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Colette Trudeau
LiveonRelease member Colette Trudeau goes solo, continues to be awesome. Her old band has its own page, and the gals have this to say for themselves:
Not all teens listen to Britney Spears or Nsync. And why should they. Rock & Roll has edge, grit, angst, aggression, rock has protested wars, fought injustices, and supported good causes around the world, rock is based on the ability of free thinking people to display their beliefs no matter if it's about driving in a car on a sunny day or a bomb that can end the world, and it's cathartic not only for the people who perform it but also for the people who hear it and relate to it. Rock is about voicing what's on your mind when others are afraid to say it. Rock can be about sex, drugs, anti-drugs, anti-sex, rock can be just about rock and roll itself.
You really think Britney Spears doesn't have edge, grit, angst, or aggression? DELUSIONAL. (You can find all of these traits and more on display in the "Everytime" video, which I saw for the first time a few days ago! XTREME VID!)
Apparently Colette's not quite so afraid of Britney/NSync et al. these days...striaght-up edgy gritty angsty aggressive POP.
Meg and Dia
MORMON EMO! Nah, they're just from Utah. These are some strange kids...Meg, Dia, and two dudes act out domestic violence done up like fairytales, or vice versa (at least that's the vibe I'm getting from "Monster"). They have extensive "side notes" to their lyrics that look like this:
The couch. Always behind the couch. Under the table. The closet under the stairs. Three places to run. Three places to hide. Every time their voices would rise I would run to the closest sanctuary and thank God I was small enough to fit. Those voices that ran across each corner of the room seemed to reverberate off my very skin. Dad. He told me to call him Sir. Never Dad. Mom. She told me to call her Hannah. She was so pretty when she slept. She was so pretty when she was happy. Now, her body of twenty years was old. Tired from no sleep, breaking from fingertips pressed into her sides, and boiling with too hard of liquor for her fragile, porcelain outline.
After every uproar, every tear by her, and every empty bottle by him they would come looking. Her, happy to see him turn his malice towards me. Him, happy to turn his malice away from himself. I was the six year old pathetic coward.
Sir, I would say.
My eyes would wander to Hannah with frightened curiosity.
What had I done?
I called him sir. I called her Hannah.
They called me Henry at school.
They called me Henry at church.
They called me Monster at home.
Yikes, can't spell "erm, no" without EMO. They can execute a nice harmony or two when they put their minds to it (cf. downloadable older track "Indiana"). More on this one when I actually receive their album...
EDIT: Received and am currently enjoying the album. Not much to say, except the rerecorded "Indiana" is awesome.
Elias
"Who's Da'Man" has been tearin' up the Swedish charts lately. Fun facts:
1) The song is sung not by Elias, but by some kid named Fredrik.
2) Fredrik sounds like the kid who sings "Schni Schna Schnappi."
3) I prefer Fredrik's voice to Elias' voice, making the rest of the tracks on the Myspace irrelevant.
4) He's singing about Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a soccer (er, football) player. Which makes this part of World Cup Fever, along with Crazy Frog and Infernal. Note: I know nothing about this sport.
Brian Anthony
Huh. Nondescript club jamz (musical influences: Pat Benetar [sic], Anne Lenux [sic], Yin Yang Twins [sic], Emminem [sic], Andreas Carlson [sic], Dave Mathews Band [sic], and "PRINCE!") good enough to get on the Garfield 2 soundtrack, which officially qualifies Brian as teenpop.
Carmireli
Ra-cha-cha native with decent Kelly C chops ("Only You") and less-decent J-Lo pop leanings a la Top 8 friends Kaci Brown and Jeannie Ortega.
Tina Sugandh
Bollywood meets Hollywood Records (har har) as Tina Sugandh scores a track on the Ice Princess OST and hooks up with Dr. Luke. Internet is being tempermental so I can't remember what she actually sounds like...seem to remember it sounding like an American pop diva (Xtina maybe) plus "needs more tabla."
Jzabehl
Kelis-soundin' duo who look kinda angst-rock in their live photos (the ones under the Budweiser logo). They want you to know that they have GUITARS and can PLAY THEM, even though I don't remember hearing any guitar in their single.
EDIT: Since I won't be able to post this anywhere else...
So no, it's not the Arctic Monkeys' form that sets them apart; it is, rather, their content.
No, nothing "sets them apart" from anything. That's why it's such excellent music to listen to while I'm reading, and it's the only thing giving them a shot at my super-exclusive Top Ten, so don't MUCK IT UP with your nonsense!
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