Fact: Their first album was better than anything produced by Steps. They were the true sons and daughters of ABBA and Deuce. Thank god for Eurovision. Things we hate: Big Brovaz, Cyndi, Brian Harvey and some twats who used to be The Darkness..
SCOOCH ARE BACK!
ROBYN Life on Mars-unreleased
This cover of David Bowies epic Life On Mars features fellow Swedish singer Stefan Andersson and was recorded around Robyn's My Truth era. In other related news Robyn is the artist of the month on LostInLimbo where they explore her music, her past and her future.
Her impending U.K love affair has already kicked off on a good note even before she's released her single Konichiwa Bitches. She's sold out her first live concert and has already announced a second at Cargo in London on March 29th. Be quick cos that will go very soon especially as its a full blown show.
ROBYN Bum Like You-new UK Re-Recording!!!!
As promised during our girlband season, DontStopthePop has become a little hotbed for Robyn stuff of past, future and current. Last week we featured an amazing new version of With Every Heartbeat. This sunday its something very special-the new UK re-recording of Bum Like You. Robyn did this especially for her UK fans so please enjoy it.
Now the version your getting this evening is low quality so you all go out and buy the CD when it comes out in April. Downloading this track means you'll be buying it wont you? Wont you! GRRRR! The version you're gonna hear is a sneak peak to the song and nothing more. You won't get the full feel of the amazing re-recording by this version. Believe me, the album version is fucking stunning. Seriously though, the version here today is a treat and nothing more. Your speakers are not broken. The drips and dips in sound are there on purpose. You won't have them if you buy the cd. However, enjoy the preview!
Credits: Ola, Mandy, Jive (for the pic) and RobynFan (coming soon)
Websites: Robyn.com, Cdon, Robyn'sMyspace, AmazonUK
Coming up on DSTP: Kevin's first post, Robyn covering David Bowie, posts from myself and Mary Cherry and a brand new artist!
SPICE GIRLS ARE BACK! Mel B don't look so befuddled!
Do you think they took note of DSTP's recent girlband celebration? If so, we demand a slice of the royalties. No Angels, Robyn and now the Spice Girls:
OH
MY
POP!
ROBYN-KLEERUP WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT [live acoustic version] Robyn Exclusive!!
Being a fan of Robyn is hard. Why? When she records like this you look at your dictionary of superlatives and feel language is just insufficient.
What can I say. This is amazing. Better than amazing. Her voice is so soft. Like honey. Like tears. Like droplets of pure bliss.
I am quite speechless.
Info: Recorded today. On p3....
Credits: Robyn and KleerUp
Credits II: Shirley, RobynFan, Mandy and Lena!
Credits III: Robyn.com [for the photo]
ITS BEEN EMOTIONAL-Thats a blograp people!
Its that time of year again. Roses mean something and violets are blah blah blah. Meantime, lets look at some at blogs, tidbits and juicy morsels of gossip.
Fuck the Brit Awards! The winner of the best post on a blog goes to one Mr.Pinkiedust. Theres strong and theres brave! Pinkie my heart goes out to ya. Adem too! I know its soft but I must confess a tear or two ran down my face as I read through their very personal posts.
Noticed this blog changing? The banners? The new look? Kevin is responsible. He's a star! A star that shines so bright I wipe the sweat from my jock-strap!
Matt (of my old ReallySayingSomething Sisterhood dayz) has some amazing things coming up. Some might be Digital. Some might be analogue (ok, that was a pretty bad joke). All of it is pop and the place to hear up n coming British pop music. The countdown has begun. We've had a sneak peak and all I'll say is Ben Adams [spunk!] and Right Said Fred!
Poptrash is the kind of place that makes you the sort of whore that swallows instead of spits. Now its currently exploring the inner crevices of Kylies more famous little sister, Danielle Jane Minogue. Poptrash gives you stunning Dannii fan art (aka Dannii's f-art) and absolutely ace Dannii material. Whether it be Japanese only singles, Mardi Gra anthems or cancelled singles...Poptrash always delivers hard, wet and fresh.
