Night Work, the Scissor Sisters’ third album, has been a long time coming. Lead singer Jake Shears admitted to the band being dissatisfied with and discarding their previous work in early 2009 after 18 months recording time. This lead to his solo, soul-searching journey to Berlin where he found inspiration from the electrifying music scene of the city to write a new album – which ultimately became Night Work. His inspiration called for some high-energy dance tunes and who better to craft this desire than Stuart Price, king producer of retro 70’s/80’s dance goodness. Even the album’s cover…

“Dance – it’s all I wanna do, so won’t you dance?” Kylie Minogue declares as she opens Aphrodite, the pop diva’s 11th studio album. And that’s exactly what this album is all about – non-stop dance music, courtesy of Stuart Price’s role as executive producer and impeccable knack for creating monumental dance tracks. And while Kylie has always been a huge gay icon, this album embodies her queer appeal to the brink and could serve as *the* soundtrack to a white party near you.

Price is a genius at what he does; yet, he’s also quite predictable. All The…

It’s been a long 4 years since Christina Aguilera last graced us with an album, however, it’s really no surprise; Miss Aguilera has always taken her time between musical endeavors in true diva fashion. It’s always a risky move to delay your next album for an extended period of time in the world of pop music. A good two years off usually suffices as enough time for any established star to leave their audience yearning for more – but pushing it further can endanger an artist of becoming irrelevant in the sweeping tides of the music industry. And, of course,…

Mon 26 Apr – Sia

Setlist:
1) The Fight
2) Buttons
3) You've Changed
4) Be Good To Me
5) Oh Father (Madonna cover)
6) Little Black Sandals
7) Bring Night
8) Sunday
9) I Go To Sleep
10) Never Gonna Leave Me
11) The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
12) Cloud
13) Clap Your Hands
14) You Have Been Loved
15) Breathe Me
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Encore:
16) Co-Dependent
17) Soon We'll Be Found

It's impossible to pick my most favorites… but I feel like I'm getting close:

01) Jóga - Björk
02) Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
03) A&E - Goldfrapp
04) Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
05) Breathe Me - Sia
06) Silent All These Years - Tori Amos
07) Destiny - Zero 7
08) Weird Fishes/Arpeggi - Radiohead
09) Frozen - Madonna
10) Why - Annie Lennox
11) Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
12) You Look So Fine - Garbage
13) Never Is A Promise - Fiona Apple
14) Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper…

Just writing this to say I absolutely love the following 4 albums:

Two Suns – Bat For Lashes
Fantasies – Metric
I Feel Cream – Peaches
It's Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

2009 is shaping up to be a great year for music… and Abnormally Attracted To Sin is coming out next week. I've done well with staying away from it. I like to be suddenly and fully immersed into Tori albums. Excited :)

The promise of warm weather, clear skies, and cocktails on the balcony with the sun shining inspired this new playlist for Spring 2009…

01) Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters
02) My Love Is Better - Annie
03) The Girl and the Robot - Röyksopp ft. Robyn
04) Better Off As Two - Frankmusik
05) Me and My Imagination - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
06) Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
07) Talk To Me - Peaches
08) Sleep Alone - Bat For Lashes
09) The Fear - Lily Allen
10) Too Funky - George Michael
11) Sandcastle Disco - Solange
12) Footprints -…

This is probably my most random playlist ever, consisting of songs I've had on repeat recently. However, I noticed one thing they all have in common: they're sung by incredible female vocalists. Let me know what you think…

1) Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
2) Wanderlust - Björk
3) Internacional - Brazilian Girls
4) Dear Miami - Róisín Murphy
5) Little Star - Stina Nordenstam
6) Rain On Me - Cyndi Lauper
7) You Will Feel Like This - Nicola Hitchcock
8) Snow On The Sahara - Anggun
9) Agenais - Donna Lewis
10) Don't Bring Me Down - Sia
11)…

My sex playlist:

01 #1 Crush - Garbage
02 Fastlove - George Michael
03 Sexual (Li Da Di) - Amber
04 Breathe On Me - Britney Spears
05 Get Mine, Get Yours - Christina Aguilera
06 Chocolate - Kylie Minogue
07 Red Light Special - TLC
08 Rope Burn - Janet
09 Justify My Love - Madonna
10 2Wicky - Hooverphonic
11 Heaven - Lamb
12 Destiny - Zero 7

(If you can last that long)

I wanted to do what I did last year and make a Top 15 Album list along with a singles chart; however, I felt like I couldn't do it this time around! Due to a massive influx of music downloading this year, I didn't get around to listening to a lot of albums as fully as I wanted to; plus, a lot of my new tunes were older.

Therefore, I'm only going to list my top 5 albums of the year - and then a bunch of notable singles. Thanks for reading - and please comment!

TOP ALBUMS OF 2008!…