Month: February 2014

Future Stars: SOHN (4AD)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Electro-soul singer/producer SOHN (real name Toph Taylor) is touted as one of the big new acts of 2014, but actually he has been around since 2005 under the name Trouble Over Tokyo. Although Toph is from London, as Trouble Over Tokyo he was more… Continue reading Future Stars: SOHN (4AD)

Future Stars: Years and Years (Unsigned)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Multi-talented Olly Alexander seems to be in a race against himself, as his music and acting careers both progress at breakneck speed. You might know Olly as Jakob (Cassie’s stalker) from Skins, and he’s the lead in the new Belle and Sebastian musical film God Help The… Continue reading Future Stars: Years and Years (Unsigned)

Future Hits: Eurodance

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new European dance tracks which are set for chart success here in the UK. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8kem-9ERWhmPTX0V61Qzdu] Tracklisting: Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – Stay The Night Klingande – Jubel Tujamo & Plastik Funk vs. Sneakbo – Dr Who Faul… Continue reading Future Hits: Eurodance

Future Stars: Soak (Goodbye Records)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Soak is the strange pseudonym of androgynous 17-year-old female singer, Bridie Monds-Watson. She is the first act signed by Chvrches (a Future Pop act themselves) to their label Goodbye Records, but sounds more like another Scottish act, Camera Obscura. Even more confusingly, she's actually… Continue reading Future Stars: Soak (Goodbye Records)

Future Stars: Strange Talk (Wind-Up Records)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Youth is a topic covered exhaustively in pop music, and I find that it’s often characterised too dramatically, glamourising the reckless, rebellious side. Young Hearts, the new single by Australian band Strange Talk, is a more idealised, fun and sweet representation, and it might… Continue reading Future Stars: Strange Talk (Wind-Up Records)

Future Stars: Naomi Pilgrim (Cosmos Music)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s got to the point now where discovering a new female Swedish indie-pop girl with great songs is almost boring, because it’s so unsurprising. However, there’s nothing boring about Naomi Pilgrim’s self-titled debut EP. Each of the three tracks is as strong and well-constructed… Continue reading Future Stars: Naomi Pilgrim (Cosmos Music)

Future Hits: Girls On Pop

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new songs by female pop acts that I think will be big. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8BbEdQn-2S19mOR_K2tKjv] Tracklisting: Little Mix – Word Up Kylie Minogue – Into The Blue Lea Michele – Cannonball Ellie Goulding – Goodness Gracious Paloma Faith –… Continue reading Future Hits: Girls On Pop

Future Stars: Kwabs (Atlantic Records)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Kwabs describes his music as “progressive soul,” a term which troubles me as music labelled progressive is often dull. Do these artists want the future to be boring? Regardless of that personal bugbear, and his unexciting songs, Kwabs is clearly talented and all signs suggest we’ll… Continue reading Future Stars: Kwabs (Atlantic Records)

Future Stars: Klingande (One More Tune/Warner Music)

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Dance duo Klingande are French but their band name and the title of their debut single are both Swedish. Klingande means sounding (i.e. making a sound) and Jubel means joy. Jubel is spreading around Europe and has so far topped the charts in six countries… Continue reading Future Stars: Klingande (One More Tune/Warner Music)