Tom from North & South on American Idol! Better not mention those gay rumours anymore. Erm, oops… Anyway, here’s an old North & South video so those of you with the power to vote (i.e. actual Americans) can decide for yourselves if he deserves your support. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMWSWKdZ5mE] And if that’s not enough, let’s go and… Continue reading Blimey!

People are finally paying attention to my commands, and it’s about time too. The highlights of the new midweeks: 1 (3) Mika – Grace Kelly *DOWNLOADS ONLY*2 (4) Just Jack – Starz In Their Eyes4 (6) JoJo – Too Little Too Late Amazing!!

It looks like this week’s no.1 will be a fight tot the death by Mika and Just Jack, my two biggest and bestest tips for 2007, and artists I have been following since they both first had any media coverage. If this is a sign of things to come, by the end of year BWO… Continue reading Wow!

The Delays have signed a new record deal (with Fiction, home of Snow Patrol and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and are planning to release a new album by the end of this year! As I was worried that the end may have been nigh for this acetastic band, this is very good new indeed!

You should be at Enthusiastic But Mediocre, reading Edward’s epic top 100 countdown of 2006. He does it every year and it never fails to be both the best-written chart and the one with the best songs in it. I always read it wishing I’d remembered each song he mentions that wasn’t in my chart,… Continue reading You’re reading the wrong blog

Ripchord – Lock Up Your Daughters (Watch)These bouncy Wolverhampton-based indie kids (all are under 20) are Arctic Monkeys meets Kaiser Chiefs, strong accents with a jangly punch, and their star is rising fast. They won a competition on Midlands Today (a local news programme) for bands from local schools to get a day in a… Continue reading New Indie-Pop On The Block

The last one of 2006. The first whole year of counting down my monthly top 20 is completed. Songs with *s are released in 2007, the rest were out in 2006, brackets indicate where the song was released: 1. Kleerup ft. Robyn – With Every Heartbeat* (Sweden)2. BWO – Chariots Of Fire (Sweden)3. Just Jack… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic!

Keane – A Bad Dream (Watch)This is used very effectively in the first episode of the new series of The OC, and as that was the first time I heard I now can’t help feeling torn between “Yay, Marissa is dead!” and “Oh no, poor Ryan!” when I hear it. I wouldn’t say I’m a… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

Just JackCould this at last be the year that Jack Allsopp brings his innovative pop music to the UK charts? Already receiving Radio 1 airplay and an appearance on Later With Jools Holland, his career is looking the brightest it has yet, but the album could still flop as his brilliant debut The Outer Marker… Continue reading 2007: The Year Of…?

The rest of ScandinaviaLordi defied the Baltic Block and gave Finland their first ever Eurovision win, Danish exports Infernal had the dance hit of the year, and Norway produced a slew of fabulous females – Margaret Berger, Marit Larsen, Bertine Zetlitz and Lilyjets being the prime examples. The girls of r’n’bSome of the best singles… Continue reading 2006: The Year Of…