PLUMBING THE SHALLOWS OF NEW MUSIC

Proper news o'clock: we are going to stop updating the Lipster. There are a few things we'd like to post first, and some loose ends to tie up (do you want an interview with Adele that we've been sitting on for about a year? Go on then), but after the next couple of weeks, we will be no more...
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Kelly Rowland was always the self-hater's favourite Destiny's Child. With neither the self confidence or belief to match Beyonce's superstar status, we liked her "no really I don't mind holding the coats while you do the solo" vibe. Well after two solo albums she's pulled the double whammy of leaving both Matthew Knowles and her label. Here are some suggestions of what she could do next.
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It is called I Feel Cream, which gets half a filth point at least. But Peaches’ muck is mostly in her lyrics, of which the following new ones are probably the rudest:
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If you watch television in the daytime, like what we sometimes do, you will note that approximately 78% of adverts at this present time are for CDs, and that each ends with "the perfect gift for Mother's Day". So we phoned up an actual mum (mine) and asked her what she would do if we bought her those CDs.
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< This in NME's Daily Gossip round-up. The world's gone ruddy barmy etc etc. As before, nothing to see after the jump. Nothing at all.
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Today the Metro newspaper - free to London commuting types - ran a review of the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album. They put a picture of the artwork on the review. Nothing to see, move along... Except that instead of using the proper, official, actual artwork, they used the one that we made up, with PhotoShop and some kittens and the war, back in January.
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Since the last time we did dos (La Roux flick vs Kanye mullet), pop hair has moved on, Big Time. A simple flick is not enough. Now we have Crazy Shaving and Walnut Whips. WHEN WILL IT END? And which is more suitable for this week's newsworthiest figures?
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Don't bother clicking through. Seriously. Nothing more to see than this.
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Sometimes readers, despite our fondness for spinning out a story from musical crumbs, one really does tire of news. Like this incredibly unrevelatory speck of nothing we found on the NME news page....
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