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Justin Timberlake – My Love (Video)This was my favourite on the new JT album, until I saw the video remix version and suddenly I was rather less fond of it. When is JC’s video going to be revealed? If Justin can make songs as ace as Until Yesterday, why would he give them away, when… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

Curiosity aroused by DSTP‘s mention, I went to look at the details of the new Ultra album which was quite randomly released this week. This was a surprise enough, but even more so when I found that some of the songs were Alistair Griffin standards (songs he wrote pre-Fame Academy and appeared on his album)… Continue reading A Strange Discovery

James Morrison – Wonderful World (Video – a special Dirrrty Pop one too!)This was the song which interested me in James Morrison when I saw him performing on MTV a few months ago. It reminded me of Gavin DeGraw, and although James didn’t turn out to have as much ace music as Mr DeGraw (whose… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

I may have been too busy pursuing ridiculously wholesome French film students, escaping the clutches of long-haired jazz enthusiasts and not doing any work whatsover, but I have not forgotten about Dirrrty Pop or pop music in general. Here are some of the best songs that have soundtracked my last two weeks: Siobhan Donaghy –… Continue reading A million apologies later…

Basement Jaxx – Take Me Back To Your HouseI liked this when I saw it on TV and even more so when I heard that the lady singer is actually her from Dragonette, a really ace Canadian band. Since the Basement Jaxx album also stars Robyn, they’ve definitely done well on the collaboration front. The… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

A slightly belated top 20 of September: 1. Pay TV – Work Your Body (Sweden)2. Jamelia – Beware of the Dog (UK)3. Mika – Relax Take It Easy (UK)4. Linda Sundblad – Oh Father (Sweden)5. Girls Aloud – Something Kinda Ooh (UK)6. JC Chasez – Until Yesterday (USA)7. Melody Club – Destiny Calling (Sweden)8. Infernal… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!

I don’t mean to neglect you, but life is still a bit crazy at the moment. I have been at uni for a week and a half now so it is getting to be more normal and I hopefully will have more to write about soon. Without music channels or much Internet time it is… Continue reading Sorry dear blog readers

The Kooks – Ooh La (Video)After the brilliance of their last single, I had high hopes for this one but it seems they are back to the old ways of their ‘quite good but not brilliant’ breakthrough single Naive. Their distinctive sound is just too restrictive for them to have more than one great song,… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

Well, not really, but they certainly improved it greatly! I had the pleasure of seeing Southampton’s finest (only?) electro-pop-rock group the Delays live in a venue only 20 minutes from my house. It was the quickest journey to a gig I’d ever had. When I entered the club (Reading’s Fez Club) all I could see… Continue reading Last Night A Delay Saved My Life

While buff blonde teenager Boyd Hoyland got hitched to his idiotic underage girlfriend Janae Timmons in today’s episode of Neighbours, it seems that he has a real life counterpart in Aaron Carter who, despite only being 12 years old on last count, proposed on stage to his girlfriend. He did this without informing his parents,… Continue reading Another Case Of Life Imitating Art