Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If Radio 1 is going to insist on playing rock music until the new generation of listeners get Stockholm Syndrome and start buying it, they should at least get some fierce female-fronted rock on the playlist. I propose the new Los Angeles band Dorothy… Continue reading Future Stars: Dorothy
Category: Future Pop
Future Hits: Feat Fetish
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five future hits by artists featuring other artists. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9Lu_6HEcaB4DTVXBIBEqmt] Tracklisting: David Guetta ft. Sam Martin – Dangerous Oliver Heldens ft. KStewart – Koala Parra for Cuva ft. Anna Naklab – Wicked Games Jack Ü ft. Kiesza – Take Ü There… Continue reading Future Hits: Feat Fetish
Future Stars: Josef Salvat (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Josef Salvat has been around for a similar amount of time to Zella, but I have been aware of him throughout. I even saw him live at The Great Escape festival last year, but I wasn’t convinced there was a big audience for his music,… Continue reading Future Stars: Josef Salvat (Columbia)
Future Stars: Zella Day (B3SCI Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The problem with all the new cool pop girls pinning their hopes on topping the Hype Machine chart is that people who actually like this kind of music, and whose support could accelerate their success, don’t even know they exist. It took me two… Continue reading Future Stars: Zella Day (B3SCI Records)
Future Hits: Boys in Bands
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five future hits by all-male groups. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_yjTO7_Ya1Lf2n7j6OvrRv] Tracklisting: Take That – These Days McBusted – Air Guitar 5 Seconds Of Summer – Good Girls Maroon 5 – Animals Years & Years – Desire
Future Stars: Lauren Platt (TBC)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This year The X Factor has allowed the contestants’ performances to appear in the iTunes chart. They have been available to download on iTunes for a few years, but now we know which performances are most popular with the music-buying public. That’s a different… Continue reading Future Stars: Lauren Platt (TBC)
Future Stars: Rae Sremmurd (Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I thought Rae Sremmurd was a girl’s name at first (perhaps Dutch), but it’s actually Ear Drummers in reverse. Rae Sremmurd are two young rapping brothers, Slim Jimmy and Swae Lee, who started out in an adorable pop-rap trio Dem Outta St8 Boyz when they were 13… Continue reading Future Stars: Rae Sremmurd (Interscope)
Future Hits: Star Girl
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's playlist features five future hits by successful female artists. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9JfXrO1rqwslQOhrnYCGrX] Tracklisting: Cheryl – I Don’t Care Jessie J ft. 2 Chainz – Burnin Up Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat Paloma Faith – Ready For The Good Life Ariana Grande ft. The Weeknd… Continue reading Future Hits: Star Girl
Future Stars: Cosmo Sheldrake (Transgressive)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My first thought on seeing Cosmo Sheldrake was that he looked like he went to my university… and sure enough he did! It’s a shame our paths didn’t cross (he's a bit younger), as I would have loved his brand of quirky, twee, literary pop… Continue reading Future Stars: Cosmo Sheldrake (Transgressive)
Future Stars: Grades (Warner Music/One More Tune)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I wasn’t that into garage music when it was big around the turn of the century, but I’m enjoying the current revival of the garage sound. I’ve been obsessed with Blonde’s new single I Loved You, which has a garage feel, while All About… Continue reading Future Stars: Grades (Warner Music/One More Tune)