Pixie Lott Delivers Killer Version Of “Cry Me Out” On BBC-TV’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross

Pixie Lott made yet another memorable appearance on TV in the UK last night when she sang her third single, “Cry Me Out,” on BBC-TV’s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. “Cry Me Out” is one of the tracks on Pixie’s debut album, Turn It Up, which was released in the UK last September. No American release date for the album has been announced yet, but it should be coming out on this side of the pond sometime in 2010.

To watch Pixie Lott perform “Cry Me Out” on last night’s Friday Night with Jonathan Ross from BBC-TV, click below:

On the subject of Jonathan Ross, he announced that he will be leaving the BBC at the end of his contract in a few months. That’s a real shame. BBC America picked up the show a few months ago. Ross often showcases great musical acts on his program. His show leaving the air will be a loss.

I did a Q&A with Pixie last April, which you can read here. Pixie remains enormously popular with the readers of Powerline A.D. As of this writing, five of the top ten blog posts are about Pixie. That’s pretty incredible, especially when you consider that her album is not even out in America yet.

Pixie did an interesting interview on BBC-TV’s Breakfast program in September prior to the release of her “Cry Me Out” single, which you can watch below:

For more on Pixie Lott, go to:
http://www.pixielott.com
http://www.myspace.com/pixiesongs
http://www.youtube.com/pixieofficial

Ellie Goulding Wins The BBC’s Sound Of 2010

London-based electronica/folk singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding (pictured above in a BBC 6 Music photo) has won the BBC’s coveted Sound of 2010 award. Goulding, whose debut album Lights is being released on March 1st in the UK, radically changed her music direction when she started working with the musician Frankmusic. On winning the honor, Goulding told the BBC:

“I didn’t expect to get anywhere a few years ago. I didn’t even expect to have a record deal, let alone be put in such a prestigious thing so I’m very happy. I think the list this year is great and I really believe in a lot of the acts.”

The Sound of 2010 was chosen by a panel of 165 music critics, broadcasters, and bloggers.

To watch Ellie Goulding perform her song “Under The Sheets” on BBC-TV’s Later with Jools Holland, click below:

To watch a mini-documentary featuring Ellie Goulding backstage at Later with Jools Holland, click below:

For more on this story, see the articles from NME.com and BBC News. BBC News also has a video interview and Q&A with Goulding, which you can see here.

For more on Ellie Goulding, go to:
http://www.myspace.com/elliegoulding
http://www.youtube.com/user/elliegoulding

Little Boots And Gary Numan Team Up For Brilliant BBC 6 Music Live Session

Electropop legend Gary Numan and the British singer-songwriter newcomer Little Boots recently teamed up at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in London to perform a fantastic collaborative set for BBC 6 Music. They each performed one of their own tracks first and then performed together on three songs. My only fault with the program is that it wasn’t nearly long enough. They work really well with each other. I’d really like to hear them perform a full-length concert together.

Numan opened the proceedings by performing his song “Metal.” Little Boots followed up with her track “Earthquake.” They then joined forces to perfom together on “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” (a song that Numan did with Tubeway Army), “Stuck On Repeat” (a Little Boots song), and a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs.” Numan and Little Boots were also interviewed during the broadcast.

To hear the performance on the BBCi Player, click here. The program is 30 minutes in length. There are four days left from today to listen to it on the BBCi Player.

Viewers in the UK only can watch video from the session on the BBCi Player by clicking here. A gallery of photos from the session can be viewed here.

Audio of the session has been posted in three parts on You Tube. You can listen to the session by clicking in the appropriate places below:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

To watch Gary Numan and Little Boots perform Numan’s “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?”, click below:

To watch Gary Numan and Little Boots perform Little Boots’ “Stuck On Repeat,” click below:

To watch Gary Numan and Little Boots perform The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs,” click below:

What a great performance! I particularly liked their version of “Are ‘Friends’ Electric?” They should release that as a Christmas single for charity. I have no doubt that it would sell very well.

Them Crooked Vultures Put Debut Single “New Fang” Online

Them Crooked Vultures, the “supergroup” comprised of Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, have put their debut single “New Fang” online on You Tube. It’s a good tune, and it actually sounds like a hybrid of the Foo Fighters, QOTSA, and Led Zep. If the rest of the album is this good, it’s going to be a monster seller.

To hear “New Fang” by Them Crooked Vultures, click below:

The self-titled debut album from Them Crooked Vultures is being released on November 16th in the UK and November 17th in America. They play at The Wiltern in Los Angeles on the night of the album’s American release. In December, Them Crooked Vultures will be touring Germany and the UK.

For more on this story, see the article from NME.com.

