Some Great New Songs That You Ought To Know About Because They Are Just That Good.

Shiny Toy Guns – Don’t Cry Out
I don’t think this is considered “new”, being that their album was released thirty times over the past two years. But nonetheless, it is great, because they are a great band. “Le Disko”- fantastic. “Don’t Cry Out”- even more fantastic. If “Le Disko” was the electro-rock song, then "Don't Cry Out" is the electro-pop-80s song. You know, like everything else out there these days. I'm sure you'll love it.

Hellogoodbye - Here (In Your Arms)
Again, not necessarily "new"...it's been out since last year. But it's SO DAMN GOOD. I'm thoroughly impressed that an American band made up of American teenagers/were-teenagers-three-years-ago can produce such a shamelessly cheery pop song. I want to dance like a fool every time I hear it, it's wonderful. Especially that chorus with the vocoders, not seen since Cher and Eiffel 65 molested that thing to death. Squee!

Fall Out Boy - This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race
Yes, another American band doing great un-American things. Maybe not in this case. It's still great. Great with a capital "g"...notice how it's already capitalized due to its use in the beginning of the sentence. Was that planned? Perhaps...

Girls Aloud vs Sugababes - Walk This Way
NOT VERY GOOD. But I mentioned it because it is Girls Aloud and the Sugababes. Which is just duh. Girls Aloud. Sugababes. On a song. Together. In the same studio (maybe). But on the same recorded piece of work nonetheless. On paper it's the most AMAZING THING ever. I'm still unbelievably disappointed that they chose a shitty remake instead of an outstanding original piece of fuck-me pop genius. The heavens spite me...

Arctic Monkeys have a new album coming in a couple of months and I know it's going to be great. They named the first single "Brianstorm", though no one's quite sure if it's a pathetic typo of "BrAINstorm" or if they literally meant "BrIAnstorm". They're sneaky lads, aren't they?

BAD SONGS --

I don't like Lily Allen. Sorry, Popjustice. But she says rude things about Girls Aloud, and I fail to notice anything remotely unidentical about "Smile" and "LDN". It's the same song with maybe one or two different words, and frankly it's kind of crap.

Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape
Please. "Wind It Up" at least had a funky bass. BY NO MEANS DOES THIS INDICATE I AM GIVING THE SONG A POSITIVE NOTE. Because it is still the ugliest pop song of the past ten years. Still, "The Sweet Escape" is perhaps a smidge worse. Perhaps. I don't know, they both remind me of a giant mountain of feces in the middle of Cambodia.

Some magazine article, in reviewing Hilary Duff's song "Play With Fire" (I know, you've never heard it, it's not exactly worth your time like everything else the chick's ever done). Because of Hilary's recent foray into "electronic" music (cough...yeah right), and being that a certain Kylie Minogue dabbles in electronic-esque pop songs, this guy had THE AUDACITY to call Hilary "America's next Kylie Minogue".
WHAT?!?!?!
WHAT?!?!?!

NO. Hilary Duff is NOT mentionable in the same breath as Ms. Kylie. Never in this lifetime will that be possible. Sure, Kylie went from soap star to teen star based on cutesy dance "electronic" songs. But Kylie had "I Should Be So Lucky". Hilary has "Beat of My Heart". WHICH IS BETTER, I WONDER? No one should ever compare Hilary to Kylie. No one should compare Hilary to anyone, for that matter, for that would be terribly embarrassing (for the other person, I mean). Can Hilary ever do anything that touches close to "Can't Get You Out of My Head" or "I Believe in You"? I HIGHLY DOUBT IT. Call me crazy.

I ought to find this journalist who made that disgusting comparison and shoot him in the foot. Bastard. Filthy filthy bastard.

That is all for now.