What do we think?
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First Watch: Britney Spears ‘Hold It Against Me’
What do we think?
New Music: Machine Gun Kelly
Fresh hip-hop from Cleveland, Ohio. The video above has already been seen over half a million times on YouTube, and features cameo’s by Travis Porter and B.o.B. Fun. Check out here.
New Music: Brandyn Burnette
Impressive soul/ pop from a 21 year old guy with very sexy voice. One to watch for sure. Check out here.
New Music: The Pusher
This is a bit huge in Sweden at the moment, and I can totally see why. How do the Swedes get it so right so much of the time!? A rock/pop vibe with a big big sound. Check out here.
New Music: Allen Stone
American pop, I don’t think he’s signed up yet but check out ‘Another Break Up Song’- its brilliant, and his voice carries pretty nicely. Check out here.
New Music: Den Svenska Björnstammen
Some Swedish pop now- title to the track roughly translates to ‘everything will be good’, or maybe ‘everything will be OK’… Even if you can’t understand the words it still kinda makes you feel good! Check out here.
Standout performance at this year’s Brit Awards
Makes it seem almost cool to have a broken heart.
New Music: Audrianna Cole
This little lady has an amazingly powerful voice, and listening to ‘Misplaced’ literally made me stop and escape into my own world for a few minutes. So excited I’ve stumbled across Audrianna Cole. Check out here.
First Listen: Erik Hassle ‘Are You Leaving’
Erik Hassle, one of my favourite Swedes of late, is previewing his first new single here (wait for the Swedish ad to finish then it plays straight after). It’s out in Sweden tomorrow. It’s excellent. An electro transition from the older Hassle stuff. Love it. Nothing this man does is wrong at the moment.
New Music: Moses Melkonian
“I write my music to share moments that we all experience. Whether that moment was when I thought ‘shit, you’re beautiful’ or ‘wow, the view from here is great,’ it doesn’t matter, because we all feel greatness like that, usually together, as a collective entity. And you know that’s happening when a killer track comes on and everyone’s dancing. It’s like wow! – what’s happening here? Those moments are timeless, and I want to feel them in everything I do. I create my tracks from impulsive feelings, and for me it’s just about staying true to that impulse, and letting that mature and grow into something transcendental.” I haven’t heard of Moses Melkonian until today, and there doesn’t seem to be much out there online about his work but this is simply a gorgeous piece of music. Check out here.
Penguin Prison does a little Valentine remix
Head over to Penguin Prison’s Soundcloud to listen to ‘Penguin Prison’s Valentines Day 2011 Mix’. You’ve got some Billy Idol, Phil Collins and New Edition in there. Smooth.
Make your own Northern Lights!
So this doesn’t really have anything to do with music but I thought it was so cool I had to post it on here. Visit Norway have put up this amazing game where you create and record your own Northern Lights. It’s so much fun. Norway rocks! Check it out here.
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New Music: The Shoes
Saw this band in the Guardian last week as one of Mike Skinner’s featured new acts. French electro pop with a dark, grounded edge to it. Check out here.
New Music: Erika Fatale
This lady has been on my radar for a while now. Very strong voice, Erika Fatale has a vibe which makes me think this is the sort of music Christina Aguilera would be doing if she had her head screwed on properly. Having listened to a few of her tracks, I have a feeling it’ll be a matter of time before she blows up in the pop world… ‘Liquid’ is an impressive tune. Check out here.
New Music: Lectrolips
Lectrolips make music which I can only sum up as cheeky electropop. It’s fun. Their song ‘Stromotion’ was recently used in the WAHL UK commercial campaign. I have a WAHL, without which I would probably look like a monster. So on that account, I reckon they’re good. They’ve got some good tracks which you can download for free here, or check out their blog.
New Music: The New Spring
”When being in love everything that was inside before is now worn outside. Sweat bubbles in your palms, blood flushes through to the cheek (blushing). This feeling illustrates more than anything else the body’s reluctance to take a definite form”. Beautiful acoustic songs about love from Bastian Kallesøe. Check out here.
First Listen: Lady Gaga ‘Born This Way’
What are we thinking? Good? Ok? Bad? I think it’s a grower- get ready to hear this on the radio non stop! Check out our Gaga competition!
*UPDATE: two plays later it’s grown on me: This is AMAZING!*
Win Lady Gaga & Katy Perry CDs courtesy of ALFITUDE and Capital FM!
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The Streets has to go to Number 1 on Sunday’s charts… It has to!
So, The Street’s very last album was released this week in the UK. It’s currently on course to make the Top 5 in the album charts on Sunday. But for what is probably the best album to come out of Mike Skinner since ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’, as well as the sheer fact that this is THE LAST ONE, I really think everyone should go out and buy a CD or go to iTunes and get a copy… It’s epic, and has that ‘last day of term’ vibe to it. It’s excellent… Trust Me.