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Amanda Jenssen – Happyland (Listen)I’m very pleased to announce that Amanda’s music has taken a turn for the poptastic! The male backing vocals remind me of Rachel Stevens or Jamelia in their ’80s phases. The chorus is brilliant – it may well be even better than Amanda’s previous best song, Do You Love Me. It’s… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

Menya may be some of the jolliest people in pop, but they also make some of the dirrrtiest pop music! I’ve been a fan of theirs for a few months now, and I’m really pleased to inform you that the mixtape they’ve been working on is finally ready for release. Best of all, you’ll be… Continue reading Question Time with Menya

As long-term readers will know, I was once a huge fan of Patrick Wolf, but my affection has fizzled out with his new album. Although he’s still great to see live, the new material is barely listenable for pop-oriented ears like mine. With this in mind, I was extremely pleased to come across the following… Continue reading Wild Boy

I can’t promise to do this every week, but I was watching Körslaget last night and I felt a review coming on… so here it is! Team Pontare – Go WestTen out of ten for choreography, zero for the singing! The lady who did a solo was awful. A shame cos it is a brilliant… Continue reading Go north, there are choirs there!

I’m usually a fan of Simon Cowell, especially in The X Factor where he tends to be the voice of reason against the voice of evil (and idiocy), Louis Walsh. I was even understanding when he chose not to put my favourites in the Over 25 category, Daniel and TreyC, through to the final 12.… Continue reading Simon Cowell, your days are numbered, owls will get you while you slumber!

You’ve heard my thoughts on Sweden’s top wannabes, but how about the UK equivalent? I haven’t written about The X Factor here this year, but I’ve done a write-up on the final 12 over at Lowculture. Go and check it out here.

I hardly ever do in-depth album reviews here, but since Taio Cruz is such an ace popstar and so overlooked by other bloggers, I feel he deserves the extra support. His last album came out of the same analysis pretty well, so let’s see how Rokstarr compares. Break Your HeartStill amazing, and probably the best… Continue reading He’s only gonna break break my, break break my heart…

Representing the Netherlands and Sweden: Kim-Lian & Linda Bengtzing – Not That Kind of GirlIn what has to be one of the most unexpected duets of all time, two of my favourite popstars have teamed up, despite neither one being famous in each other’s home country. It’s a mystery how Kim and Linda even met!… Continue reading International Video Challenge

I was watching Idol the other day when, to my surprise, Ola Svensson appeared with a bunch of jolly Swedish men in purple singing a Coldplay song. A little research told me the appearance was to promote the new series Körslaget, which would start the next day on the same channel. Körslaget means running team,… Continue reading That was when Ola ruled the world…

Jessie Malakouti – Standing Up For The Lonely (Listen)At last, the lovely Miss Malakouti is about to release her debut UK single. It’s a Xenomania track with a dancey vibe, in the same way that Lost My Heart in Tokyo is perfectly poppy but can easily played on Radio 1’s cheesy dance shows as well.… Continue reading New Pop on the Block