JESSICA MAUBOY PREMIERES NEW SINGLE 'TO THE END OF THE EARTH'

Australian sweetheart Jessica Mauboy has premiered her new single 'To The End Of The Earth'. The track is the lead to be taken from her upcoming third studio album, to be released later this year.

The upbeat pop hit was co-penned by songwriter Jaden Michaels in Los Angeles, who's previously written for Carly Rae Jepsen and Jessica Sanchez. Take a listen below.

'To The End Of The Earth' is out now [iTunes]

JESSICA MAUBOY RETURNS WITH "GOTCHA"

As mentioned last week on our Facebook page, Jessica Mauboy features in the upcoming film "The Sapphires" - a film adaptation of the 2005 play of the same name.

The movie follows a group of four indigenous women, Gail (Deborah Mailman), Julie (Mauboy), Kay (Shari Sebbens) and Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell), who are discovered by a talent scout and form a music group called The Sapphires, travelling to Vietnam in 1968 to sing for troops during the war.

The lead single from the soundtrack is the infectious 60s-inspired track "Gotcha," sung by the uber-talented Mauboy. Vocally she shines as the genre is a perfect fit.

Listen to the track and watch the full clip below. It features black and white footage of Mauboy in the studio, leaving colour footage to highlight parts of the movie.

"Gotcha" is available today [iTunes]

[VIDEO PREMIERE] JESSICA MAUBOY "GALAXY" FEAT. STAN WALKER

What happens when two members of the Australian Idol alumni collide? You get thrown into a sci-fi world complete with red moons and meteors, that's what.

Jessica Mauboy has premiered the video for her duet with Stan Walker, the mid-tempo Richard Vission-produced track Galaxy. The single will serve as the fifth to be lifted from the artists re-packaged Get 'Em Girls album, which coincidentally had the original version released one year ago this week.

The track, which was performed on X Factor Australia this week, is already sky-rocketing up the Australian iTunes, with the track currently sitting at #6 as of this morning.

Take a look at the big-budget video - what do you think?
Get 'Em Girls is available today [iTunes]

JESSICA MAUBOY DROPS COVER FOR "GALAXY" FEAT. STAN WALKER

Australian pop star Jessica Mauboy has revealed the cover to the fifth single lifted from her Get 'Em Girls album (second from the repackaged LP), the Richard Vission co-produced duet with Stan Walker, Galaxy.

The album has spawned the singles Saturday Night (feat. Ludacris) and Inescapable, both of which have achieved double-platinum sales status, which peaked at #7 and #4 respectively.

Galaxy is slated for a digital release 28 October. More news to come about the video as it surfaces.

Get 'Em Girls is available digitally today [iTunes]

ARIA ANNOUNCE NOMINATIONS FOR 2011 ARIA AWARDS

Earlier this week the nominees were announced for the 2011 ARIA Awards, the the awards event celebrating it's 25th anniversary this year. Leading the nominees are Gotye, Boy & Bear and Drapht, all with seven nominations.

The awards will be held Sunday 27 November at the AllPhones Arena, Sydney. Stay tuned on who is scheduled to play at the big event.

I've listed the categories worth noting below, however you can check out a full list of the nominations via the official site.

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Birds of Tokyo - Wild at Heart
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
Drapht- Rapunzel
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
The Jezabels - Dark Storm
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Eskimo Joe - Ghosts Of The Past
Grinderman – 2
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Rrakala

HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE
Birds of Tokyo – Plans
Havana Brown - We Run The Night
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Jessica Mauboy - Saturday Night (feat. Ludacris)
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)

HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM
Altiyan Childs - Altiyan Childs
Birds Of Tokyo - Birds Of Tokyo
Angus & Julia Stone - Down The Way
Keith Urban - Get Closer
Various - He Will Have His Way - The Songs Of Tim & Neil Finn

BEST FEMALE ARTIST
Adalita – Adalita
Clare Bowditch - Are You Ready Yet?
Kasey Chambers - Little Bird
Kimbra - Cameo Lover
Washington - Holy Moses

