Author: Jessica

Missy Higgins – Steer (Video)The Aussie queen of acoustic-pop had some great singles on her last album, her supremely popular (in Australia at least, where it was officially the biggest hit of 2005) debut The Sound Of White, although she never quite broke through in the UK. The first release from her follow-up CD is… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

Somehow, good sense has prevailed and Marion Raven is releasing Break You in the UK! I don’t know why, because she is releasing Falling Away everywhere else, but I won’t question it because Break You is undoubtedly the best thing she’ll ever do. Of course the Max Martin ace-rock bandwagon drove off a year or… Continue reading Yippee!

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The RosebudsThey are classified as ‘Indie/Pop/Rock’ on MySpace, but the backing music in Get Up Get Out actually makes me think of disco! Their sound is unusual, but very jolly and enjoyable. I don’t know if there’s a market for it but the critical reactions have apparently been good so far. The male singer’s voice… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

Representing France: Herman Düne – I Wish That I Could See You SoonIf you’re a fan of Adam Green then you’ll love this. I didn’t guess that they were French, but now I know it does make sense. The video is supremely cute, colourful and ace and the song is very sweet. Coincidentally they have… Continue reading Indienational Video Challenge

Maroon 5 – Makes Me WonderI remember when Maroon 5’s first album was released (I bought it in 2003) and they said that the next one may not be out until 2005 and my friends and I gasped in horror – 2005 was sooo far away! Now it’s 2007 and at last there is a… Continue reading New Comeback Singles On The Block

BWO must have been reading my blog, since they have pencilled in the release of their new album for the very month I will be arriving in Sweden and living there for the next 3 and a half months! The first single is a cover of an Alcazar song (Save My Pride, which was a… Continue reading WOW!

When listening to the Alphabeat album, with its mix of male and female lead vocals, I got thinking about the way I describe singers and their music when reviewing it. So many times I have called a female pop star ‘fierce’ or ‘feisty’ or celebrated the ‘girl power’ of a singer – everyone from Gwen… Continue reading Popping The Question: Is there such a thing as Boy Power?

There is so much to read on the Internet relating to music, and you tend to have to sift through a lot of nonsense to get to the good stuff. For the past few months I have been adding links to my del.icio.us account, which you can see here. These are not just links to… Continue reading You’re del.icio.us, so cap.ricio.us…

Sometimes it takes me a while to warm to a new favourite band, and other times you Just Know. Alphabeat certainly fit the latter category. Within seconds of clicking the little triangle on their Fascination video on #1 Hits on Another Planet, I knew that even if this was their only good song I would… Continue reading Dirrrty Pop Review: Alphabeat – Alphabeat