John Paul Jones recently discussed his involvement with Them Crooked Vultures with the BBC, which you can read about in an article from BBC 6 Music.

For additional information on Them Crooked Vultures, go to:
http://www.themcrookedvultures.com/
http://www.myspace.com/crookedvultures
http://www.youtube.com/user/themcrookedvultures

Carl Barat Says That There Will Be No Libertines Reunion In 2010

Carl Barat has told the BBC that he will be too busy in 2010 to reform his old band The Libertines (pictured above).  Barat said that he didn’t want to put the band together again just for a quick payday. He said:

“I’m too busy next year. Maybe the year after that. See how it goes. When it needs to happen, it will fall into place. It’s more a way of life than a band for me. I’m not going to jump up there and play the songs for some money – if it feels right then it will fall into place.”

The Libertines’ Pete Doherty told NME.com in March that the band had “unfinished business” and that he wanted them to reunite.

Barat, who dissolved his band Dirty Pretty Things in October 2008, is currently working on a solo project. On the subject of the solo album, he told the BBC:

“It is quite liberating doing my own solo thing with no record company telling me to make singles.

“I’ve done a lot of stuff with strings and acoustics but I don’t know if that’s how the record is going to sound.”

Barat will also be appearing in a play in 2010. On that subject, he told the BBC:

“It’s pretty full on and gritty. I’m doing it for the challenge as opposed to having big audiences and getting show stopping reviews.”

Last year, Barat appeared in the stage drama Telstar and portrayed a scientist named Gene Vincent (named, of course, after the 1950s rocker).

For more on this story, see the articles from BBC 6 Music and NME.com.

Little-Known London Rapper Speech Debelle Wins The Mercury Music Prize

In what was considered to be a big upset, the 26-year-old London rapper Speech Debelle (pictured above) topped the heavily favored Florence and the Machine to win the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize during ceremonies held last night in London. Debelle, whose real name is Corynne Elliot, won the Mercury Prize for her debut album, Speech Therapy. Debelle’s album has sold fewer than 3000 copies, and more than half of those were sold after the nominations for the Mercury Prize were announced.

After winning the Mercury Prize, Debelle told the BBC:

“There’s a lot of music that sounds the same, all day on the radio.

“Hopefully people will hear this album and realize they don’t have to make music that sounds the same – they can make music that sounds good.”

Debelle is the first female artist to win the Mercury Prize since Ms. Dynamite won it in 2002.

For more on this story, see the articles from BBC 6 Music, XFM London, The Times of London, and BBC News.

To watch a report about the Mercury Music Prize ceremonies from ITN Music, click below:

To watch the video for Speech Debelle’s “Better Days,” which also features the British singer Micachu, click below:

For additional information on the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize, go to:
http://www.mercuryprize.com/

For more on Speech Debelle, see:
http://www.speechdebelle.com/
http://www.myspace.com/speechdebellemusic

Noel Gallagher Issues Statement About Why He Quit Oasis

Yesterday, Noel Gallagher issued a statement concerning the reasons that he decided to quit Oasis. The statement appeared in his Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere blog on the official Oasis Web site. The statement was also published on NME.com, and it read as follows:

“Dearly beloved, it is with a heavy heart and a sad face that I say this to you this morning.

“As of last Friday, August 28, I have been forced to leave the Manchester rock ‘n’ roll pop group Oasis.

“The details are not important and of too great a number to list. But I feel you have the right to know that the level of verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades has become intolerable. And the lack of support and understanding from my management and bandmates has left me with no other option than to get me cape and seek pastures new.

“I would like firstly to offer my apologies to them kids in Paris who’d paid money and waited all day to see us only to be let down AGAIN by the band. Apologies are probably not enough, I know, but I’m afraid it’s all I’ve got.

“While I’m on the subject, I’d like to say [sorry] to the good people of V Festival that experienced the same thing. Again, I can only apologise – although I don’t know why, it was nothing to do with me. I was match-fit and ready to be brilliant. Alas, other people in the group weren’t up to it.

“In closing I would like to thank all the Oasis fans, all over the world. The last 18 years have been truly, truly amazing (and I hate that word, but today is the one time I’ll deem it appropriate). A dream come true. I take with me glorious memories.

“Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a family and a football team to indulge. I’ll see you somewhere down the road. It’s been a fuckin’ pleasure.”

NME.com published a great blog item about the Oasis split yesterday, which was titled, “Oasis: Is This The End Of The Road?” You can read it by clicking here. One quite interesting point made in the blog piece is that due to the various personnel changes in the band and shortlived walkouts by both Noel and Liam Gallagher, there is not one member of Oasis who has played at every Oasis show.

