Everyone’s favourite Icelandic popstar is back!

And of course by that I mean the delightful Hafdis Huld. She’s made a video about the making of her new album: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuNCe5Kes0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1] She’s as adorable as ever – I must make my trip to Iceland soon, as I have been planning for a long time. I suppose it must be quite cheap there at… Continue reading Everyone’s favourite Icelandic popstar is back!

It’s a Review!

I have a new review up on Scandinavian music site It’s a Trap, and this time the subject is the recently released Melody Club album, Goodbye to Romance. Click here to read it!

New Pop on the Block

Jesse McCartney – Body Language (Listen)How Do You Sleep is still my favourite of Jesse’s songs, but it was the first one I ever liked, and now I’m pleased to announce that he has managed to make a second good song! Jesse’s doing pretty well right now, having a hit with a remixed and rapped… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

Various Artists

Three interesting bits of news for you this morning: 1. Last night on American Idol, the mini music video the contestants made had a rather unexpected soundtrack: I’m Good, I’m Gone by Lykke Li! You can watch it here. Not quite up to Lykke’s version but any video containing the beautiful Kris Allen is quite… Continue reading Various Artists

Picture This

As promised, I’ve uploaded some of my photos from the Eurovision Preview Party on Friday. To see the best ones I got of each of the performers, click here. I only took one video, but it was a moment that had to be captured: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea2FXdUESZ4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f] Krassimir will certainly be remembered as one of 2009’s strangest… Continue reading Picture This

New Pop on the Block

Kristinia DeBarge – Goodbye (Listen)On first listen, I decided this was just a lesser example of the current pop sound (like Rihanna singing a So What/Keeps Gettin’ Better hybrid), but then I found one particular part of the song stuck in my head. If you’ve heard the song, you’ll probably guess that it was the… Continue reading New Pop on the Block