I just discovered this performance of one of Jens Lekman’s b-sides, and the subject is one I’m rather familiar with: NRJ Radio! It’s a station in Sweden which plays pop, r’n’b and dance music, very much aimed at teenagers. It’s mainly American music which they play, but you can often hear the latest Swedish hits… Continue reading Intertextuality!

Representing Moldova: Crazy Loop – Crazy LoopThis is the new alter-ego of Dan Bălan, ex-member of the Moldovan trio O-Zone (singers of Dragostea Din Tei), and it’s as loopy as it’s title suggests. Just try singing along to the chorus! He’s practically yodelling. With a breakthrough single like theirs, the O-Zone boys have had a… Continue reading International Video Challenge

I’ve recently become obsessed with the Jason Nevins remix of Jordin Spark’s first single Tattoo (anything to distract me from playing No Air on repeat!) and this has led me to rediscover many more of my all-time favourite remixes. Now I’ve made a top 10 and uploaded them into my new Dirrrty Pop muxtape for… Continue reading DP Top 10: Remixes

March’s best singles from around the world… 1. Robyn – Who’s That Girl (UK release)2. September – Cry For You (UK release)3. Maia Hirasawa – The Worrying Kind4. Delays – Hooray5. Charlotte Perelli – Hero6. Shout Out Louds – Tonight I Have To Leave It (UK release)7. Linda Bengtzing – Hur Svårt Kan Det Va8.… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!

FM BelfastI really wanted to like this group, because they’re quite pretty and cool-looking, and they’re fron Iceland, one of the world’s acest countries. I wasn’t convinced by the first 2 songs on their MySpace, but those that followed were much more appealing, positioning FM Belfast as the Icelandic answer to The Knife. I particularly… Continue reading The Next Big Thing?

You may remember my obsession with a very little-known English/Icelandic male/female duo called The Honeymoon who supported Darren Hayes on tour and released an amazing album called Dialogue a few years ago. They disappeared and the Icelandic girl, Thorunn, was later spotted as a member of super-bores Fields. Now it’s the turn of the English… Continue reading Sort of exciting news!

Having realised that I have only bought one album in 2008 so far (Sara Berg for £3.99 in the Resident sale), I decided to take action and purchase the first album of the entire year which I’ve actually felt compelled to hear, on its day of release. That would be Departure by Taio Cruz, interestingly… Continue reading Dirrrty Pop Review: Taio Cruz – Departure

involving Scandinavian popstars: Details of Robyn’s new album are being printed in The Sun, and Alphabeat recently appeared on Richard & Judy. It’s a funny old world!

Being a fan of foreign pop music has led me into some rather strange situations over the years. I’ve watched Melody Club with only 4 other people, been to a Russian Winter Festival to see Dima Bilan, and now I’ve sat among Brighton’s poshest middle-aged music fans at a Kathryn Williams concert in order to… Continue reading Dirrrty Pop Review: Marit Bergman Live

I mentioned in my last post that I wasn’t excited about much pop music at the moment, but there are a few things that I’m celebrating (mainly belatedly), so I feel I should share them with you… Danish jolly-popThis year so far has been the year of the Danes for me. Although none of them… Continue reading What’s the deal with this pop life?