Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Here's another band of instrument-playing teen boys, but they could hardly be more different to The Strypes. 5 Seconds of Summer is a very cute Australian boyband who are currently in the U.K. recording their debut album and will support One Direction on their… Continue reading Future Stars: 5 Seconds of Summer (Unsigned)
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: The Strypes (Mercury Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Two is a trend, three is a scene. The Strypes are an Irish teen band who join Jake Bugg and Ruen Brothers in making 60s-inspired rock. At home they're already quite well known after performing on major chat show The Late Late Show in… Continue reading Future Stars: The Strypes (Mercury Records)
Future Hits: Future Pop Alumni
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist includes five future hit singles by artists featured in Future Pop since it began in 2011. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8T9SetL4iGFEeHv5Z1ogJy] Tracklisting: K Koke ft. Rita Ora – Lay Down Your Weapons Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity Wiley ft. Chip – Reload Tom Odell –… Continue reading Future Hits: Future Pop Alumni
Future Stars: Hudson Taylor (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I hate criticising something for being too twee, because I love twee-pop when it's done well, but Hudson Taylor are an example of the most irritating tweeness. Although their single Cinematic Lifestyle is surprisingly listenable, their YouTube acoustic videos feature excruciatingly affected vocals. Originally known… Continue reading Future Stars: Hudson Taylor (Polydor)
Future Stars: Nicky Romero (Protocol Recordings)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It's time for another "who's that guy in the charts?" investigation, as Nicky Romero is currently riding high on iTunes with his Avicii collaboration I Could Be The One. The Netherlands has become the home of EDM, with a new superstar DJ emerging every… Continue reading Future Stars: Nicky Romero (Protocol Recordings)
Future Stars: Ady Suleiman (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Following the success of Adele and Ed Sheeran, singer-songwriters are very much back in fashion and anyone with an interesting voice who has written a song (regardless of whether it has any redeeming qualities) could be the next big thing. Ady Suleiman is the… Continue reading Future Stars: Ady Suleiman (Unsigned)
Future Hits: All Around The World
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five new singles by international artists that I think could be big hits in the UK. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-kFS-xrNS9h9IAsLaq92Xf] Tracklisting: Pink ft. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me A Reason Paramore – Now Rihanna – Pour It Up Alicia Keys – Brand… Continue reading Future Hits: All Around The World
Future Stars: Bingo Players (Ministry of Sound)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. As you can probably guess from their unattractive faces, Bingo Players are not real pop stars but a Dutch DJ duo, and although no-one would recognise them in the street, they are currently no. 1 in the charts. Their first big hit in Europe… Continue reading Future Stars: Bingo Players (Ministry of Sound)
Future Stars: The Vamps (Mercury Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Aww, aren't they cute? The Vamps are basically a miniature indie-pop band, which is a concept I could definitely see working as the 2010s answer to Busted and McFly. The lead singer Bradley looks and sounds like a mixture of Harry Styles and the… Continue reading Future Stars: The Vamps (Mercury Records)
Future Stars: Ruen Brothers (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I feel like there's a lot of good karma around at the moment, with talented, hard-working people getting the breaks they deserve, and that definitely applies to Ruen Brothers. I've known Henry and Rupert Stansall for years and finally it seems the timing is… Continue reading Future Stars: Ruen Brothers (Unsigned)