Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Like Jamie Lawson, Kacy Hill is also signed to a label led by a big name artist, though it seems barely of note when that artist is from the hip-hop genre, where you haven’t really made it ’til you have your own roster full… Continue reading Future Stars: Kacy Hill (Def Jam/G.O.O.D. Music)
Future Stars: Jamie Lawson (Atlantic/Gingerbread Man Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A week ago Jamie Lawson was known only by Ed Sheeran superfans and a few people in the music industry. Now he’s on course to achieve his first no.1 hit, after 12 years in obscurity, with a single originally released in 2011. After Ed’s… Continue reading Future Stars: Jamie Lawson (Atlantic/Gingerbread Man Records)
Song of the Week: Best Coast – Feeling OK
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Song of the Week isn’t brand new, but it’s a track that has grown on me with every listen. Best Coast‘s latest single Feeling OK approaches pop from an alternative angle, yet it’s still catchy and bouncy, with an uplifting “love conquers… Continue reading Song of the Week: Best Coast – Feeling OK
Future Hits: Boys R Us
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by all male groups and collaborations. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9oDW2oxrJQ1K2yCxyimbxT] Tracklisting: The Vamps – Wake Up WSTRN – In2 Diplo & Sleepy Tom – Be Right There Nelly ft. Jeremih – The Fix ZHU x A-Trak x Keznamdi –… Continue reading Future Hits: Boys R Us
Future Stars: Kehlani (Atlantic)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Much like R. City, Californian singer Kehlani proves that UK-specific promo is no longer necessary to create a strong fanbase here. Without releasing an official single or album, the 20-year-old R&B artist has sold out two shows at London venue Heaven. The internet has… Continue reading Future Stars: Kehlani (Atlantic)
Future Stars: R. City (Kemosabe/RCA)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. R. City are currently enjoying their first hit with Locked Away, featuring Adam Levine. You might assume brothers Theron and Timothy Thomas are a brand new act, but in fact you’ve undoubtedly heard the Virgin Islands duo’s work before. R. City is an abbreviation of… Continue reading Future Stars: R. City (Kemosabe/RCA)
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of September 2015
Here are my top 20 singles of September, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment. I hope you discover some new favourites! I’ve also updated my Spotify playlist, which features all the songs from my monthly charts of 2015 (or the ones available on Spotify, at least), and you can listen to that here.… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of September 2015
Song of the Week: Kyla La Grange – So Sweet
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’ve been a fan of Kyla La Grange since hearing Walk Through Walls in 2011, but she’s never quite had her moment. She started off as a Kate Bush-esque belter of dark, dramatic anthems on debut album Ashes, then took a side-step into quirky… Continue reading Song of the Week: Kyla La Grange – So Sweet
Future Hits: Movin’ On Up
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five singles that were released On-Air On-Sale, which I think will grow into future hits. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux84ps8q1RaONMDvvpITqD2h] Tracklisting: Little Mix – Love Me Like You Drake – Hotline Bling Kygo ft. Ella Henderson – Here For You Duke Dumont – Ocean… Continue reading Future Hits: Movin’ On Up
Future Stars: Transviolet (Epic Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The music scene is inundated with promising new girl singers at the moment, but there are surprisingly few female-fronted bands. That gives Transviolet a bit of an advantage, as the LA-based group's sound has been compared to to Halsey, Lorde and Lana Del Rey,… Continue reading Future Stars: Transviolet (Epic Records)