Future Hits: It Takes Two

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five tracks by artists who have enlisted a little help from their friends to make their next hit. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9JLV-b_gDisewE9PTQgF0J] Tracklisting: Sigma ft. Labrinth – Higher Dimitri Vegas ft. Julian Perretta – Body Talk (Mammoth) LuvBug ft. Mark Asari – Revive… Continue reading Future Hits: It Takes Two

Future Hits: All American Girls

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. It’s all about the American girls this week. Here are five songs from US ladies that I think will be big… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_d3p-lfA-OkiEmoq0Vovlo] Tracklisting: Demi Lovato – Heart Attack Kat Dahlia – Gangsta Britt Nicole – Gold French Montana ft. Nicki Minaj – Freaks HAIM… Continue reading Future Hits: All American Girls

Popping The Question: Do the public really want guitar music back?

I’ve been prophesising for a few years now that pop’s reign would end and guitar music (indie, rock etc.) would return to the charts, but so far it hasn’t come true. The media has predicted it and wished for it, but it hasn’t happened. An article posted on the NME website today excitedly noted that… Continue reading Popping The Question: Do the public really want guitar music back?

Future Hits: Sound of 2013

Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s featured tracks are all by artists from the BBC’s Sound of 2013 list. Could these be their breakthrough hits? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux9Sa2uZCVjmMSJEVCphfCoC] Tracklisting: Haim – Don’t Save Me Peace – Wraith Tom Odell – Another Love AlunaGeorge – Diver Little Green Cars – The… Continue reading Future Hits: Sound of 2013

The Next Big Thing: My Top 10 of 2013

We all know that music success is really impossible to predict, but it’s fun to try. Last year I did pretty well, with artists including Little Mix, Rita Ora, Jake Bugg and Azealia Banks on my list. Ariana Grande hasn’t quite taken her place as the next Miley Cyrus yet, but maybe 2013 is her… Continue reading The Next Big Thing: My Top 10 of 2013

A Year of Future Pop!

This week marks a year since the very first Future Pop mailer! In that time many of the artists, including Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, fun. and Carly Rae Jepsen, have become major chart stars, while others are currently speeding along to the highway to success. Here’s an update on their progress… Gabrielle Aplin is currently… Continue reading A Year of Future Pop!