My top 20 singles of January 2012: DJ Fresh ft. Rita Ora – Hot Right Now War of Words – Panic Ditte Marie – Overflow Scissor Sisters vs. Krystal Pepsy – Shady Love Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart A Break Martin Solveig & Dragonette feat. Idoling!!! – Big in Japan Bob Sinclar feat. Pitbull… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!
Month: January 2012
This Must Be Pop brings you Future Pop! (Issue #15)
Future Pop is a weekly email featuring the hottest new pop songs and artists that you need to know about. Sign up here then read on, listen up and make sure you tweet me @poptastic to let me know what you think of my picks! Future Stars Swiss Lips (Epic) Until this week,… Continue reading This Must Be Pop brings you Future Pop! (Issue #15)
What I learned from Take That: For The Record and Look Back, Don’t Stare
This weekend I watched both of the big documentaries Take That have made since their break-up. First was For The Record which told the story of the band’s first six years, how it ended and what happened next, and showed the four permanent members reuniting after ten years apart. Second was Look Back, Don’t Stare,… Continue reading What I learned from Take That: For The Record and Look Back, Don’t Stare
Sunday night quiz: Guess the flop star!
For this week’s quiz, can you remember the names of these unsuccessful pop acts? Leave your answers in the comments below! Click here for the answers and next week’s quiz. And here are the answers from last week: Eoghan Quigg, Karen DiConcetto (Daphne from Daphne & Celeste), Kavana, Emma Beard (Clea), Ashley Parker Angel (O-Town),… Continue reading Sunday night quiz: Guess the flop star!
What I learned from Girls Aloud: Off the Record
I recently realised that I hadn’t actually seen all the episodes of Girls Aloud’s 2006 E4 documentary series, so I decided to watch the whole thing again. I saw quite a few familiar faces from the music industry and there were some interesting connections to the band members’ futures… Although the girls were moany at… Continue reading What I learned from Girls Aloud: Off the Record
Signs of the apopcalypse
The new Pitbull song sounds like E-Type. Sia is the new Wynter Gordon. A girlband won The X Factor. The new indie heroine is releasing music written by David Sneddon. Flava and Strider from Blazin’ Squad are the new hot producers. Things are getting weird around here… and I like it!
This Must Be Pop brings you Future Pop! (Issue #14)
Future Pop is a weekly email featuring the hottest new pop songs and artists that you need to know about. Sign up here then read on, listen up and make sure you tweet me @poptastic to let me know what you think of my picks! This Must Be Pop Live! Thanks to everyone who came… Continue reading This Must Be Pop brings you Future Pop! (Issue #14)
Sunday night quiz: Guess the popstar!
Can you guess who these forgotten former popstars are? Click here for the answers and next week’s quiz.
New Pop On The Block
Wonder Girls – The DJ Is Mine (Watch)Dubstep can definitely be considered a worldwide trend now. There was a dubstep song in this weekend’s Danish Eurovision qualifiers, and it’s even been incorporated into a K-pop song! The DJ Is Mine is taken from the Wonder Girls TV movie which premieres on Teen Nick in America… Continue reading New Pop On The Block
My Songs of the Week
Here are my songs of the day from this week, originally posted on Tumblr. Daley – Smoking Gun Ditte Marie – Overflow Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks B1A4 – Beautiful Target きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu) – PONPONPON Plug In Stereo ft. Cady Groves – Oh Darling Metric – Eclipse (I’m All Yours)