#MusicMonday Roundup

We’ll start our Music Monday Roundup today with the latest video from Justin Nozuka’s You I Wind Land and Sea album, “Heartless”.  This is a solid, emotional pop/rock release that may have longer lasting legs than “My Heart Is Yours”.  And it’s not a cover of the Kanye West song!

Our friends at Pop Justice have unveiled their new record label, Popjustice Hi-Fi, to be distributed (at least in the UK) by Virgin.  Their first two records are from Swedish singer Rosanna and wonderful Bright Light Bright Light (aka Rod Thomas), whose introductory single “A New Word To Say” is one of my 10 current favourites.  Congrats!

The official album cover for Flamingo by Brandon Flowers is:

A view of Las Vegas from a certain hotel, perhaps?  The full album is due on September 6.

I am still in the process of digesting Kylie Minogue’s Aphrodite album, however it is much better than I thought.  Not to slight it, but it’s Madonna’s Confessions On A Dancefloor-lite – it simply is not as robust but full of potential singles and dance floor hits.  So far I like “Get Outta My Way” (the reported second single) and “Cupid Boy” the best.

New UK duo Bim (below) have issued a fabulous free download of the track “Head over Heels” from their upcoming album Scatterheart that is well worth the subscription to their newsletter at their official website.  This song puts ‘gorgeous’ back into current pop music!