BEST MALE ARTIST
Drapht - The Life Of Riley
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gareth Liddiard - Strange Tourist
Josh Pyke - No One Wants A Lover
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu - Rrakala

BEST GROUP
Birds of Tokyo - Wild At Heart
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
Eskimo Joe - Ghosts Of The Past
Grinderman – 2
The Living End - The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : SINGLE
Zoe Badwi - Freefallin'
Boy & Bear - Feeding Line
Havana Brown - We Run The Night
Drapht – Rapunzel
The Jezabels - Dark Storm

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST : ALBUM
Boy & Bear – Moonfire
Drapht - The Life Of Riley
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh
The Middle East - I Want That You Are Always Happy
Oh Mercy - Great Barrier Grief

BEST POP RELEASE
Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends
Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh
Guy Sebastian - Who's That Girl (feat. Eve)
Washington - Holy Moses

BEST DANCE RELEASE
Bag Raiders - Bag Raiders
Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Miami Horror – Illumination
Pnau - Soft Universe
The Potbelleez - From The Music

BEST URBAN ALBUM
Drapht - The Life Of Riley
Illy - The Chase
Koolism - The „Umu
Phrase – Babylon
Vents - Marked For Death

[THOM'S TOP TRACKS] July 2011

Woof! What a month. A month of horrible rain, freezingly low temperatues and minimal time out in the sun (except for the time below, aaaahhhhhh). Thank Holy Puppies there was loads of great new music to listen to! Check out my picks for July.

JULY

Gotye feat. Kimbra

Somebody That You Used To Know

[VIDEO]

Will Young

Jealousy

[VIDEO]

Jessica Mauboy

Inescapable

[VIDEO]

Leona Lewis

Collide

[VIDEO]

Kelly Rowland feat. Big Sean

Lay It On Me

[VIDEO]

JESSICA MAUBOY REVEALS TRACKLIST FOR "GET 'EM GIRLS" DELUXE EDITION

Details have emerged of the repackaged Deluxe Edition of Jessica Mauboy's Get 'Em Girls release. The two-disc edition features seven new tracks, including the current single Inescapable [VIDEO] and a duet with Stan Walker which we now know is titled Galaxy.

In addition to the new tracks we have remixes of the hits What Happened To Us and Saturday Night, with the notable remixes for the latter by Sgt Slick and DCup.

Disc One:

1. Run		9. Reconnected
2. Nobody Knows		10. What Happened To Us (feat. Jay Sean)
3. Like This (feat. Iyaz)		11. Forget Your Name
4. Saturday Night (feat. Ludacris)		12. Can Anybody Tell Me
5. Maze		13. Make It Alright
6. Scariest Part		14. Saturday Night (Sgt Slick Remix)
7. Not Me		15. Galaxy (feat. Stan Walker)
8. Inescapable (Youngboyz Version)

Disc Two:

1. Get 'Em Girls (Music is my Business Remix)              (feat. Chizzy)		6. Handle It 7. Foreign
2. Saturday Night (DCup Remix)		8. Fight For You
3. What Happened To Us (OFM Remix)              (feat. Jay Sean)		9. Here For Me 10. No One Like You
4. Accelerate That
5. Inescapable (OFM Version)

Inescapable is available today, with the Get 'Em Girls Deluxe Edition release available digitally from 13 August [ITUNES]

[VIDEO PREMIERE] JESSICA MAUBOY "INESCAPABLE"

Over the weekend Jessica Mauboy premiered the video for her brand new single, Inescapable.

Serviced to Australian commercial radio last week, the track is to be taken from Mauboy's repackaged version of Get 'Em Girls, due in the coming months. The new release with feature seven new tracks, including a duet with fellow Australian Idol alumni Stan Walker.

Inescapable is available digitally today [iTunes]

LISTEN TO NEW JESSICA MAUBOY WITH "INESCAPABLE"

Jessica Mauboy has released a preview of the next single to be released from her repackaged Get 'Em Girls album, the Dianne Warren penned track Inescapable. After hearing Warren was involved I instantly thought we'd be expecting another ballad - but no! The track is pure pop in it's shiniest.

