Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five future hits by male solo artists. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-VHsCtrwHgoaN7f6PcNTsf] Tracklisting: Aloe Blacc – The Man Elyar Fox – A Billion Girls Pitbull ft. G.R.L – Wild Wild Love Avicii – Addicted To You Jason Derulo – Stupid Love
Future Stars: Route 94 (Rinse)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s hard to find inspiration to write about an anonymous dance producer, but now Route 94 (Rowan Jones) is on course for a no.1, I suppose I probably should. Although he’s been present on the dance music scene for a few years, and was… Continue reading Future Stars: Route 94 (Rinse)
Future Stars: Broods (Polydor)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Now Lorde has reminded the world that New Zealand exists, there’s a sudden interest in the country’s musical output, and the most obvious act to benefit is one who shares the same producer and a similar sound. Broods are brother and sister Caleb and… Continue reading Future Stars: Broods (Polydor)
Future Stars: Sigma (3Beat)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Drum and bass duo Sigma (Cameron Edwards and Joe Lenzie) just missed the top 40 with Rudeboy in December, despite support from Radio 1. However, it looks like their new single could go much further. Nobody To Love went straight to no.3 on the Shazam pre-release… Continue reading Future Stars: Sigma (3Beat)
Register to attend March’s Pop Industry Meetup
On 18th March from 7pm, I will be holding the next Pop Industry Meetup in central London. If you haven’t heard about this before, the meetup is an event where people who work in the music industry, or are aiming to do so, can make new friends and useful contacts and basically just have a… Continue reading Register to attend March’s Pop Industry Meetup
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of February 2014
Here are my top 20 singles of February, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment. I hope you discover some new favourites! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_vC4n8eLSnf6oMtBhVAvi4] 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect The Saturdays – Not Giving Up Tiësto – Red Lights Ace Wilder – Busy Doin’ Nothin’ Ola – Rich & Young Alcazar… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of February 2014
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Future Hits: Indie Boys (Don’t Deserve It)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new singles by indie boys that I think could be big. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-Q9m0uSkNm2sKE9RNXB3x9] Tracklisting: George Ezra – Cassy O' Paolo Nutini – Scream (Funk My Life Up) Nick Mulvey – Cucurucu The Orwells – The Righteous One Years… Continue reading Future Hits: Indie Boys (Don’t Deserve It)
Future Stars: Shift K3y (Columbia)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Columbia Records have invited another singer/producer/DJ to join Calvin Harris on their roster, presumably to remind him he’s replaceable and he better keep on making those hits! Luckily for Calvin, Shift K3y (aka Lewis Jankel) makes music with more of a garage/house sound. His new single… Continue reading Future Stars: Shift K3y (Columbia)
Future Stars: The Chainsmokers (Dim Mak Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Here comes the first big novelty single of 2014, and of course it’s ridiculous and brilliant. #Selfie by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers takes me back to the late ‘90s (the one hit wonder heyday) in its shameless capitalisation on a current fad. Remember when every trend… Continue reading Future Stars: The Chainsmokers (Dim Mak Records)