PosterGirl and I cried over Cosmo4 at Melodifestavelen...Tis a crime! They were the best on the night. Jessica agreed. Hopefully an album will follow
Paul at TheZapping celebrates a girlband DSTP loved but sadly didnt mention! Its all SweetSensations!
Talking of which, here is the most in-depth, insightful and brilliantly written article ever to appear in popblog world. Its about OzPop and girlbands. Just go...
Chris and Alex were responsible for causing critical damage to my bank account. They are also responsible for improving the position of Cdon and Skivhugget. However the blog dedicated to all things Swedish has come to an end. Pay your respect people, Catchy Tunes of Sweden is no longer with us.
KONICHIWA BITCHES-THE VIDEO! ITS ARRIVED!
Why is no one mentioning this? Its directed by the delightful Fredrik Skogkvist of Dream On, With Every Heartbeat and Crash And Burn Girl.
So It Begins! Robyn: Konichiwa Bitches: Vocal Edit Mix [unfinished]
Wanna taste the vanilla? The Robyn entourage begins. Here is an exclusive. Its a mix of Robyn's new UK single Konichiwa Bitches. Its not the full remix and its not even finished. However the remix will feature on the Maxi release later next month. Treat this as a little tease of greater things yet to come from Robyn in the coming weeks. (thanks to SDL for the clip)
In the meantime here is a brand new forum dedicated to Robyn! Alternatively linger around Robynfanzone or the official Robyn.com for all the latest information.
Some words: You know this shit is getting heavy!
THE UK TRACKLISTING FOR 'ROBYN'
I don't think this is really an exclusive as I can't really confirm it as the final tracklisting but it is the collection of songs that are available on the promo album! However, people have been asking what will be on the album so I thought it my duty to proffer what I know. Naturally this can change by the time its released (2nd of April!)
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Konichiwa Bitches
3. Cobrastyle-new
4. Handle Me
5. Bum Like You-new
6. Be Mine!
7. With Every Heartbeat-new
8. Who’s That Girl
9. Bionic Woman
10. Crash And Burn Girl
11. Robotboy-newish
12. Eclipse
13. Should have Known
14. Anytime You Like
Donstopthepop is vvvvvvvery excited now. It precedes a single release of KB which comes with lots of remixes and a concert at Metro! DontstopthePop already premiered the album cover here.
THE BONUS GIRLBANDS 127-135 (THE FINAL GIRLBAND POST!)
Check out the entire list now available at the especially created new blog Girlbands...
127. Paperdolls (UK)
I know very little about this band. I think they were the product of the team who brought us Take That during the Spice Girls mania. Gonna Make You Blush sounds very close to Say You'll Be There and something could be comfortable on the first S club 7 album.
Gonna Make You Blush [mp3]
Credit: Dan!
128. WestEnd
Details on its way...
Love Rules [mp3]
Its Raining Men [mp3]
129. Fred&Roxy (UK)
F&R supported Steps back in the day and thence vanished. The internet is rather silent on the girlband but Something For The Weekend is absolutely poptastic. Indeed, Boy George even mixed the song when the cd was eventually released in 1999. Impressive no? I think so! His other collaborations are Pet Shop Boys, Kylie and Charlotte Church. All of which makes Fred/Roxy is very good company!
Something for the weekend [mp3]
Credit: Dan!
130. R Angels (US)
No Angels. Nobody's Angel. Teen Angels. Fallen Angels. Angels. Ahem. It would appear that there are far too many Angels in girlband-land. What about giraffes? If R-Angels had called themselves R-Giraffes me thinks they'd could have had bit more impact than they did. R-Angels released two singles which had some great remixes but sadly they never quite managed to release their album. But, the album is available if you know where to look. It sounds very much like the Swedish girlband Region of Excellence by Excellence. Tracks like Home Work remind me of Max Martin at his finest best whilst Always You is so poptastic I get little electropop goosebumps down my spine. Highly recommended if you loved Popsie, Bubbles and Girlfriend.
Home Work [mp3]
Always You [mp3]
131. Ksis (Brazil)
Hailing from Brazil Ksis are huge in their home country and hope to break Portugal and beyond.
