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I have been thinking about this a lot lately, as the charts have filled up with brilliant pop songs and one of the absolute best of the year has been no.1 for almost 10 weeks. We surely must have won! And I think we actually have, but a lot of people (as exemplified in this… Continue reading Popping The Question: Who Won The War On Indie?

Recently I have bought three CDs by young men who made their names on the Swedish Idol series. None of the albums were quite up to the brilliance of their predecessor Darin Zanyar, but the output of male pop artists in Sweden is getting stronger (don’t forget the ace hits this summer by Magnus Carlsson,… Continue reading Idolising

This weekend I went to my first proper festival, camping and all, Latitude Festival in sunny Suffolk. It really was sunny, despite there apparently being house-shaking thunderstorms where my mum was in Nottingham, so we were extremely lucky weather-wise, and this made the camping a far less terrifying prospect than expected. The festival is a… Continue reading Dirrrty Pop Review: Latitude Festival

1. Maybe Robyn won’t be no.1 after all – I haven’t heard her on the radio or seen the video on TV for about a week now. Robyn Mania did not last long, it seems.2. Why isn’t the Cherry Ghost single in the top 40 when the album’s doing so well and it’s getting lots… Continue reading Thoughts Of The Day

Shayne Ward – If That’s OK With You (Audio)How how HOW is it possible that the new Shayne Ward single sounds like Akon? It’s completely insane. Quite catchy though! Better than any of the ballads off his last album, except maybe No Promises (but even that wasn’t as good as the original by some Danish… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

You may have noticed that despite my no.1 fave singer ever, Darren Hayes, having a new album on the way this summer, I haven’t exactly been going on about it like I normally would. I suppose I’ve just not been driven to excitement by any of the songs I’ve heard so far. Of course they… Continue reading Only on the verge of something wonderful…

I just found a really interesting Swedish TV documentary (with English subtitles) online, about two Swedish guys who write songs for Japanese pop bands, and get the chance to visit Japan to write with Japanese production teams and see first-hand the effect their music has on its adoring fans. It’s also really helpful for me… Continue reading Swedes in Japan – my 2 favourite countries meet!

Guns’n’BombsNot the best name considering recent events (or perhaps that’s the point), but I’ve really enjoyed bopping along to the remixes on their MySpace as I surf the net. It’s not the sort of music I’d listen to while not doing anything else, but it’s great background music. One of them (Filip Turbotito) used to… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

When I first heard Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne, it was love at first listen, even though I had previously despised Avril. Resistance was futile, as the high school bitch attitude and catchy chants drew me in… but there was another reason: the song had a strange familiarity to it, but I knew it wasn’t a… Continue reading And that’s what everyone’s talkin bout!

Justin NozukaI’m not sure if he’s actually famous in his home country of Canada, but Justin’s acoustic-soul style could go down very well with fans of James Morrison. His new single Mr Therapy Man is my least favourite on his MySpace, but it’s not terrible (in fact it sounds like Hanson!) – I just like… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?