I hope @OfficialAdele's live CD/DVD brings out a different side to the songs rather than mimic the studio versions.—
Nasser AlQatami (@nasque) October 27, 2011

We discovered Diane Birch serendipitously and fell in love with her. So, when we heard she was to release a covers album of some 80s and 90s classics, we were ready to jump on it. It’s downloading as of now on iTunes, so there will be no review for now, but we are sure it will be lovely.

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RuPaul is super busy promoting the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race and her book Workin’ It. But, that hasn’t stopped her from releasing an album this year. Unexpectedly and suddenly, with no promotion, RuPaul has released a remix CD titled Drag Race that remixes the best of her previous album Champion. The album is not listed on Amazon, 7digital, Wikipedia and there is not a single search engine that pops up with news about this. There was just a tiny little tweet that went by and left from RuPaul. So, this is the first announcement of it. Check it out on iTunes. Meanwhile, aren’t you just addicted to the show?

The shoes aren’t working at all, but the look’s banging even as it verges on goth a little. We want the bald dancer’s top for the summer so bad.

Another year, another blaze Madonna release. This is the artwork for the Sticky & Sweet disc. We can’t believe she is still sticking with that horrid typeface and the skew. Plus, she had to be on a screen to appear like she wasn’t retouched. When was the last time we saw Madonna’s current face all up on a sleeve?

Kylie is handing out a big treat to all her fans this weekend by allowing everyone to stream her new live CD on Youtube. It’s quite titillating! Click below to listen to the whole thing. It’s only available for 24 hours!

She’s just always on fire!

Pink’s extensive tour for Funhouse (mainly in her prime markets – Australia and Germany) has gone on for a long time. P!nk is a vigorous tourer, for a lack of a better word. This CD/DVD is supposed to highlight the best of the tour. Expect a whole lot of hanging from ceilings and some acrobatics.

Lira’s new DVD is being worked on right now and its degree of quality is the first that South Africa has seen. Lira herself dropped us a message to clarify the status of the DVD and give us some delicious details on the is special project. Click below for Lira’s message to Loft965.com:

Lira: “The DVD cover attached. would you believe that because we shot HD: even the best Grading studio in the country is ill-equipped to handle the file size of the DVD. Its over 3000 cuts in HD and these guys although briefed months ago, suddenly find themselves overwhelmed with the project. Now new software has to brought in from London to start the process. Our current DVD release date is 9th November 2009. I’m praying that this will not be affected. This project is unprecedented for South Africa.”

We are all bracing for this project and hope it makes the release date. Exciting!

Oh, this is a very good day for us. Just before we decided to leave, we found out that Mariah’s album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel has leaked in it’s entirety, in full quality.  Yes, the day is here. It’s nice out, too. The album’s supposed to land next week. Mariah releases rarely leak. But, I guess someone got a hold of it.  We pre-ordered many copies of it (it’s a ritual we do every time this happens) but we are still happy to get it.

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CD Format
Best Buy $9.99
Amazon $9.99 (International fans can purchase here!)
Target $12.98
F.Y.E. $12.99
Walmart $14.88

Digital Download
Amazon $5.99
Zune $12.50
iTunes $12.99

South African chanteuse and one of Loft965.com favorite artists at the moment – Lira – is about to release a a live album titled Live In Concert: A Celebration on October 5th.  The live album is to be followed with a DVD sometime  in December. The album is bound to include raw renditions of her greatest songs. Click here to purchase it. If you pre-order the DVD now, it will be personally autographed by Lira herself.

Originally thought it was this one. But, it turns out Ellipse is getting a different cover. I heard some of the tracks from her YouTube previews and it sounds like the same stuff but with different lyrics. RIP MJ.

Great song and great fun of a video. It’s inspired by the iPhone, apparently. Although the song is about George Bush, it still works for everything that makes one angry. The picture in the polaroid is the same as her picture on Twitter. The next single was slated to be “22″ but this is replacing it now. I didn’t think they’d release it because it wont get played on radio. Maybe radio is not that important anymore.

Electro-clash second offering 

Surprisingly calming and moody

Björk’s four CD-set commemorating the greatness of her most recent album, or whatever it is, is out now. It contains one live CD, one live DVD, one DVD of all the music videos from Volta and a remix CD. Voltaic is yet another on of those packages that don’t really offer anything new but the packaging is fabulous.

This is the compilation I shelved for a poppier and more uppity February. Si, it makes its debut in March and as much as my collection is overflowing with new sexy pop tracks for March. I managed to stick to my older mantra and that is to serve up some palatable chill music. This compilation is moody, yet sultry. I can honestly say that it is one of the best i had ever made and i have been doing this for quite a while now. It is something I would listen to. Actually, it was originally titled “Red Red Wine Playlist” and then I liked it so much it became Moodulation (a combination of the words “Mood” and “Modulation”). I hope you like it as much as I do.

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And it just happens to be the selling ticket for her Ballads compilation, which contains “How Much” with Usher, which is uptempo. Anyway, she’s back in the studio.

Racheal Yamagata’s second album is out today and filled with all kinds of melodramatic acoustic, but without forgetting the some ruckus rock. So far, so good. But, I need more time to listen to it. It’s a double CD. So, there lots to waft through.