Earlier this morning we brought you Bahamian singer Saniyah and now we have another Bahamian act on the rise. The duo go by the name of Dromomania. Though, not as established as other Bahamian artists we’ve showcased, they receive our unlimited respect for their international take on music. In addition to that, everything they’ve let us sample was written and produced by them. Below is a little bio of the duo:

Cigz and Wolf Rizzla are Dromomania. The group formed in November of 2009 after Wolf had become bored with only working on solo material. Having met Cigz a year earlier and knowing of her raspy, soulful voice, one that could compliment his spunky voice, he asked her to form a duo that would make electro music unlike any other in their native Bahamas. Since then, the pair have been working and writing furiously on demos for an upcoming EP and LP. The 19-year-olds intend on putting out vinyls by late Fall/early Winter followed by an LP entitled Amour Noir. Inspired by Gnarls Barkley, French Techno, Nina Simone, Gorillaz, Italodisco, 60’s girl and boy groups and Daft Punk (just to name a few), one can expect a debut album made with plenty of heart. Dromomania’s hypnotizing, layered, melody-driven songs are aimed to make you dance and cry at the same time!

Confirmed tracks for Amour Noir include “Alien,” “Last Call,” “Proper,” “Love Injection,” “Mirror Ball,” “The Day You Die,” “Centuries” and the title track “Amour Noir.” Dromomania has a lot to bring to the table, A LOT. It would be a shame if they deter from all that potential. Listen to a demo snippet of their first single, “The Day You Die,” which samples the 90’s hit “Mr. Vain” and some Neptunes’ drums.

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Next month will make it a full year since Chester French released their debut album, Love the Future. Although their crafty and unique album didn’t blow up or make them the next set of “hipsters” they’re pushing forward by working on their second album.

Hey Everyone,
Sorry that we haven’t been posting much lately, but there’s a good reason: we’ve been working on the next album. It’s been a long wait largely consumed by touring, but we’re finally back in the studio cookin up some dirty jamz for ya enjoymentzzzz. That’s all I can tell you right now, but I also thought I’d post some pics from an acoustic performance we did the other day here in Wisconsin at our friend Gary’s office. Props to CJ Foeckler for the sweet photos!
More soon, folks.
D.A. [SOURCE]

Great news, we loved their Jacques Jams mixtape and we loved the LP. It’s good to know that they’re coming back for a second round. Below, you can share the love we have for a song of theirs; it appeared on the Jacques… mixtape, is entitled “I’m Sorry” and features D.C. rapper Wale.

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Between Beyoncé, Lady GaGa and Rihanna we do not know which one is criticized more for supposedly copying the style of lesser known artists. Which is hilarious as those three females are the most popular in pop music right now, at least to the younger crowd. Lady GaGa, not too long ago, was constantly said to rip-off the style of Róisín Murphy. Now another collage of images has surfaced showing evidence that there may be another artist that is a victim of the supposed “swagga jackin’”: Kelis.

This is funny because no matter what there will be comparisons. So let us get this right; Rihanna likes to copy Fefe Dobson and Kelis, Lady GaGa copies Róisín Murphy and now Kelis, Ke$ha copies Uffie and Beyoncé plays it smart by stealing borrowing small bits from all over the map.

To be honest, yes the evidence is there, and even the Róisín Murphy comparisons are uncanny but it’s not the artists, blame the stylists. GaGa seems to play the big part in her image, a BIG part, but she is probably so busy that she has people who know exactly what she wants and do their best to find it. Also, these stylists seem to flock to the same designers who themselves seem to be borrowing pages from each others’ books. Thanks to baMbus3000 for the image.

In other news, more images from the “Telephone” video have surfaced. The video looks to be MASSIVE. Also, there is serious talk that Lady GaGa will be putting on a special show of her The Monster Ball tour to be shot in 3D for a future DVD release. No further details have been released.

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After an almost 4 year wait, the debut LP of electro vocalist Uffie will hit music outlets this Spring. Yes, spring is very vague but the official album art has been released, so take a look below:

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That image above seems about right and if that album art doesn’t do enough confirmation then the track list has been released as well. Uffie’s Sex, Dreams & Denim Jeans will come packed with 13 tracks, 2 of them being containing features. We already heard the Mattie Safer feature (listen HERE) but we are dying to hear “ADD SUV” featuring Pharrell Williams. Other contributions to the album are by Feadz, Mirwais, SebAstian and Mr Oizo. This album is shaping up to be guhhhreat. View the tracklist after…

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We just spotted a sneak peek of Kelis’ album photoshoot over at Toya’s World. The image was shot by Rankin, who along with Chris Cottam shot the music video for the first single, the David Guetta produced “Acapella.” Seems that this portion of the photoshoot was shot with black lighting which gives all the neon/glow-in-the-dark effects.

