put, a decade away from today).

PS: We're almost a hundred percent sure Chris Brown leaked those pictures by the way. That hilarious woman-beater.