Name: Mika
Genre: Pop
Day: Sunday

Wikipedia sez: “Mica Penniman (born August 18, 1983), known by his stage name MIKA - informally written as Mika - is a London-based singer who has a contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. In January 2007, he came top of BBC News’s Sound of 2007 poll. His first single was a limited 7″/download release called “Relax, Take It Easy” (2006), which features the melody of “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” by Cutting Crew. It was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom, and was also made Record of the Week by DJ Scott Mills. The Dodgy Holiday EP is also available for download. His song Billy Brown was available for free download for a week from the iTunes Music Store. Universal Music released his single Grace Kelly by digital download on 8 January 2007, and it reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 January 2007.”

There are a lot of similarities between Mika and Freddy Mercury (Mika mentioning himself that he “will try a little Freddy” in single Gracy Kelly), but the two artists are different, with most of Mika’s tracks being more Scissor Sisters meets George Michael then Queen for modern times. The good thing about Mika is that they have an excitement about them due to tracks like Gracy Kelly filling up your ear drums with a full bodied sound with Mika’s falsetto clear evidence that the guy can sing, and sing well. From what I’ve heard so far, his music would carry to big crowds too as a bonus.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Depends on clashes, but I like what I’ve heard so far.

Read on to view Mika live videos…

Mika - Grace Kelly (Live on Later with Jools Holland)

Mika - Love Today (Live and Acoustic)