Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Lo-Fi-Fnk are a Swedish trio who (as a duo at the time) released some great electro-pop songs with a very distinctive sound in the mid-2000s, such as City and Steppin Out. I’d almost forgotten about them until I stumbled upon the title track from… Continue reading Song of the Week: Lo-Fi-Fnk – Nightclub Nirvana
Category: Song of the Week
Song of the Week: Christina Skaar – Critical
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 2015 really is Norway’s year. Aurora and Susanne Sundfør are my favourite new discoveries and among the best live acts I’ve seen (twice each), while my Song of the Week has been Norwegian for the past two weeks. Now let’s make that three, with… Continue reading Song of the Week: Christina Skaar – Critical
Song of the Week: Suite 16 – I Don’t Think So
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. While British boybands may be clamouring to grow up fast and be taken seriously, their Scandinavian equivalents are going in the opposite direction. The Fooo Conspiracy (think *N Sync-meets-Jedward) are huge in Sweden, and Norwegian teens are obsessed with a five-piece called Suite 16.… Continue reading Song of the Week: Suite 16 – I Don’t Think So
Song of the Week: Samsaya – Beginning at the End
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Norwegian-Indian singer Samsaya released a very poptastic single, Stereotype, in 2013, but none of her other tracks have captured its brilliance. Beginning at the End isn’t a chaotic, bouncy tune like Stereotype, but it may be even better in its own way. It’s a… Continue reading Song of the Week: Samsaya – Beginning at the End
Song of the Week: Rozzi Crane – Psycho
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Rozzi Crane is the first artist signed to Interscope from Adam Levine’s label 222 Records, and as such she got to make her debut TV performance on The Voice US. I knew nothing about her at the time, but was impressed by the quality… Continue reading Song of the Week: Rozzi Crane – Psycho
Song of the Week: Tooji – L.Y.S.
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. My favourite new discovery this week came from an unexpected source: A Norwegian Eurovision entrant from three years ago. Tooji was born in Iran and grew up in Norway, and he’s apparently a singer, TV host, model, painter and social worker. Many of his… Continue reading Song of the Week: Tooji – L.Y.S.
Song of the Week: Al Bairre – Bungalow
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. One of my favourite acts at The Great Escape was a band I only discovered the week before when browsing the line-up, South African indie-poppers Al Bairre. Their set was really fun and energetic, and even the song they warned us was a bit… Continue reading Song of the Week: Al Bairre – Bungalow
Song of the Week: Delta Rae – If I Loved You
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Over the past few days I’ve been planning who to see at this week’s Great Escape festival in Brighton. More on that on the blog soon, but for now I want to introduce one of the acts I discovered, who quickly became my new… Continue reading Song of the Week: Delta Rae – If I Loved You
Song of the Week: Mocki – Weekend
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Unusually for my Song of the Week, Weekend by Berlin-based trio Mocki fits in very well with the sound of the UK charts right now. However, since its music video on the popular Kitsuné YouTube channel has only been viewed 50,000 times in 3… Continue reading Song of the Week: Mocki – Weekend
Song of the Week: Mirror Talk – 1/M/T
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Fans of Years & Years should enjoy this new single from Mirror Talk, who similarly pair strong male vocals and catchy melodies with an electro-pop sound. The difference is that they’re from Los Angeles and they take more inspiration from the ‘80s. 1/M/T is… Continue reading Song of the Week: Mirror Talk – 1/M/T