Despite the fact that Noel Gallagher is, without question, the min creative force in the band, there are rumors that the band might continue without him. XFM London reports that an Oasis spokeswoman told the BBC, “I expect in the next couple of days a decision will be made as to how to continue or if they continue.”

Alan McGee, who signed the band to Creation Records in 1993, told XFM London, “I think you’ll have a reunion tour in about five years time. They love each other. When people love each other, they’ll always make peace.”

No matter what happens, the future of Oasis will be an interesting one. Will they end up like The Beach Boys, with Al Jardine leading one splinter group and Mike Love the other? I believe that Noel will record the talked-about solo album and then do a large-scale tour to promote the album. And he will likely perform Oasis songs live. Those songs are, after all, his songs. Oasis could possibly survive without Noel’s input, but they certainly will be a less-interesting group.

Klaxons Delay Their New Album Until Next Year

The trouble-plagued second album by UK electronica/psychedelic band Klaxons (pictured above) has been delayed again, this time until 2010. On the subject of the album’s delay, Klaxons’ Jamie Reynolds told the BBC:

“We’ve now got 28 songs and we’re just about to put it together as a complete record. We’re looking for a producer and if anyone out there makes records, give us a bell.

“We’d really like to put out the first great record of the 2010s rather than the last great one of this decade. Now that’s become an aspiration and a goal.”

There have been numerous delays with Klaxons’ sophomore effort. But the band does have a lot to live up to. Their debut album, 2007′s Myths of the Near Future, won the UK’s heralded Mercury Music Prize as Album of the Year.

For more on this story, see the article from XFM London.

For further info on Klaxons, go to:
http://www.klaxons.net
http://www.myspace.com/klaxons

Pixie Lott Makes Her Live Performance Debut For BBC Radio 2

Pixie Lott, who is the subject of Powerline A.D.’s latest exclusive Q&A (you can read the Q&A by clicking here), made her live performance debut at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios on April 14th for the recording of Dermot O’Leary’s BBC Radio 2 program that aired this past Saturday, April 25th. Lott performed five songs for the program and was interviewed by O’Leary. Audio clips of the songs and interview have surfaced on You Tube. You can hear the songs and the interview by clicking in the appropriate places below:

Pixie Lott performs “Mama Do” live at Maida Vale Studios:

Pixie Lott performs “Cry Me Out” live at Maida Vale Studios:

Pixie Lott performs “Gravity” live at Maida Vale Studios:

Pixie Lott performs “Band Aid” live at Maida Vale Studios:

Pixie Lott performs a cover of Take That’s “Never Forget” live at Maida Vale Studios:

Pixie Lott is interviewed by BBC Radio 2 DJ Dermot O’Leary at Maida Vale Studios:

What a great voice! She is going to be a star on both sides of the Atlantic in the not-too-distant future. Bank on it.

For further information on Pixie Lott, see:
http://www.pixielott.com
http://www.myspace.com/pixiesongs
http://www.youtube.com/user/pixieofficial

Powerline A.D. Does Exclusive Q&A With 18-Year-old British Pop Singer Pixie Lott

Kent, England’s Pixie Lott, only 18 years of age, has been a very busy woman of late. Having signed with Mercury Records in the UK and Interscope in the USA, the lovely and talented Ms. Lott is awaiting the UK release of her debut single, “Mama Do.” The single is due out in the UK on June 8th. In the run up to the release of the single, Pixie has agreed to do an exclusive e-mail Q&A with Powerline A.D. Pixie has been tapped for future stardom by The Sunday Times of London, so Powerline A.D. feels privileged to be able to present this exclusive Q&A with Pixie at this point in her career. To read the Q&A, go to http://www.powerlinead.com or click here.

To watch the video for Pixie Lott’s debut single “Mama Do,” click below:

To watch Pixie Lott perform a starkly beautiful acoustic cover of the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody,” click below:

To watch a behind-the-scenes photoshoot with Pixie Lott, click below:

To watch one of Pixie’s You Tube video diaries in which she performs an acoustic version of the new song “Hallucination, click below:

Viewers in the UK only can watch Pixie perform five songs–”Mama Do,” “Cry Me Out,” “Gravity,” “Band Aid,” and “Never Forget”–at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios on the BBC Radio 2 Web site at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/pixie-lott/. The videos will be available for viewing until Saturday, May 2nd.

Viewers in any part of the world can watch Pixie discuss the reasons that she wanted to cover Take That’s “Never Forget” for BBC Radio 2′s Great British Songbook by going to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/great-british-songbook/pixie-lott/.

For further info on Pixie Lott, go to:
http://www.pixielott.com
http://www.myspace.com/pixiesongs
http://www.youtube.com/user/pixieofficial