Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Clean Bandit are an instrumental four-piece group from London who make innovative "electronic chamber" music that sounds current but also completely unique. The group use different vocalists on each song, and their musical and visual identity hits a rare balance between educated and cool.… Continue reading Future Stars: Clean Bandit (Atlantic)
This Must Be Pop Live: Introducing Chasing Grace
It’s now just over a week until the next This Must Be Pop Live! On 19th March we’ll be back at Queen of Hoxton in London with performances from The Mend, Jin Jin & the Ragdolls and Chasing Grace. This week it’s time to get to know these three hotly tipped new acts, and first… Continue reading This Must Be Pop Live: Introducing Chasing Grace
The Mend headline This Must Be Pop Live
Unfortunately Little Nikki is no longer able to perform as planned at This Must Be Pop Live on 19th March at Queen of Hoxton, but the show will go on and I have found a very exciting new act to take her place… THE MEND! We’ve got pop, rock and R&B boybands in the charts,… Continue reading The Mend headline This Must Be Pop Live
Future Hits: Our Country Needs You
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five tracks from all over the world which I think could be big on the UK charts. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_Vtt9cKoULa8C9wKHrbrfl] Tracklisting: C2C ft. D.Martin – Happy Arash ft. Sean Paul – She Makes Me Go MKTO – Thank You Ben… Continue reading Future Hits: Our Country Needs You
Future Stars: Brooke Candy (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Although the big contenders, Azealia, Angel and Iggy, are yet to really break through, the onslaught of female rappers continues. Brooke Candy, a U.S. rapper who performed in London last week, has attracted a lot of attention for her explicit lyrics and videos, and… Continue reading Future Stars: Brooke Candy (Unsigned)
Future Stars: George Ezra (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. George Ezra may be young, but he's already been around long enough to have had two names. He was originally known by his real name of George Barnett before switching to George Ezra about a year ago. The new pseudonym seemed to help as… Continue reading Future Stars: George Ezra (Columbia)
Future Stars: Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Sometimes X Factor groups are made up of the dregs of the solo entrants, but Simon Cowell clearly had a vision in mind for X Factor USA girlband Fifth Harmony, as all five members are cute, fun and truly talented. Check out their X… Continue reading Future Stars: Fifth Harmony (Syco/Epic)
The Friday Poll: Who should star on The Big Reunion series two?
There’s still a month until the current series of The Big Reunion comes to an end, when this week’s amazing concert is broadcast on TV. Nonetheless, I’m already thinking about which groups I’d like to see reformed for series two. To convince ITV2 that there are plenty of acts to approach for the second series,… Continue reading The Friday Poll: Who should star on The Big Reunion series two?
Top of the Poptastic!
Here are my top 20 favourite singles of February 2013 compiled into a YouTube playlist… enjoy and let me know your faves! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-9VsQC6suqclOlf0OjRxax] Demi Lovato – Heart Attack Justin Timberlake – Mirrors Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E – Need U (100%) CHVRCHES – Recover Zara Larsson – Uncover Eleven Past One – The World Is… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!
Live Review: The Big Reunion at Hammersmith Apollo
Even when the bands featured in The Big Reunion were still famous, I used to look at posters for Here & Now tours and dream of the day when I could see all the biggest acts of my youth at one concert. And last night, the dream came true! I got the chance to see 5ive,… Continue reading Live Review: The Big Reunion at Hammersmith Apollo