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Synthpop artist Alison Goldfrapp and gay singer/songwriter John Grant (Pale Green Ghosts) teamed up at Royal Albert Hall last night to perform a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood’s strange and dark 1968 classic, Some Velvet Morning, which in 2003 was ranked by the Telegraph as the best duet in British pop chart history. Hazlewood’s line “some velvet morning …

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prize is the album from Goldfrapp, Tales Of Us, which is on sale today online and at physical retailers. Enter to win Tales of Us from Goldfrapp! Tales of Us – the stunningly beautiful sixth studio album from the iconic English duo, Goldfrapp. A sumptuous body of work, Tales Of Us has …

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Reminds me of Saint Etienne.

What were your favorite pop singles for 2010? I think it was actually a pretty good year for pop music as the charts returned to being dominated by catchy pop/dance numbers, the scourge of auto-tune notwithstanding. My top ten: 1. Tightrope – Janelle Monae2. I Feel Better – Hot Chip3. Credit Card Babies (Stereogamous Remix) – Men4. Wonderful Life (Freemasons …

Billboard Magazine has issued its annual rankings of the biggest hits of the year. Here’s the 2010 pop Top Ten. 1. Tik-Tok – Kesha2. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum3. Hey Soul Sister – Train4. California Gurls – Katy Perry5. OMG – Usher6. Airplanes – B.O.B.7. Love The Way You Lie – Eminem/Rihanna8. Bad Romance – Lady Gaga9. Dynamite – …

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New single from Goldfrapp to be released on March 8th.