Paloma Faith

Another new discovery thanks one again to Jools Holland, and also Never Mind the Buzzcocks!
Paloma Faith has been compared to people like Duffy and Amy Winehouse, neither of whom I'm a fan, Paloma Faith might have some similarities to those artists, but she is in my opinion, much more likeable and is a bit mental, which I like! I saw her first on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, I didn't know who she was, but on it she was wearing a very colourful outfit like "a childrens presenter mixed with a bullfighter!" (as described by one of the team leaders) and just seemed a bit odd!

Then I saw her on Jools Holland, thinking I wouldn't like it much as she was dressed up in a posh red cocktail dress and it looked like it was going to be jazz. Well actually I was wrong to base it on first impressions. She had some chairs that she climbed around on during her songs and looked like she was really having fun!

I looked her up afterwards, and she is half spanish and half British. She's also an ex- magicians assistant, as well as being an actress and burlesque performer.

Playlists

new music new talent 9th October

Tortilla Army - Can You Hear Me
A Brokeheart Pro - Bleed On
Vigilantes - Keep It Movin'
Bittybox - La La Land
(CODA) - Sirens
Cassock_ - _Zombie
Zenyth - She Drifts Away
Death of the Elephant - 2N2222
Understated - Fishbowl
iZZiE_Voodoo_ _Sushi_Bar
Caleb - What The Hell
The Kiara Elles - Night Terrors (Artist of the month)
YoungHeartsLightsFires - Just So You Know
Miss Cosmos - Paper Twin
Even More Vast - LOVE WILL TEAR US APART

Pigtails and Army Boots sunday 11th oct

Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
Amanda Palmer - Strength Through Music
Alisha's Attic - Just The Way You Like
Flyleaf - Breathe Today
Nightwish - Amaranth
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
skunk anansie - hedonism (just because you feel gool)
Madonna - Lucky Star
Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Songs That We Sing
Operator Please - Just A Song About Ping Pong
Tigerpicks - Disco Punk Electro Funk
Chicks On Speed Feat. Peaches - We Don't Play Guitars
Cansei De Ser Sexy - Art Bitch
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Sleater-Kinney - You're No Rock N' Roll Fun
The Voronas - You Ain't No Hero
The Vincent Black Shadow - Fear's In The Water
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Letters to Cleo - Let's Get High
Working Class Heroes - The End
The Selecter - On My Radio
Robots In Disguise - She's A Colour Scientist
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Change the World
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog
The Pipettes - The Burning Ambition Of Early Diuretics
Florence And The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Heather Nova - What A Feeling
Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Weekend playlists

EDIT: just realised I missed out some tracks!

New Music New Talent Friday 2nd October

Koogaphone - White Trash
RedTrack - Pole Dancer
Dr. Slaggleberry - Gone Devil
Penny Broadhurst - Chemist Goods
Chavtownband - weknowwhatwedontknow
Julia Free - Buy me something sweet
Weird Old America - Devil In A Dream
Sarah Rocks - The Industrial Jist
Outlet - Modern Decay
The Ropes - What They Do For Fun
The Fancy Dress Party - Bookmarks
The Kiara Elles - Odio
The Voronas - You Ain't No Hero
lizzie B - Living on the edge of my dreams
The Ladybirds - (I'm Gonna) Spin Those Reels

Pigtails and Army Boots Sun 4th Oct
Joan Armatrading- Weakness In Me
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Codeine Velvet Club - Vanity Kills
Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
The Faders - No Steep Tonight
Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Dull Life
Gossip - Spare Me From The Mold
Little Boots - Remedy
Portishead - Machine Gun
The Patti Smith Group - High On Rebellion
Slunt - Not About You
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles - Do It For Free (Radio Mix 1)
Shampoo- Trouble
Moloko - The Time Is Now
Toyah - I Want To Be Free
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now
The Breeders - Cannonball
Blood Red Shoes - Forgive Nothing
Cyndi Lauper- She Bop
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Dresden Dolls- Coin Operated Boy
BugGiRL - Blood, Sweat and Beers
Invey - Release
The Waitresses- I Know What Boys Like
Courtney Love - Mono
Le Tigre - I'm So Excited

Artist of the Month of September- Catherine Elms

The first featured artist of the month on "New Music New Talent" was the rather fantastic Catherine Elms.
The first time I heard her music I immediately thought of Tori Amos and that she wa sone of the best unsigned artists I've heard this year.
She has a great voice and plays piano as a "punk rock" instrument, and is a feminist too!
Catherine recenlty made her first EP "Not Sorry" which I am very proud to own. You can hear Amanda Palmer influences as well as Tori Amos on there.
The EP is only £3 and is worth every penny, so I highly recommend that you go and buy it on her website http://www.catherineelms.co.uk

