New Music: Kirsten & Marie

Brilliantly catchy indie pop from Denmark that has a very distinct 90’s vibe around it. It’s impossible not to smile when you listen to this! Check out here.

First Watch: Aiden Grimshaw ‘Is This Love’

An extraordinary, soaring pop anthem exploding with grinding drum & bass beats. Released on RCA on June 3rd and taken from Aiden Grimshaw’s debut album ‘‘Misty Eye’’ which will be released on August 13th. The album was co-written by Aiden and produced by Jarrad Rogers (Lana del Rey, Tinchy Stryder).

Win tickets to Capital FM’s Summertime Ball 2012!

The much-anticipated Capital FM Summertime Ball hosted by Capital FM in association with Vodafone takes place at the legendary Wembley Stadium on the 9th of June 2012 with Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Jessie J, The Wanted, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Example, Ed Sheeran, Usher and Kelly Clarkson all on the bill.

Obviously though, it has now sold out. But don’t worry if you haven’t got your ticket yet, Capital FM and Vodafone are delighted to announce the ‘Take Your Seats’ competition. 

In the draw there are Golden Circle tickets to the Ball, as well as lots of amazing goodies to be won. To unlock the goodies, all you need to do is scream about the comp on your Facebook and Twitter.  The louder you scream, the bigger and better products you unlock.

You could win loads of other really good stuff. Click here to play and take your seat in the virtual Wembley Stadium and good luck!

New Music: Eli and Fur

It’s that time of the month when I get overly excited about a new pop act that sounds amazing. Eli & Fur are a girl DJ duo from London and Surrey who have played around the world and have made their own house mixes since they were 16. Both now 23, they’re on the precipice of finding their vocal talent and have recorded their first studio song ‘Sea of Stars’. The track is available as a free download. Check out here.

Sometimes you enjoy a song more when you don’t understand the lyrics…

I’m a firm believer that you can fall in love with songs sung in different languages. I like to make up my own interpretations of lyrics in these cases, and that ends up making these songs even more personal to me than they were probably intended to be. This is one such song. It drums up images of church, sounds of hymns and general warmth. I like it.

If you’re looking for a nice Nordic pop album to buy…

… give this one a try. They’re one of my favourite Scandi duos and they deserve world domination. Here’s a bit of blurb… ‘

Wild arctic nature. Big city pulse. Fearless synthesizers, miles and miles of reverb, and delicate rhythms. Delicious swedish indietronica from Stockholm by way of San Francisco and the cold northern regions of Sweden. Long nights of dancing and long hikes in the mountains.

Single UR Road feels like a long fun summer distilled into four minutes of sweet electropop with bouncy hooks and lush vocals. There’s even some whistling in there as well.

Sameblod is one of Swedens most promising and exciting new acts – Frederick and Mikael in Sameblod have received lots of blog-attention, even more plays on Soundcloud and hopefully this is just the beginning.

Sameblod release their debut album april 20th through Norwegian indie label Riot Factory.