One Direction – Take Me Home (Listen) Take Me Home is exactly what its two lead singles suggest: A mixture of songs that sound like the Up All Night album but less good, and songs written by Ed Sheeran that make you want to stick your head in the oven. Apart from the Sheeran songs… Continue reading Bumper Album Review Post: One Direction, Little Mix, JLS and Christina Aguilera
Month: November 2012
Whatever Happened To… One True Voice?
Girls Aloud are celebrating their ten year anniversary with the release of their singles collection Ten, but they weren’t the only group formed on Popstars: The Rivals in December 2002. Their competition, the boyband One True Voice, didn’t last even one year, let alone ten. Let’s see what’s happened to them in the nine years… Continue reading Whatever Happened To… One True Voice?
Sponsored Post: Introducing Don Jarvis and Fivestar Beats
Donovan Jarvis is a 22-year-old music producer on the rise based in Atlanta, Georgia. Although the city is known for its hip hop, Donovan also has experience in pop, R&B, rock and electro, with influences ranging from RedOne to Coldplay. His music has been featured on US TV channels MTV, ABC and Fox among others.… Continue reading Sponsored Post: Introducing Don Jarvis and Fivestar Beats
Review: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup
Last night the second This Must Be Pop Industry Meetup took place at LVPO Bar in Soho. We had another great turnout, and most people ended up staying well past the planned 9pm finish time sharing pop gossip and career advice. There was a real mix of people in attendance from all different areas of… Continue reading Review: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup
Tonight: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup!
If you’re passionate about pop and work (or want to work) in the music industry, you must not miss tonight’s Pop Industry Meetup. Held downstairs at LVPO Bar in Soho, it’s a chance to meet other pop nerds, share contacts, advice and gossip, and get drunk on half price cocktails. Sound like a good night… Continue reading Tonight: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup!
Future Hits: Girls On Top
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. After last week’s male-dominated Future Pop, for this week's playlist I thought I’d bring back the girl power with five huge new songs by female artists. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9JpNmGhOVx86RjvzXSB9Rk] Tracklisting: Gabrielle Aplin – The Power of Love Alicia Keys ft. Nicki Minaj – Girl On Fire… Continue reading Future Hits: Girls On Top
Future Stars: Disclosure (PMR/Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. < I know Disclosure are supposed to be the cool new thing, but their hit single Latch just sounds like Sam Sparro or Ali Love to me. It's disco in disguise, but disco shouldn't have to be in disguise! Nonetheless, Disclosure are a big… Continue reading Future Stars: Disclosure (PMR/Universal)
Future Stars: The Lumineers (Dualtone/Decca)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not to be confused with British pop group Luminites, The Lumineers are a Colorado folk-rock band with a member called Jeremiah. That may not sound like a recipe for UK singles chart success, but throw in a major advert sync for their new release… Continue reading Future Stars: The Lumineers (Dualtone/Decca)
Future Stars: Sirah (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. You may not think you've heard Sirah before, but you probably have – she is the singer featured on Bangarang by Skrillex. But that's not the only reason she signed to Atlantic this summer. She's also a great singer, rapper and songwriter with a… Continue reading Future Stars: Sirah (Atlantic)
A Year of Future Pop!
This week marks a year since the very first Future Pop mailer! In that time many of the artists, including Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, fun. and Carly Rae Jepsen, have become major chart stars, while others are currently speeding along to the highway to success. Here’s an update on their progress… Gabrielle Aplin is currently… Continue reading A Year of Future Pop!