So, what are the 7 best bits of the new Little Boots video?

Little Boots's new video 'New in Town' has been released. The song is a welcome to the electro neighbourhood from the YouTube sensation herself and the video is a grimmy, ghetto - possibly LA meets eighties glamour puss and naughties siren, affair. But what are the seven best bits of the video? Well i'm here to tell you:

#1 - Boots encounters a tramp begging for money with the sign saying 'NEED FOOD: Spent all my money on Judo lessons'. Needless to say Boots does not comply with his wishes.


#2 - Several trolley dollies all try to ram Boots at the same time meaning they all miss her and she continues to pout at the camera. Jammy bitch.


#3 - A Thriller meets Fame meets Oliver dance routine breaks out among the tramps for the first chorus.


#4 - A second well choreographed routine occurs round about the second chorus (do you see a pattern emerging?), this time it is a Run DMC Vs. Cotton-Eye Joe affair.


#5 - A bit of a perv on the local hussys.


#6 - Meanwhile, a commatosed Lady Gaga is helped out of a boot. A car boot, that is.


#7 - Finally the third and final dance number occurs to fit in with the final chorus. This one sees the local nymphomaniacs try their hands at a bit of crotch grabbing and roaching.


All in all the video is a success. As for the song, it looks set to throw Little Boots into the top ten, possibly number one, and prove all those 'Hot for 2009' lists right!

Need to decide for yourself? Here is the video in full.
Little Boots - New In Town

The best number two of the year?

So whilst i was away in Australia for two weeks, i came back to a rather suprising single sitting at number two in the UK Charts.

The song in question is 'In for the Kill' by La Roux, a song that, whilst delicious to my ears, doesn't seem to have mass market appeal written all over it. However the singles chart has always been unpredictable, and now downloads are included even more so than ever, meaning just about anything can happen. Usually this means some awful tosh will become more popular than it deserves, but this time the opposite has happened. A song that usually would be adored by the critics and pop fans alike, but lacking that exposure that would secure a top ten placing and with a chart history that looks something like this: 11-11-4-2-2 it seemed destined to remain a minor hit, then all of a sudden the song took hold and ascended to the upper reaches of the top ten and stayed there.
The fate of the song reminded me of 'Black and Gold' by Sam Sparro from 2008, a song that, too, could have remained underground if it wasn't for the fact it was so damn catchy.

So whats next for 'In for the Kill'? Number 1? possible, but i don't think it will happen.

A to B: Beyonce does Alanis

On 25th May I'm off to see the mighty Beyonce in concert. I think she is going to be amazing. I watched a bit of her concert from LA the other day as it was on 4music.

Her 'I Am...' tour looks set to raise the bar even further. Incorporating other people's songs into your tour set list is common practice amongst most touring acts. Usually the songs will be recent hits or old favourites. Beyonce has done this a lot on this tour and the one that has take the youtube world by storm is this - 'If I Were A Boy' with 'You Oughta Know', one of the stand out tracks from Alanis Morrisette's debut 'Jagged Little Pill'. Let's just say Be sure can turn it on when she needs to!

It's all a Lott of Pixie

Pixie Lott is only 18, but already she has been creating flutters within the music industry. Looking (and sounding) like Duffy's cooler younger sister, Lott's first release will be the smokey, Aguilera-baiting 'Mama Do'. Dropping on 11th May, the song has already ready started picking up radio play, notabley from Radio 1. 2009 is looking more and more like the year of the woman, once again.