For Sia, proper releases are somewhat of a causal affair. After all, her breakthrough album, Colour the Small One, was released twice in two separate years. Her 5th(ish) solo album, We Are Born, is reportedly still being finished, (though she’s been quite busy working with Christina Aguilera on her forthcoming album). While “You’ve Changed,” the Greg Kurstin-produced first single has already dropped in Australia, we’ll hear the rest of the disc …when it’s ready. Lauren Flax (frequent conspirator with Fischerspooner’s Warren Fischer) co-wrote and originally recorded that single, but there’s no indication that Flax is on the rest of Sia’s album. In the meantime, she’ll hit Coachella and doing a little North American tour this spring. The tour, The We Meaning You Tour, starts this April in Vancouver. Dates below.
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Why? Who knows. But after a busy and fruitful year as a (Grammy-nominated!) producer for Lily Allen and Little Boots (not to mention the not-yet-released work for Kylie), Greg Kurstin has re-teamed with his bandmate in The Bird and The Bee, Inara George, to record a tribute album to Hall & Oates. Yup. Maybe there’s an affinity between duos? Either way, K&G give H&O a mostly affectionate tribute on Guiltless Pleasures Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates. Only “mostly” affectionate because there’s something kind of smug about a cover songs ostensibly in “tribute” to an act that’s widely used as a punch line. There are also the implications of “guiltless pleasures;” sincerity doesn’t need a guilt-o-meter. Musically, the B&B softronic touch is nice, notably on “Private Eyes,” and it takes musicians of a certain calibre to handle those Daryl and John harmonies. One can only imagine that there will be future volumes, so who’s next? Please not Journey.
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