:: A Malaysian on Music, Gigs, Concerts. ::

Yep, his album is finally coming out. 23rd November. I didn’t think much of his debut single, For Your Entertainment. Kinda Mika like but it was interesting. Grows on you? I’m more interested in Time For Miracles, which will be on the OST of 2012. John Cusack doing epic film. Time For Miracles somehow reminds me of latter Stephen Tyler. At first, I drew comparison with Freddie Mercury, but I think Adam Lambert could become an alltime great if he really gets out there and not just be one for the mainstream public. Hang on, he’s gay. Okay, it’s definitely working already :). Enough hearsay - check him out on youtube. I can’t wait to hear his debut album..

Time For Miracles

Pixie Lott. Yum. This blonde bombshell who has a fantastic contralto voice and superb looks to match her voice is a recording label’s wet dream. Sings and looks good. Her legs, her boobs, …okay, sorry I can go on and on. I missed the chance to see her live early in her career during the MTV World Stage gig in Sunway Lagoon, Malaysia. Yep, I was late.

Anyhoo, when I heard her acoustic renditions of Mama Do and the remake of Use Somebody (from Kings of Leon), I fell in love. The voice. Wow. So, in a sense I had high hopes for her debut album, Turn It Up. However, when I got my hands on the album, I was a tad bit disappointed. LA Reid made her into pop culture mould. The album was filled with mostly mainstream music. Bah. All is not lost though, the album grows on ya and her latest single, Cry Me Out is fast becoming a repeat on my playlist. There are still elements of soul within her debut effort, but I wished it could have been more. In some way, I’m reminded of what happened to Joss Stone whose first album was a motown tribute of covers and her original track debut album became pop culture rubbish.

So, I look forward to Pixie’s gigs, not necessarily her albums.

Cry Me Out
Fall in love with Pixie now!

Sorry for the MIAness :).

I’ve been listening to a fair bit of Renee Olstead. For those of you that didn’t know, she’s the ginger haired daughter in that sitcom Still Standing. Whaddya know, she can sing and has pretty good vocal pipes. She’s only 20 but has had 5 studio recorded albums. Damn. Impressive. Best part is, she’s only at the start of her musical passage. She’s a bit of a cutie as well.

Check her out:

Renee Olstead and David Foster - Skylark