Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s got to the point now where discovering a new female Swedish indie-pop girl with great songs is almost boring, because it’s so unsurprising. However, there’s nothing boring about Naomi Pilgrim’s self-titled debut EP. Each of the three tracks is as strong and well-constructed… Continue reading Future Stars: Naomi Pilgrim (Cosmos Music)
Future Hits: Girls On Pop
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five new songs by female pop acts that I think will be big. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux8BbEdQn-2S19mOR_K2tKjv] Tracklisting: Little Mix – Word Up Kylie Minogue – Into The Blue Lea Michele – Cannonball Ellie Goulding – Goodness Gracious Paloma Faith –… Continue reading Future Hits: Girls On Pop
Future Stars: Kwabs (Atlantic Records)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Kwabs describes his music as “progressive soul,” a term which troubles me as music labelled progressive is often dull. Do these artists want the future to be boring? Regardless of that personal bugbear, and his unexciting songs, Kwabs is clearly talented and all signs suggest we’ll… Continue reading Future Stars: Kwabs (Atlantic Records)
Future Stars: Klingande (One More Tune/Warner Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Dance duo Klingande are French but their band name and the title of their debut single are both Swedish. Klingande means sounding (i.e. making a sound) and Jubel means joy. Jubel is spreading around Europe and has so far topped the charts in six countries… Continue reading Future Stars: Klingande (One More Tune/Warner Music)
Future Stars: Sevyn Streeter (CBE/Interscope)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. At age 27 and after 12 years as a professional singer and songwriter, Sevyn Streeter may have felt like her chances of making it big were running out, but finally she’s starting to establish herself as a solo artist. Sevyn (real name Amber Denise… Continue reading Future Stars: Sevyn Streeter (CBE/Interscope)
Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of January 2014
Here are my top 20 singles of January, compiled into a poptastic playlist for your enjoyment… no prizes for guessing the no.1 this month! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-mhxL5J20mC6qLmpWBneKf] Neon Jungle – Braveheart The Vamps – Wild Heart Chloe Howl – Rumour Lucy Hale – You Sound Good To Me Katy B – Crying for No Reason Kylie Minogue… Continue reading Top of the Poptastic: The best singles of January 2014
Announcing February’s Pop Meetup
It’s time to announce the next Pop Meetup! We’ll be back at Match Bar near Oxford Circus for the second meetup of 2014 on 18th February. Join us in the VIP area from 7pm for drinks and pop chat. It’s a chance to meet new friends and contacts in the music industry, and everyone is… Continue reading Announcing February’s Pop Meetup
Future Hits: One Hit Wonders To Be
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week's Future Hits playlist features five US breakthrough hits which I think could achieve the same success in the UK… though I'm not convinced any will be more than a one hit wonder. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux-om2yT_0fSAosl-z23SbDF] Tracklisting: A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera – Say… Continue reading Future Hits: One Hit Wonders To Be
Future Stars: MAGIC! (Sony Music)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Nasri Atweh was a solo artist who, like many, became a songwriter and producer for other artists once his talent was discovered. Now that he’s had over 60 tracks released by major label artists like Bieber, Cheryl and Iggy (he won a Grammy for F.A.M.E. by Chris… Continue reading Future Stars: MAGIC! (Sony Music)
Future Stars: Jungle (XL Recordings)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s only January but we might have already found the most pretentious new act of 2014. After playing the “mysterious” (i.e. we’re actually quite old/ugly so we won’t post any photos) card for a few months, BBC Sound of 2014 nominees Jungle have recently… Continue reading Future Stars: Jungle (XL Recordings)