Tem Dias [mp3]
132. Lunae (Spain)
Lunae are a bit like the Clea in Spain but they had far more success than their british counterparts. And they were a lot trashier! The song below went to no.1 in Spain and was even drafted for a UK release. They even performed on the British show Top Of the Pops but due to certain problems with promotion the BBC pulled it from the line-up and threw it in archives. And they wonder why the show is dead! According to their Wikipeda page they went to no.7 in France, 8 in Germany and no.10 in the UK with Hipnotizadas. However no other site confirms this and I'd remember if a Spanish girlband went to no.10 in the UK so take the wikipedia details as a pinch of salt.
Hipnotizadas [mp3]
133. Bandana (Argentina)
Coming out of the Popstars bandwagon Bandana were fabulous. Their debut single Guapas is one of the finest moments in girlband history. In fact, I'd go so far to say its one of the best latinopop songs to come out of the continent of the past 5 years. As you'll hear on the lead single the verses sounds very much like Girls Aloud track I can't quite put my finger on. Perhaps Sarahs Fergie-esq bits at the end of Watch Me Go? Maybe its just me.
Guapas [mp3]
134. Escarcha (Colombia)
Another Popstar girlband, this one were absolutely poptastic primarily because their lead single entitled Bum Bum was so damn good! At the moment i can't a pic of the band anywhere which is really odd as they were pretty big! Edit-I was spelling Colombia with a u like the record/film company which would explain the crap results. I am toooooooooo tired!
Bum Bum [mp3]
135. Milan (UK)
Still to come..
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So myself, Kev and MaryCherry side kick to the left, back-flip and boob-tubes for the very last time...yes DontStoptheGirlbands is no more........the girlband season has come to an end and the blog has resumed its DontStopthePop title! I hope you've enjoyed it as much as we three have.
(However its not the end of girlbands on the site as we're all planning the LEGENDS OF GIRLBANDS which should be with us in the next couple of weeks...)
OFFICIALLY INTRODUCING TWO NEW CONTRIBUTORS!
Seeing as Ella is far too busy kissing major-A it's about time this blog brought in some new flesh............
MaryCherry!
You might be quite familiar with the work of MaryCherry as he's been posting away on DSTP since 2006! However, it's time he got a proper introduction! He's been pumping my little brains out with weird and wonderful poptrash from DownUnder for quite some time now and let me just say the pleasure was all mine. Recently he brought us sluts the new No Angels single! Whether he's in drag or not he is the pinnacle of fabulosity and the Prince of High Camp.....
Kevin!
So now to our latest contributor. Can I use the word studmuffin here? Oh, looks like I already did. Hailing from New York City but moving to Stockholm later in the year, Kevin knows his pop music. He s.e.r.i.o.u.s.l.y. knows his pop. He's mentioned pop genres that I had no idea existed! He lost his heart to Bad Boys Inc, Optimystic, Supersister, Dannii Minogue, Those2Girls and Northern Line. With such amazing credentials how could I not bend over and invite him to this blog?
The New Robyn Cd cover makes me VERY excited/The new name for Kylies album/While I was away
- Yes, its the new Robyn cd cover!
- MaryCherry posted the new No Angels single! Fuck yes!
- I played the Take That Greatest Cd package thanks to boys of ChartRigger!
- Lily Allen is a fan of Avenue Q
- The Legends of Girlbands will arrive soon. Don't expect the usual suspects!
- Madonna fans need to lighten up!
- Laura Imbruglia? Yes, Poptrash does its popstar siblings!
- Kylie splits from her man but hooks up Roger Sanchez!
- I can exclusively reveal one of the songs is called Take A Good Look (thanks Emmie for the heads-up!). His songs are very electronic.
- She has not, despite the reports in the papers, worked with Just Jack.
- Those at her French record company have given the dubbed her tenth album Kylie X. It totally beats the rumoured name of Lessons!
- The Monrose album is brilliant! It only suddenly came to me while I had the album on play during the return trip from Paris.
- Oh and girlband Me&My made it through the Danish semi-finals of Melodifestivalen:
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