Category: Next Big Thing

The Next Big Thing?

The StrutsI heard about The Struts signing to Gary Barlow’s label Future Records last week and managed to track down their Facebook, where there was no music to be listened to and they had just posted about their first ever gig, which is tomorrow. This suggested that it would be quite a while until The… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

The Next Big Thing?

Kenzie MayIt only took one Fefe Dobson-esque line of the first song on Kenzie May’s MySpace and the sight of her dressed as a skeleton dog in a video labelled ‘Unpretty – TLC’ for me to declare her my new favourite pop discovery. You can’t get a much better first impression than that! Her style… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 6

I’ve been from A-Z (or A-Y anyway) but there are still a few new acts that I don’t want to exclude from my list, however I’ve written about them recently so there’s not much to update you on. Here’s my list of 10 more acts you need to watch out for in 2011: Chasing Pluto… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 6

The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 5

Six-DThe new… Black Eyed PeasI’ve known about Six-D for a while as they were put together by the same people who put together The Wanted, The Saturdays and Parade, but you’d never guess this was the case as they have a much more edgy, urban sound. They’re a mixture of singers and streetdancers, somewhere between… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 5

The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 4

Mr Little JeansThe new… Sally ShapiroApart from the fact that she’s signed to Neon Gold and has a name that suggests a bit of gender confusion, Mr Little Jeans is pretty much your typical Scandinavian twee-pop singer. Her sound is a bit electro-poppy, but so is everyone’s these days. However, there’s something about her music… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 4

The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 3

James BlakeThe new… GotyeHis music could certainly do with a bit of poptasticising but what I do love about James Blake is that he’s clearly a total music geek and, unlike most people who are geeky about music, he actually has pretty good taste. He’s covered my favourite Feist song and remixed a hidden gem… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 3

The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 2

Clare MaguireThe new… Annie LennoxI used to write quite a bit about Clare in the days before she had really done anything. I heard such exciting things about her (she’s worked with Richard X AND Fraser T Smith, for starters!), I couldn’t wait to hear her music. Then some music was unveiled, and it was… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 2

The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 1

Alex WinstonThe new… Kate EarlI’ve already written quite a bit about Alex but I couldn’t exclude her from this list as I am very excited to see what she does in 2011, and very pleased to see her making appearances in quite a few 2011 prediction articles. I have a feeling that the time for… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: an A-Z of 2011 – Part 1