Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five collaborations between artists from different countries. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-v0n4s15ZHfi4XYO8HhIBu] Tracklisting: Iggy Azalea ft. T.I. – Change Your Life Dizzee Rascal ft. will.i.am – Something Really Bad Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont ft. Malin – Safe With You Tinie… Continue reading Future Hits: International Collaborations
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Denai Moore (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 20-year-old Londoner Denai Moore is a singer-songwriter with folk and soul influences. Her music lacks the hooks that she would need to connect with a wider audience, but she is a talented vocalist and there is clearly a market for artists like Denai. I… Continue reading Future Stars: Denai Moore (Unsigned)
Future Stars: RAC (Cherrytree/Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not to be confused with the British roadside assistance company, RAC is the Remix Artist Collective, a group of remixers led by Portuguese-American André Allen Anjos, who are about to release their first EP of original music. I first discovered RAC through their remix… Continue reading Future Stars: RAC (Cherrytree/Interscope)
Future Stars: Krept & Konan (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last week history was made: Young Kingz by unsigned rap duo Krept & Konan (also known as Play Dirty) became the first mixtape to reach the UK top 20. Industry insiders and journalists have wondered how they did it, but listening to emotional single My… Continue reading Future Stars: Krept & Konan (Unsigned)
Future Hits: What’s Next?
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features the follow-up singles to five of this year’s biggest hits. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9pZNMXVnNsB4Odhm1F0mHw] Tracklisting: John Newman – Cheating Fuse ODG ft. Tiffany – Azonto Robin Thicke ft. Kendrick Lamar – Give It 2 U Passenger – Holes Avicii – You… Continue reading Future Hits: What’s Next?
Future Stars: Bondax (Relentless/Sony)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Anyone looking for the next Disclosure would be foolish not to bet on Bondax, a duo of teenage male DJ/producers from Lancaster. Their music is already popular with the trendy types who frequent Hype Machine and Amazing Radio, and they have a healthy 63,000… Continue reading Future Stars: Bondax (Relentless/Sony)
Future Stars: King Krule (XL Recordings)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I love a teen prodigy so I've wanted to feature "punk poet" King Krule, who just turned 19, for a while. I like his geeky redhead image and the distinctively British video for his new single Easy Easy… but his music is a tough… Continue reading Future Stars: King Krule (XL Recordings)
Future Stars: The Preatures (Universal Australia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The Preatures are a retro indie-pop group from Australia, similar to Haim and Music Go Music, but with both female and male lead vocals. Their new single Is This How You Feel? is as strong as anything Haim have released and they have the… Continue reading Future Stars: The Preatures (Universal Australia)
Future Hits: Party Time
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s future hit predictions are all about partying! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8rHHy9ZrT_xkGrhfiBgsrN] Tracklisting: The Vamps – Can We Dance Jessie J – It’s My Party Showtek ft. We Are Loud! & Sonny Wilson – Booyah The Saturdays – Disco Love Lethal Bizzle ft. Ruby Goe –… Continue reading Future Hits: Party Time
Future Stars: George The Poet (Island)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. George The Poet isn't just a stage name for George Mpanga – he really is a poet. He recites his poetry to music, and has been embraced by the UK urban scene, but it took a few years for him to sign a record… Continue reading Future Stars: George The Poet (Island)