Kate Nash "Pink Limo Ride"

This is niiiiiccceeee. Kate Nash has given a new music in the form of "Pink Limo Ride". While it sounds like an outtake from the "Girl Talk" sessions, the song is a dedication to one of her friends, who was seriously injured protecting another friend being bullied. Take a listen!

Kate Nash - Pink Limo Ride
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My Favourite Songs of 2013...Thus Far

With half of the year over and another half to go, the music has been just coming and coming and coming and...well you get the idea! Some of it good, some bad, some meh and some very exceptional. While a lot of American artists seem to be giving us the run-around with their music (a certain artist whose name begins a B and ends with a Eyonce?), other countries have been keeping their music flowing (sometimes overflowing) that I can't keep up with releases. I usually do a best of list, but since it's only the middle of year, I decided to go with some of my favourites rather than the ones that I think are the best, which can wait until December.

Girl's Day-Expectation

Girl's Day shed their quirky, side-splitting antics for a more mature concept and did not disappoint with this highly infectious dance-pop slice of heaven. It's already my most played song of the year and second most played of all time (damn you BoA for releasing "Only One.")

     Nine Muses-Dolls

The classy nine get paired with Sweetune for this equally classy, jazz-inspired record. If you aren't tapping your toes to the beat, you seem to be missing a soul (or just don't like K-Pop).

              Ellie Goulding-You,My Everything 

This song is everything that is right with Ellie Goulding. "You, My Everything" is just  Ellie's husky yet dreamy vocals over Jim Eliot's drum and bass inspired production. Just how I like her.

Girl's Generation-I Got a Boy 

The hate for this song was warranted. I commend SM for breaking the Americanized cookie-cutter mold for K-Pop songs by mixing and mashing five or so songs together and transforming the divine nine into aegeyo hip-hop queens. #bowdown.

2AM Club-Black Liquor 

The band laments their late night escapades over a minimalist beat fit for a The Weeknd record. If I told you that I have never cried listening to this record, I would be telling you a lie.

Rudimental-Hell Could Freeze (feat. Angel Haze) 

Rudimental is a extremely versatile and "Hell Could Freeze" has to be one of their best. New York raptress Angel Haze talks about a failed relationship that she is willing to try again

Jessie Ware-Imagine It Was Us 

Her solo foray into the 90s house trend that has become so popular within the past year, Jessie blesses us with her consistently sultry vocals while serving some "Queen of The Night" realness in the music video.

Supercell-The Bravery 

J-Pop as I remember it from when I used to watch Anime as an awkward pre-adolesent/teen. Full of energy, heavy on the rock and a soaring inspiring chorus with so whoas and yeahs added for good measure. The five minute length is a turn off though.

Kate Nash-OHMYGOD! 

Kate Nash starts this punk-pop tune languid then hits us with a stir-crazy chorus that was made for the summer and for pop radio. Too bad she's independent now.

Kanye West-Bound 2

The Kanye West that everybody was waiting for to come back. Though the lyrics are a bit iffy, it still captures perfectly who Kanye was before his "808"days.

T-ARA N4-Countryside Life

THE BEST K-POP OF 2013 SO FAR!!! Only T-ARA would have the balls to have their sub-unit come out with a netizen diss song, incorporate the real Harlem shake in the video and update Richard Simmons's ridiculous exercises. Why U Hatin'?

Kate Nash "3AM" Music Video

Kate Nash has unveiled the visuals for her new single, "3AM" The song, released this week to iTunes, is the first from her "Girl Talk" album, which is coming in two short weeks. In the video, Kate continues the 60s/70s motif portrayed in the teaser with her and her boyfriend shown in a very loving relationship that goes sour pretty fast. I mean I guess I would be too if I got left for a black girl. The video gives me "Foundations" vibes, but I actually think I like this video better.

Kate Nash "Girl Talk" Track Previews + "3AM" MV Trailer

As time ticks away until the expected March release date of Kate Nash's "Girl Talk," we have something to tide us until then. You can now listen to snippets of the complete album below. The direction is more rock, but it is less heavy than the previous material she teased last year and the most pop it gets is the lead single, "3AM." Speaking of "3AM," Nash pulled a Lana Del Rey and uploaded a almost 7 minute prologue to the music video, which hopefully will premiere sometime this week. Nash is shown with a boy, both in 60s inspired attire and Prince's "Purple Rain" playing in the background. You can listen to the snippets and watch the prologue below. Enjoy!

Album Preview
3AM Video Prologue

Graded Song: Kate Nash "3AM"

This comes as quite as surprise. Kate Nash has proven that she never follows the same blueprint twice. After her depressing-yet-happy pop album, "Made of Bricks", giving us the sunny pop tune "Foundations" (thank you VH1 for that one). She went on and switched up her style by taking influence from 60s Motown girl bands with 2010s "My Best Friend is You," which spawned such spectacular cuts like "Doo Wah Doo" and the astounding "Later On." She was quiet until late summer when she surprised fans and critics by rocking a Bindi, dyeing her hair two different shades and releasing Riot Grrrl music like the "Under-Estimate The Girl" and "Death Proof." After this change in musical direction, I was scared. I liked Nash enough to give this new sound of hers a try, but I didn't think I could endure too much of it. Kate is gearing up to release her third album, "Girl Talk" in March and will be proceeded by her brand new single, "3AM." The question is, how does the girl sound? Thankfully, Kate has somehow meshed the sound from her debut album with a more upbeat 90s alternative rock/dance sound. She even gives us that breathtakingly sweetness in her voice that we missed so much. The message of the song is far from sweet, as she pleas to an ex-lover of some sorts. However, it would have been interesting though if she had incorporated a Riot Grrrl type break down in the song. This sounds more like a album cut rather than a single, much like "Doo Wah Doo" was.

Final Grade:A