Here are my top 20 singles of November, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_f13lkVlh6jzmh0XTfABBN] Say Lou Lou – Beloved Leon Else – Protocol Mapei – Don’t Wait Britney Spears – Perfume Tove Lo – Out of Mind Erik Rapp – Wild MT – Alpha Romeo Ola – Jackie Kennedy Lily Allen –… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of November 2013
Month: November 2013
Future Hits: About the Boy
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist includes five new dance singles featuring male vocalists, which I think could be big hits. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-Gs0g9c0u_x5MIb1mDF78W] Tracklisting: Chase and Status ft. Jacob Banks – Alive Dizzee Rascal ft. Teddy Sky – Love This Town Ninetoes ft. James Newman –… Continue reading Future Hits: About the Boy
Future Stars: BenZel (PMR)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It's hard to know exactly what to believe about BenZel, because their bio includes phrases such as "They met in early 2012 through an online message board about ankle socks," and there are no photos of them to be found anywhere online. Anyway, they… Continue reading Future Stars: BenZel (PMR)
Future Stars: Leon Else (Turn First/Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I often find myself trying to explain to up-and-coming artists I meet that the reason I can't feature them in Future Pop is not because I don't like their music, but because I need to be convinced that they are the next big thing.… Continue reading Future Stars: Leon Else (Turn First/Universal)
Future Stars: Kyan Kuatois (Virgin/EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Kyan Kuatois is proof that you can come back from TV talent show failure, especially if nobody remembers that you were on the show in the first place. I haven't seen many mentions of the fact he appeared on Sky 1's 2010 series Must… Continue reading Future Stars: Kyan Kuatois (Virgin/EMI)
Anatomy of a Hit: Bastille – Of the Night
I’ve set myself a challenge to analyse the highest new entry to the UK singles chart top 10 each week. This week it’s one of the many quirky covers out for Christmas… #2 – Bastille – Of the Night Of the Night is a great example of how a record label can give an old song… Continue reading Anatomy of a Hit: Bastille – Of the Night
Future Hits: Sound of 2014
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist includes five new singles by artists I featured as Future Stars, who are being tipped for big things in 2014. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-LB9gdlIH0uKDWcEqnCvxp] Tracklisting: Saint Raymond – Young Blood Ella Eyre – Deeper Joel Compass – Run Bipolar Sunshine – Love… Continue reading Future Hits: Sound of 2014
Future Stars: Ry X (Dumont Dumont)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. You probably don't think you've ever heard Ry X before, but when you listen to his song Berlin, you'll realise you have. It's the song from the Sony 4X TV ad! The sync deal has worked wonders for Ry X (real name Ry Cuming),… Continue reading Future Stars: Ry X (Dumont Dumont)
Future Stars: Dan Croll (Decca/Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Getting your song onto the Radio 1 and Radio 2 playlists is like finding the holy grail, as it enables an artist to reach a very wide audience. Dan Croll has achieved this feat with his new single Home by combining bland, mumbly music… Continue reading Future Stars: Dan Croll (Decca/Universal)
Future Stars: Lion Babe (Outsiders/Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Lion Babe is one of those weird duos like La Roux or AlunaGeorge that you'd assume was a solo artist at first. As with those other acts, all focus will be on Lion Babe's female lead singer, Jillian Hervey, rather than the male producer,… Continue reading Future Stars: Lion Babe (Outsiders/Universal)