Initially, we were feeling “Acapella” but every step after the single’s release has us feeling less and less excited about this new album of Kelis. It definitely feels now that this album is focused on one type of audience and that’s the house/dance/electro rave goers. I guess we will have to see if our opinions change once more music drops from the album.

Goodness gracious mayne! Just when we thought we would be blasted with lots of color and culture with Alicia Keys’ “Put It In a Love Song” video today, it suffers the dreaded pushback. BUT get this, it’s not like GaGa’s “Telephone”  video which kept receiving multiple short day delays, this video is being pushed back a whole month to mid-April. What kinda…

To be honest, this is probably some managerial decision to not flood the media all at once with Beyoncé but to rather spread her out over the next few months. Fans will probably watch the hell out of “Telephone” by mid-April and will  then have a refreshing view of the bouncin’ hip gal.

“It” girl, party girl, wild child: whatever you want to call Ke$ha you might want to retract as she put us in line with a new interview she had with Britain’s Sunday Times:

“So many people say, ‘So, what, are you a party girl?’ And I say, ‘I’m a walking good time.’ Do I sometimes go out and drink? Hell, yes. But could I have a number one song if I wasn’t also working hard? Maybe that needs a little more respect. Also, the phrase ‘party girl’ implies someone who is out at a club, maybe doing some guy in the back who you’ve just met. Then you get in your car and you flash your vagina at the paparazzi. And I’m none of the above.”

“I have been working on realizing this dream, my path, my mission, for years. I’ve really invested a lot of thought, time and effort into it. The last thing that makes me is a victim. I think it’s a bummer when people don’t represent that properly, when they portray me as purely one-dimensional.”

Maybe we need to consider putting Ke$ha and longevity into the same sentence now. Before this statement we just got the impression she was an “in the moment” sort of person; she seemed like the type to make no provisions for the future. So we get it, Ke$ha delivers a party image but behind it is a working machine who knows just what is what.

For the past few weeks people have been on edge awaiting Lady GaGa’s “epic” “Telephone” video featuring Beyoncé. The last release date to be mentioned was March 8 but then the dreaded push back came along. But all is well as the official release date has been announced:

“TELEPHONE” will PREMIERE THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 on E! @ 11:30pm EST

Another video with just a little less momentum riding behind is the premiere of Alicia Keys’ “Put It In a Love Song” which also features Beyoncé:

“PUT IT IN A LOVE SONG” will PREMIERE MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2010 on ACCESS GRANTED on BET @ 7:30pm EST

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There’s been talk, there’s been promotion, heck there’s even been a television show for Diddy’s Diry Money’s Last Train to Paris yet no album. Well according to DJ Felix Da Housecat we have a solid release date for the album. Here’s what he just tweeted:

Boppers support dat lectro blak aka @iamdiddy And cop dat “last train to paris” – 6-22-10!!!! [SOURCE]

So until another pushback is announced, June 22, 2010 it is. A’right, this is an album to look forward to because Press Play was sizzlin’ and from what we’ve heard thus far, we’re intrigued.

UPDATE: Diddy also spoke to MTV about the features on the album:

On Last Train To Paris, Wayne is on the album, Drake is on the album, we’re trying to get Hov [Jay-Z] on the album, trying to get Janelle Monae on the album.

“Everybody that’s on the album, it’s not done in a regular appearance way. It’s done in a unique way that’s authentic. It’s not about a single or album sales. It doesn’t have that behind it.”

He added: “Wayne is on a record that’s called ‘Strobe Lights’. It’s one of the first records where I hear him talking about love and how love has affected him. That’s the type of things I wanted to get out of people if they were on the album.

“I wanted people to get out of their comfort zone and do something that was special. He did the video for me over the weekend. ‘Strobe Lights‘, it’s gonna be tough.” [SOURCE]

Drake, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Janelle Monae, etc… seems like it is about album sales and singles with the exception of Monae. We expect an album for the clubs so we won’t go about this in a pretentious way.

Like Drake’s first single, it seems as though Christina Aguilera’s first single from her forthcoming album, Bionic, will never see the light of day. For the past two months readers have been under the impression that the first single is to be the Tricky and The-Dream produced “Glam” but not according to musician Sia. Here’s what she told Papermag in her interview:

She’s a mad scientist of vocalization. She totally scrambled my mind. She’s total perfection – a really nice person, not controlling in any way, really open, a really great collaborator, and easy to work with. I’m a really big fan of her dogs, and her kid and her husband — they’re adorable. It’s real. Their relationship is so beautiful and real. They’re like a model couple — they love each other so much and are so kind to each other all the time. Jordy’s a dreamboat. I wrote the ballads with her. She’s doing a lot of up-tempo stuff with other people like MIA and Santigold. And the first single, “Bionic” is so crazy and so amazing. [SOURCE]

So which is it: “Glam” or “Bionic”? Maybe Sia knows more than we would expect her to know or maybe she just confused the single’s and album’s titles. We’re fighting off the anticipation as best as we can because what we need most is another mainstream let down.