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Five Fantastic Songs Missing from The Pitchfork 500
Today, Pitchfork will release a book, printed on actual paper. The tome is called The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present, and it is billed as containing "all-new essays and reviews written with the sharp wit and insight for which the site is known." A list like this practically begs for argument, and so it made sense to create a list of amazing songs that Pitchfork forgot. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLily Allen will proclaim It's Not Me, It's You Feb. 10
Lily Allen has such a loud and lively public persona that it can often overshadow her music. She's a bonafide pop-culture phenomenon in her native Britain, and routinely finds herself in the tabloids and plastered across TV airwaves.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLily Allen finishes recording second album
Lily Allen, 23-year-old Britpop starlet and Paste 4 to Watch alumna, has reportedly finished recording the tracks for her second album. The project, tentatively titled Stuck On The Naughty Step according to a recent issue of Rolling Stone, is Allen’s follow-up to her 2006 debut, Alright, Still.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLily Allen covers ELO, joins book prize panel
In a delirious mash-up of whimsical musical minds, Lily Allen has gone and covered Jeff Lynne's Beatles-worshiping opus "Mr. Blue Sky." Her take on the Electric Light Orchestra classic was originally recorded for a strange little French mobile commercial, and now has leaked to the Internet in its entirety. The results are below, coupled with art from someone with slightly better photo-editing skills than this writer: Lynne would most likely approve of the spacey synths and firing laser noises, as they're perfectly natural sounds for the ELO spaceship. But axing the song's coda? Listen, Ms. Allen, perhaps the world has... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLily Allen makes her big screen debut
It seems that our favorite UK hip-pop princess Lily Allen will stop at nothing to make her fans smile. Aside from delivering her refreshing brand of musical goodness, she has been actively engaging in collaborations with the likes of Common and nabbing a mtvU Woodie of the Year award nomination. Now, Allen is jumping into her first silver screen performance. Allen is slated to play Lydia Bennett in an upcoming spoof movie of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Supporting cast also includes Russell Brand, who will play the conniving George Wickham, and film veteran Carrie Fisher will take on the... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLily Allen and Common go "Wild"
Even though visa trouble has kept her locked out of the United States, Lily Allen is doing pretty well for herself. Not only is she getting her own TV show, but now the "Smile" singer has a bona fide hip-hop collaboration to call her own. On Oct. 15, the world will witness the arrival of the single "Drivin' Me Wild," which features the rhyme stylings of consciouser-than-thou rapper Common and includes Allen singing the hook. The song appears on Common's new album, Finding Forever, in stores now. Clearly, this release is an attempt to top the Amy Winehouse-Ghostface collab from... read more
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