A brilliant week for pop music… Miley Cyrus and David Archuleta – I Wanna Know You (Listen)One of my favourite songs of 2007 was Miley’s See You Again, and last year David’s Crush ranked highly in my top singles chart. This duet may not be quite as good as either of those songs, but believe… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

Good news: the fabulous Rachel Kramer, ex-member of K-otic aka the best Dutch band of all time, has made it to the finals! Rather strangely, this week the number of contestants went from 6 to 3 as 3 of them were “geëlimineerd” (eliminated), leaving only Rachel, Lisa (my 2nd favourite) and Jamal. Not being Dutch… Continue reading Dutch X Factor Update

If you read my audio blog, Into the Groove, you’ll know Sam Taylor as an up-and-coming popstar who had 2 songs featured on the soundtrack to the brilliant BBC series Beautiful People last year. Since then his career has unfortunately not taken off as quickly as he presumably hoped, and he’s had to resort to… Continue reading Spotted!

You may have heard of Secret Cinema, a film event where you don’t know what you’ll see or where you’ll see it until you get there. It’s a bit like a rave for people who don’t take drugs or like dance music. When I was invited to review a Secret Cinema event I was excited,… Continue reading Shhh… it’s a secret!

Here are my favourite songs of April 2009: 1. Agnes – Release Me (UK Release)2. Carolina Liar – Show Me What I’m Looking For (UK Release)3. Röyksopp feat Robyn – The Girl & The Robot4. Miley Cyrus ft. David Archuleta – I Wanna Know You5. Little Boots – New In Town6. Ashley Tisdale – It’s… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!

And of course by that I mean the delightful Hafdis Huld. She’s made a video about the making of her new album: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keuNCe5Kes0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f&border=1] She’s as adorable as ever – I must make my trip to Iceland soon, as I have been planning for a long time. I suppose it must be quite cheap there at… Continue reading Everyone’s favourite Icelandic popstar is back!

I have a new review up on Scandinavian music site It’s a Trap, and this time the subject is the recently released Melody Club album, Goodbye to Romance. Click here to read it!

Jesse McCartney – Body Language (Listen)How Do You Sleep is still my favourite of Jesse’s songs, but it was the first one I ever liked, and now I’m pleased to announce that he has managed to make a second good song! Jesse’s doing pretty well right now, having a hit with a remixed and rapped… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

Jessica Garlick is doing as her 2002 Eurovision entry demanded, and making a Come Back! I’m not sure if you can really have a comeback if you’ve only ever had one hit, but I suppose the specifics aren’t that important, since she is sadly not very likely to succeed. The song is nice, but there’s… Continue reading Eurovision-related news round-up!

Three interesting bits of news for you this morning: 1. Last night on American Idol, the mini music video the contestants made had a rather unexpected soundtrack: I’m Good, I’m Gone by Lykke Li! You can watch it here. Not quite up to Lykke’s version but any video containing the beautiful Kris Allen is quite… Continue reading Various Artists