(Note from the previous entry: Chrissy! never accepted my friendship. Whatever, yer music is BORING anyway! Ha! Unless you add me eventually, in which case thanks.)
Kimberley Locke
Along with Diana DeGarmo, an American Idol semifinalist who couldn't cut it -- I'm not big on Ruben or Clay, although of these songs "8th World Wonder" is the only song that catches my ear, not really much interest overall. Kimmie answers a buncha fan questions via the "Ask Kimmie" thread on her Myspace blog, but the answers aren't all that interesting. Effort noted, appreciated.
In preparing an Andreas Carlsson compilation for Ross and other interested folks (which just got DELETED, along with my ENTIRE IPOD), I note that Kimberley is one of the few AI vets that hasn't performed a Carlsson song. Also, there are WAY more AC songs than the ones listed at this post-Cheiron site that need to be on the list! Every other damn CD I open these days has Andreas Carlsson's signature on at least one track -- including two omissions from said list I received today: Kaci (not Brown) and Tik N' Tak.
Cheyenne Kimball
Cheyenne (track posted below in my semi-free association Aquamarine post) just got tossed in the Disney incubaTor, and is moving toward a potential modest hit debut album...I really like a lot of this stuff (toned down Avril angst-rock, vaguely Katy Rose without the emo poetry, which I actually kind of like for some reason!). Actually, listening to a few more songs, there's a pop country streak underlying this stuff, too, maybe just the vocal inflection. I'm really looking forward to this album! I should do a background check on what successful incubaTor'd artists do after incubaTion...
Katelyn Tarver
...Oh wait, they go on the incubaTor tour! Katelyn Tarver was a semifinalist on American Idol Junior, and she has a (weird!) connection to what I'm assuming is Barbie Daries:
Along with the album, Wonderful Crazy, Katelyn's Con Air commercial can be seen on National TV regularly and she also played Barbie in an upcoming animated movie, which used Katelyn's body movements. "It was kind of weird, but a lot of fun." Katelyn explains.
HOLY SHIT BARBIE IS A TEEN POP FRANKENSTEIN!!!!
The Myspace tracks are pretty good, although a few sound like demos (I guess everything sounds like a demo on Myspace). Highlight here is clearly "Undeniable," highly ProTooled bubblegum goodness. I would like to note that Wonderful Crazy was never released or distributed by a major label. Which means, of course, that Katelyn Tarver is an up-and-coming indie rock artist! I love sayin' that! Big ol' blog essay to follow about how much of this stuff qualifies as Christian rock...even Daphne & Celeste give shout-outs to Big Man in their liners (finally bought We Didn't Say That! after a long wait -- hm, that Japanese song makes me uncomfortable).
Here's what Christianity Today sez about Katelyn:
While there aren't any overt declarations of faith, the songs still seem more meaningful than those of Jump5 and Aly & AJ, offering more bang-for-buck with well-produced music and subtle spiritual references.
Take that, Aly & AJ, you godless fearmongers!
So is piety the new punk? Hope Partlow describes an imminent "Catholic Girls"-esque scenario in her diary liners:
What a DORK! That guy in the church band -- the drummer to be exact. He is way into me. I know it!! But all he does is look. Well I got sick of waiting for him to say something.
So right before the Youth Group tonight, I just walked up to him. I said -- Hey. We should hang out. You're in a band -- I need a band. (Plus I heard that some guys like girls that can approach them...guess he didn't.) He said, "I have to go pray now." ...all I could say was Amen!
I'll just take that one as a compliment. TOO BAD!!! Nobody can figure that guy out!
Gee, Hope, is he an altar boy? Screw it, I'm going to church. Sorry Emily, won't be attending the Hillel dance this time. (Ha, lyrics from the subsequent song: "Now other girls will just lead you on/ But I just wanna have some fun/ ...Talkin' 'bout just one kiss, can you handle this?")
Marion Raven
One half of M2M (Marit Larsen doesn't appear to be on Myspace, but I prefer her solo material from what I've heard of both artists) offers up some pretty damn fine tunes. Hm, this sounds EXACTLY like the Veronicas, except I'm willing to give Marion extra credit because she got there first. She's a vet, and starting over isn't easy, judging from the liners in this Monkees box set, which is awesome. Actually, I like these Marion Raven songs more than I remember. (Maybe M1 is a tie with M2.)
Not much else to say...I just want to point out that I really like that hat.
Lalaine
Another Pixel Perfect pick, except the music career is a pretty blatant cross-promotion with her Lizzie McGuire role. Katelyn Tarver is in the Top 8 Friends list...second-shelf Disney stable comrades gotta stick together, I suppose. The glasses are a nice touch. I know nothing about Lizzie McGuire, is Lalaine's character the brainiac or something? (Woop, just enlarged the pic, nice Ray-Ban logo...yeesh. Maybe she'll endorse a Hummer?)
Final thought: the brainiac teen pop star is a seriously unmined persona...Skye should stick with the geek specs to go along with her more conservative image and just admit that she's pretty much the smartest pop kid on the block by a longshot. I get the feeling that Skye is pandering to her interviewers, even when they're trying to pander to her! A mere 15 minutes on the IMer will produce the greatest interview of all time -- addressed to my lurking Capitol Records PR pals. Just sayin.
IS THIS M1 OR M2? SHE'D PROBABLY SAY 2, BUT SHE'S 2 MODEST!
Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me (courtesy Fluxblog)
A GLARING OMMISSION OVER AT ANDREAS CARLSSON.COM
Tik N' Tak - Reunited
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