Saturday, March 28, 2009
MAMA DO RADIO PLAYS!!
On 14th April, Pixie will be at Maida Vale for the ‘BBC INTRODUCING...PIXIE’ event! This will be introduced by O'Leary today!
As for Radio 1, Jo Wiley is playing Pixie on 7th April. You should tune in from 10am for that!
BBC Switch will also welcome Pixie to the studio on 12th April from 8.30pm! This is also an interview so make sure you are listening for that especially! It's going to be amazing!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Guardian New Band of The Day!
Hometown: Essex.
The lineup: Pixie Lott (vocals, songs).
The background: What's the collective noun for a group of teenage girls? A murder? No, that's crows. A gaggle? A nightmare?! Anyway, there are four or five school-age females currently waiting in the wings, some of whom you read about here first. There's Alex Roots with her quirky brand of new wave-revisited pop, LA's new Lady GaGa Sky Ferreira, the punky, bratty "Essex Avril Lavigne" Daisy Dares You, and Coco Sumner whose effervescent ska-tinged pop is a chip off her dad Sting's white reggae block. Now there's Pixie Lott, who peddles a blend of sophisticated ballads and R&B-tinged dance tunes that should see her pegged as the UK's answer to Rihanna or a young Mariah.
When did all this start, this trend for big-voiced belters who could Do Soul as well as the Americans? Probably with Joss Stone, although her lack of success recently indicates the market for such young homegrown female artists might not be as solid as they, the controlling powers who decide on our entertainment, once assumed. Then again, Pixie Lott, who at 18 is positively ancient compared to her peers, blows Stone – and all the X Factor dummies - out of the water by dint of the fact that she writes her own material, which immediately puts her in the more credible Duffy/Amy category, although there is little on her album sampler to suggest a similar fixation with 60s girl-group pop, Dusty-style white soul or Motown.
She's more Duffy than Amy, though, not in terms of technique but in terms of torment and behind-the-scenes Dark Stuff. When she was 14 she won a scholarship to the Italia Conti stage school and the only time she ever came up against the demonic forces of rock'n'roll was when she did a recording session with Roger Waters, who once dropped acid (not during the recording session, we hasten to add). An ad in the Stage led to a trip to New York, where she began writing and recording demos and auditioned for New Jack Swing god and pioneer of modern R&B, LA Reid. There was a record label bidding war, she signed a deal, and now she's got an album ready of music written with and produced by such luminaries as Phil Thornalley, Lily and Beck collaborator Greg Kurstin, and Cutfather and Jonas Jeburg, who have worked with Kylie, the Pussycat Dolls and Lady GaGa.
As rags-to-riches sagas go, it lacks a certain dramatic puissance. But the music is as hi-tech and slick as you'd expect, from debut single – and her One Retro Moment – Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh), to Cry Me Out, an Alicia-worthy torch song that showcases Lott's vocal pyrotechnics and manages, in one impressive line ("I got your emails, you just don't get females"), to say more about teenage sexual politics than a whole series of Skins. That augurs well for further down the line and points towards a more playful, idiosyncratic future. Meanwhile, what? We've produced an R&B artist who can hold her own with the Americans. We're not sure what that particular triumph means, but it's a victory for her and her record company.
The buzz: "One of the best and most naturally gifted female singers this country has produced in years."
The truth: She's a talented girl and no mistake, but it probably won't be until she goes into freefall after years of fame and Does A Mariah that she'll make a particularly exciting pop star.
Most likely to: Be really successful.
Least likely to: Be remotely interesting.
What to buy: Debut single Mama Do is released by Mercury on 11 May, followed by the album Turn It Up in the autumn.
File next to: Joss Stone, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Alicia Keys.
Links: www.myspace.com/pixiesongs"
Friday, March 20, 2009
Exclusive Pixie Videos & HMV
The best news, however, is that Pixie's CD can now be pre-ordered from HMV. Both her debut album, "Pixie" and debut single, "Mama Do" can be purchased in physical formats in advance! There is a saving of £8.00 if you buy the album now so... click here!! This is especially good news because PLAY.COM, as wonderful as it is, is prone to mucking up every single time you got o the checkout!
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Pixie - Sky Showbiz & Video Shoot!
You can also be in Pixie's 'Mama Do' Video another way now! Go to her MySpace for more details - just click on the blog!
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
LOTTS of News
There are also articles popping up all over the internet and new photos all over! Pixie recently sent out an email to all those on her mailing list - sign up if you haven't already!
However, nothing is close to this news. Pixie is giving 4 of you a chance to be in her debut music video, "Mama Do". This opportunity will never come around again so head over to in4merz for more details.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Pixie Speaks to Monica Mania!
Check out this Video of Pixie recording in Strongroom Studios with possibly the most gorgeous hair known to man!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Official Link List
- Pixie's Official Website
- Pixie's Official Street Team (Prizes + Goodies Here)
- Pixie's Official Mailing List (Win a Watch + A Get A Free Song)
- Pixie's Official YouTube
- Pixie's Official Bebo
- Pixie's Official MySpace
- Pixie's Official Twitter
- Pixie's Official Facebook
- Pixie's Official Forum
- Pixie's Official Last FM Page
- Pixie's Official Flickr
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Pixie Covers Apologize...
For more updates, check out Pixie's Official Forum! I'm posting updates and news under the name "Source" so keep checking here and there for all the gossip!
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
Pixie in The Sunday Times
Here's another of my favourite Pixie videos where she sings with Phil Thornalley & Mads Hauge! Brilliant song, but Pixie looks so young!!
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