Here’s some new music for those of you who like some other genres outside of the usual urban and pop stuff that I generally post on here.

It’s Alive are brand new four-piece rock band straight out of Florida who are due to drop their debut album Human Resources this Spring via Wind-Up Records, which also happens to home to Evanescence and Seether.

In preparation for the album the band have just released their first single “Pieces”, which was produced by the David Bendeth who’s previous work includes All Time Low, Kaiser Chiefs and Paramore’s sophomore album Riot.

Due to having the same producer “Pieces” does share a few similarities with Paramore’s music, but I’d probably best compare their sound to male fronted bands like Trapt and Three Days Grace.

The song was released on iTunes last week so if you want it you can find it there. Check it out below.

Remember identical twin pop duo Brit & Alex who had a single called “Let It Go” from the Step Up 2 soundtrack? No? Well neither do I, but I’m assuming that their career tanked because one half of the pair has gone solo, renamed herself ‘Matisse’ and released her first single “Better Than Her”.

The song was written & produced by one-hit-wonder Kevin Rudolph of “Let It Rock” fame and co-written by Matisse, and it just hit iTunes the other week.

“Better Than Her” is far too unimaginative and radio-friendly to indicate that Matisse is going to have a long and successful career in the music industry, but it’s undeniably catchy and whether you like it or not it’ll probably have you hooked after the first listen. It’s also a refreshingly feel-good song and doesn’t try to be edgy or sexy, it’s just straight-up fun pop and doesn’t attempt to be anything else.

She’s currently signed to Jive Records so I imagine that if this song manages to take off she’ll probably have an album out later this year, and if it bombs then she’ll be dropped faster than Teairra Mari, Christina Milian and Taylor Hicks combined . Enjoy!

Whilst Girlicious and Aleesia are busy battling it out for the Canadian pop throne, a new Queen of trash has emerged in the self-proclaimed “Puerto Rican Barbie” Karina Bradley, and she doesn’t care what the haters say!

The bottle blonde bombshell started off working in automotive retail before throwing in the towel to become a “supermodel”, which took her all around the world to places like New York  and Madrid to Milan and…. Philadelphia. Yes, Karina actually listed Philadelphia on her official bio, probably because it’s the only place that she actually has modeled in and didn’t just make up.

The Philly born and bred babe is now working on her debut album and has just released her smashing first single “Dance Floor Diva” which is accompanied by one of the most elegant music video’s of the past decade. With a voice like Heidi Montag, a wig like Kim Zolciak and the glamorous looks of a worn out Shauna Sands, Karina is guaranteed to go far in the music industry.

In fact if she’s lucky enough her single may just reach the lower ends of the airplay chart on one of Philly’s local community radio stations.

Deluka are a new female-fronted rock-electronica band out of the U.K. They recently signed a US deal with indie label Vel Records and just released their first single “Cascade” to radio. A video for the song has already been shot and should premiere this month, so I thought I better post them now before they blow up!

A lot of groups like La Roux and Florence & The Machine have come out of the U.K. recently and had major success, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Deluka are next in line. Their darker rockier sound helps set them apart from their competition, and also provides a refreshing alternative to the commercial top 40 dance out right now.

Check out their amazing first single “Cascade” below, as well as another one of their songs “OMFG” which appears on their EP. You can also take a listen to an official remix they did for Ke$ha’s “TiK ToK”, which I actually like just as much as the original.

Listen to First Single “Cascade” Here

Listen to “OMFG” here

Listen to Ke$ha “TiK ToK Deluka Remix” here

After forcing their way into Canada, first on the charts and television screens and then by getting their own Canadian record deal, Girlicious have finally met their match in Alessia - the new Queen of Canadian trash!

The tacky 19-year-old is just as sleazy as her rivals Girlicious, her music is equally as ridiculous and sexual, and she’s actually from Canada unlike Girlicious who just came there one day and then refused to leave.

It also helps that she’s a solo artist so we won’t have to worry about Aleesia firing the black girl when she needs a future image change.

Below you can check out Aleesia’s soon-to-be top 50 smash “Bubblegum”, which shows the fashion icon shaking her ass and her tig-ole-biddies in next to nothing whilst finding every possible way that she can to compare sex acts to bubblegum.

Somebody needs to book a nude mud wrestling match between Aleesia and Natalia Mejia ASAP!

Here’s a new artist that I’ve been meaning to post for the longest time now, but her MP3’s are virtually impossible to find so I’ve held off until now, finally caving in.

Sky Ferreira a 17-year-old singer, songwriter, model, L.A. party girl and all around modern day Lolita. She got her break after contacting Swedish production duo Bloodyshy & Avant through MySpace when she was just 15, and after hearing her demo the Toxic hitmakers took her under their wing, turning Sky into their protege and helping her land a record deal with EMI.

