No longer do we have to wonder what happened to our pop idols of yore – we can just look them up on Myspace! Celena Cherry (the Honeyz)The Honeyz were a mixed-race r’n’b girl group from the late 90s/early 00s who released several sweet, poppy r’n’b tracks. Their biggest hits included Finally Found (my personal… Continue reading Where Are They Now?

2006 so far has been very good for blogging. While my all-time faves like Catchy Tunes of Sweden, Enthusiastic But Mediocre, Contact, Poptext and Girls On Pop have continued to provide us with ace tunes (and that Into The Groove isn’t bad either!), there have also been some new kids on the blog giving them… Continue reading New Kids On The Blog

Well, someone had to say it! If you pop over to Popjustice right now you can see the new video for Will Young’s very lovely single Who Am I.

Gnarls Barkley – CrazyThis is a great song to hear on the radio, always cheers me up when it’s on (and it’s on more and more at the moment) so I’m glad it’s starting to do really well. It’s funny how people seem to love these new songs that sound like old ones at the… Continue reading New Pop On The Block

Being a complete idiot, I have already found out the results of Melodifestivalen but I’m watching it now for the first time and I’ll pretend not to know to keep up the suspense. You can too by clicking here! The show begins with the Eurovision music and as usual when I hear I’m instantly full… Continue reading Melodifestivalen: The Final

My fave videos on YouTube at the moment:http://www.youtube.com/p/BFC3A408A8D2CD30

Tonight is the final of Melodifestivalen and I am unsurprisingly very excited. BWO have little chance against the almighty Carola but they have a better song and a much acer singer so I’ll be optimistic anyway, plus on the official site BWO currently have more votes than Carola so it might be a closer call… Continue reading Melodi Club: The Final!

So often a band is either made or destroyed by their choice of single to release. Here are a few examples of the best and worst choices of 2006 so far: Will Young – Who Am IAlthough I’d heard that All Time Love was the big ballad of the Keep On album and to be… Continue reading Hit, Miss or Maybe

Darren Hayes is releasing a DVD and you can see the trailer for it at www.darrenhayes.com – just click ‘Latest Videos’. I really can’t wait to see him live next month – as a live act he is simply unbeatable.

This is the 4th week of Melodifestivalen rounds and the last time we’ll hear new entries. Next week will be the Andra Chansen round, where the songs that came 3rd and 4th are performed again, resulting in the 2 most popular winning places in the final. Here are my thoughts on listening to each of… Continue reading Melodi Club: First Listen