Music Reviews / Previews
LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez
Control Myself
Mercury
Oh Jennifer, did it have to come to this? After last year’s Rebirth album bombed, the pelt-sporting, scent-flogging, movie-cursing Latino diva is reduced to a cameo spot on a record by a rent-a-rapper. Thing is, this single might just save Lopez the way Mariah Carey’s collaboration with Busta Rhymes- I Know What You Want, name fans- saved her. For Control Myself is Sharon Stone circa 1992 sexy: a lascivious slice of electro R&B which, at times, threatens to break into the Eurythmics’ Here Comes The Rain Again. And, you know what, even Lopez’s Fergie-off-of-Black Eyed Peas impression is kinda appealing. Expect a blockbuster comeback album, The Liberation of J.Lo, early in 2007.
More? More singles reviews? More singles reviews by Daz Sampson, The Beautiful South, Hot Chip, Gear, Neil Leyton, Pet Shop Boys and Boy Kill Boy? After the jump? OK then...
Time for another installment of our Eurovision Song Contest betting odds run-through, and we can't tell you how jazzed we are about telling you about people you don't know singing songs you'll maybe hear once in your life.
The stage design for the Eurovision Song Contest is particularly interesting this year, featuring independently moving LED panels, pivoted scenery, a number of projected backdrops and... are you actually still reading this? Wow - you guys are way hardcore.
Here are the latest Eurovision betting odds for Israel and Latvia, with help from PaddyPower...
Everyone knows never to judge a book by its cover, but your brain tells you several things when you see a black CD cover decorated with a glowing-eyed bird of prey by a band called Orbit Service.
Then your brain tells you several other things after you've see the song titles. Wolves. Asphyxia. A Hallucination. One of these songs is 11 minutes long. Now your brain tells you "Uh-oh!"
But when have you ever listened to your brain, right?
Usually, when the founding member of an influential band dies, all manner of cash-in tribute albums and anthologies are released, but then Swell Maps were never really like other bands.
Following the death last month of founder Nikki Sudden, Wastrels And Whippersnappers - a Swell Maps rarities retrospective - has been realised. And it sounds a lot like a bunch of toddlers throwing a strop in an upturned metal dustbin. Nikki would've been proud.
Time for another morning blast of Eurovision Song Contest 2006 betting odds, and we're almost at the middle of the alphabet. 16 down, 21 to go!
This year, the Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Athens, and it's going to be presented by Maria Menounos and Sakis Rouvas, basically the Greek Will & Grace. And say that with the greatest authority after looking at a single photo of them for about a millisecond.
Here are the Eurovision betting odds for Iceland and Ireland...
When the Eurovision Song Contest happens, all of Europe stops and takes notice. Then, after the fifth hour of listening to songs called things like Bingy Bongy Bang Bang, it takes slightly less notice.
That's why the Eurovision Song Contest has a semi-final to weed out the most useless Eurovision entries each year. So some of the countries featured in these Eurovision betting odds might not even make it to the final, and this will be the only time you'll ever hear of them. Sad? Us? Meh.
Here are the latest Eurovision betting odds for Germany and Greece, with help from PaddyPower.com...
Hey kids, here's some music you should love instantly - because we want you to so badly. As always - your method of musical attainment is up to you. Just find them, listen to them, and see if your circle of friends doesn't increase exponentially.
This week featuring tracks from Men Without Hats, Doves, Chikinki, Saint Etienne, Spacehog and The Sleepy Jackson.
The Eurovision Song Contest is rattling towards us, and we don't know who'll win it yet. But here's the next best thing: another lot of Eurovision betting odds.
It's a little known fact that the Eurovision Song Contest was invented during a six-day drunken bender attended by the heads of state from all the major European countries. Greece and Portugal had an argument because the Portuguese official thought that the Greek man was looking at his bird and, instead of fighting, decided to settle the matter with a slightly naff singing competition.
So here are the latest Eurovision betting odds for France and FYR Macedonia, with help from PaddyPower.com...
