Lily Allen - Fuck You

I was a bit surprised to hear that Parlophone had decided that Lily Allen's 'Fuck You' is worthy of single status. The song itself is ok but sounds very simliar to 'Alfie' from her first album 'Alright Still' and doesn't say much more to me than 'ooooh this song has lots of swearing in it and is abit controversial'.

Anyway, the video is pretty cool. Christ know's how this song is going to get radio play, but then, i'm sure Lily doesn't give a crap about that.

Not too bad is it? Whilst hunting out this vid I stumbled across this one

below made by a gay French website called 'Gay Clic' posted on the

International Day Against Homophobia.

Daisy Dares You

I always walk towards new pop acts with trepidation and fear....you see, I secretly am a (huge) closet pop consumer. From Girls Aloud to McFly to Pink to The Saturdays - I love it all.

This obviously causes me some problems with my 'cool muso mates' when they ask what i'm listening too at the moment. My latest 'COOL' CD to drop into conversations to keep my street cred is 'Regina Spektor's new release despite the fact i've never heard it. It always gets nods of appreciation from my peers and means that we can be friends that little bit longer...

Well, it looks like finally my pop vs street cred fears have collided in the shape of Daisy Dares You. She makes the kind of credible pop that 'The Ting Tings' would kill for plus she looks like she could eat you alive in one foul swoop.

So the music - cute, fun, soulful and epic. A contradiction? Possibly, but have a listen for yourself below.

Daisy Dares You Myspace

Dasiy Dares You Free Track

Calvin Harris

Right, first up, I LIKE CALVIN HARRIS.

It's taken me a while to be ok with this fact but I think the time is right to come out in the open with it and get on with the rest of my life...PHEW.

'Dance Wiv Me' was one of the big tunes of last summer for me, who'd have thought that the odd pairing of an urban east london rapper with a pasty scottish chancer would work so well?

So what next from Mr Harris? This....

It's called 'I'm Not Alone', has been described as 'eurphoric' and I absolutly can't get enough of it. It's full of deep trancey synths and has a distinct taste of the orient.

If this is the direction Calvin is heading in, then i'm following. Thoughts?

UPDATE - Sony keep taking the track off youtube, so if you want to here it CLICK HERE

Master Shortie

Right so all the other blogs are banging on about Florence and the Machine, Little Boots, White Lies blahblahblah etc etc etc as being BIG IN 09....

Yeah, not bad acts apart from White Lies (which I really do not understand at all - to me, Editors from 1989), but where is the excitement, where is the different?

I would like to divert your attention to one Master Shortie.

He comes from London, is an ex-Brit School student and is presenting UK hip hop in a totally different style. Gone are tracks about the struggle of life in East London (snore) and lyrics about 'murking' each other and in are funky guitar licks and a girls 'hotness' being compared to that of a somosa.

I like, I think you will too. Check out 'Dead End'