Huski - Girl.Kill.Smile (Shine a Light) [Pely Remix]

Huski are a quirky North-London based electro-pop duo and they certainly know how to craft a catchy tune. Take their single Girl.Kill.Smile (AMAZING name for a track by the way). It's equal measures Mini Viva and Ke$ha, with maybe even a dash of Girls Aloud's more 'out-there' moments thrown in too. Basically, lots of dancey loveliness - and packed with more attitude than you can shake a stick at.

Chant like choruses of 'Shine a light!', a moody, bubbling bassline and razor sharp, trancey synths - this track has got it all. The band describe their music as a visual and aural feast of decadence, delight and destruction - and it's a fairly accurate representation; decadance being the key word. Girl.Kill.Smile is dripping in vibes of pleasure and enjoyment, a futuristic dance-floor filler for the electro-pop aficionado.

Oh, and did I mention that the track is free to download from Soundcloud? Get it now, it's awesome.

Girl.Kill.Smile (Shine a Light) [Pely Remix] by huskimusic

Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (Demo Version)

The ‘return’ of Britney Spears is something we always look forward to with baited breath. There was the first return, when she came back after years of not releasing any music, but even then her life was still consumed by all kinds of randomness, and the music reflected that. Then there was the proper return, when her Circus album came out, packed with amazing songs and an equally amazing accompanying tour.

And now she returns again, with new single Hold It Against Me. And quite possibly, she’s better than ever before. The demo version of the song is out and it’s a full on hands in the air slice of pop joy. The chorus is sublime on the level you have to listen to it again, just to check how good it really it is. And it is good. SO SO good. If the demo is this brilliant, God knows how mind-blowingly spectacular the real thing is.

What I love so much about Hold It Against Me is that on some levels its real classic Britney, the kind of pop music we haven’t really heard for nearly a decade. But equally its bang up to date, full of vibes of Ke$ha and Gaga (who of course owe so much to Britney in their own sound). Let’s just hope the rest of the album is as equally amazing as this track is, because if it is, Britney could easily find herself finally getting that UK No. 1 album she’s waited so long for.

Listen to the demo version of the song here.

Also, check out more Britney Spears information on MTV.

INTERVIEW - Sunday Girl

The music video for your song Stop Hey is very stylish and you were also named Vogue.com’s ‘one to watch’ - is the visual aspect of your music important to you?

I love looking stylish and dressing up so the video was great fun to film.  I like coming up with cool visual themes to go along with my music, so for this video I went with the idea of ‘superstition’ and had lots of umbrellas open indoors.

Are the 80s a big influence on you?  You covered Laura Branigan’s big 1984 hit Self Control.

I wouldn’t say so in particular, it’s just a song I always really enjoy playing live – I do a cover of Ke$ha’s Tik Tok too and they both get a great response from the crowd!

There are a lot of strong, female singers around at the moment; did you feel you consciously had to make your own stamp on the scene?

You’ve got to be unique – Everyone’s the same otherwise and it’s boring. I’m just myself.

You played a load of festivals over the summer; how does that compare to the smaller, more intimate venues you’ve played on Ellie Goulding’s tour?

I prefer smaller venues like this as it’s dark and more atmospheric.  It really ties in well with my music and I think the audience get a sense of that too.  You get a really great vibe going.

You have an internet blog that you post updates on – Do you think it’s important to keep in contact with your fans in this way?

Definitely!  It’s great to get feedback from fans and I really enjoy doing the blog.  I haven’t had as much of a chance recently because of being so busy with the tour, but I’ve got loads of stuff to add to it now, which will be fun!

Do you feel having a career in music has changed you in any way as a person?

I feel more confident as an artist; a lot braver.  I’ve got a motto that is ‘If you don’t try, you don’t get’, and it’s true.  You’ve just got to keep trying and you get more and more confident in yourself, especially when you’re doing something you enjoy.  In your dreams, you can do anything you want, so why shouldn’t this be true in real life too.

In this age of downloads and people cherry-picking individual songs, is it still important to put a consistent album together as a complete body of work?

I still love listening to albums as a whole – I think it really gets the artist’s message across in a way individual songs can’t do as much.

Is there one song in the history of music that you wish you had written yourself?

Hmmm, that’s a tough one!  I think something by Beyonce, Kelis or Kanye West – I love them!  Whenever I listen to their tracks I just think wow!

Stop Hey is released January 11^th 2011.

Current free music offers! Ke$ha, Hannah Montana and more!

There’s a great range of free music available to download freely as part of various offers online at the moment!

You’ve got Ke$ha’s new single We R Who We R available here when you sign up to her mailing list.

Then here on Amazon you’ve got a whole host of free tracks including songs by Hannah Montana, Swedish House Mafia, OMD and Magnetic Man. Brilliant stuff!