Robbie Williams, and Pop Briefs (or Brief Pops)

March 09, 2007

Robbie Williams might be in rehab but his label continues to release new material. His latest single "She's Madonna is an excellent track that was produced the Pet Shop Boys. Listen to the DJ vinyl remixes on Juno here .

Eurovision fever is building! The annual European song contest will be held this May 12 in Helsinki, Finland after that country won the contest last year. The Attic, one of my favorite Swedish pop bands, competed to represent Sweden in the national finals. However, their song "The Arrival" did not make the cut and was voted out early in the preliminary rounds. The track is totally hot and will surely be a pop hit across the continent. Watch the video here on YouTube here.

Dutch superstar DJ Tiesto will be releasing his new artist album "Elements of Life" on April 10. A press release promises that this record will affirm "Tiesto's status as not only a serious performer, but also as a serious musician." The record includes his most recent dance hit "Dance4Life," co-written with Maxi Jazz of Faithless. That single was released in 2006 to create awareness among young people about the AIDS/HIV epidemic, with all the proceeds benefiting the Dance4Life organization. For more info about Tiesto, visit his MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/tiesto

Legendary pop duo Erasure is also getting ready to release new material. After making music for over 20 years, they will put out their new album "Light At The End Of The World" next month. Get an exclusive preview of their new single "I Could Fall In Love With You" on Arjanwrites.com. It is a signature Erasure production with Andy's emotive, choir boy vocals and Vince's crafty synth work. Link: here.

Have you seen Scissor Sisters' amazing new video yet? The video was directed by Japanese artist Nagi Noda who used the popular Kuroko technique to shoot the music video. Kuroko is a style of Japanese puppetry that uses stagehands dressed all in black to manipulate characters, stage props and help in custom changes to create the illusion that camera angles and perspectives are changing. It even helps to create a slow-motion or fast-forward effect. Very cool. See it on YouTube here. --Arjan

Arjan Writes about music. He is a writer for magazines in and outside of the U.S., including GENRE, Next, GUS and QVegas. He also authors his own blog Arjanwrites.com, which was recently named one of the best places to find new and exclusive music online by the British music bible Q Magazine. Growing up on the sounds of Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Madonna, Prince and the Dolly Dots, he has developed a knack for music that is sweet and crunchy. In order words, this 6'3 tall hipster is a sucker for pop candy with a little bite to it.