Teenage girls

AMANDA MAIR www.labrador.se Labrador Records, out in Sweden, was very, very excited to let us know that they've signed Amanda Mair, a girl who was then 15 (now 16), who sounded like a mix between Dusty Springfield and Kate Bush. She's not online at all (no myspace/bandcamp) and she's never played live or sent out demos. Her debut single, House, produced by Philip Ekström (The Mary Onettes / Det Vackra Livet), is coming out June 8th. Download the free track here.		SKY FERREIRA skyferreira.com I first heard of Sky Ferreira last year, with her debut single, "One". Christopher said it was criminal that she's only made it on the charts at #60. At the time, she was 17, I think she's legal now. That might explained her "Sex Rules" title ? It's actually not what you'd think, it's the rules of nature, not that "it's totally awesome". Capitol Records was kind enough to send me a review copy of her EP, As If!, which I have to say, I actually really like it. I've always liked pop music, so it probably shouldn't be a surprise. I think if things works out, Sky Ferreira could be the next Katy Perry or Ke$ha, although Sky's probably too clever.

MICHAELA WALLACE michaelawallacemusic.com Michaela Wallace is a 14-year-old girl from Missouri, her song, "Justin Bieber's Girlfriend" got a lot of youtube attention. I did download the acoustic track (free at michaelawallace.bandcamp.com), and I have to say: can't relate. I know Lara has Bieber fever, and I guess, I never understood why he's so popular. Besides, doesn't he already have a girlfriend (Selena Gomez)?		REBECCA BLACK rebeccablackonline.com If you haven't heard Rebecca Black's "Friday" song, then clearly you've been living under a rock. This 13-year-old girl got over 135 million views for her youtube song. Everyone loved the song, even Conan O'Brien made a parody video for his song "Thursday". Not really much to add this this, except that we wonder what's next for her? Is this a one-hit wonder deal ?

BONUS: Did you know that every week, I get about five or six songs from Glee, that popular Fox television show, courtesy of Columbia Records. As much as I am a cover lover, it's hard for me to keep up. I don't watch the television show, however, a fan pointed to me that on the May 10^th episode, "Prom Queen", they covered Rebecca Black's "Friday" song. This is pretty interesting, considering that most of the Glee's standard cover is for more established bands (Beatles, Zeppelin, etc).

I looked into finding out why they covered this really recent song, apparently Mark Salling (who plays Puck) is a fan of the song and suggested they cover it for this episode. Hearing Salling sings the song from a male perspective is pretty interesting. It sounded pretty faithful to the original song, complete with the rap bits.

I gave the rest of this week's music a listen, while I was at it. They did ABBA's "Dancing Queen" and Black Kids' "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You", which are fitting for a promenade dance. The ABBA cover is fantastic, the other stand-out cover is Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely". I didn't know which Glee cast member sung it, so I looked it up. Apparently it was a proposal song from Artie. The recorded version had Artie sounding very, very similar to Stevie Wonder's vocal styling.

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