Lopez Blogs

Deborah Gibson ~ Snake Charmer: Christ alive, Ms Gibson is churning out new music these days! Fresh from her endearing album Ms Vocalist (read about I Love You & Tsunami by clicking the titles), she has recorded a brand new dance tune that is now available on iTunes worldwide in honour of her schlock horror flick with Tiffany "Mega Python vs Gataroid"... It's a scintillating little number that takes a pulsating and insistent synth beat (reminiscent of Eurythmics via Lady Gaga) and adds some mysterious and hypnotic Eastern influences courtesy of a chorus that samples the famous melody from the popular belly dancing/snake charming tune. The lyrics seemingly cast Deborah as the seductress, a role she takes (or at least provides commentary on) in the clip of her other dance tune Cougar. It works incredibly well as a seductive and addictive number that just makes you want to grab the one you love and shimmy. Wonderfully fun middle 8 breakdown as well that acts as a percussive interlude before the compulsive chorus kicks back in. And while Deborah has produced many wonderful ballads over the years, she always sounds like she is having such a great time when she kicks loose and lets go on her dance tunes. I downloaded it first thing this morning and have had it on constant repeat ever since. New obsession :) Sample the song here...

Eva & The Heartmaker ~ Signals: How completely and utterly enchanting. The delightful sounds of Eva & The Heartmaker have been dominating my mp3 player all the live long week. The duo (Eva is the vocalist, I'm presuming Tom is the heartmaker?!) have put together an instantly familiar feelgood, romantic tune that shines brightly from it's first note to it's glittering finish. It's a tune that makes you feel like you are in the crescendoed finale of an 80s teen film - maybe 16 Candles. Maybe you will score with Jake tonight! It's bouncy, it's delicious, it's fun with a chorus that keeps on giving and a beat somewhere between Alphabeat's Fascination & Bjorn Johan Muri's Yes Man. It creates a magical vibe to the song that is matched by it's twee yet totally charming lyrics. Approach with caution, because once you've given in you won't be able to give it up (thanks to Nick for the intro!)

Concept Store ~ Damn: If my beloved but sadly defunct The Upper Room had kept going and cheered up a little bit, I can't help but feel they would have made a single as entirely glorious as this one by new Stockholm band, Concept Store. What works so very well indeed about their already-buzzworthy-in-Sweden single, Damn, is that it takes elements of bands that are successfully established (Scissor Sisters, Fibes oh Fibes, Dyno), churns it all up in a musical blender and wheels out something fresh and new for the masses. Incredible beat through the chorus keeps the song literally glowing along and there are all sorts of handclap delights throughout. Add to this great vocals and catchy melody and you've got everything you need for a brand new pop delight. Cannot wait to hear more from them :) (Thanks to Damian for the heads up!)