Veronica Rocks!

Since I know you're just dying of curiosity to know what I'm listening to, I decided to let you know.


Sarah Vonderhaar, Are You Listening Now
Since I don't watch America's Next Top Model I probably would never have encountered Sarah had it not been for the rad peeps at Fred Flare. Check out their interview with her! It is also thanks to them that I now am in possession of her super CD, Are You Listening Now. Though I would not say that it is my "type" of music (um, I have a type? Not so much) it would be untrue to say that it is not pretty much in constant rotation in my stereo and on my iPod. She's got a great voice, and the music is super-fun. Very summery, I reckon! I recommend it, fo' shizz.

Key tracks: All Mine, I Got Sunshine, Are You Listening Now
Sarah on MySpace; Official Website


Madonna, Hard Candy
I was pretty much really excited for this record. I fell hard for 4 Minutes (largely thanks to this video), then when Chris posted a performance vid of Candy Shop and I was hooked. Unfortunately...the rest of the album (incl. the studio version of Candy Shop) kinda disappointed me. After the pop powah of 4 Minz the rest seemed a bit...bland. I expected more from her. Come on, she's Madonna. After listening to it all week, though, it's starting to grow on me. On some of the tracks her voice is just too produced, and Spanish Lessons? Come on. Still, Incredible is, and I definitely am liking a lot of the other songs. I'm going to Amoeba on the school trip to San Francisco this week, I will decide by then if I want to drop teh $$$ on it.


Duffy, Rockferry
Everyone and their mother seem to have fallen teakettle over handlebars for Duffy, so I just had to check her out. B'sides, anyone with hair that rad has to be good, right? Right? Maybe not. I listened to Mercy, which is her first single here. It did not impress me. It's not so much bad as just not the excellence I expected from the hype. The tune is great, but it doesn't work with her voice. Though I could have just dismissed Duffy after that, I also listened to Distant Dreamer, and I liked that a lot more. It has a slower tempo, and frees her voice from the a lot of the grating sound that hampers Mercy. I want to listen to the title track, Rockferry, at least, before I come to my final conclusion, but the outlook for a Lotty/Duffy romance isn't looking great.


So, yep! And I am going to buy these sexy sexy headphones from Fred Flare so's I can listen in style!


xoxo,
Lotte