Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The music scene gets a bit indie this time of year, as music snobs try to tell us their boring bands are the next big thing. Meanwhile, a new generation of pop stars don’t need the press to proclaim their future domination – they’re… Continue reading Future Stars: Lia Marie Johnson (Unsigned)
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Slaves (Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Male rock vocals are among my least favourite noises, but I’ve featured some strong female-fronted rock acts recently, so I guess I should give the boys a chance. Equal opportunities etc. Slaves come up second when you Google “slaves,” just behind the Wikipedia page… Continue reading Future Stars: Slaves (Virgin EMI)
Future Hits: Dance Anthems
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future dance hits you can sing along to. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-AmX48w_aUFcjGGmG9OKRV] Tracklisting: Bakermat – Teach Me Galantis – Runaway (U & I) David Guetta ft. Emeli Sandé – What I Did For Love Peking Duk ft. Nicole Millar – High Axwell… Continue reading Future Hits: Dance Anthems
Future Stars: Sunset Sons (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Sunset Sons are one of the four acts from the BBC Sound of 2015 longlist that haven’t already been in Future Pop. They’re British and Australian, but met on a beach in France. They originally performed covers to “the snowboarding crowd” in the Alps,… Continue reading Future Stars: Sunset Sons (Polydor)
Future Stars: Dej Loaf (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. One of the artists who Shazam is predicting we’ll be seeing a lot of in 2015 is a new Columbia signing, a 23-year-old female rapper from Detroit called Dej Loaf. Her low budget video for Try Me/We Good has over 10 million hits. She’s… Continue reading Future Stars: Dej Loaf (Columbia)
Future Hits: Stars of 2014
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles from some of the biggest breakthrough stars of 2014. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-fYk-VegCMn97moLrOM-dZ] Tracklisting: Shawn Mendes – Something Big Fuse ODG ft. Killbeatz – Thinking About U Gorgon City ft. Jennifer Hudson – Go All Night George Ezra – Listen… Continue reading Future Hits: Stars of 2014
Future Stars: Little Simz (Age 101)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s a shame there are no British female rappers competing with Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea in the charts, but there hasn’t really been a strong enough contender. Little Simz (real name Simbi Ajikawo) could be the one to change that. She’s 20 and… Continue reading Future Stars: Little Simz (Age 101)
Future Stars: The Avener (96 Musique/Capitol)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The Avener is Tristan Casara, a 27-year-old French DJ and music producer who has followed in the footsteps of Germany’s Robin Schulz in turning a little-known indie song into a dance hit. His single Fade Out Lines is a dance version of a 2011… Continue reading Future Stars: The Avener (96 Musique/Capitol)
Future Hits: New Year, New Hits
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles that could be the first big hits of 2015. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-KyD5-XWVcbInbDjY4B2qv] Tracklisting: Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato – Up The Avener – Fade Out Lines Meghan Trainor – Lips Are… Continue reading Future Hits: New Year, New Hits
Future Stars: Aronchupa (Sony Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I enjoy a bit of eccentricity in pop but nothing about Aronchupa‘s new Euro hit I’m an Albatraoz makes sense. Why is it all in English except one word? “Albatraoz” doesn’t even mean “albatross” in any language! And why is the singer so angry… Continue reading Future Stars: Aronchupa (Sony Music)