As well as the new discoveries, I also saw some of my favourite Future Pop stars at The Great Escape. Here is a playlist of the top 10 best performers I saw at the festival this year… [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9Quf9t5tgKN7eSYpFxPwZ_] 1. Aurora 2. Delta Rae 3. Shamir 4. Al Bairre 5. Susanne Sundfør 6. Ekkah 7. Tobias… Continue reading The Great Escape: My top 10 of 2015
Future Stars: Georgia (Domino)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Georgia is a singer, drummer and producer who recently signed to indie label Domino. Her first single is Move Systems, which gives you a sense of her distinctive sound. I felt that her set needed a bit more light and shade, as all the… Continue reading Future Stars: Georgia (Domino)
Future Stars: Ekkah (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. The best way to discover new artists at The Great Escape is to take a chance on something that sounds interesting. That’s what I did with Ekkah, and it totally paid off. They are a girl duo from Birmingham called Rebecca and Rebekah (hence… Continue reading Future Stars: Ekkah (Unsigned)
Future Stars: Kali Uchis (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. She looks like Iggy Azalea, sounds like Amy Winehouse, and she’s from Colombia, the home of Shakira. It sounds like a recipe for a future pop superstar, and Kali Uchis is certainly one to watch. I caught her twice at The Great Escape –… Continue reading Future Stars: Kali Uchis (Unsigned)
Song of the Week: Delta Rae – If I Loved You
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Over the past few days I’ve been planning who to see at this week’s Great Escape festival in Brighton. More on that on the blog soon, but for now I want to introduce one of the acts I discovered, who quickly became my new… Continue reading Song of the Week: Delta Rae – If I Loved You
Future Hits: Single Ladies
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hit singles by female solo artists. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9crImUlg2o0o-Ai9Km7rAw] Tracklisting: Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea – Pretty Girls Taylor Swift – Bad Blood Rihanna – Bitch Better Have My Money Florence + The Machine – Ship To Wreck Ella Eyre… Continue reading Future Hits: Single Ladies
Future Stars: Rat Boy (Parlophone)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. I’m still not convinced there’s demand for a revival of 1990s indie-chav culture, but the artists trying to revive it keep coming nonetheless. This week it’s new Parlophone signing Rat Boy, aka Jordan Cardy. The 19-year-old singer from Cheltenham has a similar cheeky charisma… Continue reading Future Stars: Rat Boy (Parlophone)
Future Stars: Chloe & Halle (Unsigned)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Watching teen sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey performing a cover of Beyoncé’s song Pretty Hurts on YouTube, it’s not hard to see why the superstar singer chose to sign them to her management company Parkwood Entertainment. She undoubtedly saw something of her younger self… Continue reading Future Stars: Chloe & Halle (Unsigned)
The Great Escape 2015: 10 Future Stars to see at TGE
This week is one of my favourite weeks of the year, as it’s The Great Escape in Brighton. It’s a chance to see the most hotly-tipped new artists in small venues before they get big. Over the years I’ve seen some (Iggy Azalea, Years & Years, Haim, Chvrches, Madeon, Marina & the Diamonds etc) who… Continue reading The Great Escape 2015: 10 Future Stars to see at TGE
Popping the Question: How much should artists listen to their fans?
Last week I was entertained by the debacle of Jessie J unfollowing fans on Twitter, and the drama it caused, which she in turn mocked. I couldn’t believe she had broken the no.1 rule of being a pop star in the digital age: Never insult your fans. When fans get together, their ego is inflated… Continue reading Popping the Question: How much should artists listen to their fans?