As promised, I’ve uploaded some of my photos from the Eurovision Preview Party on Friday. To see the best ones I got of each of the performers, click here. I only took one video, but it was a moment that had to be captured: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea2FXdUESZ4&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0xcc2550&color2=0xe87a9f] Krassimir will certainly be remembered as one of 2009’s strangest… Continue reading Picture This

Kristinia DeBarge – Goodbye (Listen)On first listen, I decided this was just a lesser example of the current pop sound (like Rihanna singing a So What/Keeps Gettin’ Better hybrid), but then I found one particular part of the song stuck in my head. If you’ve heard the song, you’ll probably guess that it was the… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

Last night, I went to the Eurovision preview party at the Scala in London. I was unsure whether to go because the line-up didn’t seem that good, but in the end I decided I might as well, and I’m glad I did because it was great fun. Seeing some of this year’s acts, plus a… Continue reading This is my life, I don’t wanna change a thing

Recently I have been thinking more about producers and songwriters as I’m planning soon to do a feature on my favourites, and this new interest seems to be increasing my ability to spot who songs are written and produced by. Last weekend I reviewed Love Sux, the new single by Linda Teodosiu, a contestant from… Continue reading Can you forgive her for only going up?

What an exciting morning! I turned on Radio 1, as I actually very rarely do, and what song should be playing but… Show Me What I’m Looking For by Carolina Liar! This is one of the very best songs I heard last year, and their album is equally excellent. However, they appeared to have no… Continue reading I’m finding it hard to resist

La Roux – Bulletproof (Listen)Of all the current electro-pop female vocalists, Elly from La Roux has to be my least favourite. I didn’t mind Quicksand, but In For The Kill really annoyed me, and her voice was the main problem. The little I’ve seen of her personality hasn’t endeared her to me either. However, this… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

Melody Club have put their new album up for pre-listening on MySpace. Click here to hear it, and then come back and tell me what you think! I’ll get back to you with my thoughts as soon as I’ve listened to it myself. For now, here’s the video for their current single, Girls Don’t Always… Continue reading Join the club

Zach BerkmanHis songs are just a bunch of unoriginal ballads, but there’s something special about them. They have that niceness that ballads must have to stop them from being boring, that turns a song from album filler to chart-topper. I can’t see Zach getting anyone no.1 singles with these songs, but he could certainly sell… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

Ashley Tisdale – It’s Alright, It’s OK (Listen)For the lead single from her second album, Ashley is giving us quite a treat: a song produced by Ten, the team behind great songs by Erik Hassle and (more relevant in this case) Amy Diamond! Sadly it doesn’t sound as much like Amy as If U Seek… Continue reading New Pop on the Block

One of the most obvious changes that the Internet has brought, and which is particularly evident in relation to the entertainment industry, is the fact that it is more difficult than ever to hide things which are not intended, or simply not yet ready, for public consumption. The story about the X Men film which… Continue reading Ready or not, here I come