Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. If you, like me, spent a lot of last year listening to Best Coast’s poptastic sell-out moment,Feeling OK, you’ll certainly enjoy Errors by Canadian duo K.I.D. It’s strikingly similar in style (grungey garage-pop) and theme (quarter-life crisis). The singer also sounds very much like… Continue reading Song of the Week: K.I.D – Errors
Category: Song of the Week
Song of the Week: Adiam – Immaculate
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. One of my favourite artists of 2009 was Adiam Dymott, who released songs including the brilliant Memory Loss and Miss You. She had some success in her home country of Sweden, but sadly faded into obscurity soon after. I was very excited, therefore, to… Continue reading Song of the Week: Adiam – Immaculate
Song of the Week: Kideko & George Kwali ft. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I featured Nadia Rose as a Future Star earlier this year, before she signed to Relentless. Although I was instantly a fan of her lively vibe, my concern was how she’d manage to reach the mainstream, when other British female rappers such as Lady… Continue reading Song of the Week: Kideko & George Kwali ft. Nadia Rose & Sweetie Irie – Crank It (Woah!)
Song of the Week: Miss Li – Bonfire
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. When I first got into Swedish music, there was a huge separation between the acts that were big domestically and internationally. That’s no longer the case, but it means there are still some acts who are household names in Sweden yet unknown even to… Continue reading Song of the Week: Miss Li – Bonfire
Song of the Week: DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The funny thing about Justin Bieber’s transition to coolness is that his music has ended up being poppier than it was before. The dirgey faux-R&B of his teens has been replaced with sweet, melodic pop (with a few quirky sound effects thrown in, just… Continue reading Song of the Week: DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You
Song of the Week: Robin Bengtsson – Stevie Wonder
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. As much as I like to discover innovative, fresh and exciting new music, sometimes all I really want is a song that will make me smile, and Sweden is the best at providing those tunes. The new single from Swedish Idol alumnus and Melodifestivalen… Continue reading Song of the Week: Robin Bengtsson – Stevie Wonder
Song of the Week: Tula – Another Kind of Red
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Spotify can be a brilliant place to discover new music, but you have to skip through a lot of generic, half-hearted electro-pop to find a gem. Luckily, this does mean it’s easy for those special songs to stand out. That’s exactly what happened with… Continue reading Song of the Week: Tula – Another Kind of Red
Song of the Week: Sing Street – Drive it Like You Stole It
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Even if you’re a fan of musicals, you might not have heard of Sing Street, as it has pretty much flown under the radar. The Irish film was released in cinemas earlier this year, written and directed by John Carney (the man behind Once… Continue reading Song of the Week: Sing Street – Drive it Like You Stole It
Song of the Week: Montaigne – Because I Love You
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Getting bored waiting for Marina and the Diamonds to release new music? This new Aussie pop song should fill the gap, and to borrow a phrase from Montaigne herself, this isn’t boring. Because I Love You is a bouncy tune with witty lyrics and… Continue reading Song of the Week: Montaigne – Because I Love You
Song of the Week: Matoma ft. Becky Hill – False Alarm
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’ve seen a lot of Twitter chat about tropical house being overplayed and annoying. And yes, there’s a lot of it about and most of the tracks were clearly produced in less than an hour, but I still say as far as dance music… Continue reading Song of the Week: Matoma ft. Becky Hill – False Alarm