Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s playlist features five tracks from new albums that should be singles in the future. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_efhecG2nv-lHsR4qs7Yao] Tracklisting: Iggy Azalea ft. Ellie Goulding – Heavy Crown Hozier – Something New Ariana Grande – One Last Time One Direction – Where Do Broken Hearts Go… Continue reading Future Hits: The Next Single
Tag: Hozier
Song of the Week: Hozier – Jackie and Wilson
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. Hozier’s self-titled album debuted in the UK top 5 yesterday, finally achieving the chart success he deserves. Overall, apart from the brilliant single Take Me To Church, it’s a bit too long and the latter half is quite dreary, but there are two really… Continue reading Song of the Week: Hozier – Jackie and Wilson
Future Stars: My picks from The Great Escape 2014
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week I’ve just returned from The Great Escape festival in Brighton, where I got the chance to see live performances by many of the acts I’ve featured here in Future Pop. Below are the top five that impressed me the most… Tove Lo… Continue reading Future Stars: My picks from The Great Escape 2014
The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2013 – Part 1
It was tough to pick my top 25 singles of 2013 because, although there were lots of good songs released this year, I don’t remember there being that many amazing ones. I looked back through my monthly Top of the Poptastic charts and picked out my favourites to form a top 100 playlist (which I’ll… Continue reading The 25 Most Poptastic Singles of 2013 – Part 1
Future Hits: International Hits
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. This week’s Future Hits playlist features five international hit singles which I think could be just as big if promoted in the UK. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw0LjVTuPux_VgrusrS0KJhGNjHK35xNq] Tracklisting: Yellow Claw ft. Rochelle – Shotgun (Netherlands) Hozier – Take Me To Church (Ireland) Vance Joy – Riptide (Australia)… Continue reading Future Hits: International Hits
Future Stars: Hozier (Rubyworks)
Taken from this week’s Future Pop mailer. Click here to subscribe. 2014 may be the year of the Irish singer-songwriter. In one song, Dublin-based Andrew Hozier-Byrne (known as Hozier) has eclipsed the potential of Daniel James, who I featured a few weeks ago. Take Me To Church is a deep, powerful track with an anti-homohobia… Continue reading Future Stars: Hozier (Rubyworks)