Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Where It All Begins is an uplifting country-pop anthem by two of the current heavyweights of the country scene, young male artist Hunter Hayes and popular trio Lady Antebellum. Hunter is trying out a new approach to his release strategy, described by Billboard as… Continue reading Song of the Week: Hunter Hayes ft. Lady Antebellum – Where It All Begins
Month: July 2015
Future Hits: One Hit Wonders
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles I think could be future one hit wonders. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8mdU5BSixN0jTeCawyH9Ol] Tracklisting: Silentó – Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae) Rachel Platten – Fight Song Andy Grammer – Honey, I’m Good Mikey Mike – Cut My Hair L’Tric – This Feeling… Continue reading Future Hits: One Hit Wonders
Future Stars: LÉON (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s been a few weeks since a new Swedish female artist pounced onto the music scene, which means it’s long overdue. Luckily Stockholm girl LÉON has arrived in a whirlwind of blog buzz to put that right, with her interesting indie-pop track Tired of… Continue reading Future Stars: LÉON (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Matoma (Big Beat/Warner Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last week I introduced Felix Jaehn, the new Robin Schulz, and now we meet Matoma, the new Kygo. Like Kygo, he’s a young Norwegian DJ known for his tropical house remixes, and whether or not Kygo’s work had a big influence on Matoma, his… Continue reading Future Stars: Matoma (Big Beat/Warner Music)
Song of the Week: Lo-Fi-Fnk – Nightclub Nirvana
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Lo-Fi-Fnk are a Swedish trio who (as a duo at the time) released some great electro-pop songs with a very distinctive sound in the mid-2000s, such as City and Steppin Out. I’d almost forgotten about them until I stumbled upon the title track from… Continue reading Song of the Week: Lo-Fi-Fnk – Nightclub Nirvana
Future Hits: It’s My Time
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by artists who first became known as featured vocalists. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-dBkbhqKAtQF1yRWwXjrv9] Tracklisting: Jess Glynne – Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself John Newman – Come & Get It Ella Eyre – Good Times Melissa Steel ft. Wretch… Continue reading Future Hits: It’s My Time
Future Stars: Clean Cut Kid (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A few months ago I heard that a Liverpudlian indie-pop band called Clean Cut Kid had played a gig packed with A&Rs, so I looked them up online. There wasn’t much to find, apart from Vitamin C, a track in the vein of The… Continue reading Future Stars: Clean Cut Kid (Polydor)
Future Stars: Felix Jaehn (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Felix Jaehn is the Robin Schulz of 2015: A German DJ and producer specialising in deep house who made his name with a hit remix. While Robin broke through last year with his take on Waves by Mr Probz, and has been the success… Continue reading Future Stars: Felix Jaehn (Polydor)