British Invasion
So the hip kids already know about British songstress Lily Allen, whose debut album "Alright, Still" hits the States Feb. 6. If you've missed the buzz, check out "LDN". Awesome song, awesome video.
Also slated to make the jump across the pond is jazzy soul singer Amy Winehouse. She's already gotten hated on by Pitchfork, but we have to respectfully disagree. She does a spot-on tribute to the R&B-soul greats of the '60s (she even samples "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" on "Tears Dry on Their Own"), but updates the sound with delightfully profane and irreverant lyrics. On "Rehab" — the first single off of her album "Back to Black" (which is rumored to hit the U.S. in March) — she crows, "They try to make me go to rehab/but I said "No, no, no." The song is based on her very public (in the UK) struggles with alcohol.
