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- Women on top in Mercury music prize
- New Reviews: Jordin Sparks Demi Lovato and Daughtry
- Wearable music: Electronic bongo drum T-shirt
- Music Review | Vans Warped Tour
Women on top in Mercury music prize
guardian.co.uk
But this year the Barclaycard. Florence and the Machine who burst into the wider public consciousness when singer Florence Welch clambered up the stage rigging at Glastonbury this year was one of five female performers among the 12 artists chosen for the shortlist.
New Reviews: Jordin Sparks Demi Lovato and Daughtry
Rolling Stone
Sparks sounds down on Battlefield as she “emotes about bad love amid beats that mix snazzy electro with stadium-rock bigness” Hoard writes adding that Shannon-sampling second single “S. (Let the Music Play)” sounds like bland disco wishing it was Lady Gaga. Hopefully third time’s a charm for Sparks.
Related from Lactose-quervo: CD reviews: Demi Lovato and Jordin Sparks release new albums
Wearable music: Electronic bongo drum T-shirt
DVICE
Running on four AAA batteries each one of the Electronic bongo drum T-shirt’s four conga drums creates its own sound turning you into your own portable Ricky Ricardo. 76 for the privilege of banging out a beat on your chest anytime you please and if you work up a sweat no need to worry — just take out the battery pack and hand-wash the shirt. Slightly different placement of the drums might have made for an interesting — and possibly even controversial — women’s T-shirt. Too bad it doesn’t have an RF transmitter so you could hook it up to an amplifier filling up an entire nightclub with your rhythmic banging.
Music Review | Vans Warped Tour
New York Times
”It was Millionaires though — three female rappers whose committed dim music suggests an anime porn soundtrack — that made people take a stand. First came a dig from the otherwise charming Paramore-would-bes Kelsey and the Chaos! playing a few hundred feet away: “Thanks for choosing us over the Millionaires. ” Then there were the bottles raining down at a furious clip. (“So many presents!” the group joked. ) And when Millionaires finished the metalcore band Vanna began on the adjacent stage with the snarling proclamation “We make real music.