She’s now been working on her debut album for the past 2-3 years with an eclectic all-star cast that needs to be seen to believed. On board are of course Bloodshy & Avant, as well as Linda Perry, Dallas Austin (TLC, Gwen Stefani), Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Florence & The Machine, Sam Sparro), Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Kylie Minogue, All Saints), Josh Abraham (Courtney Love, 30 Seconds to Mars), Klas Åhlund (Robyn, Britney Spears), Nicole Morier (Britney’s “Heaven on Earth” and “Mmm Papi”), Colin Munroe and Neon Hitch (Ke$ha “Blah Blah Blah”).

Sky’s album doesn’t have a release date yet, but we could hear her first single by March. She’s also been tight-lipped about the sound she’s going in, but from what I’ve pieced together from various information it’ll be a mixture of indie dance-pop, electro-rock and edgy pop in the vein of Britney’s Blackout.

With her singing and songwriting abilities combined with her unique style and amazing team of collaborators I think that Sky will easily be one of the most exciting new artists of 2010.

As I said before her MP3’s are virtually impossible to come by, and the songs she has up on her MySpace are apparently not a reflection of what her album will sound like, but I’ll give you a few things to listen to so you can get an idea of her vibe.

First check out her beautiful cover of Miike Snow’s (Bloodshy & Avant’s band) ballad “Animal” by clicking here, then check out the Greg Kurstin produced surfy 60’s-inspired “Femme Fatale” over at her MySpace by clicking here.

Unless you listen to Arabic pop music you probably don’t know who Haifa Wehbe is, but she’s one of the biggest stars in Lebanon and one of my personal favourites, so I thought I’d take advantage of the lull in news to do a quick post on her.

The now 35-year-old diva is often ridiculed across her homeland for her barely-there outfits, lip-syncing, scandalous personal life and her increasing love affair with plastic surgery, but it hasn’t stopped her from scoring countless chart topping hits and lucrative endorsement deals, including becoming the official face of Pepsi across the Middle East. Come to think of it she’s the Lebanese Britney Spears, but not as nice.

One of my favourite things about Haifa is her bizarre fascination with children, which has led her to release a children’s album called Baby Haifa. Whoever told you that you can’t turn a ho into a housewife has obviously never met Haifa, who easily has both mastered down to a near perfect art form.

Check out the trashtastic video for one of her most recent pop singles “Yaben El Halal” below, which shows the singer resembling what looks like a plastic Beyonce blow up doll as she applies layers of makeup in a sky-high glittery trailer before shaking her ass in a local marketplace and stealing fruit from a local stall.

Then check out her ridiculously adorable clip for “Baba Fen”, the first official single from her upcoming childrens album. The sugary-sweet clip depicts Haifa trying to put her little brat to bed as the pair drift in and out of some candy coloured dream world.

I love this woman!

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Here’s another one of my “new artist” posts so I hope you like what you hear.

Grace Obika is a new R&B/Soul singer straight out of London. She’s been working as a professional songwriter for a while, but now Grace is taking the next step and launching herself as an artist.

Things have been moving quite quickly for the young singer, having already opened for Marques Houston on his UK tour and flying over to Atlanta to work with one of Akon’s new artists.

She isn’t just a pretty face with a great voice either, she’s also got brains and is a Biomedical Sciences graduate. Just so you know I personally have no idea what Biomedical Sciences is. *eyes glaze over*

Moving on now, Grace’s musical influences include Faith Evans, Beverley Knight, Stevie Wonder, Brandy, and even UK R&B act Lemar who happens to be related to her.

Grace is currently working on her debut album, and has just released the first single “So Right” featuring rapper Sway which you can check out above. It’s a breezy urban-soul summer jam that should make its way onto your iPods most played list in no time.

So what do you think of her? Does her new single “Sway” have what it takes to crack the charts?

Natalia Kills is an exciting “new” artist that I stumbled across last night and just had to share with all of you.

The 23-year-old singer/songwriter/rapper/screenwriter/producer was signed in joint venture between will.i.am’s label at Interscope and Cherrytree Records last year, which is also home to Lady GaGa.

She’s currently working on her debut album Perfectionist with Fernando Garibay and will.i.am, which will act as the soundtrack to a new film she’s written and produced called The Exhibition.

The pop dynamo hasn’t dropped her official first single just yet, but she has released a KILLER buzz single called “Zombie” which you can check out below.

“Zombie” is officially my new favourite song. It’s everything that Rihanna’s Rated R wanted to be.

However just like Cherrytree labelmate Lady GaGa, Natalia Kills has also gone through some drastic image changes. She was previously Natalia Cappucini, a MySpace music celebrity, and then she was the female rapper Verbz who appeared on M. Pokora’s hit single “They Talk Shit About Me”.

Now it seems she’s finally got things right as the mysterious noir Natalia Kills.

Let me know what you think of her and her buzz single “Zombie”. She’s officially my new obsession so expect to see a lot more of her on The Prophet Blog!