2025 has been an interesting year to say the least. It's not been without its challenges but equally it's had its moments of joy. Overall, however, it is one year I am quite glad to be at the end of. But one thing it has been full and plenty of is some pretty awesome music. … Continue reading Top 10 Singles and Albums of 2025
It was just shy of two years ago on this here corner of the web that I was writing and enthusing about the 2020s renaissance that Kate Bush was enjoying at the hands of her song, "Running Up That Hill", being used in the Netflix supernatural drama series, Stranger Things.Little could I have foreseen then, … Continue reading Burning the God damn house right down: why Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Saltburn inspired renaissance is a very good thing
Keeping it in the family, The Feeling and Sophie Ellis-Bextor teamed up in 2011 on a single that's been all but overlooked in their back catalogues.
One thing that might not have escaped your notice is that, certainly for the last couple of years, I've only ever really been posting on this here corner of the Web once a week, and usually only doing The Story of Pop, whatever year we happen to have been covering.Next year, however, I intend to … Continue reading Top 10 Singles and Albums of 2023
Making the move from indie to dance pop following her turn on Spiller's chart topping "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" was completed by the release of Sophie Ellis-Bextor's biggest hit to date...
Revisiting all the biggest hits and hitmakers of the UK charts from twenty years ago, as we do every Thursday at midday, this is The Story of Pop: 2000. And when we say we've got two songs to cover this week, you know it's going to be an epic entry. Brace yourselves as we cast … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 34)
ARTIST: Sophie Ellis-Bextor SONG: Love Is You SO ALEX, WHY IS THIS YOUR SONG OF THE WEEK? Here's something to make pop followers of my age (and older) realise how much time has elapsed. This year is 20 years since pop's very own cool English rose Sophie Ellis-Bextor made her first post-Britpop manoeuvres in short-lived … Continue reading #SongoftheWeek: Sophie Ellis-Bextor – ‘Love Is You’
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