If you’d asked me to name the artist least likely to sample Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone, I may well have said Rihanna… but I would have been highly mistaken! The rapper T.I. has a new single out, which features Rihanna, and you can imagine my confusion when the YouTube video of it I clicked… Continue reading This is weirder than Sarah Whatmore’s comeback!

As promised, here are my favourite Idol contestants of 2008! They’ve only got through the first round so far, so expect plenty of these to make it no further than boot camp. However, I’d put a bet on the future Idol-vinnare being in this playlist… http://www.youtube.com/p/C2DCCC9F06C8E188 Alice Svensson – once sang a Greek Eurovision song… Continue reading Before the cool done run out they’ll be giving it their bestest

The Swedish one, that is. 1. When someone gets through, it means they’re good, and not just that there is a slightly higher chance of them being good than with the ones who didn’t get through. 2. The judges are the writers of some of the world’s most brilliant pop songs, with artists ranging from… Continue reading 10 Things I Love About Idol

David Archuleta is not going to be the new Leona. He already has 3 good songs to his name, 1 more than Leona has so far accumulated. You may wonder how I can be so sure of this. Well, a little investigation on the ever-useful ASCAP website shows that 2 new songs have been registered… Continue reading Excellent News!

If you’re British, unless you’ve been reading this blog for several years, you probably won’t know who The Servant are, even though they’re quite a successful British band. They did release at least one song in the UK called Liquefy, but it got nowhere except for the occasional play on long lost indie music channel… Continue reading Another unexpected comeback!

In this year’s Idol series, they have a contestant who is blind and from Iraq. Beat that, Cowell!

What?Italo Disco is the predecessor of 90’s Eurodance, originating in Italy in the 70’s and 80’s. American disco music was already popular worldwide, and Italo Disco was its European cousin, gaining strength even when evil rock fans in America and the UK tried to stamp out disco in the late 70s. Not many of the… Continue reading The Dirrrty Pop Guide to… the Return of Italo Disco

Hello Saferide – Anna (Watch)I’m so pleased to see the beautiful, wonderful and fantastic Annika Norlin is back with her band Hello Saferide (which is NOT pronounced “safaridi”!), singing in English again and releasing poptastic hits in her native Sweden. This song is quite sad with its tale of the daughter that never was because… Continue reading New Indie-Pop on the Block

You’ll never guess who I just saw the video of… Sarah Whatmore! I had no idea she was still trying to be famous, let alone actually making music and releasing a single. I have to say it’s quite rubbish compared to the fantastic Automatic and even the vaguely enjoyable When I Lost You. If this… Continue reading Most random comeback of the year so far?

Beat Control is being played on Radio 1! Tilly & the Wall also performed on the first episode of 90210 the other day, in which they were fantastic. I’m so glad this song is getting picked up because it’s soooo good! Also, Sweden’s Idol show is back, and I’m just watching the first episode. This… Continue reading Hooray!