More details of a release yet date to come (rumour has it as 14 July), so stay tuned. For now, take a listen to a sample of track below and share your thoughts.

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Jessica Mauboy - Inescapable by Sony Music Australia

HAVE YOU DISCOVERED... PRINNIE?

Ex-Australian Idol contestant Prinnie Stevens, aka Prinnie, has released her debut single Lion.

The track offers a R&B/pop number with good beats and a sexy chorus (Imma make you roar like a lion!) that wouldn't be too out of place on a Jessica Mauboy, Rihanna or Beyonce album. Whilst it may not be as polished, it certainly is raw enough to show true talent.

Miss Prinnie needs no introduction to the industry either - she has an established career in New York and Singapore (where she featured as part of an all-girl group) and now is setting her sights back on Australia. Prinnie has featured on stage shows Rent and Footloose, and has also worked back and centre stage for artists such as Robbie Williams, Guy Sebastian and Ne-Yo... just to name a few.

So whilst I've only heard one track - I like what I hear. No auto-tune, real vocals, real music, with just enough attitude to bring it on home. Excellent.

Welcome, Prinnie.

Like it? Purchase Lion digitally today [ITUNES]

[VIDEO PREMIERE] JESSICA MAUBOY "WHAT HAPPENED TO US?" FEAT. JAY SEAN

This morning Sony have released the video to Jessica Mauboy's latest single to be taken from the Get 'Em Girls album, titled What Happened To Us.

The track features UK artist Jay Sean (who I don't normally take a liking to), but in this track, which is clearly one of the best from the album, he works. The J Mau and J Sean combo is a perfect vocal match.

Unlike the Hype Williams directed videos prior to this (Get 'Em Girls and Saturday Night), this video was filmed by local talent Mark Alston. In my opinion he's done a much better job with this video too - it's less marketed and feel more natural. Effortless and not offensive to look at. Don't even get me started with what they did with Snoop Dogg in Get 'Em Girls. Talk about cringe-worthy.

Co-penned by Jay Sean, Australia's Israel Cruz (think Freak Tonight that was covered last year by Scarlett Belle) and Billy Steinberg (who co-penned The Veronica's When It All Falls Apart), What Happened To Us will be a surefire hit for J Mau. Expect this to reach top 10 status at least.

Big ups from me guys - this reminds me a lot of the old Jess we know from the Been Waiting era. Enjoy.

JESSICA MAUBOY DROPS COVER FOR "GET 'EM GIRLS"

Love it!

Jessica Mauboy has just released details of her new album, Get 'Em Girls, which features the lead single of the same name.

The album not only features Snoop Dogg (on Get 'Em Girls), it also features Ludacris, Iyaz and Jay Sean. Our girl has been busy, and she has grown up! Can't wait to hear the album - will provide an update when I get my hands on it.

PREVIEW NEW JESSICA MAUBOY WITH "GET 'EM GIRLS" FEAT. SNOOP DOGG

Little Miss Jessica Mauboy has certainly done some growing up since her Australian Idol days. Don't get me wrong - her debut album, Been Waiting, was one of the finest pop/R&B albums from any Australian Idol alumni we've seen. It was polished, appealed the right audience, and saw J Mau clock up 6x hit singles (Burn reaching #1); with plenty of awards in tow.

Additionally, let's not forget how commerically successful the album was, selling in excess of 140,000 copies in Australia alone, scoring a 2x platinum certification.

Jump forward to today and Jess releases the lead single of her next studio album, Get 'Em Girls, which features none other than the California Gurl lover Snoop Dogg. The track was released to the Australian iTunes store today and the album (carrying the same title) is released in Australia on November 5th.

The track, with its sexy beats and attitude, was produced by Bangladesh - who's worked with artists such as Beyonce, Ludacris, Missy Elliott and MIA. In my opinion it's right where J Mau needs to be - still sexy, yet grown up just that fraction more. Think the likes of Ms Sacha Fierce herself, that's what I'm talking about.

You can hear the track on Jess's website here, and purchase the single from iTunes here. Stay tuned for the video which i'll post as soon I as I can get my hands on it!