Playlists

New Music New Talent- friday 25th Sept
The Fuseliers - Days
Rocket - I Wanna Luv You
Living For Today - Never Re-Do Love
Johnny and the Mullets - Baby Eyes
PROPELLER - WHISKEY & STRIPPERS
Nephu Huzz - Nurse! Nurse!
Louise Du Toit - Just Love
Red Carpet Rats - Going To Hell
Working Class Heroes - The End
Dirty Fairies - Get High (TT UAD Mix)
The Auteur- Hey Watch This
Catherine Elms - I Should
Johnny Cooper - Bring Me Down
Yes Miss, No Miss - Taking Over
- Loz Jones - Idiot Room

Pigtails and Army Boots Sunday 27th Sept
Yazoo - Don't Go
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
Lily Allen - Not Fair (Clean Radio Edit)
7 Worlds Collide with KT Tunstall - Hazel Black
The Hot Puppies - Green Eye Liner
Damone - Stabbed In The Heart
Tori Amos - 500 Miles
Mark Ronson Feat. Santo Gold - Pretty Green
Chicks On Speed - Plastic Surgery
CSS - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
Florence And The Machine - Drumming Song (Acoustic Version)
Smoke Fairies - Sunshine (Radio Edit)
Spinnerette - The Walking Dead
Karen O And The Kids - All Is Love
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
The Dead Weather - Hang You From The Heavens
Girlschool - Demolition Boys
Metalchicks - We Are The Warriors
Heart - Barracuda
Lita Ford - Crave Master
Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart
Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
A Brokeheart Pro - Kitten Next Door
Heather Nova - Heart And Shoulder
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
Kay Hanley - Lust For Life

Music in Gaming

While doing research for Pigtails and Army Boots yesterday, I came across this game
Brutal Legend. A game that stars Jack Black as a roadie who is an expert on heavy metal music. he has a collapse and somehow ends up in a world where all the heavy metal album covers come to life. As if that didn't sound good enough- Lita Ford, Lemmy from Motorhead and Rob Halford also appear in the game! Mike and I have been talking about getting an XBox, and I think this might have just swung it!

Anyway, it got me thinking about the role of music in gaming. It's much more than it ever used to be, when it once wa sonly really music/dj software on p.c's mainly, it's now branched into a serious moneyspinner for companies like Activision.

I think it all began with the "Dancemat" phenomenon. It started off in the arcades, you could go on a machine and dance in time by following the arrows on the screen. It got so popular that they made console games of it, so everyone could enjoy dancemats in their living rooms.

Then of course, we have the karaoke games such as "Singstar" and "Lips". A step forward from a karaoke machine, (for a start it's the proper track that plays normally and not some plinky plonky cover!) you can plug in your microphone and the screen will tell you if you're hitting those notes! (at least on singstar, I've never played Lips)

Finally, probably the biggest success of music in gaming is the Guitar Hero/Rock Band franchises. Games where you could at least pretend to be able to play an instrument and be a rock god/dess. Some musical people claim that it's a bad thing, and puts people off wanting to play a real guitar, but personally I disagree. For one, any intelligent person knows that they way you play these fake instuments is not in anyway alike to how you would play the real thing. For another, I think it more likely encourages people to want to learn to play the real thing. And also for someone that is more into games than music, this might be a gateway to becoming a fan of rock music! Unsigned bands have been featured in these type of games meaning a massive exposure which can only be a positive thing!

Gaming and music have not always sat in harmony side by side, but now I think they are merging more and more, especially with this new game Brutal Legend featuring metal music in such a big way.

Personally I love Singstar and Guitar Hero, I'm not a huge gamer but I play on these, and find them great for socialising as well!
So music and gaming? A big thumbs up from me!

This weekend's playlists

New Music New Talent 18th Sept
The Beatroots - Ignorant
Lunic - Him
I Alexander - Kittens & Charmers
Blameshift - War Within
The Kiara Elles - Odio
Lucid Nation - Kindred
Surfquake - Surf & Destroy
Voodoo Johnson- Blow
The Duel - The Duel
Catherine Elms- Powerless (Artist of the Month)
Miss Cosmos - Paper Twin
The Tumbledryer Babies - Tell Me What To Do
Lola Dutronic - Brigitte Bardot

Pigtails 20th Sept
Ace Of Base - The Sign
Le Tigre - Don't Drink Poison
Goldfrapp - Happiness
Emiliana Torrini - Me And Armini (Simone Lombardi Mix)
Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
The Donnas - Party Action
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Daisy Grenades - Broken Record (Rob's mix)
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
Rilo Kiley - The Moneymaker
Regina Spektor - Better
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
The Flying Lizards - Money
Remi Nicole - Rock N Roll
Metric - Monster Hospital
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
Shakespear's Sister - Stay
The Noisettes - Don't Give Up
Suzi Quatro - Can The Can
The Creepshow - Creatures Of The Night
Skunk Anansie - Charity
Melissa Auf der Maur - Taste You
Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl
Hazard County Girls - Red Light
Sohodolls - Prince Harry
Alanis Morissette - Sister Blister
Robots In Disguise - You Really Got Me