Posted in Music on Feb 26th, 2010
The video and song for Timbaland and JT’s Carry Out is exactly half as good as it should be. The beat is amazing, the food metaphors are not. Also, Justin Timberlake only looks cool in one part of the video (it’s not the part where he’s wearing a cap). Cut the bullshit JT and get [...]
Posted in Music on Jan 11th, 2010
I only just found out that the Esmee Denters album, which leaked in full about six months ago never got an international release, even though it was released in the Netherlands. It’s sad really since the album was actually pretty solid (you can thank Justin Timberlake and The Y’s for that) and the first two [...]
Posted in Music on Sep 23rd, 2009
Yeah, I called it a “comeback,” because that’s exactly how it’s going to look when the damn thing finally comes out. And on that note, it looks like it’s really happening! Justin Timberlake spoke to MTV about working together and said that the material is “a little more grown up. It’s got some edge to it.” [...]
Posted in Music on Sep 12th, 2009
Esmee Denters, an artist who’s previous single ‘Outta Here’ floated in and out of the New Zealand charts and is still sitting comfortably at number 23 this week, has a new video for her song ‘Admit It.’ The track itself is pretty great. It’s got all of those Timberlake tendencies (he co-wrote the song) that [...]
Posted in News Wrap-Up on Aug 29th, 2009
- More bad news. Ellie Greenwich, a songwriter responsible for some of the 60’s biggest hits, has died, aged 68. Greenwich died of a heart attack in New York where she was battling pneumonia. Greenwich, along with co-writer Jeff Barry and producer Phil Spector wrote The Ronettes ‘Be My Baby,’ and ‘Baby, I Love You.’ Greenwich also [...]
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