ARTIST: McFly SONG: Touch the Rain SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Well well well. Just where do you start with this last couple of weeks? All in the space of less than fourteen days, McFly have suddenly gone from MIA to everywhere, with a sold out show at The O2 … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: McFly – ‘Touch the Rain’
ARTIST: Capulets SONG: Community Centre SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Now, usually how it works in pop is this: person joins band, band release a few records, maybe they play live a bit, do some other amazing stuff and become fairly brilliant, band ends or takes a break, person from … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Capulets – ‘Community Centre’
ARTIST: Jimmy Balito SONG: Perfume SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been about four months since Jimmy Balito was last in the public eye. The last time we saw him, he was going hell for leather on a duet of 70s rockers Free's 'All Right Now' with his coach on … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Jimmy Balito – ‘Perfume’
ARTIST: Louis York SONG: Don't You Forget SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? It's been a while since we last heard from Louis York - in fact when we last wrote about new stuff from them it was Christmas last year. Praise be though, as Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony are … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Louis York – ‘Don’t You Forget’
ARTIST: Léon SONG: Falling SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? One of the beautiful things about how the music industry works these days is that there's been a return to the time when you released a song, sometimes a couple of times over, it grew in popularity steadily and you had … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Léon – ‘Falling’
ARTIST: Friendly Fires SONG: Silhouettes SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Firstly, we want you to count the number of indie bands that were launched about ten years ago. Now count how many of them are actually still worth a collective damn. That'd be about three, maybe four at a push, … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Friendly Fires – ‘Silhouettes’
ARTIST: Call Me Loop SONG: Self Love SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? You know it's funny really. Xenomania have reactivated themselves this year with both Unperfect and Paige Cavell - both of whom we've had on this series. And yet the song that sounds closest to Brian Higgins and co's … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Call Me Loop – ‘Self Love’
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’
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’
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