ARTIST: The Shires SONG: New Year SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been a while since we last heard from The Shires, but good news, because - to use Smash Hits' parlance - they are Back! Back! Back! And not only are they back, but they're launching their forthcoming fourth … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: The Shires – ‘New Year’
ARTIST: Endor SONG: Pump It Up SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been a while since the charts have delivered us anything resembling a floorfilling deep house/dance anthem, particularly at a time of year when seasonal ballads are generally the consensus. Brighton based DJ and producer Endor has delivered with … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Endor – ‘Pump It Up’
If 2019 is going to be remembered as the year of anything music wise, it'll be of those unexpectedly brilliant pop comebacks from bands and artists that many thought were lost to time forever. Busted? Delivered the best album of their career. Jonas Brothers? One of the catchiest modern pop singles of the year with … Continue reading #CrazyStupidAlbum: Westlife (@westlifemusic) – ‘Spectrum’
ARTIST: The Script SONG: Run Through Walls SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Something strange happened with Dublin rockers The Script on their last album, 2017's chart topping 'Freedom Child'. They tried to move towards a more contemporary sound than what we usually know and love them for, evidenced by that … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: The Script – ‘Run Through Walls’
ARTIST: Dua Lipa SONG: Don't Start Now SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Despite her eponymous debut album in 2017 being a huge hit, spawning off chart toppers like 'New Rules' and 'IDGAF', I will hold my hands up and say Dua Lipa and indeed her success had passed me by. … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Dua Lipa – ‘Don’t Start Now’
ARTIST: Rick Astley SONG: Every One of Us SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Even though some would argue the concept has been made redundant when a self built playlist of an artist's back catalogue is available online in seconds, that hasn't stopped many from still giving a greatest hits album … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Rick Astley – ‘Every One of Us’
ARTIST: B*Witched SONG: Hold On SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? What are they loike? Five years on from their (actually quite briliant) self released EP 'Champagne or Guinness', the B*Witched ladies have returned with a cover of a song you're surprised they hadn't seen sense to do so before now. … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: B*Witched – ‘Hold On’
ARTIST: DJ Spoony presents Garage Classical feat. Sugababes SONG: Flowers SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Where art thou the class of BBC Radio 1 from 1999? If you're Sara Cox or Zoë Ball, you're probably the sound of Britain that listens to Radio 2 getting up in the morning or … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: DJ Spoony presents Garage Classical feat. Sugababes – ‘Flowers’
Many of pop's greatest icons - and not so greatest, let's be honest - have put pen to paper (or commissioned a ghost writer) and told all about their struggle for success, life at the top, life thereafter, maybe even a second bite at the cherry. But no one, to our recollection, has ever written … Continue reading #CrazyStupidBook: Malcolm McLean (@maltreateddd) – ‘Freak Like Me: Confessions of a 90s Pop Groupie’
ARTIST: Niall Horan SONG: Nice To Meet Ya SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? I think it's worth having a customary refresh of my closing words on my review of 'Flicker', Niall Horan's debut solo album exactly two years ago: 'When, in a year or two from now, as with Take … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Niall Horan – ‘Nice To Meet Ya’
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