Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s always a good sign that I’ve encountered a future hit when I find myself enjoying a song from a genre I don’t usually care for, so I reckon, on that basis, Port Isla’s song Steamroller could be very big. It’s still going to take… Continue reading Future Stars: Port Isla (Unsigned)
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Future Hits: The New Girls
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five official debut singles by female artists who have been waiting in the wings for a while. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8LmYOWity-1krwQJF1heIa] Tracklisting: Ella Henderson – Ghost Ella Eyre – If I Go Jess Glynne – Right Here Alexa Goddard – Marilyn… Continue reading Future Hits: The New Girls
Future Stars: Rhodes (Ministry of Sound)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It only took me 30 seconds of listening to Rhodes’ new single Your Soul to know I had to feature this artist (I didn’t even know if it was a group or a soloist) in Future Pop. The world is full of singer-songwriters trying to… Continue reading Future Stars: Rhodes (Ministry of Sound)
Future Stars: LAYLA (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Sometimes what seems like a big break can be a career-ender, because big opportunities come with pressure to continue the upward trajectory. Josephine Vander Gucht, under the name Jose Vanders, shared stages with Ed Sheeran and Noah and the Whale, and racked up millions… Continue reading Future Stars: LAYLA (Unsigned)
Future Stars: My picks from The Great Escape 2014
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week I’ve just returned from The Great Escape festival in Brighton, where I got the chance to see live performances by many of the acts I’ve featured here in Future Pop. Below are the top five that impressed me the most… Tove Lo… Continue reading Future Stars: My picks from The Great Escape 2014
Future Hits: Pop Stars
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five new singles by some of the world’s biggest pop stars. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-D-PKfUnW1y8huL8RMM20s] Tracklisting: Ed Sheeran – Sing One Direction – You & I Pharrell Williams – Marilyn Monroe Katy Perry – Birthday Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart
Future Stars: Twin Atlantic (Red Bull Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I wrote a blog post last week which discussed why I think rock and indie doesn’t appear in the singles chart anymore. Listening to Twin Atlantic’s new single Heart and Soul, and seeing them mentioned increasingly often online (outside of rock media), I wonder… Continue reading Future Stars: Twin Atlantic (Red Bull Records)
Future Stars: Ella Henderson (Syco)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I found Ella Henderson a bit overrated on The X Factor, and the acoustic songs she put online last year (Five Tattoos and Waiting) were dreary. But as rumours circulated in recent weeks that her first single was well worth listening to, I began to… Continue reading Future Stars: Ella Henderson (Syco)
Future Hits: European Invasion
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new dance tracks from Europe that I predict will be taking over the UK charts. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8g4irxH9LTsMaRqHpgezT7] Tracklisting: Mr. Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) Afrojack ft. Wrabel – Ten Feet Tall David Guetta & Showtek ft. Vassy –… Continue reading Future Hits: European Invasion
Future Stars: Meridian Dan (PMR/Virgin EMI)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Considering the only British rapper to make the UK top 10 so far this year is Tinie Tempah (featured on a dance track), I was surprised recently to see an article hailing the revival of grime. However, a week later it made a lot more… Continue reading Future Stars: Meridian Dan (PMR/Virgin EMI)