Tracks from SiA Furler’s little-known band Crisp leak!

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Before she was writing songs for Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, SiA was in a band that never made it called Crisp. Surprisingly, as these tracks show, she wasn’t always the vocalist. Click below to listen to some of the tracks.

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Exclusive: The Best 100 Albums Of 2010

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  1. We Are Born – SiA
  2. Body Talk PT2 – Robyn
  3. Fleshtone - Kelis
  4. Undersea Poem - Undersea Poem
  5. AphroditeKylie Minogue
  6. New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh – Erykah Badu
  7. Lost Where I Belong – Andreya Triana
  8. Body Talk PT1 – Robyn
  9. Senior - Röyksopp
  10. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
  11. Ship Of Light – Husky Rescue
  12. Teen Dream – Beach House
  13. Love & Its Opposite – Tracey Thorn
  14. My Best Friend Is YouKate Nash
  15. The XX – The XX
  16. /\/\/\Y/\ – M.I.A.
  17. Still Standing – Monica
  18. Catching A Tiger - Lissie
  19. Laws Of IllusionSarah McLachlan
  20. Blood Like Lemonade – Morcheeba
  21. Endlessly – Duffy
  22. Here Lies Love – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
  23. Seasons Of My Soul – Rumer
  24. LOUD – Rihanna
  25. Welcome To Medina – Medina
  26. 100 Miles From Memphis – Sheryl Crow
  27. Tiger SuitKT Tunstall
  28. Body Talk PT3 – Robyn
  29. Insatiable – Nadine Coyle
  30. The ArchAndroidJanelle Monáe
  31. Messy Little RaindropsCheryl Cole
  32. Animal – Ke$ha
  33. Saved – Tinashé
  34. Merry Christmas II You Mariah Carey
  35. Waiting For That One Clear Moment - Thomas Dybdahl
  36. The We Meaning You Tour – SiA
  37. Night Work – Scissor Sisters
  38. Soldier Of Love – Sade
  39. Live At Blue Moose MusicAni DiFranco
  40. Memoirs – Rox
  41. The SeaCorinne Bailey Rae
  42. The Other Side – Nina Sky
  43. Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj
  44. Have One On Me – Joanna Newsom
  45. Some Place SimpleMartina Topley-Bird
  46. The Boxer – Kele
  47. Synchornised Swimmers – Hafdis Huld
  48. Down The Way – Angus & Julia Stone
  49. nº 3 – jj
  50. The Magician – Holly Miranda Continue reading

Sexy Track: “I’m In Here (Piano / Vocal Version) by SiA

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The original form of this track was one of the six intentionally leaked tracks from SiA’s album We Are Born. That version was good enough to make this song a staple for us in 2010. But, when we heard the acoustic version, which was a bonus track on the iTunes edition of the album and now has gained enough ground to be the track features on the official video. This is SiA at her most beautiful and sonically eloquent. This is a ditty to save for life.

Robyn talks to the NY Times

Robyn’s second addition to her trilogy, Body Talk PT2, blows Body Talk PT1 out of the water. We love almost every track on the new album and our favorites are “Hang With Me (Dance Mix),” “Criminal Intent,” “Love Kills” and “U Should Know Better” featuring Snoop Dogg. This year is Robyn, Kelis and SiA’s year!

SiA Furler confirms writing for Britney Spears

Sia Furler deals in contradictions. She doesn’t like talking to people she doesn’t know but enjoys interviews with strangers on the phone. She despises fame and the way it changes lives but obsessively consumes vacuous American reality shows seemingly doing the same thing.

Lying in bed in her New York apartment, the Adelaide-born singer-songwriter is attempting to explain why, just as her 17-year career is nearing its peak, she is planning her retirement from public life.

“I’m getting a bit famous now,” Sia (like Beyonce or Madonna, it’s first name only, please) says softly, “and I’m very anxious.”

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