Last night the second This Must Be Pop Industry Meetup took place at LVPO Bar in Soho. We had another great turnout, and most people ended up staying well past the planned 9pm finish time sharing pop gossip and career advice. There was a real mix of people in attendance from all different areas of… Continue reading Review: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup
Tonight: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup!
If you’re passionate about pop and work (or want to work) in the music industry, you must not miss tonight’s Pop Industry Meetup. Held downstairs at LVPO Bar in Soho, it’s a chance to meet other pop nerds, share contacts, advice and gossip, and get drunk on half price cocktails. Sound like a good night… Continue reading Tonight: This Must Be Pop’s Industry Meetup!
Future Hits: Girls On Top
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. After last week’s male-dominated Future Pop, for this week's playlist I thought I’d bring back the girl power with five huge new songs by female artists. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9JpNmGhOVx86RjvzXSB9Rk] Tracklisting: Gabrielle Aplin – The Power of Love Alicia Keys ft. Nicki Minaj – Girl On Fire… Continue reading Future Hits: Girls On Top
Future Stars: Disclosure (PMR/Universal)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. < I know Disclosure are supposed to be the cool new thing, but their hit single Latch just sounds like Sam Sparro or Ali Love to me. It's disco in disguise, but disco shouldn't have to be in disguise! Nonetheless, Disclosure are a big… Continue reading Future Stars: Disclosure (PMR/Universal)
Future Stars: The Lumineers (Dualtone/Decca)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Not to be confused with British pop group Luminites, The Lumineers are a Colorado folk-rock band with a member called Jeremiah. That may not sound like a recipe for UK singles chart success, but throw in a major advert sync for their new release… Continue reading Future Stars: The Lumineers (Dualtone/Decca)
Future Stars: Sirah (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. You may not think you've heard Sirah before, but you probably have – she is the singer featured on Bangarang by Skrillex. But that's not the only reason she signed to Atlantic this summer. She's also a great singer, rapper and songwriter with a… Continue reading Future Stars: Sirah (Atlantic)
A Year of Future Pop!
This week marks a year since the very first Future Pop mailer! In that time many of the artists, including Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, fun. and Carly Rae Jepsen, have become major chart stars, while others are currently speeding along to the highway to success. Here’s an update on their progress… Gabrielle Aplin is currently… Continue reading A Year of Future Pop!
My Songs of the Week
Here are my latest song recommendations, originally posted on Tumblr: The Wanted – Mad Man Angela Ammons – Walking Backwards Lukas Graham – Better Than Yourself Matrix & Futurebound ft. Baby Blue – Magnetic Eyes Taylor Swift – 22 HAERTS – Wings Fou De Toi – Pick Up Your Phone
This Must Be Pop is nominated for an award!
Exciting news: This Must Be Pop is nominated for Best Blog at the 2012 Record of the Day Awards! If you love This Must Be Pop then please vote here. It will only take a couple of minutes and you also get a free trial of the brilliant ROTD newsletter and magazine, which usually costs… Continue reading This Must Be Pop is nominated for an award!
Review: This Must Be Pop Live featuring The Woowoos, Luke Bingham and A*M*E
Big thanks to everyone who came to This Must Be Pop Live on Tuesday and made it another fun, busy and very poptastic night! Here’s what went on: First on stage were The Woowoos, and considering it was only their second ever performance as a group it was very impressive! Their look and sound brought… Continue reading Review: This Must Be Pop Live featuring The Woowoos, Luke Bingham and A*M*E