Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Last week I introduced Felix Jaehn, the new Robin Schulz, and now we meet Matoma, the new Kygo. Like Kygo, he’s a young Norwegian DJ known for his tropical house remixes, and whether or not Kygo’s work had a big influence on Matoma, his… Continue reading Future Stars: Matoma (Big Beat/Warner Music)
Song of the Week: Lo-Fi-Fnk – Nightclub Nirvana
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Lo-Fi-Fnk are a Swedish trio who (as a duo at the time) released some great electro-pop songs with a very distinctive sound in the mid-2000s, such as City and Steppin Out. I’d almost forgotten about them until I stumbled upon the title track from… Continue reading Song of the Week: Lo-Fi-Fnk – Nightclub Nirvana
Future Hits: It’s My Time
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by artists who first became known as featured vocalists. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-dBkbhqKAtQF1yRWwXjrv9] Tracklisting: Jess Glynne – Don’t Be So Hard On Yourself John Newman – Come & Get It Ella Eyre – Good Times Melissa Steel ft. Wretch… Continue reading Future Hits: It’s My Time
Future Stars: Clean Cut Kid (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. A few months ago I heard that a Liverpudlian indie-pop band called Clean Cut Kid had played a gig packed with A&Rs, so I looked them up online. There wasn’t much to find, apart from Vitamin C, a track in the vein of The… Continue reading Future Stars: Clean Cut Kid (Polydor)
Future Stars: Felix Jaehn (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Felix Jaehn is the Robin Schulz of 2015: A German DJ and producer specialising in deep house who made his name with a hit remix. While Robin broke through last year with his take on Waves by Mr Probz, and has been the success… Continue reading Future Stars: Felix Jaehn (Polydor)
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of June 2015
Here are my top 20 singles of June, 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 June 2015
Song of the Week: Christina Skaar – Critical
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 2015 really is Norway’s year. Aurora and Susanne Sundfør are my favourite new discoveries and among the best live acts I’ve seen (twice each), while my Song of the Week has been Norwegian for the past two weeks. Now let’s make that three, with… Continue reading Song of the Week: Christina Skaar – Critical
Future Hits: The Big Boys
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by some of the biggest male solo artists of the moment. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-sTWYtrXwNp0cE79JAlHBe] Tracklisting: The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face Avicii – Waiting For Love Kygo ft. Parson James – Stole The Show Ed Sheeran –… Continue reading Future Hits: The Big Boys
Future Stars: Sigala (Ministry of Sound)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. London electro producer Sigala caught my attention when I heard Easy Love, his remix of ABC by The Jackson 5, on Radio 1 last week. Like many others, I frantically grabbed my phone, and the track trended worldwide on Shazam. Not only is ABC… Continue reading Future Stars: Sigala (Ministry of Sound)
Future Stars: Halsey (Astralwerks/Capitol)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Halsey is a 20-year-old singer-songwriter who I think has great pop star potential. I found her music videos and lyrics for singles Ghost and Hurricane a bit try-hard and self-consciously provocative, but as they are pretty good pop tunes, I gave her one more… Continue reading Future Stars: Halsey (Astralwerks/Capitol)