ARTIST: JP Cooper feat. Astrid S SONG: Sing It With Me SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? We last had JP Cooper as our #SongoftheWeek over 18 months ago, when 'She's On My Mind' came out. But the bedreadlocked singer songwriter is now back with the first taste of the long … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: JP Cooper feat. Astrid S – ‘Sing It With Me’
Running Time: 1hr 56mins Written by: Richard Curtis Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Joel Fry, Kate McKinnon You'd have had to have been living under a rock for the last year to not see one trend that's exploded where films are concerned, namely, the rise of the rock biopic. … Continue reading #CrazyStupidFilm: Yesterday (Universal Pictures, 12A)
ARTIST: Kylie Minogue SONG: New York City SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Finally, something is happening this weekend which we never thought we'd see the day of. 14 years after she had to cancel her appearance on the Pyramid stage owing to her breast cancer diagnosis, actual Kylie Minogue is … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Kylie Minogue – ‘New York City’
ARTIST: Little Mix SONG: Bounce Back SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? OK, let's not lie here. We love the Little Mix ladies. Always have done. Perhaps not to the devoted extent we've shown say, Spice Girls and All Saints, or The Saturdays and Girls Aloud (because we are older and … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Little Mix – ‘Bounce Back’
ARTIST: Craig David SONG: When You Know What Love Is SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? So then. The first brand new material from Craig David for more than a year (unless we're counting his collaboration with Nile Rodgers for his last album) and it couldn't be more well timed if … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Craig David – ‘When You Know What Love Is’
It's not unfair to say that there are two areas of programming the BBC have struggled greatly with in the last decade and a half. One: making Saturday night telly unmissable during those times of the year when Strictly Come Dancing isn't on the air. Two: making a show centred around pop music actually unmissable … Continue reading #CrazyStupidTV: The HitList (BBC One, 25th May)
ARTIST: Shakespears Sister SONG: All the Queen's Horses SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Twice now the unthinkable has happened for pop fans of a certain era in the last couple of years. And both of those unthinkable instances have involved one Siobhan Fahey. After burying the hatchet with her old … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Shakespears Sister – ‘All the Queen’s Horses’
Revisiting the hits and sounds of the UK singles chart 20 years ago, this is The Story of Pop: 1999. This week: the UK's then hottest new dance music genre around makes a triumphant surge to the very top of the chart via a much in demand floorfiller... 1999 undoubtedly saw the rise of one … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 1999 (Chapter 21)
It's 8:30pm on an overcast but pleasant Saturday evening in May on the most south easterly banks of the river Thames in London. And as the house lights dim and the screens flash up, someone looking very much like Olly Murs is trying (and thus far failing) to get past security and into the O2 … Continue reading #CrazyStupidGig: Olly Murs (@ollyofficial), All the Hits Tour (London, O2 Arena, 18th May 2019)
ARTIST: Paige Cavell SONG: Predators and Monsters SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's not unfair to say that opinion has been sharply divided in the pop debating chamber in recent months. Chiefly, have pop production titans Xenomania still got it? Case for the prosecution lies with Brian Higgins and co's … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Paige Cavell – ‘Predators and Monsters’
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