Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I was surprised to realise I hadn’t featured Lea Michele here while her album was in the works, but perhaps it was because Glee stars have a low hit rate when they attempt to become artists in their own right. Luckily, Lea has found… Continue reading Future Stars: Lea Michele (Columbia)
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Shura (unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Shura is an English/Russian female solo artist, who is one of many artists recently to become “Internet famous” overnight thanks to Soundcloud and the music blogging scene. Her song Touch, the first she has posted on Soundcloud, got 100k plays in its first week,… Continue reading Future Stars: Shura (unsigned)
Future Hits: Boy Zone
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hits by male solo artists. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-VHsCtrwHgoaN7f6PcNTsf] Tracklisting: Aloe Blacc – The Man Elyar Fox – A Billion Girls Pitbull ft. G.R.L – Wild Wild Love Avicii – Addicted To You Jason Derulo – Stupid Love
Future Stars: Route 94 (Rinse)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s hard to find inspiration to write about an anonymous dance producer, but now Route 94 (Rowan Jones) is on course for a no.1, I suppose I probably should. Although he’s been present on the dance music scene for a few years, and was… Continue reading Future Stars: Route 94 (Rinse)
Future Stars: Broods (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Now Lorde has reminded the world that New Zealand exists, there’s a sudden interest in the country’s musical output, and the most obvious act to benefit is one who shares the same producer and a similar sound. Broods are brother and sister Caleb and… Continue reading Future Stars: Broods (Polydor)
Future Stars: Sigma (3Beat)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Drum and bass duo Sigma (Cameron Edwards and Joe Lenzie) just missed the top 40 with Rudeboy in December, despite support from Radio 1. However, it looks like their new single could go much further. Nobody To Love went straight to no.3 on the Shazam pre-release… Continue reading Future Stars: Sigma (3Beat)
Future Hits: Indie Boys (Don’t Deserve It)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new singles by indie boys that I think could be big. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-Q9m0uSkNm2sKE9RNXB3x9] Tracklisting: George Ezra – Cassy O' Paolo Nutini – Scream (Funk My Life Up) Nick Mulvey – Cucurucu The Orwells – The Righteous One Years… Continue reading Future Hits: Indie Boys (Don’t Deserve It)
Future Stars: Shift K3y (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Columbia Records have invited another singer/producer/DJ to join Calvin Harris on their roster, presumably to remind him he’s replaceable and he better keep on making those hits! Luckily for Calvin, Shift K3y (aka Lewis Jankel) makes music with more of a garage/house sound. His new single… Continue reading Future Stars: Shift K3y (Columbia)
Future Stars: The Chainsmokers (Dim Mak Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Here comes the first big novelty single of 2014, and of course it’s ridiculous and brilliant. #Selfie by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers takes me back to the late ‘90s (the one hit wonder heyday) in its shameless capitalisation on a current fad. Remember when every trend… Continue reading Future Stars: The Chainsmokers (Dim Mak Records)
Future Stars: Wolf Alice (Chess Club Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’ve had female-fronted British band Wolf Alice on my list for possible inclusion in Future Pop for almost a year, but I was unsure if they were just a bit “too cool for school,” with their nerd-mocking music video and Angela Carter-inspired name. Do they… Continue reading Future Stars: Wolf Alice (Chess Club Records)