Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five tracks by indie artists that I think could cross over to become mainstream hits. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_MjBChc2MwdUzhQzXBp5Nq] Tracklisting: Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge – White Noise Kodaline – High Hopes Foals – My Number The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather Wild Belle – Keep… Continue reading Future Hits: Indie Crossover
Category: Future Pop
Future Stars: Allen Stone (Decca)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Allen Stone‘s USP is that he looks like a hippy but he sings like a black man (Stevie Wonder in particular). He grew up singing in church, then got into soul music as a teenager, eventually giving up his religious beliefs. His music is… Continue reading Future Stars: Allen Stone (Decca)
Future Stars: Jetta (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. One of the most popular acts from my Unsigned Month last October has found her major label home at Polydor. Jetta let the news slip on Twitter earlier this month, and it was no surprise as her showcase last year was packed with bigwig… Continue reading Future Stars: Jetta (Polydor)
Future Stars: Sam Smith (London Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Ed Sheeran and Michael Kiwanuka have both been labelled "the male Adele" in the past, but actually I think Sam Smith suits the name much better. Best known as the singer on Disclosure's recent breakthrough hit Latch, he is now embarking on a solo… Continue reading Future Stars: Sam Smith (London Records)
Future Hits: Moving On Up!
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Following the iTunes chart is a great way to spot future hits weeks in advance. Here are five songs currently making their way towards the top… [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-AVxBdsEiebR-ypGhXCog-] Tracklisting: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop Dizzee Rascal – Baseline Junkie Lawson – Learn To… Continue reading Future Hits: Moving On Up!
Future Stars: Kendrick Lamar (Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. To hip-hop fans, Kendrick Lamar is already well established and even reached no. 16 in the UK album chart last October, but he's just beginning to get wider acclaim. His current single Backseat Freestyle is all over Radio 1 (it's the one that goes… Continue reading Future Stars: Kendrick Lamar (Interscope)
Future Stars: The 1975 (Dirty Hit)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. So far in 2013 there's been a lot of talk about the predicted return of guitar music, and I heard a new band on Radio 1 this week who I think could be a big part of that revival, if it happens. The 1975… Continue reading Future Stars: The 1975 (Dirty Hit)
Future Stars: Anne-Marie (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Essex girl Anne-Marie Nicholson may not yet have a record deal, but that shouldn't last long as she's already managed by Elton John's company Rocket Music (he even sent her a Christmas card!) and has a publishing deal with EMI. She's working with top… Continue reading Future Stars: Anne-Marie (Unsigned)
Future Hits: 1 + 1 = HIT
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not confident your song is going to be a hit? Make it a collaboration! Here are five upcoming releases which have wisely employed this trick… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-unXtJhPZxMvwr5kBaTtY-] Tracklisting: Devlin ft. Diane Birch – Rewind Conor Maynard ft. Wiley – Animal Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris –… Continue reading Future Hits: 1 + 1 = HIT
Future Stars: Zedd (Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If Lady Gaga is this generation's Madonna, then Zedd could be the new Stuart Price. German "EDM" artist (surely Germans know EDM is not a real genre?) Zedd has produced several tracks on the upcoming Gaga album ARTPOP. The collaboration is sure to make… Continue reading Future Stars: Zedd (Interscope)