Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. There has been an industry buzz about Liverpudlian “ambient electro” artist Låpsley (real name Holly Fletcher) for about a year but I just couldn’t get into her music. However, her song Falling Short has grown on me, and she looks likely to appear in… Continue reading Future Stars: Låpsley (XL Recordings)
Month: November 2014
Future Stars: PVRIS (Rise Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I like the idea of female-fronted pop-rock acts, but their output rarely comes close to Max Martin’s take on the genre. I loved Still Into You by Paramore, but The Pretty Reckless and Tonight Alive are nowhere to be seen on my iTunes. Nonetheless,… Continue reading Future Stars: PVRIS (Rise Records)
This Must Be Pop Live returns for Christmas!
Following the success of our comeback show in October, This Must Be Pop Live returns to London’s Queen of Hoxton on 1st December for its first ever Christmas Special! Begin the day with chocolate, and end it with a poptastic night out. As usual, we’ll have three exciting new artists performing live, and you’ll hear… Continue reading This Must Be Pop Live returns for Christmas!
Song of the Week: Pr0files – Forgive
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you like new songs that sound genuinely old (Haim, Music Go Music, Jessie Ware, La Roux etc.) then you should check out Los Angeles band Pr0files and their lovely new single – both the original and the beautiful live demo version. Pr0files are… Continue reading Song of the Week: Pr0files – Forgive
Future Hits: L-O-V-E
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five songs about LOVE that I predict will be future hits. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-gDU6w5GR4LtKsHLha7GJI] Tracklisting: Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne – Real Love Neon Jungle ft. Snob Scrilla – Can’t Stop The Love Blonde ft. Melissa Steel – I Loved You Fergie –… Continue reading Future Hits: L-O-V-E
Future Stars: Marlon Roudette (Syco)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Syco have made a rare non-X Factor/Britain’s Got Talent signing with Marlon Roudette, a British artist who has already achieved success across Europe. Marlon is the son of producer Cameron McVey (who went on to marry Neneh Cherry) and you might remember his previous group… Continue reading Future Stars: Marlon Roudette (Syco)
Future Stars: Shamir (XL Recordings)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I had Shamir Bailey down as a pretentious electro artist aimed at indie bores, but after watching his new video for On The Regular I realise that he can be, and obviously wants to be, so much more than that. The 20-year-old rapper/singer from Las… Continue reading Future Stars: Shamir (XL Recordings)
Song of the Week: Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. One of the great pop mysteries of the 2010s is why Fifth Harmony, the popular girlband from The X Factor US, haven’t been launched in the UK. Perhaps Syco have convinced the girls and their team that Little Mix have cornered the pre-teen girlband… Continue reading Song of the Week: Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer
Future Hits: Winter Ballads
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five winter ballads that I predict will be future hits. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-R2vUDnR86SyinxqYhlamk] Tracklisting: Ella Henderson – Yours The Script – No Good in Goodbye The Veronicas – You Ruin Me Labrinth – Jealous Union J – You Got It All
Future Stars: Chløë Black
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It seems to be a trend these days for artists to be both Australian and European – Say Lou Lou (Swedish), Gotye (Belgian) and now the French-Australian one-to-watch, Chløë Black. She’s also lived in LA and is now based here in London, where she’s… Continue reading Future Stars: Chløë Black